July 1, 2025

Why Thune didn’t force the GOP’s will on Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Despite majority support, the Senate failed to pass an amendment to President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Tuesday, July 1, that would have stopped immigrants in the U.S. illegally from receiving healthcare coverage under Medicaid. The measure received 56 votes but needed 60 to pass.  Many wondered why it failed, given the Senate used a […]

July 1, 2025

‘Cut it all’: Musk responds to Trump’s threat to end Tesla subsidies

The feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk has reignited, centered on a proposed federal tax and budget package that Trump strongly supports and Musk strongly opposes. In a post on Truth Social, Trump floated the idea that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should consider slashing federal subsidies to Musk’s businesses. Musk led […]

July 1, 2025

Inside the North Korean scheme to funnel US wages into weapons funding

Federal prosecutors have charged multiple people in a nationwide scheme to secretly funnel U.S. wages to North Korea’s government, allegedly to support its nuclear weapons program. The Department of Justice announced the charges Monday, June 30, describing a growing effort by North Korean operatives to bypass U.S. sanctions by posing as remote tech workers for […]

July 1, 2025

Mexican navy ship went backwards before Brooklyn Bridge crash: NTSB

The Mexican naval ship Cuauhtémoc crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on May 17, and now the National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report providing some insight into what led to the crash. The Brooklyn Bridge collision killed two crew members and injured 19 others. The NTSB is now offering the most detailed assessment […]

June 30, 2025

Trump finds TikTok buyers, keeps September sale deadline

President Donald Trump claims he has found a group of wealthy buyers for TikTok, the popular video-sharing platform owned by China-based ByteDance. In a Sunday Fox News interview, Trump said the buyers are “very, very wealthy people” but declined to name them, saying he would share details “in about two weeks.” What’s behind the sale? […]

June 30, 2025

Canada drops 3% digital tax on Amazon, Apple, Google to restart US trade talks

Canada has backed off a planned digital services tax targeting major U.S. technology companies, just hours before it was set to take effect, in an effort to revive stalled trade talks with the United States. Initially scheduled for collection starting Monday, June 30, the tax would have imposed a 3% levy on revenue from Canadian users […]