Opinion | Vengeance Is His
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Opinion | Vengeance Is His

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Targeting U.S.A.I.D. and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, “two of the most liberal-leaning agencies, is likely telling,” Bonica wrote. “The hardest-hit agencies are precisely those that regulate industry, protect public health and expand access to education.” The cuts DOGE is calling for, Bonica…

What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.
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What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The House passed a budget resolution Tuesday night after the speaker, Mike Johnson, persuaded several Republican lawmakers, including those who have expressed reservations about possible Medicaid cuts, to support the bill. In theory, the budget, which kicks off the process of passing an…

She Interrupted a Town-Hall Meeting and Was Dragged Out by Private Security
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She Interrupted a Town-Hall Meeting and Was Dragged Out by Private Security

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The woman had been heckling speakers and speaking out at a town-hall meeting hosted by local Republicans in Coeur d’Alene, a small city in northern Idaho. The local sheriff asked her to leave, even pulling at her arm at one point and threatening…

Opinion | America Has a Rogue President
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Opinion | America Has a Rogue President

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s decision to fire senior military leaders without cause is foolish and a disgrace. It politicizes our professional military in a dangerous and debilitating way. What frightens me even more is the removal of three judge advocates general, the most senior uniformed…

Opinion | Trump Has the Same Idea in Mind for Ukraine and the Department of Justice
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Opinion | Trump Has the Same Idea in Mind for Ukraine and the Department of Justice

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I grew up a Reagan Republican in the middle of the Cold War, and I never thought I’d see the day when the president of the United States became the world’s most prominent and effective Russian propagandist. Yet that’s exactly what happened last…

Hegseth Fires Military’s Top JAG Lawyers in Pursuit of ‘Warrior Ethos’
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Hegseth Fires Military’s Top JAG Lawyers in Pursuit of ‘Warrior Ethos’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to fire the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force represents an opening salvo in his push to remake the military into a force that is more aggressive on the battlefield and potentially less hindered by…

Senate G.O.P. Passes Budget Resolution, and Punts on Tough Questions
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Senate G.O.P. Passes Budget Resolution, and Punts on Tough Questions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The budget plan that Republicans pushed through the Senate early Friday was a necessary first step toward enacting President Trump’s ambitious domestic goals, but it punted the most difficult and divisive questions about how Congress will do so. On a largely party-line vote,…

Republicans Want Lower Taxes. The Hard Part Is Choosing What to Cut.
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Republicans Want Lower Taxes. The Hard Part Is Choosing What to Cut.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Since their party swept to power, Republicans have entertained visions of an all-inclusive tax cut — one that could permanently lower rates for individuals, shower corporations with new incentives and deliver President Trump’s sprawling suite of campaign promises. If only it were so…

Opinion | Trump’s Legal Shakedowns Won’t End With the Adams Case
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Opinion | Trump’s Legal Shakedowns Won’t End With the Adams Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration had other ways to make good on its corrupt bargain. Mr. Trump himself could have ordered the dismissal motion. Sure, such an intervention would be inadvisable, as Attorney General William Wirt warned President James Monroe in 1821, because “it is…

Bracing for a Shutdown Fight, Democrats Warn Their Votes Are Not a Given
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Bracing for a Shutdown Fight, Democrats Warn Their Votes Are Not a Given

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines One month out from a deadline to avert a government shutdown, Republicans in Congress are struggling to find the votes to extend federal funding, and Democrats are issuing a stark warning: Don’t look at us this time. After two years of coming to…