9 d. ago The great Mississippi tops list of most endangered rivers amid fears over Trump rollbacks

Cuts to disaster agency and deregulation of fossil fuels, plus rise of water-guzzling datacentres, highlighted in new reportThe Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal climate disaster agency – and the full-throttle deregulation of fossil fuels and water-guzzling datacentres – could prove catastrophic for America’s endangered rivers, threatening the food, water and livelihoods of millions of people, according to a new report.American Rivers’ annual most-endangered rivers list lays bare a myriad of human-made threats including floods, drought and other extreme weather events driven by the climate crisis, as well as industrial pollution and poor river management – all of which Trump’s regulatory rollbacks will almost inevitably make worse. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mike Johnson opens the door to Medicaid cuts and the resulting political fallout

Opponents of GOP budget plan hope reality of Medicaid cuts for rural and low-income Americans will drive Republican defections

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2 w. ago Donald Trump goes on ANOTHER unhinged rant accusing Mexico of violating 80

The President of the United States has issued Mexico with a new ultimatum for allegedly "stealing" water from the US - and Trump has used sanctions and tariffs as a threat

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2 w. ago A win for Mike Johnson? The finish line of the speaker’s budget marathon is still far in the distance

ANALYSIS: The GOP has a long way to go before legislation extending the Trump tax cuts and cutting federal spending makes it into law, writes John Bowden

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2 w. ago Trump plans to fix showerheads and dishwashers so everything gets more clean — including his ‘beautiful hair’

President Donald Trump is trying to make America’s showers ‘great again’

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2 w. ago House passes Republican budget framework paving way for Trump’s agenda

Multitrillion-dollar resolution unlocks path to deliver Trump’s sweeping tax cut and immigration planUS politics live – latest updatesThe House Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, muscled through a multitrillion-dollar budget framework that paves the way for Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”, one day after a rightwing rebellion threatened to sink it.The resolution passed in a 216-214 vote, with just two Republicans – fiscal conservatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of Indiana – joining all Democrats in opposition. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago House passes budget framework in tense vote after Mike Johnson wins over conservatives

Speaking alongside Senate’s John Thune as holdouts balk over deficit spending, Johnson promises final budget will include steep cuts

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2 w. ago Mike Johnson presses ahead with House budget vote despite Republican opposition – live

House speaker delayed vote last night after some Republicans were reportedly threatening rebellionThe House on Wednesday passed a bill restricting district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions in a move that would vastly diminish the ability of courts to block Donald Trump’s policies, The Hill reports.Dubbed the No Rogue Rulings Act, the legislation would limit judges to providing relief only to parties directly involved in the suit. It passed in a 219-213 vote.Since President Trump has returned to office, left-leaning activists have cooperated with ideological judges who they have sought out to take their cases and weaponize nationwide injunctions to stall dozens of lawful executive actions and initiatives.These sweeping injunctions represent judicial activism at the worst.My colleagues on the other side of the aisle want you to believe that somehow these nationwide injunctions being issued by courts across the country against Donald Trump’s illegal and unconstitutional...

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2 w. ago Mike Johnson delays House budget vote after Republican rebellion threatened defeat – live

Delay is blow to House speaker as dozens of Republicans were reportedly threatening to not back voteThe House on Wednesday passed a bill restricting district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions in a move that would vastly diminish the ability of courts to block Donald Trump’s policies, The Hill reports.Dubbed the No Rogue Rulings Act, the legislation would limit judges to providing relief only to parties directly involved in the suit. It passed in a 219-213 vote.Since President Trump has returned to office, left-leaning activists have cooperated with ideological judges who they have sought out to take their cases and weaponize nationwide injunctions to stall dozens of lawful executive actions and initiatives.These sweeping injunctions represent judicial activism at the worst.My colleagues on the other side of the aisle want you to believe that somehow these nationwide injunctions being issued by courts across the country against Donald Trump’s illegal and unconstitution...

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2 w. ago House Republicans scuttle MAGA budget vote after Mike Johnson fails to win over holdouts

House speaker comes up short ahead of vote to extend Trump tax cuts on the back of spending reductions

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2 w. ago Trump signs executive order on water pressure to ‘restore shower freedom’

White House says order will ‘make America’s showers great again’ and ‘end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure’A global trade war roller coaster was not enough to distract Donald Trump from fulfilling one of his longtime priorities Wednesday: changing the federal definition of “showerhead”, a move the White House said would “end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure”.Trump has complained for years about inadequate water pressure in American showers, sinks and toilets, and has blamed federal water-conservation standards for the problem. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mike Johnson calls budget vote despite Republican anger over Medicaid cuts and deficit

Johnson advances plan to extend Trump tax cuts on the back of spending cuts while Republicans on both ends of the spectrum threaten rebellion

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2 w. ago Mike Johnson caught looking at headlines about tanking economy as Trump boasts about his achievements on stage

At a fundraiser for the National Republican Congressional Committee Tuesday night, the president hailed his return to office so far as America’s ‘most successful 100 days in this country's history’

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2 w. ago Alarm as Republicans in Congress back Trump and Musk’s attacks on US judges

Mike Johnson and Jim Jordan echo president and key ally as experts express fears for ‘bedrock constitutional principles’As Donald Trump and Elon Musk widen their radical attacks on US judges who have stalled some of Trump’s executive orders and Musk’s slashing of federal agencies, they’re gaining backing from top House Republicans and other politicians, including some to whom the tech billionaire made big campaign donations.House speaker Mike Johnson and judiciary panel chairman Jim Jordan have echoed some of Trump’s attacks on judges, and a judiciary subcommittee hearing on April 1 explored “judicial overreach” and ways to curb judges who have stymied some Trump orders or Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) and its draconian cuts to the federal government. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Donald Trump's tariff speech almost breaks the internet over bizarre fixation on common word

The US president became visibly gripped by a word that most Americans use without a second thought: "groceries." "Likewise, an old-fashioned term that we use: groceries," Trump mused

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3 w. ago Fox News’ Harris Faulkner torched over ‘ridiculous’ demand that ‘401(k) people’ treat Trump’s tariffs like ‘war effort’

‘There is no reason to carry water for Trump on this nonsense,’ former Fox News contributor Jonah Goldberg reacted to Faulkner’s remarks

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3 w. ago Trump live updates: ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs to be effective immediately, White House says

Trump prepares sweeping round of reciprocal tariffs that threatens to trigger U.S. recession and global trade war, as Speaker Mike Johnson says, ‘You have to trust the president’s instincts on the economy’

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3 w. ago Mike Johnson throws cold water on Trump’s musings about a third term for president

Trump would need to amend the Constitution to run again in 2028

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3 w. ago Trump live updates: President to announce ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs at Rose Garden event tomorrow

Trump prepares sweeping round of reciprocal tariffs that threatens to trigger U.S. recession and global trade war, as Speaker Mike Johnson says, ‘You have to trust the president’s instincts on the economy’

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3 w. ago Trump live updates: President’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs announcement fuels uncertainty for stock markets

Trump prepares sweeping round of reciprocal tariffs that threatens to trigger U.S. recession and global trade war, as Speaker Mike Johnson says, ‘You have to trust the president’s instincts on the economy’

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