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Deportations, tariffs, court clashes, record shutdown mark a historic year in Washington, D.C.
Unified GOP government led by Trump enacted major tax and spending law, imposed tariffs on multiple countries, and pursued mass deportations amid a record six-week federal shutdown.
- This year, President Donald Trump and a unified GOP government enacted the July tax-and-domestic-spending law, while a funding stalemate produced a record six-week federal shutdown.
- Republican leaders pushed a broad agenda using budget reconciliation, assembling the 1,116-page big, beautiful bill that combined 11 measures on tax, Medicaid, immigration and vouchers.
- Officials acknowledged a mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland to an El Salvador mega-prison, the Supreme Court reversed and ordered his return, while broader enforcement included mass deportations and firing 20 immigration judges.
- Federal workers and beneficiaries faced disruptions during the shutdown, which hampered pay, food aid, Head Start programs, and public lands, while courts clashed over SNAP benefits for 42 million enrollees.
- Across the courts, the Supreme Court weighed major tariff and immigration disputes, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariff case and multiple rulings, while Chief Justice John G. Roberts defended the judiciary amid 1,500 pardoned Jan. 6 convictions and the White House East Wing demolition.
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Deportations, tariffs, court clashes, record shutdown mark a historic year in D.C.
President Donald Trump holds up the "One, Big Beautiful Bill" Act that he signed into law on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Brandon - Pool/Getty Images).WASHINGTON — This year produced a seemingly endless array of history-making events and nearly constant change to immigration policy, tariffs, the Education Department and federal health care programs. President Donald Trump came back into office embo…
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