
Barbara Sprunt
covering Congress for @NPR, formerly @wamu885/ former @NatPress Paul Miller Fellow
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2 weeks ago |
mprnews.org | Barbara Sprunt
Congress returns to D.C. with plans to begin the detailed process of turningPresident Trump's domestic policy agenda into a multi-trillion dollar policy bill that is expected to touch everything from tax cuts and Pentagon funding increases to expanded border security spending — along with corresponding cuts to help balance the cost.
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2 weeks ago |
northernpublicradio.org | Barbara Sprunt
Congress returns to D.C. with plans to begin the detailed process of turningPresident Trump's domestic policy agenda into a multi-trillion dollar policy bill that is expected to touch everything from tax cuts and Pentagon funding increases to expanded border security spending — along with corresponding cuts to help balance the cost.
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2 weeks ago |
boisestatepublicradio.org | Barbara Sprunt
Congress returns to D.C. with plans to begin the detailed process of turningPresident Trump's domestic policy agenda into a multi-trillion dollar policy bill that is expected to touch everything from tax cuts and Pentagon funding increases to expanded border security spending — along with corresponding cuts to help balance the cost.
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2 weeks ago |
npr.org | Barbara Sprunt |Claudia Grisales
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., hold a news conference on passing the budget resolution in the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. hide caption toggle caption Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.
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1 month ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Barbara Sprunt
Share House Republicans have approved a multitrillion-dollar budget framework that allows the party to begin the process of drafting legislation to enact key elements of President Trump's domestic policy agenda — including tax cuts and spending on defense, energy and immigration. The budget blueprint was approved Thursday by a vote of 216 to 214. GOP Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of Indiana joined all Democrats in voting no.
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At a town hall in Golden, Co. tonight - Sen. Michael Bennet came pretty darn close to calling for Sen. Schumer to step down from leadership. "It's always better to examine whether folks are in the right place, and we're certainly going to have that conversation."

Netanyahu's speech has ended. Standing ovation from both sides of the aisle. There were small chants of protests from the fringes of the chamber but they were barely audible.

Responding to ICC charges, Netanyahu says: “The hands of the Jewish state will never be shackled. Israel will always defend itself.”