Live updates and the latest news as the House approaches a final passage vote on the Trump-backed "big, beautiful bill" after a group of Republican holdouts changed their votes to advance the measure.

President Trump is scheduled to sign the bill into law at 4 p.m. on July 4 at the White House, locking in tax reductions and Medicaid cuts.

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

Russian strikes hit more than a dozen locations across Ukraine’s capital Kyiv overnight into Friday, including residential areas, a local official said, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had made “no progress” towards a ceasefire deal during a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

We also talked about the war with Ukraine and I’m not happy about that,” the president said before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Iowa for an event celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary. “No,

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he plans to host a UFC fight on White House grounds as he kicked off a series of events meant to mark America’s 250th anniversary next year.

Trump reveals plans for a UFC championship fight at the White House during America's 250th birthday, continuing his close relationship with Dana White.

For the country's 250th anniversary, Trump said a UFC fight at the White House and he proposed a remedy for migrant farmworkers in an Iowa speech.

Even with early public opinion on their side, however, it’s far from certain that the Republican budget bill will be the political winner Democrats hope.

Here are the five Republicans who voted against Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Massie drew Trump’s wrath over his opposition to the bill, with the Kentucky congressman slammed by the president in several Truth Social posts:

House passes Trump-backed bill, tightening his grip on the Republican Party despite backlash over debt and cuts to Medicaid.