Month: July 2025

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will be in South Carolina next week, where he will meet with voters and visit some of the state’s more rural counties, as speculation continues about a potential presidential run in 2028.  Newsom, during the two-day trip announced by the South Carolina Democratic Party, will visit Florence, Marion, Chesterfield, Kershaw,…
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The outcome of this bill will be a net negative for everyone except the rich — and it’s time to throw Donald Trump’s populist working-class schtick in the trash.

Iran will not retaliate further against the United States’s strikes on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program or pursue nuclear “militarization,” according to one of the country’s top diplomats.  “As long as there is no act of aggression being perpetrated by the United States against us, we will not respond again,” Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid…
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The GOP senator knew the legislation would hurt her constituents and had a chance to tank the whole thing, but she voted to pass it anyway.

President Trump is kicking off his July Fourth weekend at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Thursday evening, hours after the House passed the final “big, beautiful bill” full of Trump’s domestic priorities. The reconciliation package — which includes sweeping tax cuts, a crackdown on immigration, a boost in energy production and huge cuts to Medicaid —…
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President Trump said Thursday his administration would begin sending letters out to other countries this week informing them of tariff rates they would have to pay to do business in the United States, downplaying his desire to strike dozens of individual trade deals. “My inclination is to send a letter out and say what tariff…
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Members of the House Freedom Caucus staked out strong opposition to the Senate-passed version of the “one big, beautiful bill” of President Trump’s tax and spending priorities on Wednesday, threatening to derail the megabill unless the House made further changes. All of them flipped their positions by the wee hours of Thursday, after hours of conversations…
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YouTube is “engaged in productive discussions” with President Trump’s lawyers in his case against the social media platform for banning his account in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, court documents show.  In a court filing from late May, the two sides asked the judge to delay a June court hearing. The document…
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With the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” headed to President Trump’s desk for signature on Friday, wealthy Americans are poised to receive significant tax breaks partly offset by steep cuts to social welfare programs.  The bill makes 2017 tax breaks from Trump’s first term permanent, while adding some new tax breaks, like no taxes on tips…
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Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) urged Interior Secretary Doug Burgum this week to “explore the addition” of President Trump’s likeness to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, citing “the scale and scope of recent achievements,” including the president’s domestic policy megabill that Congress passed Thursday and his administration’s ongoing border security efforts. “The legacy of Mount Rushmore…
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With the signature policy bill of President Trump’s second term hanging in the balance this week, the president and his allies got to work, using a mixture of vinegar and honey to win over skeptics and ensure its final passage. It was a week of late night meetings and phone calls, stern posts on social…
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They whined and objected for months, but in the end, they all voted for Donald Trump’s massive bill slashing taxes and the Medicaid health insurance program.

Former President Biden said President Trump’s tax and spending bill is “reckless” and “cruel” after it passed the House on Thursday. “The Republican budget bill is not only reckless — it’s cruel. It slashes Medicaid and takes away health care from millions of Americans,” Biden said on the social platform X. “It closes rural hospitals…
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China knocked the newly announced U.S. trade deal with Vietnam, saying Beijing “firmly opposes” any deal that disadvantages its economy and pledged to take “countermeasures” to protect its own interests. The trade deal with Vietnam, which President Trump announced on Wednesday, sets the tariff rate on the country at 20 percent, with Vietnam giving the…
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House Republicans on Thursday approved a massive package of President Trump’s domestic priorities, ending months of fierce debate and internal GOP clashes to deliver a huge victory to the president just before the holiday weekend. The legislation delivers virtually all the key promises of Trump’s 2024 campaign, including an extension and expansion of his 2017…
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The podcaster launched into a rant about POTUS’ controversial attacks against migrants.

Three Democratic senators said Thursday they were launching an investigation into the Trump administration’s more than five-month pause on new sanctions against Russia related to its war in Ukraine. “Instead of taking clearly available steps to pressure the aggressors, President Trump is doing nothing and we will be investigating this missed opportunity to push for…
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The Supreme Court declined on Thursday to hear a case seeking to revive a Montana law that required parental consent for minors seeking abortions.  The state argued the law should be allowed to take effect, because “fundamental parental rights” outweigh a right to privacy that has long protected abortion in the deep red state.  …
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The “big, beautiful bill” is heading to President Trump’s desk. House Republicans passed the core of Trump’s domestic policy agenda Thursday afternoon — including sweeping tax cuts, a crackdown on immigration, a boost in energy production and huge cuts to Medicaid — overcoming months of bitter infighting on Capitol Hill to deliver what could be…
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Despite all the bad things Republican lawmakers said about the “big, beautiful bill,” the holdouts caved and delivered for Donald Trump.

CBS News anchor John Dickerson referenced the recent settlement between the network’s parent company Paramount and President Trump as part of his sign-off on the broadcaster’s evening newscast. “The Paramount settlement poses a new obstacle. Can you hold power to account after paying it millions? Can an audience trust you when it thinks you’ve traded…
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Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) ripped the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” Thursday as the House scrambles to get the reconciliation package to President Trump’s desk by a July 4 deadline, claiming the U.S. would be “sicker, hungrier and less well-off” if it is signed into law. “Once Americans realize the real cost of this bill, they…
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First lady Melania Trump visited with patients at Children’s National hospital in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, decorating rocks and asking the kids about their favorite hobbies. The first lady took part in crafts activities with the children and met privately with heart and kidney patients and their families, according to the White House. Trump also…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday set a new House floor speech record with a “magic minute” address that clocked in at 8 hours and 44 minutes. The marathon speech was the only thing that stood between the debate and vote on the Trump administration’s policy megabill. Jeffries began speaking at 4:53 a.m.…
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Podcaster Joe Rogan continued to knock the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) workplace raids that have become a hallmark of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown, calling the effort “insane” on Tuesday’s episode of his show. “It’s insane,” Rogan, who endorsed President Trump in his reelection bid last fall, said on “The Joe Rogan Experience.”…
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