THE PULSE OF THE PLANET
Donald Trump’s administration has sought to remake the federal government at a breakneck pace. In far northern California – where he has strong support – people have backed those efforts. But even here, the speed and scale of the president’s agenda has been cause for concern. Officials in Shasta county, a region of 180,000 perhaps…
The top Republican on the House spending panel overseeing the Environmental Protection Agency said President Trump’s plan to drastically slash EPA spending will likely be rejected by the GOP-led Congress. Source link
The British luxury carmaker Bentley has said sales to the US remain frozen as customers wait for lower tariffs from the UK’s trade deal – with no sign yet of when the lower rates will start. The UK last week agreed a 10% tariff on 100,000 car exports to the US as part of a…
House Republican leaders said that major legislation to extend President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts would also cut taxes on tips and overtime pay, cut federal taxes on Social Security payments for low- and middle-income seniors and much more. Source link
House Republicans unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Trump’s ” big, beautiful bill ” late Sunday, at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks. Source link
Josh Hawley, the influential US senator from Missouri, has warned that his Republican party is suffering from an “identity crisis” over whether it stands for working Americans or rich corporate executives, signaling a worsening split among Donald Trump’s congressional troops over the president’s plans for deep Medicaid cuts. In an opinion piece in the New…
David Lammy is asking BBC bosses to draw up tens of millions of pounds’ worth of cuts to the World Service as part of the spending review, as the fallout continues from Keir Starmer’s decision to slash the aid budget. Sources have told the Guardian the Foreign Office has asked the BBC to draw up…
A federal judge issued a restraining order blocking President Trump’s plans for major personnel cuts across the government, saying he has to ask Congress for permission before he attempts such a broad rewrite of the bureaucracy. Source link
