New Delhi, May 22 -- The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping tax and spending bill on Thursday, advancing a key part of President Donald Trump's policy agenda. Taking to social media platform Truth Social, an evidently elated Trump urged the Senate to expedite the process, writing, "Now, it's time for our friends in the United States Senate to get to work, and send this Bill to my desk AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! There is no time to waste."

The Tax-cut Bill, dubbed the "big, beautiful bill" by Donald Trump, passed by a razor-thin margin of 215 to 214 after a marathon session that extended over two nights. All Democrats opposed the bill, joined by two Republicans, while a third Republican voted "present" ...