House passes Trump-backed bill, tightening his grip on the Republican Party despite backlash over debt and cuts to Medicaid.

President Donald Trump signed a major tax and spending bill into law on Independence Day, making 2017 tax cuts permanent, slashing healthcare and welfare spending, and boosting border security funding.

Republicans in the House of Representatives on Wednesday struggled to pass President Donald Trump's massive tax-cut and spending bill as a handful of hardliners withheld their support over concerns about its cost.