President Donald Trump will speak in Des Moines, Iowa, at 8:30 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, hours after House Republicans successfully passed his One Big Beautiful Bill Act.Trump is set to take the stage at the Iowa State Fairgrounds to commence the one-year countdown to the nation’s 250th anniversary. On Tuesday,...
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President Donald Trump’s administration staged a multi-person, multiday campaign pressuring Republican lawmakers to pass a major domestic policy bill before the Fourth of July deadline.The efforts notched Trump’s most significant legislative win of his second tenure in the White House. Following Thursday’s House passage, the president will sign the bill...
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted dual American Israeli citizen Edan Alexander, 21, on Thursday at the White House, where the latter reportedly pressed the president to free the remaining hostages held in captivity by Hamas.Alexander, a New Jersey native, was serving as an Israeli soldier when...
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The “big, beautiful bill” is on its way to President Donald Trump’s desk after passing the House on Thursday, the conclusion to months of intra-party, cross-chamber negotiations that exposed ideological differences within the GOP trifecta.The House passed the bill, 218 to 214, at 2:32 p.m. after a grueling House session...
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Former President Joe Biden took swipes at his successor in the White House on Wednesday as he told a California audience that world leaders are asking him to “get engaged” in global affairs. Biden spoke for over an hour to thousands of attendees at the Society for Human Resource Management event...
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Four Republican fiscal hawks flipped their votes in the early hours of Thursday morning to advance President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill, allowing it to come to the House floor for a final vote in the lower chamber. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), and Keith Self...
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President Donald Trump‘s sign-off on Florida’s plan to deputize the National Guard to serve as immigration judges is the latest example of the nontraditional and militarized approach Trump has deployed to speed up deportations.Trump on Tuesday gave his former foe, now friend, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) permission to allow state...
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During a trip to Florida to visit the new “Alligator Alcatraz” facility for detaining illegal immigrants, he singled out one-time rival Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for effusive praise. “You’re my friend and you’ll always be my friend,” Trump told DeSantis at the beginning of a roundtable after touring the detention...
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White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller pushed back against billionaire Elon Musk’s criticism of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, arguing that anyone opposing the legislation “supports the invasion” of illegal immigrants. Miller, however, brushed off Musk’s criticism, opting to highlight what the bill provides, including...
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Weeks after criticizing Trump’s domestic policy agenda and calling on Republicans to “kill” the bill, and later walking back some of his comments, Musk reignited his opposition to the legislation, threatening to start a new political party and oppose those who backed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in Congress. Less than...
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President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday a new trade deal with Vietnam ahead of the July 9 expiration of the pause on his “reciprocal tariffs.”“It is my Great Honor to announce that I have just made a Trade Deal with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after speaking with To Lam,...
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President Donald Trump will meet with several Republican House members on Wednesday as part of a pressure campaign to ensure his major domestic policy bill is signed into law by July 4, according to senior White House officials.Trump’s meetings and phone calls with Republican holdouts come as he has no...
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