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President Trump Signs GOP Tax & Spending Cuts Bill Into Law

President Donald Trump hosted a signing ceremony at the White House for the GOP tax and spending cuts legislation passed by Congress. Full video here: https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/pres-trump-signs-gop-tax--spending-cuts-bill-into-law/662109

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President Trump Signs GOP Tax & Spending Cuts Bill Into Law

President Donald Trump hosted a signing ceremony at the White House [...]

Washington Today (7-3-25): House passes GOP tax & spending cut bill after dramatic all-night session

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Washington Today (7-1-25): Sen. Murkowski provides key Senate GOP vote to pass budget reconciliation

Senate passes the budget reconciliation bill, also called the One Big [...]

U.S. Senate PASSES GOP Tax & Spending Cuts Bill

U.S. Senate PASSES GOP Tax & Spending Cuts Bill, 51-50. After breaking [...]

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Washington Today (6-30-25): Senate passing Big Beautiful Bill in doubt; amendment vote-a-rama begins

The Senate's vote-a-rama continues, as members offer and vote on [...]

The Senate's vote-a-rama continues, as members offer and vote on amendments to the Republicans' tax and spending cuts bill.

But passage of the bill isn't a sure thing. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) have both said they're voting "no", while Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) haven’t said how they'll vote.

Congressional Republicans and President Trump have said they want the bill passed and signed into law by July 4th.

Last night on the floor, Sen. Tillis criticized both the bill's Medicaid cuts and the president for breaking a campaign promise to not interfere with Medicaid benefits. That prompted responses from the president on social media, including one announcing he'd said he would back a primary challenge against the senator. Not long after, Sen. Tillis announced he would not seek reelection next year.

A federal appeals court heard arguments today on the president’s use of the Alien Enemies Act.
Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union say the Trump administration is unlawfully using the law to take away due process for possible deportees. The administration maintains that a Venezuelan gang is carrying out an invasion of the US at the direction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

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Dave and Dina McCormick, "Who Believed in You?"

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Washington Today (6-27-25): Supreme Court rules single judge cannot impose a 'nationwide injunction'

Supreme Court rules that individual judges do not have the power to [...]

America 250: Exploring the American Story

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Rep. Keith Self on Iran and Trump Legislative Agenda

Representative Keith Self (R-TX), a member of the Freedom Caucus and [...]

Rep. Jill Tokuda on Iran and Trump Legislative Agenda

Representative Jill Tokuda (D-HI) a member of the Armed Services [...]

Washington Today (6-26-25): SCOTUS rules SC can bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid over abortion

Supreme Court decides that South Carolina can cut off Medicaid funding [...]

Rep. Adam Smith on U.S. Military Action Against Iran

Representative Adam Smith (D-WA), top Democrat on the Armed Services [...]

Rep. Blake Moore on Iran and Republican Agenda

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Washington Today (6-25-25): Pres. Trump criticizes media reports Iran nuke sites not 'obliterated'

President Donald Trump says the leaked U.S. Defense Intelligence [...]

President Donald Trump says the leaked U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency report suggesting Iran's nuclear program has been set back only a few months after the recent U.S. bombings is wrong, the nuclear sites have been destroyed – in his word 'obliterated' - and the reporters who published the DIA reports finding are 'bad people', 'sick' and are demeaning the hero pilots who carried out the U.S. attack.

CDC Director nominee Susan Monarez says at a Senate confirmation vaccines are "life-saving" and she has not seen evidence linking them to autism.

Senate Commerce Committee approves Bryan Bedford, CEO of a regional airline, to be FAA Administrator.

Claims of a Justice Dept whistleblower who says the Trump Administration planned to disregard court orders that would hinder immigrants deportations come up at several Senate hearings today, with the Attorney General Pam Bondi and former top Justice Dept official Emil Bove, nominated for a federal appeals court judgeship.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell again points to the threat of inflation from President Trump's tariffs for not cutting interest rates.

Surprise win in the New York City Mayoral Democratic primary by Zohran Mamdani, a self-described Democratic Socialist.

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Representative Suhas Subramanyam on Iran and Democratic Agenda

Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) talked about congressional [...]

Representative Tim Burchett on Iran and Republican Agenda

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Washington Today (6-24-25): Pres. Trump says Iran-Israel ceasefire now 'in effect' after violations

President Donald Trump says a ceasefire between Israel & Iran is "in [...]

President Donald Trump says a ceasefire between Israel & Iran is "in effect", after expressing frustration with both countries for apparently violating the agreement he mediated; President spoke before flying from Washington to The Hague, Netherlands for a NATO leaders' summit.

House & Senate Democrats upset today that scheduled classified briefings by Trump Administration officials about the U.S. military attacks on Iran's nuclear sites have been postponed until later this week.

House votes down an impeachment resolution against President Trump introduced by Rep. Al Green (D-TX) over the bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities. A majority of House Democrats voted against the impeachment resolution.

