On a day of patriotic celebration at the White House, the president signed the Big, Beautiful Bill a signature policy bill that cements a collection of Trumps campaign promises.

Independence Day this year will be no different, with a new flag pole on the South Lawn of the White House, a bill signing and a holiday picnic on the schedule.

The GOP tax bill is deeply unpopular, but Republicans still have an opportunity to influence public perception because many Americans know little about it.

The high court has given the president immunity and protected him from nationwide injunctions. Congress is giving ground on spending and tariffs. It adds up to a turbocharged executive.

The GOP tax bill stands to deliver a $170 billion windfall to turbocharge immigrant detentions and deportations. But public approval of Trumps approach has soured.

President Donald Trump deployed the term at a rally in Iowa held to kick off a year of events culminating in Americas 250th birthday celebration.

The move clears the way for the deportation of eight men being held in a detention center at a U.S. naval base in East Africa to conflict-ridden South Sudan.

The call with Vladimir Putin came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said publicly he wants to discuss weapons supplies with President Trump.

The legislation has big implications for seniors, families, Medicaid recipients, immigrants and others.

In Trumps eagerness to score a win and extend tax cuts, he walked away from a key campaign promise on Medicaid. The GOP fears that will cost the party.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries breaks the record for longest speech delivered on the House floor with nearly nine hours of remarks about how the Republican tax bill would hurt Americans.

Trump officials have placed 139 employees who signed a letter of dissent protesting the Environmental Protection Agencys current direction and policies on leave Thursday.

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The far-right caucus caved to pressure from the president and GOP leaders to allow bill to pass.

The cases involve laws in Idaho and West Virginia that bar transgender athletes from participating in womens and girls school sports.

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The celebrations of the nations 250th birthday next year will provide Trump a powerful platform to project his vision of American history.

Both parties feel a sense of urgency to enact their agenda if they win the White House, House and Senate. But there are downsides to a very big bill.

A federal court jury in the Sean Diddy Combs case rejected the governments theory that he ran a criminal enterprise that helped him carry out serious crimes.

Fiscal hawks have concerns over the legislations ballooning price and some moderate conservatives are uneasy about steeper cuts to Medicaid.

Many Republicans who hold a razor-thin majority in the House acknowledge that they face an uphill battle in selling the bill to a wary public.

Tuesday nights $16 million settlement with Trump followed months of tension between CBSs journalistic mission and its corporate interest.

The former president bet that the economic benefits of his policies would protect them over time. Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress have upended that wager.

The 4-3 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling blocks a 19th-century law that for a time effectively banned abortion in nearly all instances.

After preliminary intelligence reports countered Trumps claim that U.S. strikes obliterated Iran nuclear sites, he said the leakers should be found and prosecuted.

The White House donated a new portrait after President Donald Trump complained about the painting that had hung in Colorados Capitol since 2019, the AP reported.

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A federal judge ruled the Trump administration could not cut short the protection for migrants from Haiti, which has been under a state of emergency since March 2024.

Democrats largely drove the drop, while Republicans level of national pride kept steady. Younger Americans are also less likely to be proud of their country.

Zohran Mamdani officially clinched the Democratic nomination in the New York mayors race on Tuesday the same day the president threatened to deport him.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and his lieutenants have a bumpy road ahead.

Legislation passed by the Senate on Tuesday could affect how people sign up for Medicaid and the insurance marketplaces, and where they can get care.

President Trumps plan to keep the FBI headquarters in D.C. involves moving the nations law enforcement agency to the Ronald Reagan Building downtown.

The 33-year-old candidate clinched the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York on Tuesday.

New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani was way ahead after ballots were counted last week, but the citys ranked-choice system meant he could not clinch the nomination until second-choice votes were counted Tuesday.

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GOP legislation would set back years of progress in expanding health care coverage, unwinding key parts of President Barack Obamas Affordable Care Act.

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Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) conceded early Tuesday that he did not know if he had the votes yet to pass the measure.

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The president sued pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register over a poll showing Kamala Harris leading in Iowa, a state he won, before the 2024 election.

Trump visits a new immigrant detention center in Floridas Everglades, sending a message of toughness as public approval of his immigration policies declines.

The decisions illustrate how dissenting voices have little room in the GOP and complicate the partys path to holding its majorities in the midterms.

The Republicans who sued are asking the Supreme Court to lift restrictions onhow much political parties can spend on candidates, saying they violate free-speech protections.

Federal judges must revisit a series of decisions upholding transgender rights after the justices ruled that states may ban gender transition care for minors.

The $3.3 trillion legislation survived a brief GOP revolt over the weekend to allow the Senate to move forward with debate on the measure, but its final passage is far from certain.

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The idea of building, fixing and providing more is sweeping the Democratic Party. But some critics say that in the era of Trump, it entirely misses the point.

A new initiative will train volunteers to counter Trump and the GOP through book clubs, sports forums, WhatsApp groups and other places ahead of the 2025 and 2026 elections.

The legislation would cause the national debt to soar even more than previous estimates, according to new projections released Sunday.