Year: 2025
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...
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...