US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on his policy to end tax on tips in Las Vegas, on Jan. 25, 2025.
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Trump’s Fast and Furious Second Term Racks Up Wins — and Risks
Congress passing his budget megabill is the latest win for the president, but his rapid-fire agenda may be storing up trouble
Donald Trump’s second presidency is turning into a white-knuckle ride — the kind that gets to its destination in double-quick time, provided there’s no accident on the way.
When a sleep-deprived Congress approved Trump’s budget megabill on Thursday, it set the capstone on five furious months back in the White House. In that time the president has thrown up a tariff wall, slammed shut the southern US border, and upended everything from foreign policy to higher education — much as he’d promised to do.