MATTHEW RICE
Mr. Rice, based in the nation’s capital, covers current events in politics.
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2026 Shapes Up To Be a Trump-Musk Proxy War With Billionaire Promising To Back Massie, Other Republicans Who Vote Against the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Meanwhile, Trump warns he may send his former advisor back to South Africa by sicking DOGE on his companies.
Senate Republicans May Live to Rue Their ‘Big Beautiful’ Accounting Gimmicks When Democrats Return to Power
Medicare for All or expensive new tax credits for any number of pet Democratic projects may now be in the offing.
Trump, in a Hand-Scrawled Note to Jerome Powell, Demands That Fed Chairman Cut Rates ‘a Lot’
The president says America is losing ‘hundreds of billions of dollars’ because of Powell’s resistance to cutting interest rates.
Welcome to Washington: Can Senator Thune Bend the House to His Will?
The majority leader in the upper chamber is betting that Republicans on the other side of the Capitol will fear the president more than they value a conservative outcome.
Trump Says, Once Again, That a ‘Temporary Pass’ for Undocumented Migrant Farm Laborers Is in the Works
The president has drawn the ire of MAGA diehards in the past for musing about taking a light touch to immigration enforcement at farms, ranches, and hotels.
Tillis Announces Retirement Hours After Drawing Trump’s Ire for Refusing To Back ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
The senator says he can’t stomach the thought of six more years of ‘political theatre’ and ‘partisan gridlock.’
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