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1 week ago | denvergazette.com | Nandita Bose |Bo Erickson

By Nandita Bose, Bo EricksonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House intends to send Congress a small package as early as next week to formalize cuts made by billionaire Elon Musk's team targeting federal government spending, according to a White House official familiar with the plan. For months, Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have been asking the administration to codify the federal spending cuts announced by Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Katharine Jackson |Rami Ayyub |Bo Erickson |Doina Chiacu

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Trump's budget chief said on Wednesday that the White House intends to send Congress a package next week to formalize cuts made by billionaire Elon Musk's team targeting federal government spending.

1 week ago | wimz.com | Bo Erickson

By Bo EricksonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump issued a pardon on Monday for a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted last year of federal bribery charges, averting prison time for the officer. “Sheriff Scott Jenkins, his wife Patricia, and their family have been dragged through HELL,” Trump posted online, issuing a full and unconditional pardon.

2 weeks ago | reuters.com | Bo Erickson

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media, on the day of a closed House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 20, 2025.

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | DAVID MORGAN |Bo Erickson |Andy Sullivan

Washington — The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a sweeping tax and spending bill by a single vote which would enact much of President Donald Trump’s policy agenda and saddle the country with trillions of dollars more in debt. The bill would fulfil many of Trump’s populist campaign pledges, delivering new tax breaks on tips and car loans and boosting spending on the military and border enforcement.