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4 Senate amendments to Trump megabill that failed — and 1 that passed
Many senators failed to get their amendments across the finish line during the chamber’s vote-a-rama on Monday, leaving the future of President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ uncertain. Two key failures came from Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, with the former proposing a plan that would…
Read More »Dems vow to fight ‘tooth and nail’ as Supreme Court takes up campaign finance case
Senior Democratic Party officials vowed Monday to ‘fight tooth and nail’ to keep in place federal campaign spending limits up for Supreme Court review this fall — describing the GOP-led effort to repeal the limits as unprecedented and dangerous ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed…
Read More »Pope, State Department condemn latest massacre of Christians by Islamist militants in Nigeria
The State Department has joined the pope in lashing out at the latest massacre of Christians in Nigeria, reportedly by Islamist Fulani ‘terrorists.’ Pope Leo XIV declared during a recent address to thousands at the Vatican that ‘some 200 people were murdered, with extraordinary cruelty’ on June 13 in Yelewata, in…
Read More »Republicans scrap deal in ‘big, beautiful bill’ to lower restrictions on states’ AI regulations
A deal that had been reached between Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, over how states can regulate artificial intelligence has been pulled from President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill. The collapsed agreement would have required states seeking to access hundreds of millions of dollars in AI infrastructure…
Read More »Trump’s achievements embolden him to be even more aggressive
Donald Trump must be feeling pretty powerful. He’s even demanding that Israel cancel the criminal trial of Bibi Netanyahu. By any objective analysis, whether you like the president or not, he has been on an incredible winning streak for the last two weeks. Everything seems to be breaking his way.…
Read More »Trump warns of ‘whopping 68% tax increase’ if Senate fails to pass historic bill
As the Senate continued to inch closer to finalizing President Donald Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ the president took to social media early Tuesday to warn that a failure to come to an agreement would end in the largest tax increase in history. The message came after lawmakers had been…
Read More »Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ hits another snag in House as conservative caucus raises red flag
Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are warning they have serious issues with the Senate’s version of President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ as it’s currently written. The group of GOP rebels argued in a public statement on Sunday that the Senate bill adds $1.3 trillion to the federal…
Read More »Trump signs order lifting sanctions on Syria
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to formally lift all sanctions on Syria on Monday afternoon. ‘The United States is committed to supporting a Syria that is stable, unified, and at peace with itself and its neighbors,’ the order stated, while directing the secretaries of State, Commerce and Treasury…
Read More »‘Antisemitic’ British band banned from US after viral ‘death to the IDF’ festival chants
The State Department has revoked the visas for members of the Bob Vylan band, after the British punk-rap duo called for ‘death to the IDF’ during a Saturday performance in England’s Glastonbury Music Festival. The band Bob Vylan, made up of two musicians with the stage names Bobby Vylan and…
Read More »House Freedom Caucus targets Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ with concerns about budget deficit
Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are warning they have serious issues with the Senate’s version of President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ as it’s currently written. The group of GOP rebels argued in a public statement on Sunday that the Senate bill adds $1.3 trillion to the federal…
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