Month: July 2025

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr will give his first major address since taking on the role, outlining the Trump administration’s “Build America” agenda Wednesday afternoon. Carr’s remarks come as President Trump and the administration have turned up the heat on public broadcasters — primarily NPR and PBS — and other mainstream media outlets…
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Former President Biden is in San Diego on Wednesday where he will headline the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) annual conference with remarks focused on the U.S. workforce and economy after leaving the White House. According to the press release, Biden is expected to “provide his unique perspective” on “leadership, workforce transformation, and the…
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A federal judge in New York blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation protections for Haitians ahead of the date set under the Biden administration, the latest blow to efforts from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to end the legal status. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Cogan ruled Noem could not issue a “partial vacatur” of…
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The president’s reported ask to the doctor treating his ear wound revolved around one of his obsessions.

President Trump and his billionaire financier Elon Musk are at war, again — this time over Trump’s debt-packed budget bill. Trump and Musk’s bitter public quarrels have become an all-too-common (and all-too-embarrassing) part of our political culture, but this week’s war of words seemed to throw the relationship into a deep freeze.  Once Trump’s closest…
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President Trump on Wednesday announced a trade deal has been struck with Vietnam, days before the pause on reciprocal tariffs is set to expire. “I just made a Trade Deal with Vietnam. Details to follow!” he said on Truth Social. Vietnam exports goods like apparel, including clothing and footwear, and electrical machinery to the U.S.…
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk offered praise for President Trump’s international diplomacy efforts on Wednesday while navigating another rocky point in the duo’s on-and-off relationship that crumbled in a public meltdown last month over the president’s massive tax and spending bill. “Credit where credit is due,” Musk posted early Wednesday morning on his social platform X.…
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President Trump on Wednesday railed against New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and appeared to suggest he could use federal authority to exert power over the city depending on the outcome of November’s election. “As President of the United States, I’m not going to let this Communist Lunatic destroy New York,” Trump posted on…
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President Trump said his ear was “bleeding like a b—-” after he was shot during an attempted assassination at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., last July. The recently released excerpt of the book “2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America” details the day Trump was shot at by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew…
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday officially suspended the country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after American and Israeli airstrikes targeted its most important nuclear facilities, further blocking international inspectors’ insight into Tehran’s nuclear activities.  Iran claims its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes and said it is suspending cooperation with the…
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The House is set to take up the Senate-passed version of President Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending and tax bill on Wednesday afternoon. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other House leaders are scrambling to unite the conference behind the latest iteration of the bill — passed Tuesday in the Senate with a tie-breaking vote from Vice…
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House Democrats are trying to delay passage of President Trump’s mammoth tax and spending measure because “about 20 Republicans” currently oppose the bill and more may join them as pressure mounts, Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said Tuesday evening. “They can only lose three or four [votes], and it’s done,” Frost told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki in…
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(KTLA) — As President Trump’s immigration operations continue nationwide, a new app that allows users to report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in their area is gaining attention and controversy. The platform, called ICEBlock, was launched in April in response to President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration and the mass protests…
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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) tore into Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Tuesday for lending her 11th-hour support to President Trump’s massive tax and spending bill, paving the way for the “big, beautiful bill” to pass the upper chamber. In remarks during a House Rules Committee meeting following Senate passage of the bill, McGovern criticized the…
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Most Americans now disapprove of Donald Trump’s erratic, authoritarian and incompetent leadership, which has transformed the Republican Party into a cult of personality that rejects traditional Republican policies. Our country is suffering because of Trump’s failures. The New York Times’ average of dozens of polls shows Trump’s popularity in his second term peaked on Jan.…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) predicted a tough battle ahead for President Trump’s agenda-setting “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” as the tax and spending megabill returns to the House following its dramatic Senate passage Tuesday, describing the situation as a “s— show.” “There’s no way that [Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)] has the votes in the…
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Debate on President Trump’s tax policy bill returns to the House on Wednesday, a day after the Senate narrowly passed the legislation at the end of a contentious debate. The House Rules Committee advanced the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” early Wednesday morning after an hours-long meeting. With some conservatives and moderates unhappy with the Senate’s…
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President Trump praised televangelist Jimmy Swaggart for his religious faith and patriotism, after the 90-year-old scandal-plagued Pentecostal preacher died Tuesday. “He was an incredible Man of Faith and, as our Nation’s longest serving Televangelist, inspired millions with his Great Love of God and Country,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “Jimmy will be deeply…
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“I do not believe the cruel cuts to Medicaid in this bill are what Jesus meant when He said, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Once considered rare, $1,000 car payments are fast becoming the new normal. Last quarter, nearly one in five new car buyers who financed their purchases took on monthly payments of $1,000 or more — a record share, according to a new report from Edmunds. Car shoppers also borrowed more overall, financing an average of $42,388…
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Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News and one of the largest media conglomerates in the United States, has agreed to settle a high-profile lawsuit brought by President Trump over a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris that aired last fall. The settlement comes after months of legal sparring and tension…
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The president wants his “big, beautiful bill” to reach his desk by July 4.

The estimated direct cost could be potentially managed through price hikes, layoffs, hiring freezes or lower profit margins.

Facelift, eyelid surgery, fillers, Botox, laser treatments, jaw implants … the list goes on.

“The rest of the answer gets even worse.”