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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Court records show that the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in exchange for his cooperation in the case. Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes, 38, has been convicted of smuggling migrants and illegally reentering the United States after having been deported. He also pleaded guilty to “deadly conduct” in connection with a separate incident where he drunkenly fired a gun in a Texas community. Records reviewed by The Washington Post show that Hernandez Reyes has been released early from federal prison to a halfway house and has been given permission to stay in the U.S. for at least a year. Prosecutors have identified Hernandez Reyes as the “first cooperator” in the case against Abrego, according to court filings. The Department of Homeland Security maintains that Hernandez owned the SUV that Abrego Garcia was allegedly using to smuggle migrants when the Tennessee Highw...

It took 16 hours to read Trump’s 940-page, foot-high bill aloud. Now the long debate begins

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and JOEY CAPPELLETTI WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours before a tumultuous nearing-midnight vote on President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and increased deportation money , a Republican senator stood on the chamber floor and implored the plan’s critics, “Read the bill.” After the dramatic 51-49 roll call late Saturday , Senate Democrats did exactly that. Unable to stop the march toward passage of the 940-page bill by Trump’s Fourth of July deadline, the minority party in Congress is using the tools at its disposal to delay and drag out the process. “If Senate Republicans won’t tell the American people what’s in this bill, then Democrats are going to force this chamber to read it from start to finish,” said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. By Sunday mid-afternoon some 16 hours later, the clerk’s reading of the nearly foot-high bill was done. And within moments the Senate launched debate. But it’s still going to be a while, at le...

Senators launch a weekend of work to meet Trump’s deadline for passing his tax and spending cuts

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and JOEY CAPPELLETTI WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate launched a rare weekend session Saturday as Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline. Republicans are using their majorities in Congress to push aside Democratic opposition, but they have run into a series of political and policy setbacks . Not all GOP lawmakers are on board with proposals to reduce spending on Medicaid , food stamps and other programs as a way to help cover the cost of extending some $3.8 trillion in Trump tax breaks . The 940-page bill was released shortly before midnight Friday. Senators are expected to grind through the days ahead with procedural vote Saturday to begin considering the legislation, but the timing was uncertain. There would still be a long path ahead, with hours of potentially all-night debate and eventually voting on countless amendments. Senate passage could ...

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