Month: June 2025
June 30, 2025
Congress
The Senate megabill is on a collision course with House fiscal hawks
GOP senators appear poised to violate a House budget framework conservatives negotiated with Speaker Mike Johnson.
June 30, 2025
Congress
Musk goes back on the offensive as megabill moves through Congress
Elon Musk is escalating his assault on President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” as the Senate readies a final vote on it. The world’s richest man, who until recently...
June 30, 2025
Politics
Zohran Mamdani has Dems in ‘absolute panic’ over how to handle NYC mayoral bid: Endorse ‘toxic’ brand or risk primary challenge
“We have profound differences of opinion. There was no discussion of an endorsement, but there is a discussion of a commitment to continuing the dialogue.” “We have profound...
June 30, 2025
Congress
Planned Parenthood funding at grave risk after Senate ruling
Republicans are on the cusp of a breakthrough in their long effort to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood after a Senate ruling Monday. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough advised...
June 30, 2025
Politics
Trump formally lifts Syria sanctions after meeting with ex-Al Qaeda fighter prez in Saudi Arabia
Former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, living in exile in Russia, will still be subject to sanctions along with his allies. Former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, living in exile in...
June 30, 2025
Politics
House Freedom Caucus warns they will not back Senate’s ‘big beautiful bill’: ‘Not what we agreed to’
The 32 members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus claimed they would not back the Senate's version of the One Big Beautiful Bill act because it doesn't include enough...
June 30, 2025
Politics
Elon Musk’s ex-friend predicts he is ‘going to do everything to damage’ Trump after feud
“He has been humiliated,” the former pal said, adding that the public moves by the two moguls to bury the hatchet has been "purely cosmetic." “He has been humiliated,”...
June 30, 2025
Politics
Paramount, Trump in ‘advanced’ talks to settle president’s $20B ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit: court filing
Paramount Global and President Donald Trump are engaged in "good faith, advanced, settlement negotiations" to resolve a lawsuit filed by Trump against CBS in October, alleging the network deceptively edited...
June 30, 2025
Politics
Sen. John Fetterman rages at marathon votes on ‘big, beautiful bill’: ‘I just want to go home’
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman candidly vented that he would rather go home and lie on the beach with his family than deal with grueling marathon Senate work to pass...
June 30, 2025
Congress
Fetterman tells reporters ‘I just want to go home’ as megabill votes drag on
While most Senate Democrats are looking for pieces to chip away from the GOP megabill in the ongoing vote-a-rama, Sen. John Fetterman just wants the process over with already....