The House Budget Committee on Friday morning is holding a markup of the GOP's "big beautiful" reconciliation bill, which seeks to advance President Trump's legislative priorities. The panel of lawmakers is expected to focus mainly on the expansion of Trump's 2017 tax cuts and state and local tax (SALT) deduction caps. The legislation also includes...
President Trump in an overnight social media post targeted “sleazebag” Democrats whom he accused of “playing the ref” with the Supreme Court on birthright citizenship hours after the nation’s highest court weighed arguments regarding judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions on the matter. “The Radical Left SleazeBags, which has no cards remaining in its illegal...
President Trump said Friday he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as it could be set up as Trump pushes for peace talks in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Turkey this week for discussions with Russian officials about a potential ceasefire, but Putin did not attend, sending an adviser instead....
On the menu: Free fallin’; The caves of Rome; Louisiana Senate race gets hot for Cassidy; Omaha sends a warning sign to GOP; Bessent can’t boogie Pollsters for The Wall Street Journal asked voters whether they thought there was enough waste, fraud and abuse in federal spending that Washington could balance the budget by eliminating...
President Trump said Friday that administration officials are likely to begin informing dozens of countries in the coming weeks of what tariff rate they will have to pay after a 90-day pause lowered the amount to just 10 percent across the board. Trump, speaking at a roundtable in the United Arab Emirates, acknowledged there was...
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused former FBI Director James Comey of “issuing a hit” on President Trump late Thursday, arguing he should be "put behind bars" after posting a photo seen as threatening online. In his post on Instagram, which has since been deleted, Comey shared an image of seashells arranged to make...
President Trump concludes Middle East tour with major trade deals, lifting Syria sanctions, and addressing Iran's nuclear ambitions, while downplaying Russia-Ukraine talks.