As evidence mounts that voters in Trump country are getting hammered by his biggest initiatives, an economist paints a dark picture of just how bad the sum total of these policies will be for working people. read more
Waffle House had a welcome announcement for customers of its round-the-clock breakfast offerings: it has officially taken its egg surcharge off the menu. read more
US auto sales are losing momentum after a springtime surge fueled by shoppers racing to buy cars before President Donald Trump's auto tariffs drove up prices. read more
"Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame! And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth," [Elon Musk] wrote. read more
The revised package now heads back to the House, where Republican leaders are hoping to approve it and send it to Trump before a self-imposed July 4 deadline. But it faces hurdles. read more
John Light: For decades, Bill Moyers warned about our current crisis of democracy as it gradually drew nearer. read more
Businesses and higher-income households will be among the biggest beneficiaries from tax cuts that will be paid for, in part, with cuts to health insurance for lower-income households. read more
Republicans used a new budget gimmick to obscure the cost of President Trump's $4 trillion tax and spending bill in a new attack on the Senate's filibuster rules.
When two South Korean companies announced a multibillion-dollar investment to build solar panel and electric battery factories in northwest Georgia, federal subsidies helped close a deal to diversify the local economy. read more
President Donald Trump announced on Monday a limited edition, self-branded fragrance with a gold statue of him on the bottle, urging his supporters to "get one for your loved ones." read more
In the vast agricultural lands north of Los Angeles, stretching from Ventura County into the state's central valley, two farmers, two field supervisors and four immigrant farmworkers said that the ICE raids have led a majority of workers to stop showing up for work. That means crops are not being picked and fruit and vegetables are rotting at peak harvest time. One Mexican farm supervisor, who asked not to be named, was overseeing a field being prepared for planting strawberries. Usually he would have 300 workers, but on this day he had just 80. Another supervisor at a different farm said he usually has 80 workers in a field, but on that day just 17. Link: YouTube.com . read more
The DOJ is prioritizing the revocation of US citizenship from individuals charged with certain crimes per this 11 June memo. The ten categories of crimes that could lead to citizenship being stripped range from "war crimes" to COVID loan fraud. Individuals "who pose a potential danger to national security, including those with a nexus to terrorism, espionage, or the unlawful export from the US of sensitive goods, technology, or information, raising national security concerns" will be among those prioritized for denaturalization. read more
Ursula von der Leyen wants the EU to team up with a 12-nation Pacific trade group. That could serve as a new platform for fans of rules-based trade. read more
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem's personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirements, experts say. read more
The Republicans who sued are asking the Supreme Court to lift restrictions on how much political parties can spend on candidates, saying they violate free-speech protections. read more
Isidro Perez, a 75-year-old Cuban national in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, died at HCA Kendall Florida Hospital on June 26. read more
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