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Attendees cheer as President Trump departs from his January 25, 2025 Las Vegas event.
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Today’s notice: What’s holding up reconciliation — and what’s curiously not. How to win on crypto: a debate. And the future for three Senate friends with rising stars.

Why Is Trump’s Campaign Promise Now a Whisper in the Reconciliation Fight?

Taxes on tips were, ever so briefly, a main storyline of the 2024 election. Now, weirdly, there’s not much debate about this issue that became shorthand for I care about hourly workers last year.

Donald Trump went to Las Vegas last June and declared his support for eliminating them. Now, Republicans have included the provision in their tax bill. You’d think this would be a Mission Accomplished-banner kind of messaging moment.