Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax agenda scores major victory in House despite GOP rebellion threats

In a massive victory for President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., the House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that will set the stage for a massive conservative policy overhaul. The legislation passed mostly along party lines on Thursday morning after a long night of negotiations between House GOP leaders and fiscal … Read more

Amazon’s satellite launch designed to compete with Musk’s Starlink cancelled

‘Liftoff not possible’ for rocket carrying Project Kuiper satellites, due to clouds that could trigger lightning strikes Weather prevented a rocket carrying the first batch of Amazon satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink from lifting off on Wednesday, in a setback for the planned Project Kuiper network. “Stubborn cumulus clouds and persistent winds … Read more

Trump’s ‘Liz Truss moment’: when economic bravado meets market reality

The president’s U-turn after his maverick plan threatened meltdown has echoes of the 2022 UK crisis Business live – latest updates A maverick economic policy announcement from a self-styled disruptor plunges the country’s currency into freefall and puts rocket boosters behind the cost of government debt, prompting warnings of an economic nuclear winter and forcing … Read more

FLASHBACK: Mitt Romney mocked in 2012 for self-deportation concept that has now become a reality

President Donald Trump’s push to increase the number of illegal immigrants who self-deport was originally the brainchild of former Sen. Mitt Romney, who pitched the idea of encouraging voluntary departures during his 2012 bid for president. “The answer is self-deportation, which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can’t find … Read more

John Cornyn scores Tim Scott endorsement, but John Rich calls Cornyn ‘the Lindsey Graham of Texas’

National Republican Senatorial Committee chair Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is supporting Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, for re-election as the Lone Star State incumbent faces a challenge from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton – but country music star John Rich has sided with Paxton, who announced a U.S. Senate bid this week. “John Cornyn is a … Read more

House passes Republican budget framework paving way for Trump’s agenda

Multitrillion-dollar resolution unlocks path to deliver Trump’s sweeping tax cut and immigration plan US politics live – latest updates The House Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, muscled through a multitrillion-dollar budget framework that paves the way for Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”, just hours after a rightwing rebellion threatened to sink it. The resolution passed in … Read more