As Senate Republicans are still putting together the final text of tax cut and spending cut One Big Beautiful Bill, with debate and votes that could run into the weekend, Senate Parliamentarian has been knocking out bill provisions that violate budget reconciliation procedures – known as the Byrd Rule. We will talk about what is no longer in and how Senators could restore them if they want with Forbes Senior Writer Kelly Phillips Erb;. (32)

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tells a House committee that an interest rate cut in July is not likely.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) wins a House Democratic Caucus secret-ballot vote to be the next ranking member of the Oversight & Reform Committee.

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President Trump on U.S. Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites

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Washington Today (6-20-25): Pres. Trump: Iran decision pause to see if "people come to their senses'

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Washington Today (6-19-25): Israel PM at hospital Iran hit; POTUS to decide U.S. role within 2 weeks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises revenge against [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises revenge against Iran after an Iranian missile hits an Israeli hospital and is asked by reporters about the prospect that the U.S. will become more directly militarily involved in the conflict.

White House says President Trump believes this is "substantial chance" of U.S. negotiations with Iran and therefore he will decide within two weeks the U.S. path will be, diplomacy or strikes.

President extends for a third time by 90 days the requirement in U.S. for the TikTok short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance to a non-Chinese entity or be banned from the U.S.

Celebrations on this Juneteenth National Independence Day federal holiday.

Vice President JD Vance announces a long-term health study in East Palestine, OH on the effects of the 2023 toxic train spill.
U.S. Conference of Mayors meet in Tampa, FL, discussing immigration and ICE raids across the country and deployment of National Guard and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles ad tax provisions in the budget reconciliation bill moving through Congress.

We will talk with Wall Street Journal technology & cryptocurrency reporter Amrith Ramkumar about the Senate this week passing a bill on stablecoins, first ever federal crypto regulation bill. (38)

Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) gives more details about confronting Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) over his posts following the fatal shootings of Minnesota state lawmakers, seeming to blame the violence on Democrats and their allies.

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The Weekly Podcast: William F. Buckley: Republicans — and Democrats — in Congress Quote the Giant

William F. Buckley, Jr. The conservative icon died in February 2008 — [...]

William F. Buckley, Jr.
The conservative icon died in February 2008 — but in 2025, he's back in the news.
• In March, the U.S. Postal Service announced a new stamp with his picture
• In June, a new biography, "Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America," was published
• And in November, it would have been Bill Buckley's 100th birthday
Over the years, members of Congress cited Bill Buckley and told stories about Bill Buckley ... and celebrated him after his death. Like this future Vice President:

He led in a manner that earned both the respect and the friendship of his political adversaries. William F. Buckley, from his many years on television, the program, Firing Line, which was the longest running political television program in the history of American television, he demonstrated that wit and sharpness and civility can all go together, and it is a lesson that I suspect many of us on an ongoing basis can continue to learn and apply in the institutions of our government.

That was Republican Congressman from Indiana, Mike Pence — April 23rd, 2008.
But it wasn't just Republicans who praised and quoted William F. Buckley over the years on the floor of Congress.
Democrats, too.

Who were they?
What did they say?
And what stories about Bill Buckley did members of Congress like to tell?
Find out in the latest episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly."
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Washington Today (6-18-25): Pres. Trump says he has not decided whether to attack Iran's nuke sites

President Donald Trump says he has not decided whether to attack [...]

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Washington Today (6-17-25): President Trump calls in post for Iran's 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER'

President Donald Trump is back in Washington, DC, returning early from [...]

President Donald Trump is back in Washington, DC, returning early from the Group of 7 leaders' summit in Canada, posting and commenting about the ongoing military conflict between Israel and Iran, including he wants 'better than a ceasefire', "I have not reached out to Iran for “Peace Talks” in any way, shape, or form", calling that Fake News, and on Iran's Supreme Leader, "We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now".

U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco hears oral argument in Newsom v. Trump, case where Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is challenging President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in response to immigration protests with the governors' consent. We will talk about it with The Hill's Legal Affairs Reporter Zach Schoenfeld. (23)

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) deletes social media posts in which he blamed Democrats and Marxists for the fatal shooting of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the wounding of another lawmaker and his wife.

Plus the latest on proposed Medicaid changes in the Senate Republican version of the budget reconciliation bill – the one big beautiful bill – which are different than the House-passed version.

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Booknotes+ Podcast: Claire Hoffman, "Sister, Sinner"

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Washington Today (6-16-25): Fed charges against MN shooting suspect; POTUS at G7 on Israel-Iran

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Washington Today (6-13-25): UN Security Council meets after Israel attacks Iran, Iran hits back

United Nations Security Council meets on the military exchanges [...]

The Q&A Podcast: Mark Whitaker, "The Afterlife of Malcolm X"

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