{"id":71752,"date":"2026-04-15T06:54:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/republicans-struggle-to-highlight-trumps-cuts-as-americans-see-little-effect-on-tax-day-us-politics-live\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T06:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:54:48","slug":"republicans-struggle-to-highlight-trumps-cuts-as-americans-see-little-effect-on-tax-day-us-politics-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/republicans-struggle-to-highlight-trumps-cuts-as-americans-see-little-effect-on-tax-day-us-politics-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans struggle to highlight Trump\u2019s cuts as Americans see little effect on Tax Day \u2013 US politics live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans had hoped that Trump\u2019s 2025 tax cuts would be at the forefront of voters\u2019 minds, but many have reportedly not noticed a difference<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/15\/us-taxpayers-military-spending-trump\">US taxpayers spend hundreds more on military as Trump pushes for vast budget increase<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The US military said it killed four more people in a boat strike in the eastern Pacific ocean on Tuesday, marking the third <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/13\/us-military-vessel-strike\">deadly attack<\/a> on vessels in the region in four days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The US Southern Command, which oversees military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced the killings in a social media <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Southcom\/status\/2044185311673213219\">post<\/a>, claiming, without providing evidence, that the men killed were \u201cnarco-terrorists\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/apr\/15\/donald-trump-iran-economy-tax-day-voter-id-latest-news-updates\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans had hoped that Trump\u2019s 2025 tax cuts would be at the forefront of voters\u2019 minds, but many have reportedly not noticed a difference US taxpayers spend hundreds more on military as Trump pushes for vast budget increase Sign up for the Breaking News US email The US military said it killed four more people &#8230; <a title=\"Republicans struggle to highlight Trump\u2019s cuts as Americans see little effect on Tax Day \u2013 US politics live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/republicans-struggle-to-highlight-trumps-cuts-as-americans-see-little-effect-on-tax-day-us-politics-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Republicans struggle to highlight Trump\u2019s cuts as Americans see little effect on Tax Day \u2013 US politics live\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}