Month: July 2025
July 03, 2025
Politics
Supreme Court to review state bans on transgender athletes in girls’ sports
The justices are set to hear challenges to laws in Idaho and West Virginia after lower court rulings in sided with transgender students who sued when they were blocked...
July 03, 2025
Congress
Conservatives: Trump won our megabill votes by promising crackdown on renewable energy credits
Hard-line House conservatives said President Donald Trump assured them his administration would strictly enforce rules for wind or solar projects to qualify for the tax credits under the Inflation...
July 03, 2025
Congress
Johnson says he has the votes to pass the GOP megabill
Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Thursday morning he had the votes to pass Republicans’ domestic policy megabill and would only lose “one or two” GOP lawmakers ahead of a self-imposed...
July 03, 2025
Politics
Dems drag rep from camera view after she dozed off during Hakeem Jeffries’ grandstanding speech
Democrats were forced to tap out one of their members during House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' "magic minute" speech to delay passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act...
July 03, 2025
Politics
Trump speaks with Putin — just 2 days after Pentagon stops missile shipments to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Trump was speaking Thursday morning with Russian President Vladimir Putin – two days after the US cut off air defense missiles and other weapons to Ukraine,...
July 03, 2025
Politics
Billionaire Bill Ackman urges ‘subdued’ Cuomo to drop out of NYC mayoral race, endorses Eric Adams
Billionaire hedge fund titan Bill Ackman has urged a "subdued" former Governor Andrew Cuomo to drop out of New York City's mayoral race -- as he officially backed Eric...
July 03, 2025
Congress
Jeffries calls out Republicans over Medicaid ahead of final megabill vote
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is blasting Republican colleagues over Medicaid as he issues extended remarks ahead of the final GOP megabill vote. Jeffries is utilizing his so-called magic...
July 03, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Mike Johnson on the cusp of megabill victory
Speaker Mike Johnson is potentially just a couple of hours away from sending Donald Trump his “big, beautiful bill,” defying expectations that he could meet the president’s arbitrary but...
July 03, 2025
Politics
Democrats should ‘break up’ with Randi Weingarten, ex-Harris campaign aide argues
The Democratic Party should "break-up" with American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten, ex-Kamala Harris campaign aide Ben Austin wrote in an opinion piece on Monday. The Democratic Party should "break-up" with...
July 03, 2025
Congress
The ‘big, beautiful bill’ is one vote away from Donald Trump’s desk
Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” is one vote away from President Donald Trump’s desk after clearing a key procedural hurdle that sets up a floor vote early Thursday morning. Pulling...