A shrimp trawler in the Pamlico Sound. Photo by P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer “Don’t you get tired of the fight?” someone asked after the June 17 Ocracoke Civic & Business Association ...

Donald Trump signed his "One Big Beautiful Bill" in the Oval Office last night. It is possibly the most consequential thing ...

Republican Rep. Addison McDowell of Bermuda Run said on X: “I just voted to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill, just in time for ...

In the president’s eagerness to score a win and extend tax cuts, he walked away from a key campaign promise on Medicaid. The ...

President Trump has been urging lawmakers to send him the bill to sign into law by July 4, but also acknowledged the timeline ...

The House returns at 9 a.m. to begin debate on Trump's legislative package of tax reductions and Medicaid cuts. At least two ...

The 940-page “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” as it’s formally titled, has consumed Congress as its shared priority with the ...

Vice President JD Vance provided the tie-breaking vote to get Trump's bill across the finish line. It now must go back to the ...

Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in the evenly split 50-50 chamber, securing the bill's Senate passage.

Senate Republicans narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package Tuesday after a dayslong ...

Here is a rolling list of all the vote-a-rama amendments that come up on Monday, and whether they have made it into the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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