Emily Brooks
Reporter at The Hill
Reporter for @thehill covering politics in the House of Representatives, mostly Republicans. [email protected]
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5 days ago |
thehill.com | Emily Brooks
House Republican committee chairs are denying Democrats’ requests to travel to El Salvador and visit its CECOT prison facility as scrutiny builds on the Trump administration’s handling of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation.
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5 days ago |
thehill.com | Emily Brooks
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) announced Friday that his adult daughter, Cosette, died after battling cancer. “Earlier this week, our daughter Cosette lost her battle with cancer. We are devastated by her passing, but take comfort knowing she is at peace with the Lord. We are grateful our family could gather together to spend her final days by her side,” Biggs said in a statement posted on X. “Thank you to everyone for your thoughts, prayers, and support.
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1 week ago |
thehill.com | Emily Brooks
Republicans in Congress are considering increasing taxes on the rich as a part of President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” of ambitious legislative priorities, a striking development that breaks with decades of party orthodoxy and is spurring alarm bells from traditional conservatives. The discussions are in the early stages, and lawmakers say it is possible that no tax hike makes it in the final legislation.
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1 week ago |
thehill.com | Emily Brooks
Vulnerable and moderate House Republicans are warning House GOP leaders that they will not support the “one big beautiful bill” encompassing President Trump’s legislative agenda if it includes cuts to Medicaid benefits.
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1 week ago |
thehill.com | Emily Brooks |Mychael Schnell
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is giving a big boost to the effort to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, an idea that has bipartisan backers in Congress and broad support amongthe public.
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