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Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Is in Turmoil, but at Least He’s Getting a New Ride

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This week was the busiest week yet for House Republicans crafting their “ One Big, Beautiful Bill’s” The SALT Caucus is causing GOP leadership headaches on the moderate side now.

Moderate Republicans are becoming villains within their party (and to Donald Trump ) by nuking the GOP 's signature legislation.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is so close to passing the budget reconciliation bill.

House Freedom Caucus members are upset with Medicaid changes.

Stephen Miller , the White House deputy chief of staff for policy, is a powerful dude, NBC reports.

He's also the driving force behind the president's immigration and security agenda, the Times reports.

James Comey posted a picture of a beach shell formation reading “ 8647 ” with the caption “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.” This is a dumb internet thing, where “ 86 ” means to nix, get rid of, eject, etc., while “47” is the 47th president, Donald Trump .

Julian Zelizer : Should Comey have been smart enough to know that MAGA might twist his Instagram post into a threat?.

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