The Latest Breaking News on US Politics

Senate Republicans vote to advance Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

The US president’s sweeping tax cut and spending bill clears its first hurdle in the Senate.

Al Jazeera · Jun 29, 2025

Trump news at a glance: president’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ clears first Senate hurdle

The key procedural hurdle was cleared hours after the debate opened – key US politics stories from 28 June

The Guardian - US · Jun 29, 2025

Trump Metal Tariffs Wreak Havoc On US Factory

In the sweltering US summer, metal containers decorated with snowmen and sleighs are taking shape -- but tempers are also rising as their manufacturer grapples with President Donald Trump's steep steel tariffs.

International Business Times · Jun 29, 2025

Anti-Trump conservative Don Bacon will not seek re-election to Nebraska congressional seat eyed by Dems

Trump critic represents swing district that includes Omaha, prompting optimism that Democrats could take vacated seat

The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2025

‘It’s very concerning’: conservatives react to Zohran Mamdani’s New York primary showing

Road to Majority conference attendees expressed skepticism and begrudging respect for the Muslim democratic socialist

The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2025

General Hospital’s Drew should have learned to stop messing with Tracy Quartermaine

Drew keeps underestimating Tracy, and it keeps coming back to bite him; and I never get tired of it.

WhatToWatch · Jun 28, 2025

Eric Trump suggests he could run for president when his father’s term ends

Forty-one-year-old has stayed away from politics, but says ‘political path would be an easy one’ if he chose to pursue it

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2025

Abstruse yet monumental: the scope and impact of the US supreme court’s birthright citizenship ruling

An expert addresses concerns from different rules for different states to a change in how rulings can be challenged

The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2025

Wall Street shivers over ‘hot commie summer’ after Mamdani’s success

New York’s financial elite compare the city to crime-riddled Gotham after democratic socialist bests Cuomo in Democratic mayoral primary

The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2025

Top Texas Democrats ponder the state’s future at forum amid questions about what’s next for their party

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke was joined at his San Antonio town hall by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and state Rep. James Talarico, whose names have been floated for statewide office.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 28, 2025