Nick Mourtoupalas

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How every House member voted on the ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Nick Mourtoupalas

How every House member voted on the ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill (washingtonpost.com) How every House member voted on the ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill By Nick Mourtoupalas 2025041015545400 The House passed a budget resolution in a 216-214 vote on Thursday laying out a framework for President Donald Trump's leading legislative priorities — including tax cuts and immigration — after Republican leaders delayed a vote Wednesday night because of reservations from conservatives who want deeper...
How Education Department layoffs hit student loans, testing and civil rights enforcement

1 month ago | adn.com | Laura Meckler |Danielle Douglas-Gabriel |Nick Mourtoupalas |Szu Yu Chen

It took less than a day forsomething important at the Education Department to stop working. The Trump administration had promised that massive staffing cuts would not impact the process students use to apply for federal financial aid. Then on Tuesday, two dozen workers who help manage a key piece of the system were among the hundreds laid off. The next day, access to the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, went in and out for four hours.
How mass layoffs at Education Department could impact student loans, FAFSA

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Laura Meckler |Danielle Douglas-Gabriel |Nick Mourtoupalas |Szu Yu Chen |Andrew Tran

It took less than a day forsomething important at the Education Department to stop working. The Trump administration had promised that massive staffing cuts would not impact the process students use to apply for federal financial aid. Then on Tuesday, two dozen workers who help manage a key piece of the system were among the hundreds laid off. The next day, access to the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, went in and out for four hours.
You’ve never heard that in a presidential address to Congress before

1 month ago | msn.com | Dan Keating |Nick Mourtoupalas |Hannah Dormido

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Live updates: Republicans applaud Trump address to Congress; Democrats blast it as divisive

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Dan Keating |Nick Mourtoupalas |Hannah Dormido |Aaron Blake |Maegan Vazquez |Justine McDaniel | +4 more

Republicans applauded an address by President Donald Trump to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night in which he touted “swift and unrelenting action” in the six weeks since he returned to the White House. But the 100-minute speech was widely panned by Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York), who called it “one of the most divisive presidential addresses in American history.” Trump has no public events scheduled Tuesday.
The words Trump used that are new to a State of the Union-style speech

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Dan Keating |Nick Mourtoupalas |Hannah Dormido

Speaking about contemporary subjects and describing his opponents in harsh terms, President Donald Trump used more than two dozen words Tuesday night that had never been spoken in a State of the Union or similar address to Congress. The president sketched rivals as “left-wing,” “weaponizing,” “lunatics,” “ideologues,” and in a dig at Sen.
Tracking key Supreme Court cases of the 2024-2025 term

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Ann E. Marimow |Justin Jouvenal |Nick Mourtoupalas |Irfan Uraizee

The Supreme Court is weighing state bans on medical care for transgender teens, restrictions on untraceable ghost guns and the legality of direct public funding for religious schools. The high court has already upheld a federal law designed to force TikTok to divest from Chinese ownership and ordered a new trial for a death row inmate. And the justices will almost certainly be drawn into numerous legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s initiatives to dramatically reshape the government.
How every House member voted on the ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill

1 month ago | msn.com | Eric Lau |Kati Perry |Nick Mourtoupalas |Hannah Dormido

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How every House member voted on the ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Eric Lau |Kati Perry |Nick Mourtoupalas |Hannah Dormido

The House passed a budget resolution on Tuesday evening in advance of the March 14 deadline to avoid a government shutdown. The bill passed in a 217-215 vote with all Republicans except Rep. Thomas Massie (Kentucky) voting in favor. Leading up to the vote, some swing-district Republicans expressed concerns about possible cuts to social programs, while others were hesitant about the potential to balloon the deficit.
How every senator voted on Kash Patel for FBI director

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Hannah Dormido |Nick Mourtoupalas |Kati Perry

The Senate narrowly confirmed Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist and a critic of the FBI, as the bureau’s director in a 51-49 vote on Thursday afternoon. Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) joined all Democrats in opposition. Each of the past three FBI directors garnered the votes of at least 92 senators. Democrats said the Trump loyalist is unfit to lead the nation’s premier law enforcement agency and would use the post to target President Donald Trump’s enemies.