Year: 2025
June 29, 2025
Politics
Trump wants the Big Beautiful Bill on his desk by July 4 — here’s what has to happen next
President Trump and GOP leaders have imposed a deadline to get the bill signed on the Fourth of July. However, even the commander in chief -- who has worked...
June 29, 2025
Congress
Thom Tillis says he will retire following Trump attacks
The two-term North Carolina senator was expected to contest one of 2026's toughest races.
June 29, 2025
Congress
White House eyes Kentucky state senator for Massie challenge
White House officials will host Kentucky state Sen. Aaron Reed in the coming weeks for a discussion about challenging GOP Rep. Thomas Massie in next year's Republican primary, according...
June 29, 2025
Politics
Diamant Hysenaj, GOP businessman and immigrant from Kosovo, to challenge AOC
Diamant Hysenaj said his upbringing growing up on a farm in Kosovo, then experiencing war and the break-up of the former Yugoslavia, also prepares him to fight to represent...
June 29, 2025
Politics
Trump now suggests he won’t extend July tariff deadline — while teasing mystery TikTok buyer
The president last week indicated that he would be flexible on the deadline for the rest -- but then Sunday, appeared to pull back on that. The president last...
June 29, 2025
Politics
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis passes on reelection bid after stoking Trump’s ire by voting against ‘big beautiful bill’
“It’s not a hard choice, and I will not be seeking re-election.” “It’s not a hard choice, and I will not be seeking re-election.”
June 29, 2025
Congress
‘We don’t pay people in this country to be lazy,’ Mullin says of Medicaid work requirements
Sen. Markwayne Mullin is insisting President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic megabill doesn't break his promise not to cut Medicaid, even as the Congressional Budget Office estimates 7.8 million people...
June 29, 2025
Politics
Trump says he has group of ‘very wealthy people’ to buy TikTok, predicts China will approve deal
President Trump said in an interview that he had found a buyer for the TikTok short-video app, which he described as a group of "very wealthy people" whose identities...
June 29, 2025
Politics
Trump says Republicans could miss July 4 deadline to pass ‘big beautiful’ spending bill
President Trump is unsure whether Republicans will get his marquee One Big Beautiful Bill Act to his desk by the self-imposed Fourth of July deadline. “I don’t know. I...
June 29, 2025
Politics
Trump calls Mamdani a ‘pure communist,’ threatens to cut off NYC federal funds if he’s elected mayor
President Trump slammed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as a “pure communist,” warning that federal funding for the Big Apple could be at risk if the democratic...