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Musk announces arrival of new ‘America Party’ after Trump split

Elon Musk declared the launch of his new political party on Saturday, a project he has repeatedly floated in the weeks since his explosive breakup with President Donald Trump...

NATO leader Mark Rutte compliments Trump’s leadership

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte applauded President Trump for the work he did at the NATO summit to get other members to spend more on defense.

Elon Musk lays out America Party’s look

Elon Musk floated more ideas for his proposed America Party as he continues his breakup with President Trump.

GOP eyes redistricting in Ohio and Texas as it looks to bolster slim majority

Republicans are eyeing potential redistricting opportunities in Ohio and Texas as they seek extra cushion to protect their thin majority in the House next year. In Ohio, redistricting laws mandate a redraw ahead of 2026 because the last map passed without bipartisan support. And in Texas, redistricting could be added to an upcoming special session...

Sunday shows preview: Trump signs ‘big, beautiful bill’ into law; ‘No progress’ made on Russia-Ukraine ceasefire

President Trump scored a significant legislative win this week by signing the “big, beautiful bill,” a massive reconciliation package that will extend the 2017 tax cuts and features cuts to Medicaid, which will likely be the focus of this week's Sunday shows. The president signed the bill at the White House on the Fourth of...

Powell: Trump’s tariffs held up rate cuts

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank would likely have already cut interest rates this year if not for the economic shock generated by President Trump's tariffs. When asked Tuesday if Trump's tariffs held up the Fed's plan to cut interest rates, Powell affirmed. “I think that’s right,” he said at...

Schumer: Senate Republicans ‘slowing things down’ on GOP mega bill because they’re ‘one big mess’

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) late Monday said Republicans were “slowing things down” in the upper chamber as they worked to garner enough votes to pass the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act.” “They're slowing things down because right now they're one big mess,” Schumer told MSNBC’s “The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell." “They've made...

Thune ready for make-or-break vote on Trump megabill

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is ready to proceed with a make-or-break vote on the 940-page GOP megabill to find out for sure where Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) stands on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to a person familiar with internal GOP deliberations. The source said the vote could happen “pretty...

Florida GOP sells ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ merchandise ahead of Trump visit

The Florida Republican Party is selling merchandise touting the Florida migrant detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz" ahead of President Trump’s visit to the site on Tuesday. The state party is selling men’s and women’s t-shirts retailing for $30, as well as baseball hats going for $27 and beverage coolers going for $15. Trump is...

Allred launches second Senate bid in Texas

Former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) launched another campaign for Senate on Tuesday as Democrats feel increasingly optimistic about their chances in the Lone Star State in 2026.  “I’m announcing my candidacy for the United States Senate to lower costs and stop corrupt politicians like John Cornyn and Ken Paxton from rigging the economy against hard...

Trump’s latest attack on the courts: suing the judges themselves

The case raises the threshold issue over which judicial officer will preside over this bizarre proceeding.

Here’s where groceries cost more (and less) over the past year

Some U.S. cities have seen grocery inflation cool much faster than others, according to a recent analysis.

Is ‘No Kings’ a new Tea Party in the making?

Is a new Tea Party on the horizon?

Trump suggests DOGE take ‘good, hard, look’ at Musk companies

President Trump suggested the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — the commission once spearheaded by Elon Musk — could take a “good, hard, look” at the tech billionaire’s companies and the extent to which they’ve benefited from environmental tax credits. Trump issued the warning early Tuesday, after his longtime ally-turned-foe took to social media to...

Vance arrives at Capitol as GOP short votes to pass Trump megabill 

Vice President Vance arrived at the Capitol early Tuesday as Senate Republican leaders had still not locked down the 50 votes needed to pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after more than 21 hours of voting. The deadlock in the Senate GOP conference is raising serious questions about whether Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.)...

Netflix’s ‘NASA Live’ will show spacewalks, rocket launches

NASA+ live feeds will start being available sometime this summer on Netflix.

Gut microbes could offer protection from toxic ‘forever chemicals’: Study

Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a new study has found. When scientists introduced the microbes into the guts of mice to “humanize” their microbiome, they found that the bacteria rapidly accumulated the compounds consumed by the mice. These so-called forever chemicals, also known...

18 GOP senators vote to raise taxes on the rich to pay for rural hospital fund

Eighteen Republican senators, including former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), voted to advance an amendment sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to raise taxes on ultra wealthy income earners to help rural hospitals facing steep Medicaid cuts. The GOP senators voted for a motion to waive a budget point-of-order against Collins’s amendment to establish...

Senate defeats Collins proposal to raise taxes on highest earners to help rural hospitals

The Senate voted early Tuesday morning to defeat an amendment sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to create a new top marginal tax rate for the nation’s wealthiest income earners and use the money to double the size of a proposed rural hospital relief fund from $25 billion to $50 billion. Senators voted 22 to...

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