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Schumer forces name change for ‘big, beautiful bill’ moments before it passes
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., forced a name change for President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ moments before the legislative package passed the upper chamber of Congress. While Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., was chairing the Senate, Schumer raised a point of order against lines three to five on the…
Read More »‘Only the beginning’: Trump admin releases data showing federal workforce slashed since January
The Trump administration released data on Tuesday morning showing that it had slashed the federal government workforce, while promising that there is more to come as Trump continues his push to rid the government of waste. Data released by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) shows that the United…
Read More »Why Justice Jackson is a fish out of water on the Supreme Court
Much has been written in recent days about the war of words between Supreme Court justices Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown-Jackson in the opinions handed down in Trump v. Casa, Inc., the case involving an injunction issued in a case challenging birthright citizenship. But as I pointed out in…
Read More »House kicks off final sprint for Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ with key committee hearing
The House of Representatives is beginning the final legislative sprint of President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ before the commander in chief signs it into law. The powerful House panel is the final gatekeeper before most pieces of legislation get a chamber-wide vote. It comes after the Senate spent more…
Read More »Tax cuts, work requirements and asylum fees: Here’s what’s inside the Senate’s version of Trump’s bill
Senate Republicans coalesced to pass President Donald Trump’s colossal ‘big, beautiful bill’ early Tuesday morning. Senate Republican leaders and the White House have pitched the legislative behemoth as a means to turbocharge the economy, root out waste, fraud and abuse in a slew of federal programs, and to make crucial…
Read More »House Republicans call for investigation into Obama-appointed judge in Trump funding case
A pair of Republican oversight hawks escalated a complaint on Tuesday about a district court judge who is presiding over one of the Trump administration’s cases, alleging the judge has a financial conflict of interest. Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman and member of the House Judiciary…
Read More »Congress must reconcile key differences in both versions of Trump’s signature bill
The Senate has completed consideration of President Donald Trump’s $3.3 trillion, 940-page agenda bill, sending it back to the House of Representatives to sync up before hitting the commander in chief’s desk for his signature. It first passed the House by just one vote in late May, and now it…
Read More »Rubio officially kills USAID, reveals future home for foreign assistance programs
USAID will no longer send foreign assistance across the globe, with the State Department taking over any such programs that President Donald Trump’s administration wishes to continue, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday. Rubio made the announcement in a Tuesday statement, saying USAID had for decades failed to ensure…
Read More »Senate passes Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ after marathon vote-a-rama
Senate Republicans rallied to send President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ back to the House, notching a major victory in their record-shattering march toward getting the legislation signed into law. Nearly every Republican in the upper chamber coalesced to advance Trump’s $3.3 trillion megabill, save for Sens.Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Rand…
Read More »Mike Johnson readies House vote on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ amid warring GOP factions
The House of Representatives is expected to take up the Senate’s modified version of President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ this week. The Senate passed the bill after a marathon weekend session, which included Democrats forcing a read-through of the entire 940-page text. Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking…
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North Korea lashes out after Trump DOJ exposes massive IT infiltration scheme
North Korean officials accused the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) of running ‘an absurd …
