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Fiscal conservatives are in open 'rebellion' against GOP bill
Republicans on Capitol Hill are saying behind the scenes that they believe that President Donald Trump's proposed budget might not make it, a reporter said on Wednesday.Trump said that he wanted to combine a slew of different issues in the budget. He called it "one, big, beautiful bill" that would have government funding, but also include funding for border security and the ongoing deportations, as well as extending the 2017 tax cuts.
Semafor congressional bureau chief Burgess Everett said on X that "some Republicans are worried" about the status of the bill. He added that comments were coming from "all corners of the party."
“We all knew this was going to happen: It was probably too much to do in one bill,” Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) told him.
He then noted that anger from deficit hawks was coming from both chambers.
"There's a lot of us," confessed Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL).
House Republicans are asking for more in the state and local tax deductions cap, Everett said. After a contentious meeting with the GOP caucus on the matter, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told reporters that he expects a deal on it to be hammered out on Wednesday, the Hill reported Tuesday.
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) called it "stupid," said Everett.
Meanwhile, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who has opposed Medicaid cuts, said that Medicaid cuts were "not going to pass. I have serious concerns about the co-pay. It’s like a sick tax on poor people."
“I’m hopeful we can get there in the timeframe — but if not, I’d be really seriously concerned on what the actual Plan B is, because I haven’t heard about it,” Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) told Everett.
Another fiscal hawk, Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) said that without cuts to spending it would be difficult to support the bill.
"It’s not even remotely in the range of what we should be talking about," he said.
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Obviously I didn’t need to tag you to get your attention. Buttercup.
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Marshall
See its called the Free Market, because the companies get to decide what they produce, where they produce it, how much they sell it for, how they source their products, who they hire and fire.
And the CONSUMERS vote with their $$ and buy up the products that are good and reject the Products that are bad.
President Donald Trump said he’s asked Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook to stop building plants in India to make devices for the US, pushing the iPhone maker to add domestic production as it pivots away from China.
“I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said of his conversation with Apple’s chief executive officer in Qatar, where he’s on a state visit. “He is building all over India. I don’t want you building in India.” As a result of their discussion, Trump said Apple will be “upping their production in the United States.”
Apple representatives in India did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump’s comments threaten to throw a wrench into Apple’s plan to import most of the iPhones it sells in the US from India by the end of next year, accelerating a shift beyond China to mitigate risks related to tariffs and geopolitical tensions. Apple makes most of its iPhones in China and has no smartphone production in the US — though it’s promised to hire more workers at home and pledged to spend $500 billion domestically over the next four years.
Building iPhones from scratch in the US will be extremely difficult even for cash-rich Apple. The supply chain for iPhones and skilled labor for such a precisely engineered product has been concentrated in China for years, and Apple’s only just started forging local partnerships in India. Expensive American labor and manufacturing also makes iPhone production in the US untenable. India, on the other hand, is one of Apple’s fastest-growing markets with a vast customer base that aspires to buy its iconic products. The country also has state subsidies to help it expand assembly.
“This is a familiar Trump tactic: He wants to push Apple to localize more and build a supply chain in the US, which is not going to happen overnight,” said Tarun Pathak, research director at tech analytics firm Counterpoint. “Making in the US will also be much more expensive than assembling iPhones in India.”
Apple and its suppliers have accelerated a shift away from the world’s No. 2 economy, a process that began when harsh Covid lockdowns hurt production at its largest plant. Tariffs introduced by Trump as well as Beijing-Washington tensions prompted Apple to amplify that effort.
The iPhone facilities in India produce more than 40 million units per year, about 20% of Apple’s annual output. While Trump has pushed Apple to make iPhones in the US, the lack of domestic engineering and manufacturing talent will make that nearly impossible in the short run.
Apple “has one of the most sophisticated supply chains built out over years,” Pathak said. “To disrupt that or to completely move out of India or China will be extremely difficult.”
Trump’s comments suggest he’s fine with Apple building its products in India for that market. “You can build in India if you want, to take care of India,” he said.
Trump also discussed tariff negotiations with India, saying the South Asian country has made an offer to drop import taxes on US goods. India has one of the highest tariff barriers in the world and it’s very hard to sell American products in the planet’s most populous country, Trump said.
The bulk of India-made iPhones are assembled at Foxconn Technology Group’s factory in southern India. Tata Group’s electronics manufacturing arm, which bought Wistron Corp.’s local business and runs Pegatron Corp.’s operations in India, is another key supplier. Tata and Foxconn are also building new plants and adding production capacity in southern India, Bloomberg News reported previously.
Apple assembled $22 billion worth of iPhones in India in the 12 months through March, increasing production by nearly 60% over the previous year.
And the CONSUMERS vote with their $$ and buy up the products that are good and reject the Products that are bad.
Trump Asks Apple to Stop Moving iPhone Production to India after Trump Tariffs on China force Apple to make moves to other cheap labor markets to keep tariffs from having huge impact on iPhone Prices
(Bloomberg) -- Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on what billionaires, businesses and markets are doing. Sign up here.President Donald Trump said he’s asked Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook to stop building plants in India to make devices for the US, pushing the iPhone maker to add domestic production as it pivots away from China.
