North Carolina Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives say they voted for the new budget plan backed by President Donald Trump largely because of its large income tax cuts and ramped-up federal spending on immigration enforcement.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday were weighing “modest changes” to President Donald Trump’s controversial request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved federal spending, amid growing internal concerns ahead of a critical vote later this week.

The fiscal pain comes as up to 20 governors face reelection in 2026. President Donald Trump’s landmark legislation is driving a giant hole in governors’ budgets in a midterm year.

The U.S. president is keen to up the country’s game when it comes to hacking other nations. In Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, which he signed on July 4, there’s a $1 billion provision for unspecified “ offensive cyber operations .” That’s alongside $250 million “for the expansion of Cyber Command artificial intelligence lines of effort.”

The U.S. government's "One, Big Beautiful Bill" Act finds funding for Artemis and Lunar Gateway, but nearly half of NASA's science missions are on the chopping block ahead of the 2026 budget.

The U.S. Senate is expected to begin voting Tuesday afternoon on President Trump's formal request to cut $9.4 billion in funding already approved by Congress for foreign assistance and public broadcasting.

Democrat Jim McGovern, a Massachusetts Democratic congressman, sat down with WBZ-TV following the passage of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill."

The ink is hardly dry on President Donald Trump’s $3.4 trillion tax and spending package and House Republicans are already at work on a follow-up budget bill coming this autumn.

While many estimates are circulating, only time will reveal how many people will actually lose health insurance under the law.

Steve Ghan, a retired PNNL scientist and a member of Friends of PNNL, told the Herald the impacts of jobs that would be lost under the administration’s proposed budget request would ripple through the economy as those workers’ incomes would be no longer be available to be spent on food, goods, entertainment and education.