内容摘要：Conservatives are insisting on quicker, steeper cuts to federal programs to offset the costs of the trillions of dollars in lost tax revenue. At the same time, a core group of lawmakers from New York and other high-tax states want bigger tax breaks for their voters back home. Worries about piling onto the nation’s $36 trillion debt are stark.

Conservatives are insisting on quicker, steeper cuts to federal programs to offset the costs of the trillions of dollars in lost tax revenue. At the same time, a core group of lawmakers from New York and other high-tax states want bigger tax breaks for their voters back home. Worries about piling onto the nation’s $36 trillion debt are stark.

for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman.Associated Press writer Geoff Mulvihill in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, contributed to this report.

Lathan is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative.is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed executive orders Friday intended to quadruple domestic production of

within the next 25 years, a goal experts say the United States is highly unlikely to reach.To speed up the development of nuclear power, the orders grant the U.S. energy secretary authority to approve some advanced reactor designs and projects, taking authority away from the independent safety agency that has regulated the U.S. nuclear industry for five decades.

The order comes as demand for electricity surges amid a boom in energy-hungry data centers and artificial intelligence.

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Lai said Taiwan would continue to, both through foreign military procurement and domestic arms development, and stand “shoulder to shoulder” with its allies “to exert deterrent power.”

“We will prepare adequately to avoid war and achieve the goal of peace,” he said.He kept open the possibility of talks with Beijing, saying that “Taiwan is very willing to engage in exchanges and cooperation with China” as long as there is mutual respect and dignity.