8 h. ago Trump and his ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ just put the Senate in play for Democrats

The president may get his major domestic policy agenda over the finish line, but it will come at a major cost, Eric Garcia writes from the US Senate

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9 h. ago ‘If it’s the last thing I do’: Elon Musk promises to fund campaigns against Republicans who vote for Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ bill

Musk, who walked back some criticism of Trump after blow-up, reignited feud

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9 h. ago Trump bill latest: Musk warns ‘Porky Pig Party’ of debt slavery as Senate ‘vote

Senators voting on unlimited series of amendments to sprawling tax and spending megabill

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12 h. ago Senate holds vote marathon on amendments to Trump’s ‘one big beautiful bill’ – US politics live

Senators vote on potentially long list of amendments; White House confirms negotiations will restart after tech tax scrappedThom Tillis says he will not seek re-election after Trump clashNearly 300 current and recently terminated employees of the US Environmental Protection Agency published a declaration of dissent today, outlining five major concerns about how the Trump administration’s politicization of science and severe job cuts were undermining the agency’s mission.The declaration to administrator Lee Zeldin was sent as another expected round of staff reductions looms and as the agency undergoes a major reorganization, including the dissolution of its office of research and cancelling of billions of dollars in grants.Your decisions and actions will reverberate for generations to come. EPA under your leadership will not protect communities from hazardous chemicals and unsafe drinking water, but instead will increase risks to public health and safety. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Senate kicks off final debate on Trump’s ‘one big beautiful bill’; US to restart Canada trade talks immediately – live

Senators will vote on potentially long list of amendments; White House confirms negotiations will restart after tech tax scrappedThom Tillis says he will not seek re-election after Trump clashNearly 300 current and recently terminated employees of the US Environmental Protection Agency published a declaration of dissent today, outlining five major concerns about how the Trump administration’s politicization of science and severe job cuts were undermining the agency’s mission.The declaration to administrator Lee Zeldin was sent as another expected round of staff reductions looms and as the agency undergoes a major reorganization, including the dissolution of its office of research and cancelling of billions of dollars in grants.Your decisions and actions will reverberate for generations to come. EPA under your leadership will not protect communities from hazardous chemicals and unsafe drinking water, but instead will increase risks to public health and safety. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Heckler shouts over Senate debate on Trump’s ‘beautiful’ megabill: ‘You people are awful’

A heckler interrupted a Senate debate on President Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill”, yelling out “you people are awful”.

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22 h. ago Trump live updates: Senate to vote on ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ in defining moment for president’s second term

Senators to vote on unlimited series of amendments to sprawling tax and spending megabill

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23 h. ago Senate to vote on amendments to Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

President seeks to pass legislation before July 4 holiday after weekend of fraught negotiations

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37 h. ago Republicans struggle to pass Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ as debate drags on

Lawmakers scraped together just enough votes to bring the tax and spending legislation to the Senate

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39 h. ago Trump hits out at Republican senator for refusing to back ‘big, beautiful bill’

Trump threatened to back primary challenge against Senator Thom Tillis for opposing his domestic billDonald Trump has hit out at Senator Thom Tillis over the North Carolina Republican’s refusal to back his “big, beautiful bill”, even as the president’s signature piece of domestic legislative action narrowly passed a procedural vote in the Senate late Saturday.In a post on Truth Social, Trump threatened Tillis, who is up for re-election in 2026 in the battleground state, by saying he would meet with potential candidates to challenge him in a Republican primary. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Trump declares victory as Big Beautiful Bill clears first Senate hurdle... and fires brutal warning at Republican rebel

President Donald Trump issued a victorious message as his Big Beautiful Bill cleared its first Senate hurdle after issuing a brutal warning to a Republican rebel who tried to block its passage.

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50 h. ago Trump threatens Senate Republicans who defy him as Elon Musk attacks ‘utterly insane’ megabill

Senate Republicans reveal mammoth 940-page bill loaded with president’s tax and immigration agenda

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53 h. ago Elon Musk calls Trump’s big bill ‘utterly insane and destructive’ as Senate debates

Passing the package, Musk said, would be ‘political suicide’ for the Republican partyThe billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Saturday criticized the latest version of Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending bill, calling it “utterly insane and destructive.“The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!” Musk wrote on Saturday as the Senate was scheduled to call a vote to open debate on the nearly 1,000-page bill. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Elon Musk lashes out at Senate’s take on Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill as support comes down to the wire

Senate Republicans dropped the final text of the sprawling 940-page bill late on Friday evening

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3 d. ago Trump says US will terminate trade talks with Canada over tax on technology companies – live

President accuses Canada of ‘direct and blatant attack’ over plans to tax US technology companiesThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.US and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge amount of data processing behind AI requires a rapid increase in power supplies that are straining utilities and grids in many states.The Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza, Palestine, launched one month ago, is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies.With over 500 people killed and nearly 4,000 wounded while seeking food, this scheme is slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid and must be immediately dismantled Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Not so fast, sir ... One Capitol Hill bureaucrat stands in the way of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Fourth of July

Republicans now have to rewrite a key part of their plan for Medicaid with vacation clock ticking

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3 d. ago Trump says supreme court limiting judges’ powers is ‘monumental victory’ as liberal justices dissent – live

Sonia Sotomayor says decision is an ‘open invitation to bypass the constitution’; joined by Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown JacksonUS supreme court limits judges’ power on nationwide injunctionsUS supreme court rules key provision of Obamacare constitutionalThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.US and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge amount of data processing behind AI requires a rapid increase in power supplies that are straining utilities and grids in many states.The Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza, Palestine, launched one month ago, is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies.With over 500 people killed and nearly 4,000 wounded while seeki...

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3 d. ago Trump says supreme court limiting judges’ powers is ‘monumental victory’ as liberal justice issues scathing dissent – live

Sonia Sotomayor says decision is an ‘open invitation to bypass the constitution’; joined by Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown JacksonUS supreme court limits judges’ power on nationwide injunctionsUS supreme court rules key provision of Obamacare constitutionalThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.US and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge amount of data processing behind AI requires a rapid increase in power supplies that are straining utilities and grids in many states.The Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza, Palestine, launched one month ago, is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies.With over 500 people killed and nearly 4,000 wounded while seeki...

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3 d. ago Trump says supreme court limiting judges’ powers is ‘monumental victory’; liberal justice blasts ‘travesty for rule of law’ – live

Sonia Sotomayor says decision is an ‘open invitation to bypass the constitution’ in scathing dissent; joined by Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson US supreme court limits judges’ power on nationwide injunctionsUS supreme court rules key provision of Obamacare constitutionalThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.US and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge amount of data processing behind AI requires a rapid increase in power supplies that are straining utilities and grids in many states.The Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza, Palestine, launched one month ago, is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies.With over 500 people killed and nearly 4,00...

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3 d. ago Three liberal supreme court justices dissent against ruling that limits power of judges to block Trump’s birthright citizenship order – live

Ruling is an apparent victory for Trump administration; the three liberal justices – Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson – dissentedUS supreme court limits judges’ power on nationwide injunctionsUS supreme court rules key provision of Obamacare constitutionalThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.US and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge amount of data processing behind AI requires a rapid increase in power supplies that are straining utilities and grids in many states.The Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza, Palestine, launched one month ago, is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies.With over 500 people killed and nearly 4,0...

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