Even before the last vote on U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill was counted, Republicans and Democrats in Congress began gaming out how to use it to gain an edge in the 2026 midterm elections.

It’s five hours and counting that House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York has held the floor as he speaks out against President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bi

The Republican package would slash taxes, boost spending on immigration enforcement and the military, and impose steep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and clean energy funding.

Several speakers, including Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, will take the stage before Trump's speech.

James Carville is bracing for impact. The Democratic pundit said that he wouldn’t “put anything past” Donald Trump—and he went so far as to suggest the president might cancel midterm elections in a ploy to prevent the Democrats from winning.

The Democratic strategist believes President Donald Trump will "see the writing on the wall" ahead of the midterms and do anything to stay in power.

With these considerations, CBS would pay well in excess of the $15 million ABC paid Trump to settle a defamation lawsuit last year. Current Paramount management disputes the additional allocation. FAIR ELECTION FUND URGES FCC TO HOLD CBS ACCOUNTABLE FOR 'UNLAWFUL CONDUCT’ RELATED TO ’60 MINUTES’ INTERVIEW "Presidential extortion as a tool of power and corruption,

The question was less about whether Paramount would settle with Trump, and more about how much his lawyers would accept.