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Monday, August 04, 2025

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) informed Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in a letter Monday that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Trump's signature domestic policy accomplishment, would add $5 trillion to the deficit over the next decade if its temporary tax relief provisions are extended for a full 10 years. read more


The coming week could mark a pivotal moment in the war between Russia and Ukraine, as U.S. President Donald Trump's deadline for the Kremlin to reach a peace deal approaches ...


"Not a damned penny came through this gate from my taxpaying dollars, [property-owner Mike Richards] said on Tuesday as he looked at the twisted trees and piles of debris that still litter his property and beyond. "And I don't understand why."


The US state department has prepared plans to impose bonds as high as $15,000 for some tourism and business visas, according to a draft of a temporary final rule. read more


Associated Press reports on a student who used his own camera to record his brutal arrest in Florida.


This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host. read more


It's another discrepancy between what White House advisers say and the administration's legal posture. read more


'WKRP in Cincinnati' Star Loni Anderson Dies At 79 After A 'Prolonged Illness' read more


Tesla has granted its chief executive Elon Musk $29bn (21.7bn) worth of its shares, in an attempt to keep the billionaire at the firm. read more


On July 31, Go appeared before the New York Immigration Court and was given a continuance for her hearing, which was rescheduled for October. But shortly after exiting the courthouse, she was detained by ICE agents. read more


Richard L. Hasen: A technical briefing order in a long pending case out of Louisiana, posted on the court's website after 5 p.m. on a Friday in August, was ominous. read more


A culture of fear has persisted at a Florida nuclear power plant owned and operated by the state's largest utility, Florida Power & Light (FPL). Workers were hesitant to report safety concerns to upper management lest they face retaliation. Inspectors came to this conclusion after interviewing more than 75 employees at the St. Lucie plant, located on a barrier island an hour north of West Palm Beach. A federal database showed workers' anonymous complaints of wrongdoing at the plant skyrocketed last year. On-site workers filed far more reports here than at any other of the nation's 54 nuclear power plants. The findings come as the utility asks regulators for permission to hike Floridians' electric rates by billions of dollars over the next four years. FPL's proposed increase represents the largest rate hike request in US history. FPL CEO Armando Pimentel Jr's total 2024 compensation was $11.4 million. read more


William Kristol, Mike Murphy, Jim Swift, and Benjamin Parker: The assault is happening in plain sight, from the Epstein case to Texas reapportionment to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more


Hours after Charlamagne tha God was interviewed by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump on Fox News, Donald Trump launched a vicious attack on the popular Black podcaster as a "racist sleazebag." read more


They will head to Illinois, where Gov. JB Pritzker has expressed sympathy for their plight. read more


Sunday, August 03, 2025

America's farmers are locked in a generational crisis, fending off an array of threats that could jeopardize food supplies and spell financial disaster for those often hailed as the "backbone of the nation." read more


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