Michael Gold

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Michael Gold |Maya Miller

Senator Charles E. Grassley entered a packed town hall in southeastern Iowa on Tuesday with a list and a plan. The last time he met with constituents, Mr. Grassley told Iowans who filled every seat in a small meeting room, the session had devolved into a heated gripe session about President Trump's policies. So this time, in an effort to keep things civil, Mr. Grassley, a 91-year-old Republican, had brought a written list of topics he wanted to talk about before opening the floor.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Michael Gold

Angry constituents on Tuesday confronted Senator Chuck E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa,about President Trump's refusal to bring back a Salvadoran immigrant mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador. In the most heated exchange of an hourlong town hall in the Southeast corner of his state, Mr. Grassley, 91, was asked by a shouting audience member whether he would do anything to help secure the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported last month.

1 week ago | gvwire.com | Catie Edmondson |Michael Gold

WASHINGTON — When Republican leaders weigh which of their members might defy the party and defect on major legislation, Sen. Jerry Moran’s name rarely comes up. So it was all the more remarkable when Moran, a third-term senator from Kansas, went to the floor last week to issue a stark warning about how the budget blueprint his party was about to approve could affect his state.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Catie Edmondson |Michael Gold

Speaker Mike Johnson was able to put down a revolt on Thursday and push through that blueprint to deliver President Trump's agenda of spending and tax cuts by promising House conservatives that their colleagues in the Senate would join them in cutting $1.5 trillion in federal spending over the next decade.

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Michael Gold

NewsWorld NewsUS NewsRepublicans clash over Medicaid in hunt to pay for Trump's agendaTrendingRepublican senators are expressing reservations about proposed Medicaid cuts, a key component of the House's budget blueprint aimed at delivering President Trump's agenda. Senators like Moran, Hawley, and Collins voice concerns about the impact on rural hospitals and low-income individuals. While Republican leaders insist on protecting benefits, achieving $1.