Monday, June 29, 2026

Tag: White House

Lawmakers demand answers after the White House initiated a $620M loan...

In a letter, a group of Democratic Congress members wrote that ProPublica’s reporting on the deal “reveals a staggering level of corruption and influence.”

Federal court rules Trump tariffs unlawful again as manufacturing promises continue...

New trade data shows manufacturing jobs falling and deficits rising even as the administration pushes to preserve its sweeping tariff agenda through alternative legal strategies.

The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with...

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.

‘A moral obscenity’: White House demands $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget, largest...

The Trump administration’s budget request includes funding for F-35 stealth fighter jets, new warships and President Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield, among other priorities.

Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider...

Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.

Why won’t Newsom tax billionaires?

Not only are Californians struggling to make ends meet, they also have to contend with a governor who cares more about billionaires and his own presidential aspirations.

Elements behind Trump’s war on Venezuela are fourfold  

The question for the Congress, the people of the United States and the world now becomes: will this violation of all tenets of U.S. and international law finally lead to the removal of this madman from the White House?

White House plan would erase age from Social Security disability decisions

Sources say the administration may raise the age threshold from 50 to 60 or remove it entirely, a move that could cut benefits for 750,000 people and reduce payouts by $82 billion.

Trump meeting with Netanyahu coincides with new hospital strikes and mass...

As White House talks tout a cease-fire framework and a new Gaza governance plan, fresh attacks hit al-Shifa and Al Helou and tens of thousands flee Gaza City.

Trump wants to go to heaven. But Heaven’s gate will close...

If Trump wants to get into Heaven, I think that he would have to find a way to erase all the bad things he has done to try to destroy America’s democracy.

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Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza

A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

Addicted to war?

War Fever, Trump-Style.

Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."