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12:30 Report — Trump consolidates power

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19.02.2025
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12:30 REPORT

Happy Wednesday. There’s lots happening today. In this edition:

  • 🚨 Trump endorsed the House’s plan to pass his agenda.
  • Trump signed an executive order to control independent agencies.
  • He’s attending a Saudi-backed business conference in Miami today.
  • Trump ramped up his criticism of Ukrainian President Zelensky.

I’m Cate Martel with a quick recap of the morning and what’s coming up. Send tips & feedback to cmartel@thehill.com. Someone forward this to you? Sign up.

🌴Out of office: The Hill’s 12:30 Report will not publish tomorrow or Friday. We’ll be back Monday catching you up on everything you missed. In the meantime, follow The Hill’s Morning Report and The Hill’s Evening Report to stay up to date. Cheers!

🕹️ On Capitol Hill

 

Whoa, Trump does have a favorite!:

House and Senate Republicans have been racing to pass President Trump’s agenda with their separate, competing strategies. Up until now, Trump has largely stayed out of the disagreement, declining to endorse one approach over the other.

But not anymore!: Trump threw his support behind the House’s strategy this morning to cram it all into one bill. (Senate Republicans want to spread it out into two bills — pass the easy stuff first while they hash out the rest.)

Trump posted on Truth Social: “We need both Chambers to pass the House Budget to ‘kickstart’ the Reconciliation process, and move all of our priorities to the concept of, ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.’” 🔎 Read his full post

The House tees up a vote:........

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