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Frankie Taggart

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US Politics Correspondent at Agence France-Presse (AFP)

US politics correspondent in Washington for @AFP. Previously deputy desk chief. Also HK, Kathmandu, Dakar and LA.

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  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Frankie Taggart

    Frankie TAGGARTThu, April 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM UTC3 min readThe Republican-led US Congress adopted a budget Thursday that unlocks trillions of dollars for President Donald Trump's agenda, jump-starting what Democrats say is a plan to dismantle social welfare in favor of tax cuts for the rich. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the blueprint would deliver on promises Trump made in his election campaign, including "historic" spending reductions, as well as an extension of his expiring 2017 tax relief.

  • 2 weeks ago | barrons.com | Frankie Taggart

    Republicans in Congress pledged Thursday to press ahead on advancing US President Donald Trump's tax agenda after being forced by hardline conservatives to cancel a vote on their budget plan. House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled the plug on Wednesday's vote as it became clear that he did not have the support to get the Senate-passed blueprint through the House of Representatives.

  • 2 weeks ago | ledevoir.com | Frankie Taggart

    Partisans de coupes encore plus profondes dans les dépenses publiques américaines, des élus républicains au Congrès ont retardé mercredi le vote sur une résolution budgétaire ardemment désirée par Donald Trump, qui y voit le moyen de financer certaines de ses mesures-phares au plus tôt.

  • 2 weeks ago | actu.orange.fr | Frankie Taggart

    © AFP, Brendan SMIALOWSKI La résolution, qui n'est pas un budget en soi mais une feuille de route sur les niveaux de dépenses à prévoir pour l'Etat fédéral, devait être présentée au vote à la Chambre des représentants dans la soirée après avoir été adoptée par le Sénat samedi.

  • 2 weeks ago | capitol.fr | Frankie Taggart

    Partisans de coupes encore plus profondes dans les dépenses publiques américaines, des élus républicains au Congrès menacent mercredi de torpiller une résolution budgétaire pourtant ardemment désirée par Donald Trump, qui y voit le moyen de financer certaines de ses mesures-phare au plus tôt.

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Frankie Taggart @frankietaggart
7 Apr 25

RT @EggerDC: You know things are going well when various members of the Trump coalition are trying to saddle one another with the blame ove…

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Frankie Taggart @frankietaggart
6 Apr 25

RT @isaacfrench_: My dad bought this 120-yr-old train car for $3k. It was a rotting, cat-infested wreck. But after $148k and 5 months of w…

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Frankie Taggart @frankietaggart
5 Apr 25

RT @glcarlstrom: Amazing stuff here. The administration misread the study cited in its own tariff formula. If it had done the math correctl…