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Congress sends $9B spending cuts package to Trump’s desk after late-night House vote

Congress is officially sending a package detailing $9 billion in spending cuts to President Donald Trump’s desk, minutes after midnight on Friday.The bill, called a “rescissions package,” was approved by the House of Representatives in a late-night 216 to 213 vote after intense debate between Republicans and Democrats. Just two Republicans, Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Mike Turner, R-Ohio, voted in opposition.

Trump’s modest spending cuts package survives narrow Senate vote as some Republicans break ranks

What can you get for $9.4 billion?3G Capital recently purchased footwear giant Skechers for $9.4 billion. $9.4 billion could cover your rent for a pretty nice apartment in New York City for more than 40,000 years. Yes, it will just be you and the cockroaches by then. Or, you could pay the cost of every major disaster in the past four decades – ranging from Chernobyl to Fukushima to Hurricane Sandy.

Trump calls for immediate end to ‘unjust’ trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

President Donald Trump is calling for an immediate end to the trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who he said is the victim of “unjust” politically motivated attacks. The Brazilian leader is facing an investigation and an upcoming trial accusing him of leading an attempted coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat. Earlier this week, Bolsonaro’s son, Eduardo, was at the White House for meetings.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration eyes Alcatraz reopening to house nation’s ‘worst of the worst’

EXCLUSIVE: Fox News was granted access to Alcatraz Island Thursday as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured the infamous former prison in California’s San Francisco Bay at the direction of President Donald Trump. The visit was part of an official review to determine whether the site could be brought back into use as a high-security federal detention center.

‘Long overdue’: Senate Republicans ram through Trump’s clawback package with cuts to foreign aid, NPR

Senate Republicans blasted through Democratic and internal opposition to pass President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar clawback package early Thursday morning.The $9 billion rescissions bill tees up cuts to “woke” spending on foreign aid programs and NPR and PBS that Congress previously approved. Republicans have pitched the bill as building on their quest to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.

Andrew Cuomo jump-starts car and political comeback in new NYC mayoral campaign advertisement

Critics are ripping apart the latest campaign ad for New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo, which shows the former Empire State governor helping a fellow New Yorker by giving his vehicle a jump-start on the side of a city street.”New Yorkers, start your engines…Together, we can fix this city!” Cuomo said in a post on Instagram that included the campaign video. “We can be there for each other. We help. We do. And we will — together.

The Epstein Uproar

AG Pam Bondi shouldn’t have hyped the release of materials in the past, but despite the natural questions about his hideous crimes, the wild theories aren’t justified.

Bipartisan bill would grant legal status to certain illegal immigrant workers

Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., and Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, introduced legislation on Tuesday to reform the U.S. immigration system, including offering legal status for certain illegal immigrants to continue working in the country amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policies.The Dignity Act of 2025 would allow illegal immigrants who have been in the U.S. since before 2021 the opportunity to apply for up to seven years of legal status with work authorization.

Arizona Republicans choose nominee to replace late rep in deep-blue border district

Arizona Republicans nominated contractor and small business owner Daniel Butierez in the special primary election to represent Arizona’s 7th congressional district on Tuesday night. Because the district spans hundreds of miles along the U.S. border with Mexico, all three Republican candidates made border security a central issue in their campaigns and vowed to carry out President Donald Trump’s robust crackdown on illegal immigration.

Establishment-backed Democrat wins high-profile congressional primary in Arizona

The daughter of late Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona has taken a big step toward succeeding her father in Congress.Former Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva won the Democratic Party primary in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, according to The Associated Press.The younger Grijalva topped four other candidates in the heavily blue district, which stretches from Tucson to Yuma and includes almost the entire length of the state’s southern border with Mexico.

Democratic socialist mayoral nominee creates growing headache for vulnerable New York Democrats

New York Democrats suddenly have more problems than the back end of the New York Yankees starting rotation.But the Yankees have the opportunity to fix some of their issues before the July 31 trade deadline.However, there’s no trade deadline in politics.And some conservative and moderate Democrats wish there was a waiver wire. Especially for Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zorhan Mamdani.

Senate GOP blows through 2nd hurdle of the night, teeing up Trump’s clawback bill for hourslong debate

Senate Republicans again coalesced behind President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar spending clawback package and propelled the legislation through its final procedural hurdle, again with the aid of Vice President JD Vance. Lawmakers will now go back and forth through 10 hours of debate on the bill, where Senate Democrats are expected to bleed time and slam the legislation for its cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funding.

Hawley urges DHS Secretary Noem to declassify all Trump Butler rally assassination attempt documents

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is urging Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to declassify all documents related to the assassination attempt on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.Hawley’s request comes a year after 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired off several shots at Trump from a rooftop near the presidential rally grounds. The gunman had a clear shot and grazed the president’s ear.

Obama tells Democrat big wigs to ‘toughen up,’ start backing candidates that can actually win

Former President Barack Obama had blunt words for Democratic Party donors, telling them at a Friday fundraiser to “toughen up” and “stop looking for a quick fix” after the Democratic Party became locked out of power following the 2024 election cycle.”I think it’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions.

Trump says ‘American spirit’ triumphs over ‘forces of evil’ on anniversary of Butler assassination attempt

President Donald Trump on Sunday reflected on the one-year anniversary of the assassination attempt against him, saying he believes God alone saved him that day to “restore our beloved Republic to greatness and to rescue our Nation from those who seek its ruin.”Then-candidate Trump survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.

DOJ brass vowed full transparency on Epstein before turning up empty-handed

Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino all called for Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking secrets to be made public long before the DOJ’s stunning about-face last week.”This systemic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list,’” read a joint memo leaked to Axios a week ago. “There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions.

The ‘tough cookies’ of Butler, Pa., remain united, hopeful one year after Trump rally shooting

No one in Butler, Pa. – population 13,000 – ever imagined their quiet community would become the backdrop to an attempted presidential assassination. But on July 13, 2024, gunman Thomas Mathew Crooks opened fire at a rally for once and future President Donald Trump at the local farm showgrounds, a burst of violence that reverberated far beyond western Pennsylvania’s rolling hills and changed the course of American history.

Kash Patel torches ‘conspiracy theories’ about Bondi feud amid MAGA furor over Epstein files

FBI Director Kash Patel on Saturday squashed rumors of a rift inside the Trump administration’s law-and-order team, just hours before the president himself defended Attorney General Pam Bondi amid Jeffrey Epstein probe backlash.The criticism came after the FBI and Department of Justice on Sunday released a memo shutting down theories about an alleged Epstein client list, finding a tell-all document exposing his associates did not exist.

Border czar Tom Homan’s message to anti-ICE protesters: ‘You want some? Come get some’

Trump administration border czar Tom Homan fired up the crowd at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit Saturday night when a heckler asked Homan, “Are you an MS-13 member?”But the heckler’s comments added fuel to Homan’s fire as he delivered fiery closing remarks, saying, “Tom Homan is going to run the biggest deportation operation this country has ever seen. Take it to the bank.