Governor Abbott thanked the U.S. House for passing a bill allocating $12 billion for Texas border security expenses incurred due to previous federal policies.

The text of the Big, Beautiful Bill states that the federal government will "propose for each year the following registration fee" of $250 for a covered electric vehicle and $100 for a covered hybrid vehicle.

The proposal, part of the reconciliatory federal budget document dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” now heads to the U.S. Senate. It includes a 10-year stop on states being able to regulate artificial intelligence.

Representative Nancy Mace has introduced a resolution to expel Representative LaMonica McIver following federal charges of assaulting law enforcement

Indiana County's U.S. representatives praise 'Big Beautiful Bill," while a suburban Pittsburgh congressman assails it, after wee-hours passage.

The narrow win for the bill, which hikes the deduction for state and local taxes to $40,000, came after Speaker Mike Johnson won over right-wing fiscal hawks and a small group of rebels from the

House Republicans plan to vote this week on legislation containing President Trump's second term agenda, including border and tax cut provisions.