Why Mike Johnson Already Has a Huge Obstacle in Passing Trump’s Budget
The president’s “big, beautiful bill” is slated to be fast-tracked through the House—but before debate has even started, Republicans fear that they don’t have the votes. Whether…
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The president’s “big, beautiful bill” is slated to be fast-tracked through the House—but before debate has even started, Republicans fear that they don’t have the votes. Whether…
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Tuesday supplied the deciding vote for Senate Republicans to pass Trump’s signature budget bill. After doing so, she registered concerns…
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Tuesday supplied the deciding vote for Senate Republicans to pass Trump’s signature budget bill. After doing so, she registered concerns…
Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act has passed through the Senate thanks to Vice President JD Vance’s tiebreaking vote. But alongside the late-night drama in the chamber this week,…
On Tuesday, the Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act with a 50-50 vote—with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie—to get the legislation across the…
Donald Trump’s wishy-washy tariffs have been good for one thing: keeping Federal Reserve interest rates high, according to the central bank’s Chair Jerome Powell. Speaking at a European…
Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday on the narrowest of margins, pushing past opposition from Democrats and their…
Donald Trump’s wishy-washy tariffs have been good for one thing: keeping Federal Reserve interest rates high, according to the central bank’s Chair Jerome Powell. Speaking at a European…
Noah: Right. They don’t actually give a damn whether anybody actually gets a job. They just want to get people off the rolls, and throwing sand in the gears is a time-honored way to do it,…
He persuades by pressuring. He coaxes by threatening. He de-escalates by escalating. Source link
President Trump is raging at GOP Senator Thom Tillis for telling the truth about the Senate version of his budget bill, which could knock 10 million people off Medicaid. Trump threatened…
As Congress races to pass President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” it’s also sprinting to placate the many haters of the bill’s “AI moratorium” provision which originally required a…
The hospitality and agriculture industries should not get a pass from immigration enforcement. Source link
The Republican Party’s 800-page “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is now being debated in the Senate, with a final up-or-down vote expected as soon as Monday night. On the issue of AI, much of…
Even the Iranians are surprised by how little damage Donald Trump’s bombs apparently did. An intercepted communication between Iranian officials indicated that the nuclear facility…
Even the Iranians are surprised by how little damage Donald Trump’s bombs apparently did. An intercepted communication between Iranian officials indicated that the nuclear facility…
Senator Bernie Sanders thinks that Trump’s budget bill is “the most dangerous piece of legislation in the modern history of our country.” On Sunday evening, the country’s most recognizable…
Donald Trump erupted Friday after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared victory over Israel. In a defiant video statement released Thursday, Khamenei said that the United…
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As of now, Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is the only one of the body’s 45 Democrats (and the two independents who caucus with them) to explicitly declare opposition. “I would…
High-minded international commitments are easy to make; enforcement is a different story. Source link
The White House is embracing Donald Trump’s “Daddy” nickname in a pretty intense way for a guy whose name was in the Jeffrey Epstein files. The White House communications office released…
If the Europeans can deliver on their new defense-spending commitments, the result will be a much safer world. Source link
In the distant past, Republican moderates were people like Senators Pete Domenici of New Mexico and Bob Packwood of Oregon who preached fiscal responsibility and were reasonably tolerant…