White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is holding a press conference after the House passed President Donald Trump's favored "big, beautiful bill." The press conference is scheduled to begin at 1 p.

The White House said Democrats have "never been more radical and out of touch with the needs of the American people" after voting against Trump's legislation.

Defying opposition from within his ranks, House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted late Wednesday that Republicans would march ahead on their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and the White House are betting that the bill full of President Trump’s priorities is so big — and so “beautiful,” at least in the eyes of the president — that it

"Put simply, The Big Beautiful Bill will empower Big Beautiful Deportations," the White House said May 17 in a press release after the bill stalled.

The White House says the House GOP's tax cuts will usher in an economic boom. Top economists say the upside is negligible.

The House Judiciary Committee approved The One Big Beautiful Bill to increase ICE deportations and limit benefits for undocumented immigrants.