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House Budget Committee Passes GOP Megabill
President Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” passed the House Budget Committee tonight — the vote was 17 to 16 — after four conservative holdouts voted “present,” the Washington Post reports….
Republicans Race to Avoid Another Megabill Setback
“Speaker Mike Johnson and House leaders are racing to salvage their GOP megabill from another embarrassing setback just hours away from a rare 10 p.m. Sunday night vote,” Politico reports….
Trump Wishes Biden a ‘Fast and Successful Recovery’
President Trump expressed his condolences after former President Biden announced he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Said Trump: “Melania and I are saddened to hear…
Biden Has ‘Aggressive Form’ of Prostate Cancer
Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones, CNN…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Well, tariffs are taxes, and when you put a tax on a business, it’s always passed through as a cost. So, there will be higher prices. The only trade that…
Bessent Admits Tariffs Will Raise Prices
“Some consumer prices will likely rise due to tariffs, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged on Sunday, even after the White House publicly warned retailers against it,” Axios reports. Save to…
Russia Unleashes One of Its Largest Drone Barrages
“Russia targeted Ukraine on Sunday with one of its largest drone bombardments of the war, an apparent show of force only a day before President Trump is expected to talk…
Trump Stays Active in New York Politics
“President Trump is playing an unusually active role in New York politics — getting involved in local campaigns, commandeering municipal projects and putting a thumb on the scale for both…
Pope Leo Snubs J.D. Vance
“Pope Leo XIV spurned J.D. Vance on Sunday, offering him a quick greeting after his inaugural mass while holding extensive private meetings with other world leaders,” the Daily Beast reports….
GOP Tax Bill Would Curtail Power of Courts
“Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the Republican-controlled U.S. House is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing the…
House Budget Committee to Meet Again
At 10 p.m., the House Budget Committee is due to reconsider the massive taxation-and-spending package it rejected Friday. Save to Favorites
Kamala Harris Deliberates Over Her Political Future
CNN: “The 21st of July looms for Kamala Harris and the much smaller world of advisers left around her. It’s the day she’s set to lose the US Secret Service…
Trump Seeks a Direct Role in the Economy
Washington Post: “In the opening months of his second term, Trump has taken an unusually direct and high-profile role in attempting to manage the sprawling American economy — an approach…
Is Every Top Democrat Running for President?
New York Times: “Before the shadow primary — the quiet frenzy of courting donors, aides and the news media that defines the earliest stages of a presidential race — comes…
Quote of the Day
“We might very well lose the greatest country that this world has ever known. And it might be in part because of the decision that Biden and those around him…
Springsteen Keeps Up War of Words From Foreign Stage
“President Trump warned Bruce Springsteen to ‘keep his mouth shut’ until he gets back to the U.S. The rock icon is showing no signs of backing down, delivering a fiery…
Bessent Warns Tariffs Will Snap Back
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday warned that the reciprocal tariffs on trading partners could go back to the rate slapped on them on “Liberation Day” last month if they…
Trump’s Coalition Is Starting to Fray
Wall Street Journal: “After broadening the Republican coalition, Trump is at risk of shrinking it. Trump came close to winning young voters—those under age 30—in 2024, a sharp reversal from…
People Not Paying Attention May Help Trump’s Approval
“President Trump’s strategy to ‘flood the zone’ may be working to keep his approval rating from sinking even lower,” the New York Times reports. “Voters who have not heard much…
Lawmaker Prosecutions May Get Easier
“Federal prosecutors across the country may soon be able to indict members of Congress without approval from lawyers in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section,” the Washington Post reports. “Under…
