2024 Presidential Election - Kamala Harris & Donald Trump

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Republicans Try to Discredit Experts Warning About the Cost of Tax Cuts

President Trump and his allies have united around a new foe: the economists and budget experts who have warned about the costs of Republicans’ tax ambitions.

June 4, 2025

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UK Gets Steel Tariff Exemption, but Europe Pays Double

Despite an exemption from 50 percent tariffs, Britain still has to pay a 25 percent duty because its trade deal with the United States has yet to be put in place.

June 4, 2025

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Ex-WH press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claims she’s no longer a Democrat while hyping memoir of ‘broken’ Biden admin

Biden stood by Jean-Pierre amid criticism by detractors and rivals inside the administration who viewed her as ineloquent and often unprepared.

June 4, 2025

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Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill adds $2.4T to deficit, CBO concludes

President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will increase the federal deficit by about $2.4 trillion over a 10-year period in its current form, according to a comprehensive analysis released Wednesday by the Congressional Budget Office.

June 4, 2025

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Rep. Jared Moskowitz floats bill to exempt Israel, Ukraine from Trump tariffs

The Supporting American Allies Act would shield Israel from a US-imposed 17% tariff and Ukraine from a 10% tariff that will be implemented July 8 without any more court interventions.

June 4, 2025

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Republican Policy Bill Would Add $2.4 Trillion to Debt, Budget Office Says

The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is all but certain to inflame an already intense debate inside the G.O.P. about the fiscal consequences of their bill to enact President Trump’s agenda.

June 4, 2025