At first glance, the Republican Party in the U.S. Congress seems to march in unison defending Donald Trump's policies. However, beneath this facade of unity, there are cracks and tensions suggesting a more complex reality.

Republicans officially reached the hard part of the effort to pass a budget plan addressing several of President Donald Trump’s top priorities this week.In the House of Representatives, markups took place on Tuesday for two of the main parts of the “big beautiful bill” Trump wants Congress to pass as one massive package.

Worse, Ciattarelli called Trump a “charlatan” in 2015 and said he was “not fit” to serve in the Oval Office. The president, in turn, has attacked him. That made the former moderate lawmaker somewhat of an enemy to the MAGA crowd — a dreaded RINO, Republican in name only.

The poll finds that about half of Republicans, 55%, are very or somewhat optimistic about their party’s future, up from 47% last summer. Still, only about 3 in 10 Republicans are optimistic about the state of U.S. politics, up from about 1 in 10 last summer.

House Republicans on Monday outlined their plans for a far-reaching tax bill that would deliver on several of President Trump’s campaign pledges — for now.

Follow for live updates as Trump continues his Middle East trip in Saudi Arabia and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill.

A proposal by Republicans in Congress would allow President Donald Trump's administration to remove the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that it says support terrorism.

The Republican-led House unveils a sweeping tax proposal central to Trump's second-term agenda. Dubbed 'THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,' it promises new exemptions and permanent tax cuts, aiming for approval by Memorial Day.