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Senate passes Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill as Vance breaks 50-50 tie

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 own GOP ranks after a turbulent overnight session. The outcome capped an unusually tense weekend of work at the Capitol, the president’s signature legislative priority teetering on the edge of approval or collapse. In the end that tally was 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. Three Republican senators — Thom Tillis of […]

todayJuly 1, 2025 1

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett says Trump continues to ‘chase President Obama’s shadow’ and push ‘white victimization’

Though former President Barack Obama has been out of office for nearly a decade, his name continues to be a fixture among President Donald Trump‘s MAGA world. Last week, the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., evoked the name of America’s first Black president in a gripe over his father not having a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in striking peace deals from the Middle East to East-Central Africa. “Affirmative action is when Barack Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize […]

todayJuly 1, 2025 2

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Congressional Black Caucus left unimpressed after ‘candid’ meeting with Target CEO amid sustained boycott

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus recently met with the CEO of Target and other executive leadership amid the ongoing nationwide “Target Fast” in protest of the retail giant’s reversal of its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. CBC Chairwoman, U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., joined by the caucus’ DEI Taskforce, met with Target Corp. Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell last week in what the CBC described as a “candid and direct conversation” about its DEI rollback, particularly […]

todayJuly 1, 2025

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Trump admin ends legal protections for half-million Haitians who now face deportations- critics call it a “death sentence”

The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is terminating legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians, setting them up for potential deportation. DHS said that conditions in Haiti have improved and Haitians no longer meet the conditions for the temporary legal protections. The termination of temporary protected status, or TPS, applies to about 500,000 Haitians who are already in the United States, some of whom have lived here for more than a decade. It is coming three months after the Trump […]

todayJune 30, 2025

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Abby Phillip’s calm response to President Trump’s meltdown goes viral

Sometimes the best response is the shortest response. This weekend, CNN’s Abby Phillip exemplified Michelle Obama’s infamous “when they go low, we go high” mantra in her response to President Donald Trump’s rant about her on his social media platform, Truth Social.  Last Friday, during “CNN Newsnight,” Phillip raised the conversation about tariffs, quoting economist Jason Furman during a bipartisan panel.  “He said, especially when it comes to tariffs, the market is now more confident that Trump will back off […]

todayJune 30, 2025 1

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Senate Republicans are in a sprint on Trump’s big bill after a weekend of setbacks

After a weekend of setbacks, the Senate will try to sprint ahead Monday on President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts despite a series of challenges, including the sudden announcement from one GOP senator that he won’t run for reelection after opposing the package over its Medicaid health care cuts. An all-night session to consider an endless stream of proposed amendments to the package, in what’s called a vote-a-rama, was abruptly postponed, and it’s now scheduled to launch as soon as the […]

todayJune 30, 2025 2

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Trump calls for a ceasefire deal on the war in Gaza as signs of progress emerge

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged progress in ceasefire talks in the 20-month war in Gaza, as Israel and Hamas appeared to move closer to an agreement. A top adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ron Dermer, was set to travel to Washington this week for talks on a ceasefire, an Israeli official said, and plans were being made for Netanyahu to travel there in the coming weeks, a sign there may be movement on a deal. The official declined to […]

todayJune 30, 2025

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Biden and Harris attend, hold hands at funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman

Democratic former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was honored for her legislative accomplishments and her humanity during a funeral Saturday, where former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris joined over 1,000 mourners. Hortman was fatally shot two weeks earlier by a man posing as a police officer in an attack that Minnesota’s chief federal prosecutor has called an assassination. It and another shooting also left her husband, Mark, dead and a state senator and his wife seriously wounded. “Melissa Hortman will be remembered […]

todayJune 30, 2025 1

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Nelly takes dig at Kamala Harris and her ‘white husband’ while defending Trump inauguration performance

Backlash over rapper Nelly’s controversial decision to perform at President Donald Trump‘s inauguration continues to brew amid ongoing social media debate. The hip-hop star recently discussed the controversy on his new reality show, “We Belong Together,” with his wife Ashanti, and in a recent interview with Hot 97’s “Ebro In The Morning.” Nelly explained to the radio show that his performance was not about being “pro-Donald Trump” but rather about “respect for office.” According to Miami rapper Trick Daddy, Nelly […]

todayJune 29, 2025 1