President Trump said Thursday he made “no progress” during his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on attempts to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine. "We had a call. It was a pretty long call. Talked about a lot of things, including Iran,” Trump told reporters on Thursday as he departed for Iowa. “And we also...
YouTube is “engaged in productive discussions” with President Trump’s lawyers in his case against the social media platform for banning his account in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, court documents show. In a court filing from late May, the two sides asked the judge to delay a June court hearing. The document...
With the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” headed to President Trump’s desk for signature on Friday, wealthy Americans are poised to receive significant tax breaks partly offset by steep cuts to social welfare programs. The bill makes 2017 tax breaks from Trump’s first term permanent, while adding some new tax breaks, like no taxes on tips...
The Republican megabill passed by Congress on Thursday contains an extension and expansion of a program to compensate Americans who developed cancer from radiation exposure linked to the U.S. nuclear weapons program. The megabill revives a compensation program for victims who were exposed to this radiation that lapsed last year. It also expands it to...
The Supreme Court in an apparent 7-2 decision Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to restart plans to deport a group of convicted criminals to the war-torn country of South Sudan who have no ties there. Last month, the high court lifted U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy’s injunction that limited the administration from deporting migrants...
Rep. Andy Ogles has called on Interior Secretary Doug Burgam to consider adding President Trump to Mount Rushmore, citing his recent achievements, while Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has proposed legislation to carve Trump's likeness onto the monument.
With the signature policy bill of President Trump’s second term hanging in the balance this week, the president and his allies got to work, using a mixture of vinegar and honey to win over skeptics and ensure its final passage. It was a week of late night meetings and phone calls, stern posts on social...
Cardinal Robert McElroy, the archbishop of Washington D.C., slammed President Trump’s immigration policies by describing the administration’s measures as “inhumane” and “morally repugnant.” “It’s right to be able to control our borders. However, what’s going on now is something far beyond that,” McElroy told CNN on Tuesday. “It is a mass, indiscriminate deportation of men...
Plus: US adds more jobs than expected as tariffs loom {beacon} THE HOUSE passed President Trump’s agenda bill Thursday afternoon after another all-nighter, sending the legislation to Trump’s desk to be signed into law on Independence Day. The GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” passed 218 to 214. All Democrats voted against it, along with Republican...
Former President Biden said President Trump’s tax and spending bill is “reckless” and “cruel” after it passed the House on Thursday. “The Republican budget bill is not only reckless — it’s cruel. It slashes Medicaid and takes away health care from millions of Americans,” Biden said on the social platform X. “It closes rural hospitals...