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Despite 2 GOP Nays, Senate Advances 'Big Beautiful Bill'

51-49 procedural vote nearly derailed the measure

(Newser) - Senate Republicans cleared a major hurdle Saturday in their bid to pass the sweeping "Big Beautiful Bill" measure crucial to President Trump's agenda. They did so by a whisker, with a procedural vote of 51-49, reports the Washington Post . Among other things, the bill seeks to extend...

Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Is 'Evolving'

Senate GOP will be hustling over the weekend to work on passing legislation by July Fourth deadline

(Newser) - The Senate is expected to grind through a rare weekend session as Republicans race to pass President Trump's package of tax breaks and spending cuts, aka his "big beautiful bill," by his July Fourth deadline. Republicans are using their congressional majorities to push aside Democratic opposition, but...

Trump Ends All Trade Talks With Canada

President cites a tariff on American tech companies

(Newser) - The US and China found common ground on trade this week . No such luck between the US and Canada. President Trump said Friday afternoon that he is immediately ending all trade talks with the nation's northern neighbor, reports CNBC . In particular, Trump blamed a new digital-service tax being imposed...

Trump Celebrates 'Giant' Supreme Court Victory

President vows to accelerate his agenda after SCOTUS curbs power of federal judges

(Newser) - President Trump quickly celebrated Friday's ruling by the Supreme Court that drastically limits the power of federal judges to impose national injunctions on his policies. The case in question involved his executive order to undo birthright citizenship—the idea that anyone born in the US is automatically a citizen—...

Iran Admits Heavy Damage to Nuclear Sites

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's assessment is in sharp contrast to that of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

(Newser) - Iran's foreign minister acknowledged Thursday evening that US and Israeli bombings caused "excessive and serious" damage to the nation's nuclear sites. Speaking on state TV, Abbas Araghchi said Iran's Atomic Energy Organization is still assessing what was hit, reports the BBC . He also made clear...

SCOTUS Gives Trump Big Win on National Injunctions

6-3 ruling limits power of lower-court judges to halt birthright citizenship restrictions nationally

(Newser) - One of the mostly highly anticipated rulings of this term's Supreme Court docket has gone President Trump's way. In a 6-3 decision, the court severely limited the power of federal judges to impose national injunctions against presidential policies, reports NBC News . The case stemmed from Trump's push...

Ex-Trump Lawyer Loses Law License in NY

Ruling comes after Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty in Georgia election interference case

(Newser) - Kenneth Chesebro, a key architect behind President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has been disbarred in New York over those efforts. On Thursday, a state appeals court ruled the 64-year-old should lose his law license, citing a criminal racketeering case in Georgia involving bogus electors,...

Trump Phones No Longer Say 'Made in the USA'

Though a spokesperson insists they are

(Newser) - When the Trump family unveiled a new phone before a giant American flag at its headquarters earlier this month, the pitch was simple and succinct, packed with pure patriotism: "Made in the USA." The Trumps are apparently having second thoughts. How about "proudly American"? Those are...

US, China Signed Trade Deal, Trump Says

President gave no details of the agreement

(Newser) - The US and China have signed an agreement on trade, President Trump said, adding he expects to soon have a deal with India. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg TV that the deal was signed earlier this week. Neither Lutnick nor Trump provided any details about the agreement, the AP...

White House Likes Trump's New Nickname

NATO chief appeared to call him 'daddy' at summit

(Newser) - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte appeared to call President Trump "daddy" at an alliance summit Wednesday—and the White House embraced the nickname, though Rutte later clarified his remarks. The White House released a highlights reel from Trump's visit to the summit with Usher's "Hey Daddy...

Trump Loved Hegseth's News Conference on Iran

'One of the greatest ... and most confirming' he's ever seen, says president

(Newser) - Defense chief Pete Hegseth and Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, held a rare Pentagon news conference on Thursday to discuss and praise the airstrikes on Iran, and they had one particularly influential viewer—their boss:
  • "One of the greatest, most professional, and most 'confirming'
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House GOP Balks as Senate Rewrites Trump Tax Bill

Senate changes on Medicaid, SALT drive Republican backlash

(Newser) - House Republicans are threatening to derail a sweeping tax and immigration bill backed by President Trump and Senate GOP leaders, citing major changes to the original House version. The Senate's rewrite of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act adds deeper Medicaid cuts, which detractors warn could hurt rural...

Trump Considers a Move to Undermine Fed Chief

President may announce his pick to replace Powell earlier than normal

(Newser) - President Trump is considering an early announcement of his pick to succeed Fed Chair Jerome Powell in a bid to undermine the man he calls "a very stupid person" for not cutting interest rates. Powell's term doesn't end until May. A replacement is usually announced three to...

After Leak, Administration to Tell Congress Less

Officials say release of assessment on Iran bombing was meant to undercut Trump

(Newser) - Unhappy with the leak of a preliminary assessment of the damage done to Iran's nuclear facilities in a US bombing that disagrees with his own, President Trump plans to restrict the classified information his administration shares with Congress. "We are declaring a war on leakers," a senior...

Trump Assails Spain After NATO Meeting

Says country will see heftier tariffs if they don't agree to higher defense spending

(Newser) - President Trump said Wednesday that he was leaving the NATO summit with "a little bit different" view of NATO after seeing the "unbelievable ... love" and "passion" world leaders showed for their countries, reports the Guardian . That generous view didn't extend to Spain, which wouldn't agree...

Trump's F-Bomb Set Him Up for Some Late-Night Riffs

Stephen Colbert suggests president was 'projecting' with his expletive-containing comment

(Newser) - President Trump's live TV f-bomb dominated late-night punch lines on Tuesday, with hosts airing the clip in which the president, on White House grounds, told reporters that Iran and Israel "don't know what the f--- they're doing" after violating a ceasefire.
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! : "That'
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NATO Agrees to Trump's Funding Demand

US has been demanding that other nations pay more, at least 5% of their GDP

(Newser) - NATO leaders on Wednesday agreed on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from President Trump, per the AP . The 32 leaders endorsed a final summit statement saying: "Allies commit to invest 5% of GDP annually on core defense requirements as well as defense- and security-related spending by...

Trump References Hiroshima in Iran Strike Comments

Said both brought conflicts to an end

(Newser) - After swinging at reports that America's bombs dealt a relatively minor setback to Iran's nuclear problem, President Trump described the US strike on Iran in historic terms: by likening it to the war-ending decision to drop atomic weapons on Japan. The Guardian reports that while at the NATO...

Trump Contradicts Intel Assessment of US Strikes

President says Iran's program was set back 'decades,' not months

(Newser) - President Trump apparently isn't putting much stock into reports that America's bombs dealt a relatively minor setback to Iran's nuclear problem. When asked about the matter at the NATO summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday, Trump countered that Iran's program was likely set back "decades,...

Trump Shares 'Fawning' Message From NATO Chief

'You will achieve something NO American president in decades could get done,' Rutte says

(Newser) - President Trump flew to the Netherlands for a NATO summit on Tuesday—but NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte didn't wait for his arrival to start praising him. In a private message the president shared in a Truth Social post, Rutte congratulated Trump for his "decisive action in Iran,"...

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