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Gamblers fear GOP megabill will force them offshore

Professional gamblers say a tax change tucked into the One Big Beautiful Bill could wipe out their profits and drive them toward offshore betting sites -- threatening an industry that reportedly raked in nearly $115 billion last year.

House Republicans are ready to finish Trump’s bill. Not so fast, Democratic leader Jeffries says

House Republicans, up all night, are ready to vote on President Donald Trump's $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill after GOP leaders and the president worked to persuade skeptical holdouts to drop their opposition by his Fourth of July deadline. Not so fast, the top Democrat says.

Supreme Court terms face decreasing unanimity among justices, data shows

Supreme Court justices frequently chide their critics by pointing to how many of their decisions are unanimous -- but that unanimity was tougher to find this year.

Putin and Trump to speak by phone in their 6th conversation this year

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said they will speak by phone Thursday, their sixth publicly disclosed chat since Trump returned to the White House this year.

Fears in Massachusetts that Trump’s bill could unravel the health care safety net

In the state that served as the model for the Obama-era health overhaul, advocates and health care workers fear the Trump administration is trying to dismantle a popular program that has provided insurance, preventive care and lifesaving medication to hundreds of thousands of people.

Republicans restore bill language eliminating $200 fees for silencers and short-barrel rifles

Senate Republicans have revised language in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” to eliminate the $200 tax stamp for firearm silencers — also known as suppressors — and scrap a similar tax stamp for short-barrel rifles. It’s a win for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who pushed for the...

Senate Republicans make last-minute SNAP changes in Trump bill ahead of vote

Senate Republicans’ latest version of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes notable tweaks to the party’s proposals to reduce federal spending for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the coming years — after recent pushback from Alaska Republicans. The bill would still require some states to cover a share of the cost of SNAP benefits,...

Sotomayor says public education is doomed without mandatory gay and trans story hour

This decision may well save public schools from themselves by encouraging a return to core educational priorities.

Judge blocks Trump order targeting law firm tied to Fox News, Dominion settlement

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order targeting Susman Godfrey, the law firm that represented Dominion Voting Systems in its lawsuit with Fox News over the network's coverage of President Trump's 2020 election fraud claims. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan said the effort violated the Constitution and threatens...

Immigrants working our most dangerous jobs have rights and recourse

The recent increase in workplace immigration raids must not deter other workers from exercising these same rights.

Trump denies reports US looking at $30B nuclear deal with Iran: ‘These people are SICK’

President Trump denounced reports that his administration is weighing a $30 billion deal with Iran that would allow for the development of civilian nuclear facilities — days after Trump said a deal with the Islamic republic may not be necessary. “Who in the Fake News Media is the SleazeBag saying that ‘President Trump wants to...

Deportation nation: Trump 2.0 is gunning for new records in immigration prosecutions

The deportation machine is running again at full steam, and Southern states have become the main battleground.

AI is rewiring the next generation of children 

with each interaction delegated to AI, with each moment of messy human connection replaced by algorithmic efficiency, we're unknowingly altering the very foundations of how children learn to be human.

Trump’s Iran strike certainty meets stiff resistance: ‘We don’t know’

The Trump administration is struggling to convince skeptics of its claims that U.S. strikes on Iran have toppled the country's nuclear program and wiped out ambitions to rebuild it. In the past two days, a fiery Pentagon press conference and two classified congressional briefings have left one key question unanswered: How far was Iran's nuclear...

Heat dome passes, but climate-fueled waves aren’t going anywhere

Climate change is making heat waves like the one that lingered over much of the U.S. this week more frequent and intense. The Eastern U.S. sweltered under a heat dome in recent days, with some cities surpassing 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Roads in Delaware, Wisconsin and Missouri buckled, while a Virginia bridge malfunctioned and dozens of people in places including Washington D.C....

Republicans race toward crucial vote on Trump megabill despite uncertainties

Senate Republicans are racing into a crucial weekend in their effort to pass President Trump’s mammoth tax and spending bill despite not knowing whether they have the votes to advance it or what some aspects of the final package will look like. GOP leaders are eyeing an initial procedural vote Saturday afternoon to kick off...

GOP leaders boost rural hospital fund, rewrite Medicaid provisions to save Trump megabill

Senate Republican leaders substantially increased the size of a rural hospital relief fund and rewrote controversial language freezing health care provider taxes in a late-night bid to keep President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” on track for a vote Saturday afternoon. Republican leaders increased the size of the proposed rural hospital relief fund from $15 billion...

The Memo: SCOTUS clears the way for Trump – and for his successors

The Supreme Court’s decision in a birthright citizenship case, handed down on Friday, has ramifications way beyond President Trump. The big, long-term impact is the granting of greater leeway to future presidents as well as to the current one. The power of the courts to curb actions emanating from the Oval Office has been significantly...

Senate GOP unveils text, changes for massive Trump tax bill 

Senate Republicans late Friday night unveiled most of the legislative text for their mammoth tax and spending package as the GOP pushes to pass it in the coming days and have it on President Trump’s desk before July 4.  The bill, which checked in at 940 pages, was released shortly before the stroke of midnight...

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