Senate Republicans began the work this week of deciphering what exactly House Republicans’ have stuffed into President Trump’s massive

House Republicans’ sweeping tax and spending cuts package would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the bill that GOP lawmakers narrowly approved last month.

The GOP budget bill is stuck in the Senate, where Republicans are having an intramural debate over how much the legislation will drive up the deficit. And on a more existential note, lawmakers are questioning what it will mean for the nation's future.

WASHINGTON — The clamorous end to President Trump’s alliance with Elon Musk is increasing pressure on the White House over its signature legislation known as the “ One Big Beautiful Bill Act ” — a bill under intense scrutiny in the Senate that Musk wants killed over its price tag, but that Trump views as critical to the success of his presidency.

From centrists worried about Medicaid cuts to conservative hard-liners demanding steeper spending reductions, Senate GOP leaders face a tricky balancing act.