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Supreme Court clears way for Trump to downsize the federal workforce
The justices overrode lower court orders that temporarily froze the cuts, which have been led by the Department of Government Efficiency.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:
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Democrats see political gift in Trump’s 'big, beautiful bill'
Democrats say Republicans have given them a political gift in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” They say they can easily sell the bill to the public as a threat to working-class voters, given its cuts to Medicaid and food assistance programs and significant tax breaks for the ultrawealthy. “This is a rare policy gift to...
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Few see falling birth rates as a priority: Survey
Few Americans see falling birth rates as a national priority, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. When asked in the Thursday survey about how large of a problem declining birth rates in the U.S. is, 28 percent of respondents said it is a major issue while 44...
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Appeals court voids FTC's 'click to cancel' rule just before it starts
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) “click-to-cancel” rule was struck down by an appeals court on Tuesday, just days before it was set to take effect. The rule, announced in October 2024, would have required sellers to make it “as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign up.” But the U.S....
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Trump administration pulls back plan to rewrite asbestos ban
The Environmental Protection Agency said in a court filing Monday that it will now defend the Biden administration’s ban of chrysotile asbestos, which is used in products like brake blocks and sheet gaskets.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Italian airport temporarily closed after man dies on runway
Italy's Milan Bergamo airport, which offers low-cost airline connections to and from Milan, was temporarily closed on Tuesday after a man died on a runway during takeoff preparations for a flight.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump says he’s ‘not happy with Putin’ because ‘he’s killing a lot of people’
President Donald Trump acknowledged that his previous suggestions that he might be able to cajole Russia's president into bringing the fighting to a close and quickly ending the war in Ukraine has “turned out to be tougher.”
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:No word of ceasefire as Netanyahu leaves White House after 2nd meeting with Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday met for a second time in two days with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Gaza as Trump's Middle East envoy said Israel and Hamas were closing their differences on a ceasefire deal.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:TSA no longer requiring travellers to remove shoes for U.S. airport security checks
Air travellers racing to catch a flight at U.S. airports no longer are required to remove their shoes during security screenings, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Noem describes scene of parents looking for their children in Texas flood devastation
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described the scene at Camp Mystic in Kerrville, Texas, at the urging of President Donald Trump as he opened a meeting with his Cabinet at the White House.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Gavin Newsom tours South Carolina, a pivotal primary state for Democrats
California Gov. Gavin Newsom begins a two-day tour of South Carolina, meeting voters in rural and Republican-leaning areas.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Elon Musk wants to start a new political party. Here's what could stop him (or slow him down)
Elon Musk has the money and, at least for the moment, the motivation to steer America's politics away from its two dominant parties. But long-standing obstacles to third parties, as well as Musk's own unique profile, could prove too formidable.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Digital archive aims to preserve Bayard Rustin’s legacy as a queer Civil Rights activist
Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil Rights Movement and key architect of the March on Washington.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump and Bondi address lingering questions about Jeffrey Epstein files
President Donald Trump leapt to the defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday in the face of mounting criticism from far-right influencers and conservative internet personalities over the Justice Department’s abrupt refusal to release additional documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Europe must strengthen defense within 5 years amid Russian threats, Frederiksen warns
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says Russia could pose a security threat to the European Union by the end of the decade and that defense industries in Europe and Ukraine must be ramped up.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:A look at the countries that received tariff letters from Trump
President Donald Trump has sent letters to 14 countries outlining higher tariffs they’ll face if they don’t make trade deals with the U.S. by Aug. 1.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Kremlin offers no new clues about apparent suicide of Russia’s transportation minister
The apparent suicide of Russia’s transportation minister brought expressions of shock and sorrow from the Kremlin but no new clues as to why Roman Starovoit might have taken his own life.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:AI tech used to impersonate Rubio in messages to foreign and U.S. officials
The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using AI-driven technology.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Israel’s Netanyahu says he has nominated Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. What happens next?
