5 h. ago Elon goes nuclear on 'insane spending bill' with new pledge that could threaten Trump's Republican majority

Ex-Trump ally billionaire Elon Musk 's latest promise could throw a major wrench into Trump's governance plans for his second term.

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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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8 h. ago Trump threatened tough punishment for employers who hired migrant workers. So far only a handful have faced the wrath

The Trump administration has promised to ‘flood the zone’ and conduct unprecedented enforcement actions against businesses employing undocumented workers

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11 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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13 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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15 h. ago Trump administration finds Harvard failed to protect Jewish students, threatens to cut all funding

Harvard University failed to protect Jewish students from harassment, the Trump administration concluded after an investigation, threatening to cut all federal funding from the Ivy League school if it fails to take action

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37 h. ago Trump threatens to cut off New York City funds if Mamdani ‘doesn’t behave’

Democratic mayoral candidate denies Trump’s accusation that he is communist while reaffirming push to tax wealthyDonald Trump on Sunday threatened to cut New York City off from federal funds if favored mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, “doesn’t behave himself” should he be elected.Mamdani, meanwhile, denied that he was – as the president said – a communist. But he reaffirmed his commitment to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers while saying: “I don’t think that we should have billionaires.” Continue reading...

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39 h. ago This national monument is ‘part of the true history of the USA’. Will it survive Trump 2.0?

Sáttítla Highlands, with its unique lava-flow landscape, feels like ‘another planet’, but its protected status, granted by Joe Biden, is now threatenedIt’s easy to get lost in the Sáttítla Highlands in remote north-eastern California. There are miles of rolling lava fields, untouched forest and obsidian mountains. At night, the darkness and silence stretch on indefinitely.This is one of America’s newest national monuments. It’s also one of the most threatened. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Trump threatens to force journalists to reveal who leaked report undermining his narrative on Iran bombing

Iran strikes destroyed supply of enriched uranium and fully halted weapons development program, president insists again as he declines to provide evidence

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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’s tariff war and aid cuts threaten poorest nations’ recovery

Smaller countries face ‘perfect storm’, says UN and WTO trade tsar ahead of key sustainable development summit in Spain

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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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52 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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57 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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59 h. ago What's in the latest version of Trump's big bill now before the Senate

At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations

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65 h. ago Starmer urged to act after Trump threatens Commonwealth ally Canada

Exclusive: Labour prime minister facing calls to act ahead of US President’s state visit to the UK, where he will meet King Charles

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3 d. ago High court ruling on injunctions could imperil many court orders blocking the Trump administration

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision limiting federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions threatens to upend numerous lawsuits that have led to orders blocking Trump administration policies

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3 d. ago EU retaliation against Trump drug tariffs would be bad idea, says industry

European pharmaceutical body says it would be ‘negative for both sides’ if Brussels hits back on threatened US leviesThe European pharmaceutical industry has urged Brussels not to retaliate if Donald Trump brings in threatened tariffs on imported drugs, amid fears he could impose the levies as early as next week.The US president said last week that the sector-specific tariffs were coming “very soon”. There is concern in Brussels that he could impose them imminently to give himself further leverage ahead of his self-imposed 9 July deadline for trade deals with the EU and about 60 countries. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Senate parliamentarian’s role under scrutiny over as Republicans call for her firing over the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

Elizabeth MacDonough branded ‘an unelected swamp bureaucrat’ after blocking provisions in Trump’s signature legislation on budgetary grounds

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