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Kamala Harris says Biden’s White House snub of Elon Musk was a ‘big mistake’

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is continuing to reflect on her time in the Biden administration, revealing that former President Joe Biden made a “big mistake” by snubbing Tesla billionaire and major Trump donor, Elon Musk. In August 2021, the Biden administration hosted an event on electric vehicles and invited executives of major automakers to the White House. Despite Tesla being an American automaker and the largest maker of EVs, Musk did not receive an invitation. At the Fortune Most […]

October 20, 2025 1

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Howard freshman’s college dreams threatened by Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” student loan cuts

With the passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, many college freshmen are wondering what this means in terms of paying for their education. This includes Tamia Akers, an incoming student at Howard University. Akers, who is originally from Ohio, spent many years overcoming personal hurdles due to being in the foster care system until she was adopted at age 13. She then faced more challenges as the only Black student at her middle and high school. “I […]

July 20, 2025 1

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Hakeem Jeffries delivers record-breaking, nearly 9-hour speech, quoting Bible to blast GOP’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, made history on Thursday after delivering a nearly 9-hour speech on the House floor to delay the passing of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act.” After standing for 8 hours and 44 minutes, the New York congressman broke the record for the longest House speech ever delivered in U.S. history, surpassing former Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California, who previously broke […]

July 9, 2025 1

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What’s in Trump’s big bill that passed Congress and will soon become law

Republicans muscled President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cut bill through the House on Thursday, the final step necessary to get the bill to his desk by the GOP’s self-imposed deadline of July 4th. At nearly 900 pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations. Democrats united against the legislation, but were powerless to stop it as long as Republicans stayed united. The Senate passed the bill, with […]

July 8, 2025

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As Trump signs ‘Big’ bill, leaders say Republicans should be shamed for ‘assault on Black lives’

President Donald Trump took a political victory lap on Independence Day as he officially signed the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” into law, fulfilling his goal of passing his entire MAGA agenda in one colossal bill, packed with massive tax cuts and increased funding to enforce his aggressive immigration policies. Just before signing the bill during a Fourth of July picnic at the White House on Friday, Trump praised his achievement of enacting the “largest tax cut in the history […]

July 8, 2025 1

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The House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill and sends it to him to sign

House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final congressional passage Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a Fourth of July deadline. The tight roll call, 218-214, came at a potentially high political cost, with two Republicans joining all Democrats opposed. GOP leaders worked overnight and the president himself leaned on a handful of skeptics to drop their opposition and send the bill to him to sign into law. […]

July 3, 2025 1

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‘Take my sweet time’: Hakeem Jeffries launches hours-long marathon speech to delay Trump’s ‘One, Big, Beautiful Bill’

U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the Democratic minority leader of the House of Representatives, launched an hours-long marathon speech on the House floor Thursday morning to delay the vote on President Donald Trump and Republicans’ “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” which will cut more than $1 trillion in Medicaid and SNAP benefits for millions of Americans. Jeffries vowed to “take my sweet time” as he condemned the massive tax and budget bill and read letters from constituents—including those in districts […]

July 3, 2025

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Will JD Vance get the Kamala Harris treatment for his tie-breaking vote for ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’?

President Donald Trump‘s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which extends $3.8 trillion tax cuts and slashes more than $1 trillion in Medicaid and SNAP benefits, would’ve died on a legislative vine had JD Vance, his vice president, not cast his tie-breaking 51-50 U.S. Senate vote. While Trump and his party are currently praising Vance’s role in advancing the unpopular and potentially controversial bill, Democrats hope to use Vance’s consequential vote against him should he decide to run for president, as he […]

July 3, 2025 1

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Gov. Wes Moore warns of ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ to those who aren’t millionaires: ‘You are getting hosed!’

Maryland Governor Wes Moore sounded off after the U.S. Senate voted to pass President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which Democrats and civil rights advocates say is far from beautiful. “I cannot explain enough how completely heartless this bill is and how deeply devastating it will be to the people of the state of Maryland,” said America’s only Black governor in a video message after being briefed on the tax and budget legislation that now goes back to the […]

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