“I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said of his conversation with Apple’s chief executive officer in Qatar, where he’s on a state visit. “He is building all over India. I don’t want you building in India.” As a result of their discussion, Trump said Apple will be “upping their production in the United States.”
Apple representatives in India did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump’s comments threaten to throw a wrench into Apple’s plan to import most of the iPhones it sells in the US from India by the end of next year, accelerating a shift beyond China to mitigate risks related to tariffs and geopolitical tensions. Apple makes most of its iPhones in China and has no smartphone production in the US — though it’s promised to hire more workers at home and pledged to spend $500 billion domestically over the next four years.
Building iPhones from scratch in the US will be extremely difficult even for cash-rich Apple. The supply chain for iPhones and skilled labor for such a precisely engineered product has been concentrated in China for years, and Apple’s only just started forging local partnerships in India. Expensive American labor and manufacturing also makes iPhone production in the US untenable. India, on the other hand, is one of Apple’s fastest-growing markets with a vast customer base that aspires to buy its iconic products. The country also has state subsidies to help it expand assembly.
“This is a familiar Trump tactic: He wants to push Apple to localize more and build a supply chain in the US, which is not going to happen overnight,” said Tarun Pathak, research director at tech analytics firm Counterpoint. “Making in the US will also be much more expensive than assembling iPhones in India.”
Apple and its suppliers have accelerated a shift away from the world’s No. 2 economy, a process that began when harsh Covid lockdowns hurt production at its largest plant. Tariffs introduced by Trump as well as Beijing-Washington tensions prompted Apple to amplify that effort.
The iPhone facilities in India produce more than 40 million units per year, about 20% of Apple’s annual output. While Trump has pushed Apple to make iPhones in the US, the lack of domestic engineering and manufacturing talent will make that nearly impossible in the short run.
Apple “has one of the most sophisticated supply chains built out over years,” Pathak said. “To disrupt that or to completely move out of India or China will be extremely difficult.”
Trump’s comments suggest he’s fine with Apple building its products in India for that market. “You can build in India if you want, to take care of India,” he said.
Trump also discussed tariff negotiations with India, saying the South Asian country has made an offer to drop import taxes on US goods. India has one of the highest tariff barriers in the world and it’s very hard to sell American products in the planet’s most populous country, Trump said.
The bulk of India-made iPhones are assembled at Foxconn Technology Group’s factory in southern India. Tata Group’s electronics manufacturing arm, which bought Wistron Corp.’s local business and runs Pegatron Corp.’s operations in India, is another key supplier. Tata and Foxconn are also building new plants and adding production capacity in southern India, Bloomberg News reported previously.
Apple assembled $22 billion worth of iPhones in India in the 12 months through March, increasing production by nearly 60% over the previous year.
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The president offered the Supreme Court a questionable history lesson on the 14th Amendment as he declared the U.S. a “STUPID Country” of “SUCKERS.”
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The president offered the Supreme Court a questionable history lesson on the 14th Amendment as he declared the U.S. a “STUPID Country” of “SUCKERS.”
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@steross You wonder why Investigative Journalist aren't doing their jobs
Trump White House Reportedly Threatens Parent Company of Media Outlets Politico-Business Insider Over Critical Report About Don Jr Comparing his Business Ventures to Hunter Biden
The Trump White House is reportedly considering a probe into the parent company behind Politico and Business Insider after the latter published a report this week comparing Donald Trump Jr.’s business ventures to those of Hunter Biden.
According to a report published by The Bulwark on Tuesday, the White House is “sending aggressive signals about launching a potential federal investigation” into Axel Springer, the German media conglomerate that owns both outlets.
On May 6, Business Insider’s Bethany McLean published a report that was headlined, “Don Jr. Is the New Hunter Biden.”
McLean highlighted Trump Jr.’s joining of the venture capital firm 1789 Capital. She quoted a source reportedly close to the Trump family who said, “What they’re doing is selling access to the president via the back door.”
The piece noted Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, had his business dealings scrutinized for years and was accused of essentially running a White House access racket operation.
The Business Insider report apparently angered the White House, according to The Bulwark’s Will Sommer.
Sommer cited an exclusive follow-up report from Breitbart News to McLean’s piece. In that story, the outlet’s Matthew Boyle quoted an unnamed White House adviser who described Axel Springer as a “German influence operation.”
The adviser told Boyle that Politico and Business Insider’s reporting could constitute “illegal foreign political meddling.” The person adding that Axel Springer could face federal scrutiny.
Boyle attached both Politico and Business Insider to an attempt by Germany to put its hand in American politics and said the company had “grabbed the attention of the White House and senior administration officials.”
In his report, Boyle added, “Now, Axel Springer as a company is in federal crosshairs as U.S. officials determine if the media conglomerate that owns Business Insider and Politico among other major publications in the U.S. and around the world is running afoul of federal ethics norms.”
The post Trump White House Reportedly Threatens Politico-Business Insider Over Critical Report About Don Jr. first appeared on Mediaite.
He's not saluting.
