28 h. ago Mike Johnson wins his toughest battle yet – and shows he’s here to stay

The House speaker proves that no one can do it like him, writes John Bowden

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30 h. ago Tax cuts and mass deportations: what to know about Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ spending bill

All the key points laid out in US president’s House-approved sweeping bill as it awaits Senate considerationThe Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday passed the One Big Beautiful Bill act, which will enact Donald Trump’s taxation and spending priorities. The legislation will now be considered in the Senate, where the Republican majority will probably make its own changes.Here is what the version of the bill passed by the House would do: Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ spending bill, from tax cuts to mass deportations

All the key points laid out in the US president’s House-approved sweeping bill as it awaits Senate considerationThe Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday passed the One Big Beautiful Bill act, which would enact Donald Trump’s taxation and spending priorities. The legislation will now be considered in the Senate, where the Republican majority will probably make its own changes.Here is what the version of the bill passed by the House would do: Continue reading...

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35 h. ago ‘Laugh all you want’: Democrats erupt after Mike Johnson calls Trump ‘most respected president in the modern era’

Democrats burst out laughing after House Speaker Mike Johnson sang Donald Trump’s praises.

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38 h. ago House passes Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ tax and spending bill after months of wrangling – US politics live

Sweeping legislation will now be sent to the SenateThe Kremlin said on Thursday that a report in the Wall Street Journal which said US president Donald Trump had told European leaders that President Vladimir Putin did not want to end the war in Ukraine contrasted with its own knowledge.The Journal said Trump had briefed European leaders after talking to Putin by phone on Monday and said Putin wanted to keep fighting in Ukraine because he thought he was winning.With a narrow 220-212 majority, House Speaker Mike Johnson could not afford to lose more than a handful of votes from his side.Republicans on the party’s right flank had pushed for deeper spending cuts to lessen the budget impact, but they met resistance from centrists who worried they would fall too heavily on the 71 million low-income Americans enrolled in the Medicaid health program. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ passes the House of Representatives after contentious fight in dead of night

The bill now heads to the Senate, where it will inevitably face major changes

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42 h. ago Suspect in custody after two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum – latest updates

Homicides are under investigation, police say during press conference, after fatal shooting of man and woman Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum – homeland security secretaryUS Speaker Mike Johnson on the shooting:I’ve been informed of the tragic shooting that occurred outside of the Capitol Jewish Museum tonight in Washington D.C. We are monitoring the situation as more details become known and lifting up the victim’s families in our prayers.Yoni Kalin and Katie Kalisher were inside the museum when they heard gunshots and a man came inside looking distressed, they said. Kalin said people came to his aid and brought him water, thinking he needed help, without realizing he was the suspect. When police arrived, he pulled out a red keffiyeh and repeatedly yelled, “Free Palestine,’” Kalin said. “This event was about humanitarian aid,” Kalin said. “How can we actually help both the people in Gaza and the people in Israel? How can we bring together Muslims...

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54 h. ago US Speaker hails $3tn Trump budget bill deal but Republican hardliners hold out

Mike Johnson overcomes sticking point on taxes but needs to placate fiscal conservatives in his party ahead of vote

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54 h. ago Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill edges closer to passing. Here’s what it says, and what it means for you

The bill looks to slash taxes and increase spending on oil drilling, the military, and immigration, while also making cuts to Medicaid and food assistance programs

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55 h. ago Social media erupts over Elon Musk's facial expressions during testy Trump showdown with South African president: Live updates

Donald Trump is meeting with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa in the White House today, calling him 'controversial' in some circles.

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56 h. ago Trump rips into NBC news during showdown with 'controversial' South African President Cyril Ramaphosa: Live updates

Donald Trump is meeting with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa in the White House today, calling him 'controversial' in some circles.

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3 d. ago Mike Johnson inches closer to passing Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ but holdouts remain

Trump made clear he wants the SALT caucus to cut a deal. That could end up saving — or dooming — his ‘big, beautiful bill’

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3 d. ago Trump visits Capitol to urge House Republicans to pass ‘big, beautiful bill’

President says party has ‘unbelievable unity’ to ensure passage in House but some lawmakers remain opposed Donald Trump traveled to the Capitol on Tuesday to insist that the fractious House Republican majority set aside their differences and pass his wide-ranging bill to enact his taxation and immigration priorities.In a speech to a closed-door meeting of Republican lawmakers in Congress’s lower chamber, the president pushed representatives from districts in blue states to drop their demands for a bigger State and Local Tax (Salt) deduction, and also sought to assuage moderates concerned that the legislation, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, would hobble the Medicaid health insurance program. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump pressures Republicans to pass ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill

President tells members of congress they will face significant increase in taxes if they fail to pass the legislation

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3 d. ago Trump boasts about passing medical test while responding to Biden’s cancer diagnosis: Live updates

Not long after saying he had been “saddened” to hear about Biden’s diagnosis, Trump suggested the cancer may have been overlooked by the same doctor who said the former president was cognitively well

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4 d. ago January 6 officer calls Trump ‘petty’ for Republican refusal to hang Capitol plaque

Michael Fanone slams Mike Johnson and Republicans for long delaying congressionally approved officer tributeDonald Trump and his Republican allies are “petty bitches” for refusing to display a congressionally approved plaque honoring police officers who protected the US Capitol when the president’s supporters attacked the complex on 6 January 2021, says one of the cops in question, Michael Fanone.Speaking recently on the show hosted by political broadcast journalist Jim Acosta, the famously candid and oft profane Fanone said he also had a suggestion about where Republican US House speaker Mike Johnson could position the commemoration. “I think that it would be perfect if the plaque was shoved up his ass,” said Fanone, who retired from the Washington DC police force after being wounded during the January 6th attack. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago What Donald Trump did this week should terrify Benjamin Netanyahu. This is why | Jonathan Freedland

The president’s Middle East tour made one thing clear – he will betray his one-time ally in a heartbeat. He is already doing it It’s come to something when the Palestinians’ best hope for relief rests on a man who dreams of emptying Gaza of its people and turning the place into a beach resort. And yet the clearest, and perhaps only, way out of the current agony lies with Donald Trump – and his growing impatience with an ever-more isolated Israel.If this were any of Trump’s predecessors, you would be hailing the past week as confirmation of a radical, even epochal shift in US foreign policy. But because it’s Trump, you can’t be sure it’s not a passing whim that will be undone in another equally drastic shift a matter of weeks, or even hours, from now.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Newark Mayor Ras Baraka set to appear in court on charge of trespassing at immigration facility

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is set to appear in federal court for a status conference on the Trump administration’s charge he trespassed at an immigration detention center in the city last week

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1 week ago The warring tribes within the Republican party – and how their differences could sink Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’

The GOP is all on board for Medicaid work requirements. Beyond that, there’s little unity yet, writes John Bowden

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1 week ago Canada’s Liberals inch toward majority, but one vote could decide key contest

Quebec recount awarded seat to Liberal challenger by one vote, but a missing ballot could throw contest into disarrayCanada’s Liberal party has inched closer to a majority government after a judicial recount found the party had won an electoral district by just a single vote. But a voter has also claimed her ballot wasn’t counted, throwing the result once more into disarray.Officials at Elections Canada at the weekend finished a recount for the Quebec district of Terrebonne, where the incumbent Bloc Québécois candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné appeared to have beaten her Liberal challenger Tatiana Auguste. Continue reading...

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