Month: July 2025
July 03, 2025
Politics
House Republicans advance Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ to a final vote
The House voted 219-213 to move forward. The House voted 219-213 to move forward.
July 03, 2025
Congress
Final megabill votes are secured, GOP leaders say
House Republican leaders said early Thursday morning they have made a breakthrough with the megabill holdouts and are preparing to advance the legislation in the coming hours. Speaker Mike...
July 03, 2025
Politics
Trump urges House to vote on the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ amid standstill: ‘What are the Republicans waiting for?’
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who's been working to get the holdouts onboard, indicated that he’s willing to keep the rules vote open for “as long as it takes.” ...
July 03, 2025
Politics
Biden says he’s working on memoir and ‘getting calls’ from European leaders asking him to ‘get engaged’ post-presidency
“And I'm getting calls – I'm not going to go into them, I can’t – from a number of European leaders asking me to get engaged,” Biden said, before...
July 03, 2025
Congress
MAGA world figures take aim at GOP holdouts
As a procedural vote to start floor debate on the GOP megabill stretched on Wednesday night, several MAGA world figures went online to threaten the Republican holdouts. Hard-right lawmakers...
July 03, 2025
Politics
Bush teams up with notorious Trump foes to trash ‘colossal mistake’ shuttering USAID
Bush and Obama spoke to outgoing USAID employees on a video call this week. Bush and Obama spoke to outgoing USAID employees on a video call this week.
July 03, 2025
Politics
Rep. Jayapal defends comment calling ICE ‘a terrorist force,’ says White House ‘owes an apology’ to Americans
Rep. Pramila Jayapal defended a recent social media post calling ICE a "terrorist force" on Wednesday. Rep. Pramila Jayapal defended a recent social media post calling ICE a "terrorist force" on Wednesday.
July 03, 2025
Congress
Johnson stares down hard-liners on megabill procedural vote
House Republican hard-liners vowed to deprive Speaker Mike Johnson of the needed votes should he try to force party's domestic policy megabill through the House overnight — just before...
July 03, 2025
Politics
Pentagon says Iran nuclear program set back ‘closer to 2 years’ after US strikes
“We have degraded their program by 1 to 2 years, at least,” Parnell said. “We have degraded their program by 1 to 2 years, at least,” Parnell said.
July 03, 2025
Congress
How House Republicans could bypass their own budget
House Republicans are taking up legislation that violates the budget framework they painstakingly negotiated in the spring. It's not the end of the world for the megabill. That's because...