He's either:
-waving Hi! or
-mimicking Elon's definitely not a sieg heil Nazi salute.
Autism and friendliness and whatnot.
This seems like non-news and an entirely reasonable response from Duffy.
Which is weird coming from former reality show starts.
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Sheriff
... he might have a condition that gives him muscle spasms..?He's not saluting.
He's either:
-waving Hi! or
-mimicking Elon's definitely not a sieg heil Nazi salute.
Autism and friendliness and whatnot.
Dang, you pay much more attention to Polds's profile than I do.
Hadn't noticed.
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Marshall
Cost of military parade skyrocketing ‘up to $45m’ with 25 tanks added, according to reports
New details have emerged about the giant military spectacle President Donald Trump has ordered to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army and his own 79th birthday on June 14. According to reports, the cost of the event is said to have skyrocketed as high as $45m.
The president’s ambitious plans are understood to include a parade running from Arlington, Virginia, across the Potomac River and into Washington. The parade would pay tribute to the Army’s history, from the Revolutionary War to the present day, and feature soldiers marching in period uniforms.
The marchers will be joined by a convoy of armored vehicles while vintage aircraft soar overhead. At least seven marching bands, parachute jumpers, an evening concert, and a fireworks show will also take place.
Two U.S. officials cited by Reuters have now placed the cost of the day’s festivities at between $25m and $45m, explaining that the parade alone had added several million dollars to the total.
Their estimates exclude the additional cost to the city of any subsequent cleanup operations, from trash collection to road repairs, which could become necessary if the heavy vehicles damage D.C.’s streets.
The Independent has asked the White House for more details on the likely cost of this summer’s spectacle.
Reuters also reports that the celebration will see around two dozen M1 Abrams tanks among the 150 vehicles joining the parade, alongside Stryker and Bradley fighting vehicles, Paladin artillery vehicles, Howitzers, and infantry vehicles.
Second World War-era B-17 bombers and P-51 Mustang fighter planes will fly over the National Mall, followed by newer aircraft, including 50 Apache, Black Hawk, and Chinook helicopters.
USA Today further reports that the number of soldiers taking part has risen to 7,500, after planning documents seen by the Associated Press earlier this month suggested the total would be closer to 6,600.
The troops will reportedly descend on the capital in the days prior and be housed in a Department of Agriculture building and a former government warehouse owned by the General Services Administration on 7th Street.
They will receive two ready meals and one hot meal plus $50 per day in additional pay for taking part, the newspaper adds. However, at present, “the Army is struggling to outfit soldiers in uniforms from the War of 1812 and the Spanish-American War,” according to one defense official.
A permit application submitted to the National Parks Service (NPS) reveals that the grounds of the Washington Monument will be open to crowds and offer refreshments and bathroom facilities. At the same time, the Ellipse will have a presidential review stand, bleachers, and a concert stage.
The evening entertainment will commence at 8 pm and “consist of five to seven musical acts” made up of “well-known performers,” who are “likely from the country music world,” before the fireworks round off the day at 9.45 pm.
While the $45m estimated cost of the extravaganza might seem high, it is still less than half of the $92m a similar event was valued at in 2018 during Trump’s first term, a price tag the president baulked at, forcing him to scrap a display he had hoped might rival France’s Bastille Day commemorations.
Kristen Welker asked Trump about the cost of his new-and-improved iteration during their recent Meet the Press interview, and Trump described it as “Peanuts compared to the value of doing it.”
Critics might nevertheless argue that the expense is inappropriate at a time when Americans are concerned about the inflated price of groceries and when Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been firing federal employees and making cutbacks to the Department of Veterans Affairs and other agencies in the interest of slimming down excess spending.
Military parades are relatively uncommon in the United States, although one was held in D.C. in 1991 to celebrate the conclusion of the Gulf War.
Meanwhile, Trump’s plans have already attracted a planned counterprotest.
Another permit application submitted to the NPS for a competing event on the same day calls the president’s parade “an insult to the American people”. It estimates that as many as 20,000 people will rally to protest his administration “eroding the people’s democratic rights, our union rights, vilifying immigrants, gutting social services, and much more as part of his right-wing, racist agenda.”
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I didn’t think this plane thing could stink any more. I was wrong.
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Does anyone running the country actually care about the country more than their wallet?I didn’t think this plane thing could stink any more. I was wrong.
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The FBI is disbanding a squad that handles investigations into members of Congress and fraud by federal employees, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that comes as the Trump administration seeks to eliminate or marginalize units responsible for public corruption cases.
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The FBI is disbanding a squad that handles investigations into members of Congress and fraud by federal employees, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that comes as the Trump administration seeks to eliminate or marginalize units responsible for public corruption cases.
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The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Department of Defense to provide more than 20,000 National Guard troops to participate in the administration's domestic immigration operations, two U.S. officials with knowledge of the request told ABC News on Thursday.
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Sheriff
Its a freaking huge waste and complete utter BS.The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Department of Defense to provide more than 20,000 National Guard troops to participate in the administration's domestic immigration operations, two U.S. officials with knowledge of the request told ABC News on Thursday.
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