Category Added in a WPeMatico Campaign
ABC Politics News
Trump criticized for using antisemitic slur in Iowa speech
(DES MOINES, Iowa) — President Donald Trump celebrated the passage of his massive tax and policy bill during a “Salute to America” event in Des Moines, Iowa, a day ahead of the Fourth of July. [Read More…]
The 2 House Republicans who voted no on Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images//Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s major tax cut and spending bill passed the House on Thursday, but not without some Republican opposition. Rep. Thomas [Read More…]
House passes Trump’s major tax cut and spending bill
House of Representatives (WASHINGTON) — The House has passed President Trump’s major tax cut and spending bill in a 218 to 214 vote. The legislation will now go to President Trump’s desk for his signature. [Read More…]
‘Immoral’: Democrat Hakeem Jeffries blasts Trump megabill in marathon speech
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the record for longest-ever House floor speech as he made a last stand against President Donald Trump’s major tax cut and spending bill. Jeffries [Read More…]
Law enforcement groups sound alarm over potential DHS intel rollback
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Four major law enforcement groups are sounding the alarm in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about potential cuts to the intelligence-gathering arm of her agency. [Read More…]
Holdouts say Trump promised he’d ‘make the bill better’ in the future
Rep. Ralph Norman. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While there were no changes made to the legislative text of President Donald Trump’s megabill after it came back from the Senate, some [Read More…]
Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over Montana abortion consent law
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to take up a dispute over a Montana law that would have required notarized parental consent for a minor to receive an abortion. State lawmakers [Read More…]
Supreme Court to take up state bans on trans student athletes
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court said Thursday that it would hear appeals from two states seeking to uphold laws excluding transgender student athletes from participation in girls’ and women’s sports teams. The [Read More…]
Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, in marathon ‘magic minute’ speech, blasts Trump bill
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is making a marathon last stand against President Donald Trump’s major tax cut and spending bill. Jeffries took to the House floor just after 5 [Read More…]
175+ Democrats supporting NAACP suit against dismantling Department of Education
Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Student Borrower Protection Center (WASHINGTON) — More than 175 Democratic members of Congress are filing an amicus brief on Thursday opposing the Trump administration’s overhaul of the U.S. Department of Education. [Read More…]
‘Hero’ B-2 pilots expected to keep low profile at July 4 White House visit
USAF via AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The B-2 bomber pilots and crews who helped to strike Iranian nuclear sites earlier this month are being told to keep a low profile this weekend if [Read More…]
Trump ramps up pressure on House Republicans to pass major tax cut and spending bill
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Republicans to get his tax and spending bill across the finish line. Several House Republicans arrived White House on Wednesday morning for [Read More…]
These Senate changes to Trump’s agenda bill could be sticking points in House
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — All eyes are now on the House after the Senate narrowly passed a major tax cut and spending bill that is the centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s agenda. A key [Read More…]
House considers president’s megabill amid GOP divisions
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is debating ahead of a key test vote for President Donald Trump’s tax and immigration megabill to send it to the floor for a final vote but [Read More…]
House begins work on Trump megabill, Johnson says vote could come Wednesday
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a nail-biter vote in the Senate, the House took up President Donald Trump’s tax and immigration megabill on Tuesday, with House Speaker Mike Johnson suggesting a [Read More…]
Lara Trump, Roy Cooper in the mix as Tillis retirement ignites fierce North Carolina Senate race
Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis’ decision not to seek reelection is jolting what was already expected to be a fierce battle in North Carolina to either challenge him or flip his [Read More…]
Trump again brings up the idea of deporting US citizens for crimes
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump continued on Tuesday to float his idea, which some legal experts say is unconstitutional, to deport U.S. citizens who commit crimes. Speaking to the press [Read More…]
Trump falsely questions Zohran Mamdani’s citizenship, threatens to arrest him over ICE operations
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump threatened New York state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani with arrest if the presumptive Democratic nominee for New York City mayor defies Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. The president also [Read More…]
It all came down to Collins and Murkowski: Inside the final passage of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Gathered on the Senate floor after a 26-hour, record-breaking vote-a-rama series, senators voted hastily on two final Republican-led amendments before getting to the main event: final [Read More…]
What to know about ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant detention center amid Trump visit
Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump touring the new “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention center in Florida‘s Everglades on Tuesday. The Trump administration is turning the remote Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport into [Read More…]