July 7, 2025
Trump dismisses Musk’s political ambitions as ‘ridiculous’ in sharp rebuke
President Donald Trump slammed former first buddy Elon Musk for starting a third political party, saying such parties have ‘never worked’ while also calling the move ‘ridiculous.’ Trump spoke with reporters before boarding Air Force 1 in Bedminster, New Jersey, when he was asked about Musk’s move to start a third party. ‘I think it’s […]
July 6, 2025
Reps. August Pfluger, Buddy Carter say family members were saved from lethal Texas flooding
Two Republican members of Congress said family members were rescued from the flooding that has hammered Central Texas since Friday, killing dozens. Texas Rep. August Pfluger wrote on X Saturday that his daughters were saved from Camp Mystic, a famous girls-only Christian camp that sits near the Guadalupe River in Texas’s Kerr County, and had […]
July 6, 2025
Republicans just cut Medicaid. Will it cost them control of Congress?
Republicans just delivered Donald Trump a “big, beautiful” legislative win. Now they’re fretting it will lead to some ugly electoral losses. GOP lawmakers are warning that slashing spending on Medicaid and food assistance will cost the party seats in the midterms — threatening their razor-thin House majority — by kicking millions of Americans off safety-net […]
July 6, 2025
Iran still wants a nuclear weapon despite ‘serious damage’ from US, Israeli strikes: expert warns
Iran is preparing its next step in what one security expert warns remains its chief objective: developing a nuclear weapon. ‘Repair, reconstitute and rebuild is going to be the modus operandi of the Islamic Republic of Iran,’ Behnam Ben Taleblu, Senior Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Iran Program told Fox News Digital. […]
July 5, 2025
How Trump’s Very MAGA Tax Cuts Break with GOP Tradition
For decades, Republicans have extolled the virtues of removing loopholes and carveouts from the tax code, arguing it would make the system fairer and more efficient, while allowing for lower overall tax rates. “The tax code is littered with hundreds of preferences and subsidies that pick winners and losers and create complexity,” House Republicans led […]
July 5, 2025
Democrats project doom and gloom, not celebration, with July 4 messages
Prominent Democrats sent messages of doom and gloom rather than celebration on July 4, drawing ire from a multitude of critics. Many of the messages included warnings about supposed threats to the country emanating from the Trump administration. ‘This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They […]
July 5, 2025
Xi Jinping’s surprise no-show at BRICS Summit fuels speculation about China’s global standing
Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend this week’s BRICS Summit in Brazil, marking the first time the Chinese leader has missed the gathering of major emerging economies. The abrupt decision has triggered widespread speculation about internal political dynamics within China and the fraying cohesion of BRICS itself. China’s official explanation — a ‘scheduling conflict’ […]
July 5, 2025
The next megabill Congress needs to worry about
Thursday’s historic vote passing President Donald Trump’s megabill ended a monthslong process of negotiation, infighting and compromise. It also started a countdown until Congress has to do it all over again. That’s because the super-sized domestic policy legislation includes a sharp cliff for tax cuts and deep safety-net restrictions — teeing them up to be […]
July 5, 2025
Trump got $170 billion for immigration. Now he has to enact it.
President Donald Trump’s megabill with $170 billion for border and immigration enforcement squeaked through Congress after days of promises, arm twisting and implicit threats to wavering members. Now — the clock is ticking to spend the money. The Trump administration has three-and-a-half years to drastically expand the nation’s border enforcement and deportation infrastructure, a massive […]
July 4, 2025
Iran regime escalates repression toward ‘North Korea-style model of isolation and control’
In the wake of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, the regime appears to be turning inward — escalating repression with chilling speed. According to Kasra Aarabi, director of IRGC research at United Against Nuclear Iran, the Islamic Republic is accelerating toward what he said is a ‘North Korea-style model of isolation and control.’ […]
July 4, 2025
From spaceports to venture capitalists, tailored tax breaks add billions to megabill
Special tax breaks for venture capitalists, Alaskan fisheries, spaceports, private schools, rum makers and others — together costing tens of billions of dollars — quietly caught a ride on Republicans’ sprawling domestic policy megabill. The legislation is primarily designed to prevent $4 trillion in looming tax increases set to hit at the end of this […]
July 4, 2025
This July 4th, a family waits: American hostage’s father pleads for son’s freedom from Hamas terrorists
The first time I remember celebrating the Fourth of July was during the American bicentennial in 1976. As children living in New York City, my parents woke my sisters and I up early to see the Parade of Tall Ships as it entered the Hudson River. Even as a kid, this magnificent display conveyed to […]