CBO pegs 'big, beautiful' bill price tag at $2.4T - Roll Call The House GOP budget bill would increase deficits and result in nearly 11 million individuals losing access to health insurance, CBO found. Roll Call · Jun 4, 2025
Trump Admin Rejected Elon Musk's Friend for Top NASA Position Before His Anti-'Big, Beautiful Bill' Rant: Report Elon Musk's attack on Donald Trump's spending bill followed growing frustrations over the Trump administration's rejection of his ally for NASA chief. Latin Times · Jun 4, 2025
'They will die': Foreign aid cuts hit women and girls the hardest as NGOs face closure Reduced aid funding threatens the lives of women and girls worldwide as many NGOs that support them predict they will be forced to shut down soon. Euronews · Jun 4, 2025
Trump is already lowering the bar on China tariffs blasting President Xi as ‘hard to make a deal with’ President Donald Trump simultaenously complimented and criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping in a Truth Social post The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025
Trump pushes Congress to cut $9.4bn in funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid White House seeks to enshrine cuts Musk-led agency flagged, $8.3bn from state and USAID and $1.1bn from media The Guardian - US · Jun 4, 2025
University of Florida board rejects hiring Michigan’s president over his changing of DEI policy The State University System Board of Governors’ 6-10 vote came after hours of contentious debate and grilling of Ono over his previous position on diversity, equity, and inclusion The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025
Cynthia Erivo mines the depths of her soul for 'I Forgive You,' her 'honest, human' album “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo will release her sophomore solo album on Friday The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025
The GOP's tipping point: Musk vs. MAGA Can the Musk myth hold up against the Trump cult? Salon · Jun 4, 2025
‘America’s SS’: Trump demands Secret Service agents sign up to ICE ‘mass removal campaign’ Trump's new immigrant hunter force. We Got This Covered · Jun 4, 2025
Stephen Miller Reportedly Threatened To Fire 10% Of ICE Field Office Leaders With The Least Arrests White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller reportedly threatened to fire 10% of ICE field office leaders with the least amount of migrant arrests every month Latin Times · Jun 4, 2025
Deal on US steel tariffs to be in force ‘in a very short time’, says PM Sir Keir Starmer suggested to the House of Commons that the deal struck last month could come into effect ‘in just a couple of weeks’. Evening Standard · Jun 4, 2025
‘Disgusting abomination’: Why is Elon Musk slamming Trump’s budget bill? Musk’s criticism underscores the divide among conservatives over the bill, which could ramp up US debt. Al Jazeera · Jun 4, 2025
Official White House X account targets Boulder attack suspect’s family with deportation threat The wife and five children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman mocked with ‘final boarding call’ tweet The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025
Russia developing multiples more ammunition than NATO, says Secretary General Mark Rutte NATO allies must commit to spending 5% of GDP on defence, as Russian threat looms, says NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Within three months, Russia develops four times the amount of ammunition NATO countries produce in a year, he said. Euronews · Jun 4, 2025
Evening Standard · Jun 4, 2025 PM sidesteps future of two-child benefit cap amid ‘chaos, chaos, chaos’ claims Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir Starmer of making ‘U-turn after U-turn’.
The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025 Lee Jae Myung wins big in South Korea election – now he faces his toughest challenge yet ANALYSIS: Lee Jae Myung takes on the leadership of South Korea with one of the strongest public mandates in decades – but also facing the daunting task of renegotiating Seoul’s relationship with the US, its most important ally. Shweta Sharma reports
The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025 Trump accuses BBC of misreporting on Gaza and ‘taking Hamas’ word as truth’ The Trump administration has attacked the BBC over its reporting in Gaza, claiming that the broadcaster takes Hamas’ word as “total truth”.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2025 UK service sector confidence higher in May than since before autumn budget Survey of business leaders shows many looking forward to improved sales and investment in next six months
We Got This Covered · Jun 4, 2025 ‘We’re going to starve’: Trump admin ushers in future famine with bone-headed research cuts Give peas a chance!
MarketBeat · Jun 4, 2025 Constellation Energy and Meta Strike Nuclear Deal, Shares Whipsaw Constellation Energy shares soared in pre-market trading after the company announced a deal with Meta. However, what does this actually mean for both companies?
The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025 Crimean bridge attack and Operation Spiderweb show Zelensky has a fist full of wild cards against Russia COMMENT: Ukraine kept its latest attacks on Russia secret from America but its spectacular success shows it can win the war against Putin, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
Reason · Jun 4, 2025 Growing Ranks of Military Homeschoolers Get Defense Department Support Military families have long chosen homeschooling at twice the rate of the general population.
The Guardian - US · Jun 4, 2025 US immigration officers ordered to arrest more people even without warrants Exclusive: Ice officers told to get ‘creative’ with arrests, including of undocumented people encountered by chance
The Guardian - US · Jun 4, 2025 Trump keeps being overruled by judges. And his temper tantrums won’t stop that A word of advice to Trump: dozens of judges keep ruling against you because you’ve flouted the law more than any previous president
The Guardian - US · Jun 4, 2025 The genteel, silver-tongued thinker who fathered US conservatism – and paved the way for Trump A new biography digs into the life of William F Buckley Jr. Its author thinks the rightwing intellectual has some lessons for the left