Trump Is Slapping a 50 Percent Tariff on Home Appliances
Trump Is Slapping a 50 Percent Tariff on Home Appliances
https://reason.com/2025/06/16/trump-is-slapping-a-50-percent-tariff-on-home-appliances/
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Trump administration military aid halt will only encourage Russia, Ukraine warns
Trump administration military aid halt will only encourage Russia, Ukraine warns
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-military-aid-halt-will-only-stimulate-russia-continue-war-ukrainian-foreign-ministry/
Trump Argues That He Can Take Over a State’s National Guard Whenever He Feels Like It
“However the 9th Circuit ultimately comes down on that question, any decision addressing the legal merits of Newsom’s argument will amount to a rejection of the Trump administration’s alarming position that the president has the authority to deploy National Guard troops at will, even without pretending to meet statutory requirements or citing any facts to support his decision. That argument would transform the National Guard, today’s version of the state militia, into a federal force that the president can use at his discretion, without regard to constraints imposed by Congress or the 10th Amendment.”
https://reason.com/2025/06/18/trump-argues-that-he-can-take-over-a-states-national-guard-whenever-he-feels-like-it/
The Dangerously Irresponsible Tax Bill — ft. Maya MacGuineas | Prof G Markets
Although both parties have been fiscally irresponsible, the Republicans have been more irresponsible, despite talking about it more. The Democrats tend to offset some of their spending with taxes. Republicans just take on debt to pay for wars and tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G0G903y098
Tillis: Senate bill breaks Trump’s promise on Medicaid
“Tillis — who voted against the bill in a key procedural vote Saturday night and announced Sunday he would not run for reelection — delivered a scathing rebuke of the president’s agenda-setting bill in a Senate floor speech, explaining his position and pledging to withhold his vote unless his concerns about drastic cuts to Medicaid are addressed.
“What do I tell 663,000 people in two years or three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding’s not there anymore, guys? I think the people in the White House … advising the president are not telling him that the effect of this bill is to break a promise,” Tillis said in his floor speech.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tillis-senate-bill-breaks-trump-024237867.html
Who would win and who would lose in Republicans’ ‘big, beautiful bill’
Who would win and who would lose in Republicans’ ‘big, beautiful bill’
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wins-loses-republicans-big-beautiful-174002230.html
Last-minute changes to Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ stun clean energy industry (and Elon Musk)
“The energy provisions of the 900-plus page bill have come under particular scrutiny after last-minute changes phased out clean energy tax credits faster than expected and added new taxes on wind and solar projects.
At the same time, new last-minute inducements were unveiled for fossil fuels, including one classifying coal as a critical mineral when it comes to a government manufacturing credit.
“We’re doing coal,” Trump said in an interview released over the weekend on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” where he also called solar energy projects “ugly as hell.””
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/last-minute-changes-to-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-stun-clean-energy-industry-and-elon-musk-124435832.html
Trump, Iran and the Slow Creep of Presidential Power
The Constitution clearly puts the power of deciding to go to war in the hands of the Congress. The attack on Iran was a clear act of war. It was not authorized by Congress. The attack on Iran was unconstitutional.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06f9bioCYRY
US, China formalize deal on rare earth shipments in trade breakthrough
“China on Friday signaled it would approve the export of rare earth minerals to the US, hours after White House officials said the two sides had reached a deal, in what would be a major breakthrough following weeks of negotiations over US access to the key materials.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-china-formalize-deal-rare-075006013.html
The clock’s ticking on codifying DOGE cuts into law
“The administration is using a process known as “rescission” to pursue the cuts, which allows the White House to ask Congress to claw back money it has already approved. The process has not been successfully used in over two decades, and the Senate rejected a rescission request in 2018, during Trump’s first term.
Lawmakers must approve the cuts within 45 days of the request — July 18 — or Trump is required by law to spend the money. The administration has said that this could be the first of several rescission requests.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/clocks-ticking-codifying-doge-cuts-174930140.html