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

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed a sprawling tax and spending bill into law, after it passed through Congress despite deep misgivings among Republicans and Democrats. Trump's success in passing the bill - that critics say will balloon national debt and gut welfare support - shows that the President "is able to control his Republican party",

After weeks of Democratic resistance and Republican infighting, President Trump's sweeping legislation he calls the "big, beautiful bill" is now law. He signed his domestic policy plan during an Independence Day ceremony at the White House.