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President Donald Trump will take his economic message on the road Tuesday to a swing district in eastern Pennsylvania, the first of many planned domestic trips the White House is organizing on an issue it believes will be the key decider in next year’s midterms.
Thirteen House Republicans joined Democrats in a 222-200 vote to advance legislation reversing Trump's executive order restricting federal worker unions.
That is driving some GOP lawmakers to break with President Donald Trump by seeking guardrails for the nation’s massive artificial intelligence build-out, writes Nico Portuondo. Trump has sought to block states from setting their own AI rules.
Trump GOP split between traditional conservatives and younger, more liberal new entrants, united on illegal immigration.
Indiana was just the latest state to attempt to pass redrawn congressional maps to help give the GOP more favorable seats ahead of the 2026 elections. This is part of Trump’s redistricting push to help cement the Republican majority in the House of Representatives.
Throughout the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency, it’s been rare for any of New Jersey’s three Republican congressmen to explicitly break