Month: June,2025

Thom Tillis announces retirement from Senate after clash with Trump

Thom Tillis announces retirement from Senate after clash with Trump


June 30, 2025
Sen. Thom Tillis, one of the two Republicans to vote against advancing President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ plans to retire from the Senate at the end of his term. The North Carolina Republican announced on Sunday that he would not seek reelection in the 2026 cycle. Tillis would have been among the most vulnerable […]
SCOOP: House Republican eyes bid for Thom Tillis Senate seat after Trump attack

SCOOP: House Republican eyes bid for Thom Tillis Senate seat after Trump attack


June 30, 2025
A first-term House Republican and military veteran is eyeing a bid for Sen. Thom Tillis’ North Carolina Senate seat after the GOP lawmaker announced he would not run for re-election, a source close to the congressman told Fox News Digital. Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., a former Army Special Forces Officer who was deployed to Afghanistan, […]
Dem delay tactic ends, debate begins on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Dem delay tactic ends, debate begins on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’


June 30, 2025
Senate Democrats’ delay tactic has finally come to a close, but Senate Republicans are still a ways out from voting on President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill.’ Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., forced clerks on the Senate floor to read aloud the entirety of the Senate GOP’s version of Trump’s megabill on Saturday. In […]
GOP, Dem senators remain divided over Medicaid after Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ vote

GOP, Dem senators remain divided over Medicaid after Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ vote


June 30, 2025
Senate Republicans and Democrats remain divided on the Medicaid issue hours after President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ passed a key Senate vote Saturday night. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., both appeared on ‘Fox News Sunday’ to discuss Trump’s legislation in the wake of the 51-49 vote. Banks argued that the […]
Tillis’ retirement announcement draws reactions from Trump critic Jeff Flake, Bernie Sanders: ‘A cult’

Tillis’ retirement announcement draws reactions from Trump critic Jeff Flake, Bernie Sanders: ‘A cult’


June 30, 2025
Former Senator Jeff Flake, one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal critics during his first administration, reacted to Sen. Thom Tillis’ retirement plans on Sunday. Tillis, who was one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the 2026 cycle, had faced threats from Trump to endorse a challenger after Tillis voted against the president’s ‘big, beautiful […]
Rep. Steube slams Senate parliamentarian for gutting Trump’s legislative agenda

Rep. Steube slams Senate parliamentarian for gutting Trump’s legislative agenda


June 30, 2025
An unelected Senate parliamentarian should not be deciding what stays and what doesn’t in the so-called ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., told Fox News Channel in an interview that earned President Trump’s approval. Conservatives were furious on Thursday morning after learning Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled several key reforms and tweaks to Medicaid […]
Iran’s nuclear capabilities crushed, but regime’s desire for the bomb may persist

Iran’s nuclear capabilities crushed, but regime’s desire for the bomb may persist


June 30, 2025
President Donald Trump declared last week that Iran’s underground nuclear facilities bombed by the U.S. were ‘obliterated,’ while adding the U.S. and Israeli strikes delivered ‘monumental damage to all nuclear sites in Iran.’  U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth echoed that message in a briefing, saying the ‘CIA can confirm that a body of credible intelligence […]
Trump’s 24th week set to focus on ‘big, beautiful bill’ passage ahead of Independence Day deadline

Trump’s 24th week set to focus on ‘big, beautiful bill’ passage ahead of Independence Day deadline


June 30, 2025
President Donald Trump’s 24th week back in the Oval Office is set to focus on Republican lawmakers sprinting to meet a July 4 deadline to pass a massive piece of legislation that will advance the president’s agenda, while the White House simultaneously juggles ongoing talks related to conflict and tensions in the Middle East. Trump’s […]
Trump’s new American doctrine means peace through strength has returned

Trump’s new American doctrine means peace through strength has returned


June 30, 2025
We are nearly halfway through the first year of the second Trump administration, and the American people are seeing something unprecedented in American politics in the 21st Century: the development and implementation of a grand strategy.  Critics and talking heads have tried to paint President Donald Trump as brash and careless, especially when it comes […]
Iran acknowledges death toll from Israel’s strike on notorious Evin prison

Iran acknowledges death toll from Israel’s strike on notorious Evin prison


June 30, 2025
Iran acknowledged on Sunday that an Israeli strike on Tehran’s notorious Evin prison last week killed dozens of people. Iran’s judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir posted on the office’s official Mizan news agency website that the strike killed at least 71 people, including staff, soldiers, prisoners and members of visiting families. Officials did not provide a […]
Israeli military detains 6 settlers after attack on forces in occupied West Bank

Israeli military detains 6 settlers after attack on forces in occupied West Bank


June 29, 2025
The Israeli military detained six settlers in the occupied West Bank overnight after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say the suspects attacked security forces. The IDF says they spotted Israeli civilians driving toward a closed military zone near the Palestinian village of Kafr Malik, where days earlier settlers set fire to homes and vehicles in […]
Big crowds gather in Hungarian capital to defy ban on Budapest Pride

Big crowds gather in Hungarian capital to defy ban on Budapest Pride


June 29, 2025
Beneath a blaze of rainbow flags and amid roars of defiance, big crowds gathered in the Hungarian capital Budapest for the city’s 30th annual Pride march – an event that, this year, is unfolding as both a celebration and a protest. Moving through the capital in the sweltering heat, demonstrators carried signs reading “Solidarity with […]
Bezos wedding protesters demand the billionaire ‘get out of our lagoon’

Bezos wedding protesters demand the billionaire ‘get out of our lagoon’


June 29, 2025
After Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez tied the knot in Venice on Friday, a few hundred protesters gathered Saturday at a city train station for a march, united with one message for the Amazon billionaire and his bride: go away. “Bezos, f**k off,” they chanted in Italian. “Out of our lagoon!” One bearded man toted […]
How Qatar defused Iran’s attack on the largest US-run base in the region

How Qatar defused Iran’s attack on the largest US-run base in the region


June 29, 2025
Top Qatari officials had been meeting with the country’s prime minister on Monday afternoon to find ways of de-escalating a conflict between Iran and Israel, when defense ministry personnel called to warn of incoming Iranian missiles. The attack, the first on the Gulf, caught them by surprise, according to Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari, […]
Police clash with anti-government protesters calling for early elections in Serbia

Police clash with anti-government protesters calling for early elections in Serbia


June 29, 2025
Riot police fired tear gas at thousands of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital on Saturday. The major rally in Belgrade against Serbia’s populist president, Aleksandar Vucic, was called to back a demand for an early parliamentary election. The protest by tens of thousands was held after nearly eight months of persistent demonstrations led by Serbia’s […]