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Some of those who supported Trump have concerns about what’s in his megabill
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Some Trump supporters living in rural areas say they have concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tax and policy megabill, which he signed into law on Friday. The bill’s potential [Read More…]
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson defends blistering dissents: ‘We have very different opinions’
Arturo Holmes/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in her first public appearance since the Supreme Court sharply limited the ability of federal judges to check presidential power, said Saturday she believes recent [Read More…]
White House pushes back on criticism of weather service around Texas flooding
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz defended the National Weather Service and accused some Democrats of playing politics in the wake of devastating floods in Texas. “I think this [Read More…]
US troops on the ground in LA immigration enforcement operation, DOD says
ABC News (LOS ANGELES, Calif. ) — A large immigration enforcement operation is underway in Los Angeles with U.S. troops on the ground. According to a post on X by the Defense Department, U.S. military personnel were [Read More…]
Trump and Musk feud escalates after Musk floats creating new political party
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are once again trading public insults after the Tesla billionaire, the world’s richest man, said he will create a new political party. Musk, who [Read More…]
White House suggests some countries could see tariff deadline shifted
Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers Stephen Miran, ABC News Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers Stephen Miran said that some countries that are negotiating with the United States [Read More…]
Trump administration deports 8 migrants to South Sudan
(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration deported eight migrants to South Sudan, according to a Department of Homeland Security official, after the administration had to halt their deportation to a base in Djibouti. “A district judge [Read More…]
Megabill negotiations show Vance is a key player in the Trump administration
Al Drago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Over the past six months, Vice President JD Vance has shown how much of a key player he has become in the Trump administration, serving as the president’s most prominent [Read More…]
Trump to sign controversial spending bill during White House 4th of July celebrations
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is slated to use the White House’s Fourth of July celebrations as the backdrop for his final victory lap over his massive spending bill. The president will [Read More…]
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…]