President Trump remained in Washington over the weekend to rally Senate Republicans to pass a key spending bill, which he refers to as the “big, beautiful bill.” It comes after Canada raised steel tariffs on the U.

Lawmakers worked through the weekend to move President Donald Trump’s bill closer to the finish line as Republicans’ self-imposed July 4 deadline approaches.

The US Senate has begun voting on a massive spending plan, dubbed the "big beautiful bill", on Monday after weeks of contentious negotiations. Republicans - who control both chambers of Congress - were divided over how much to cut welfare programmes in order to extend tax breaks.