Trump has been nominated several times by people within the U.S. as well as politicians abroad. That's only one small step in the secretive process.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:IN PHOTOS | Injuries mount on 2nd day of the running of the bulls
City officials reported eight people were hurt during the second day of the San Fermin festival, per Reuters. The nine-day, centuries-old festival held in Pamplona, Spain, is known for its famous running of the bulls.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:International court issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders for persecuting women, girls
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for the Taliban’s supreme leader and the head ofAfghanistan’sSupreme Court on charges of persecuting women and girls since seizing power nearly four years ago.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Israeli report accuses Hamas of using sexual violence as weapon of war on Oct. 7
An Israeli report released Tuesday said that Hamas used sexual violence as a “tactical weapon of war” in its Oct. 7, 2023, attacks,building on other investigationsby international and Israeli rights groups and the United Nations into the militant group’s assault.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Federal Court says RCMP must hand over solicitor-client information in terror plot case
The Federal Court says the RCMP must hand over solicitor-client informationto the country's national security review agency — allowing a long-stalled review into whether the Mounties mishandled the case of a Canadian convicted of plotting ISIS-inspired terror attacks in the U.S. to move ahead.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Video shows French police slashing migrant boat in crackdown
Video captured by a BBC News crew shows French police slashing a boat filled with migrants trying to cross into the U.K. The crackdown comes ahead of a summit this week between the French president and British prime minister.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Trump says U.S. will 'have to' send Ukraine more weapons so it can defend itself
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that his country will have to send more weapons to Ukraine so that it can defend itself.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Watch live: Trump meets with Netanyahu at the White House
President Trump is scheduled host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for White House talks on Monday. The two leaders are expected to discuss the recent military strikes against Iran and a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. It is Trump's third face-to-face encounter with Netanyahu since returning to office for a second turn in January....
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Fox News host rails against DOJ memo on Epstein
Fox News host Will Cain is the latest media figure on the right to be disappointed by a Trump administration memo debunking several widely circulated conspiracy theories about disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. “I’m looking at this memo. It says there’s no client list. Well, I don’t know what that means,” Cain said. “There’s no printed-out...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Trump ramps up tariff push
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump slaps 25 percent tariffs on Japan, South Korea President Trump announced Monday his administration would impose a 25 percent tariff on imports from South Korea and Japan beginning Aug. 1 as part of a batch...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Judge temporarily blocks Planned Parenthood ‘defunding’ in Trump megabill
A federal judge on Mondaygranted Planned Parenthood’s request to temporarily halt Medicaid funding cuts to the group’s health centers under a provision ofRepublicans’ new tax and spending package. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s ruling marks the first known instance of a federal judgelimiting enforcement of any part of the “big, beautiful” bill, which President Trump...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Russell Vought on Trump’s megabill: 'There’s like, no downside'
Trump budget chief Russell Vought proclaimed that there were no “downsides” to the “big, beautiful bill” in a Fox Business appearance Monday, the latest in a series of praises for the GOP’s landmark piece of legislation. “It is a home run. There’s like, no downside to this bill. This is not one where you have...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Texas flooding death toll surpasses 100 as hope for finding survivors fades
Hopes are dimming of finding survivors from the flash floods that deluged central Texas. At least 95 people, including 28 children, were killed in some of the deadliest floods to hit this country in decades. Dozens of people are still unaccounted for, including at least 10 girls. William Brangham reports.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:How local groups are aiding recovery efforts after devastating Texas floods
For a closer look at how people on the ground in Texas are managing the flooding crisis, Amna Nawaz spoke with Austin Dickson, CEO of the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country. That group has been collecting donations through the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund to help recovery efforts.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Troops and federal agents briefly descend on Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park in largely immigrant neighborhood
Defense officials had said about 90 members of the California National Guard and over a dozen military vehicles would help protect immigration officers as they carried out a raid in MacArthur Park.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Man killed after opening fire on Border Patrol facility in Texas
In our news wrap Monday, a heavily armed man was killed after he opened fire on a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, President Trump said he'll place higher tariffs on several countries starting August 1, Russia unleashed a barrage of more than 100 drones across Ukraine and trash is piling up on the streets of Philadelphia as a major workers' strike entered its seventh day.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:A look at the latest Gaza ceasefire proposals as Netanyahu visits White House
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with President Trump in his third visit to the White House this year. The two are meeting as Israel and Hamas are negotiating a ceasefire and the U.S. is lifting a terrorism designation on neighboring Syria. Nick Schifrin reports.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source: