Month: July 2025

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) took a swing at fellow Pennsylvanian Sen. John Fetterman (D) over comments he made as the Senate was on its way to passing President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” in which he said he had “missed” a beach trip. “I will do whatever it takes, stay up for 48 straight hours, 72…
Read more

President Trump said on Tuesday evening that Israel has agreed to the “necessary conditions” to “finalize” a 60-day ceasefire in the war-torn Gaza Strip and pushed the Palestinian militant group Hamas to take the deal, warning that it will “not get better.”  “My Representatives had a long and productive meeting with the Israelis today on…
Read more

The Democratic mayoral candidate denounced the president’s threats of arrest and scrutiny of his citizenship status.

“I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this Deal, because it will not get better — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE,” he said.

In a post on X, Joe Walsh said that Trump is taking a 2011 joke he made about introducing “moat legislation” with gators much too seriously.

Sleep deprivation makes everyone a bit loopy.

“Tesla investors want Musk to focus on driving Tesla and stop this political angle,” said one Wall Street tech analyst.

The European Union’s (EU) foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged Iran to resume talks on ending the country’s nuclear program while speaking with Tehran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.  “Negotiations on ending Iran’s nuclear programme should restart as soon as possible. Cooperation with @iaeaorg must resume. The EU is ready to facilitate this. Any threats to…
Read more

Who is actually into all this stuff? We asked experts to find out.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani slammed President Trump’s threat to investigate his immigration status and arrest him over his opposition to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s raids.  Trump said during a press conference on Tuesday, at a detention center in Florida called “Alligator Alcatraz,” that if Mamdani prevents ICE agents from conducting its…
Read more

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass bemoaned the Trump administration’s lawsuit challenging the city’s sanctuary status and attacking its immigration policies.  “The lawsuit is an attempt to overturn the will of the city, calling for a halt to long-standing policy to protect immigrant Angelenos. We are a city of immigrants who have had policies in place…
Read more

The store is now the location of both ICE raids and “Know Your Rights” meetings around the country.

The Senate’s version of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed Tuesday would make significant changes to student loan programs, worrying advocates that borrowers will face higher monthly payments.   The reconciliation bill revamps the types of student loan repayment plans available to borrowers; how much students will be able borrow from the federal government; and…
Read more

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Tuesday railed against the Senate version of the GOP’s tax and spending bill, calling it a “travesty” and saying he expects to see significant changes in the House before it lands on the president’s desk. In an interview on Fox News’s “The Faulkner Focus,” conducted just ahead of the final…
Read more

Nearly a third of the ballots cast in the presidential election last fall were submitted by mail, despite long-standing efforts from President Trump and other Republicans to discourage the controversial voting method, new research found. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released a report this week that found while mail-in ballots didn’t hit the record…
Read more

The Senate sent President Trump’s agenda legislation to the House after more than a day of amendment votes and critical negotiations, with Vice President Vance breaking the 50-50 tie. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and allies worked overnight to reach a deal with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to pass the legislation. The upper chamber…
Read more

The Senate passed a 1,016-page measure Tuesday that enacts major planks in President Trump’s second-term agenda, from tax cuts to Medicaid regulations, green energy limits to the debt limit. The upper chamber worked on the bill for weeks and approved it after 27 hours of debate and Vice President Vance’s tie-breaking vote. It now moves…
Read more

It makes the rich get richer, kicks down the poorest, helps ICE detain Americans, kills clean energy jobs and throws grandma out of her nursing home. 🇺🇸

Senate Republicans on Tuesday jammed through a major package advancing President Trump’s tax priorities, paid for by a host of cuts to the social safety net, including Medicaid and food assistance. The bill also slashes green energy and includes changes to student loan programs. The nearly 1,000-page package, released Friday, has undergone notable changes since…
Read more

Democrats considered potential candidates for the 2028 presidential election quickly pounced on Vice President Vance for casting the tiebreaking vote to pass President Trump’s massive tax and spending bill in the Senate. From Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic hopefuls placed blame squarely on Vance, who could launch his…
Read more

The president’s brutal comment comes amid concerns from law and policy experts about the facility.

The Trump administration and Florida leaders partnered together to build a detention facility on a remote site nestled in the state’s swampy Everglades to hold migrants awaiting deportation. The site, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” opened Tuesday with soft-sided holding units for hundreds of detainees in the coming days through a partnership in which the federal government…
Read more

President Trump praised his former primary rival Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) during his visit to the state’s new migrant detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” on Tuesday.  “Ron, I’d like to thank you personally,” Trump told DeSantis at a roundtable event.  “You’re my friend, you’ll always be my friend, and we may have some…
Read more

A record-high share of American voters are content with the work of Republican lawmakers, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll. In the survey, conducted in late June, 36 percent of registered voters approve of the job Republicans in Congress are doing — the highest level recorded since pollsters began asking the question in 2011. The latest…
Read more

President Trump on Tuesday advised would-be escapees from Florida’s new “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention facility to zigzag when trying to evade reptilian predators lurking in the Everglades. “Don’t run in a straight line; run like this,” the president said to reporters, waving his hand from side-to-side, before he left the White House for Florida on…
Read more