Month: July,2025

Trump warns of ‘whopping 68% tax increase’ if Senate fails to pass historic bill

Trump warns of ‘whopping 68% tax increase’ if Senate fails to pass historic bill


July 1, 2025
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 in a marathon ‘vote-a-rama,’ for […]
Trump’s achievements embolden him to be even more aggressive

Trump’s achievements embolden him to be even more aggressive


July 1, 2025
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. And as he racks up […]
Republicans scrap deal in ‘big, beautiful bill’ to lower restrictions on states’ AI regulations

Republicans scrap deal in ‘big, beautiful bill’ to lower restrictions on states’ AI regulations


July 1, 2025
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 funding in the ‘big, beautiful’ […]
Pope, State Department condemn latest massacre of Christians by Islamist militants in Nigeria

Pope, State Department condemn latest massacre of Christians by Islamist militants in Nigeria


July 1, 2025
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 Nigeria’s Benue State. Late Monday, […]
Dems vow to fight ‘tooth and nail’ as Supreme Court takes up campaign finance case

Dems vow to fight ‘tooth and nail’ as Supreme Court takes up campaign finance case


July 1, 2025
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 to review the case, National […]
4 Senate amendments to Trump megabill that failed — and 1 that passed

4 Senate amendments to Trump megabill that failed — and 1 that passed


July 1, 2025
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 have boosted funding for rural […]