Kristina Karisch

2 days ago | thehill.com | Alexis Simendinger |Kristina Karisch

The “big, beautiful” megabill just ran into an Elon Musk-shaped roadblock. President Trump’s signature tax and domestic policy bill, which faces consideration in the Senate this week, has been on thin ice for months. The massive, sweeping piece of legislation barely passed the House, and now faces an even tougher crowd in the upper chamber.

3 days ago | thehill.com | Alexis Simendinger |Kristina Karisch

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to immediately intercede to allow the government to lay off thousands of federal workers in a sweeping plan that was blocked by a district court judge. The administration’s race to the high court with an emergency appeal was another example of its eagerness to test the reach of President Trump’s authority and prove what it called “ongoing and severe harm” to the executive branch, based on its view of a “flawed” lower court ruling.

4 days ago | thehill.com | Alexis Simendinger |Kristina Karisch

• These GOP senators could hold up Trump’s agenda• How does DOGE add up? Senators put the budget bill under the microscopeIn the Senate, President Trump’s signature “big, beautiful bill” is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Amid increasing pressure to enact Trump’s sweeping agenda, Senate Republicans are taking control of the party’s mammoth tax and domestic policy bill today, kicking off a key four-week stretch to hammer out provisions. The goal: passage by the Fourth of July.

1 week ago | thehill.com | Alexis Simendinger |Kristina Karisch

President Trump’s signature trade policy is hitting a series of hurdles in the courts, as multiple panels this week sought to block their implementation. First came the U.S. Court of International Trade, which on Wednesday declared the levies illegal. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras followed suit, blocking the bulk of the April 2nd “Liberation Day” tariffs.

1 week ago | thehill.com | Alexis Simendinger |Kristina Karisch

Elon Musk’s criticism of the “big, beautiful bill” budget winding its way through Congress is throwing a late curveball in the push to advance President Trump‘s legislative agenda. Trump secured a major win for his sweeping, signature bill when the House passed the measure — which included tax cuts, Medicaid reform and other GOP priorities — by a single vote before the Memorial Day recess. But the legislation faces a challenging path in the Senate.