I wonder if Trump thinks the purpose of the bill is to investigate Pelosi?
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I wonder if Trump thinks the purpose of the bill is to investigate Pelosi?
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The Trump administration is freezing $108 million in research funding to Duke University as the federal government accuses the school of racial discrimination in the form of affirmative action, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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The Trump administration is freezing $108 million in research funding to Duke University as the federal government accuses the school of racial discrimination in the form of affirmative action, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Hard to figure out what he thinks about anything. But he is ranting about Democrats “targeting” him, so I wonder if he thinks this will open him up to investigation.
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BREAKING: New statement from the family of Virginia Giuffre.
"It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been 'stolen' from Mar-a-Lago. It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal actions … We and the public are asking for answers; survivors deserve this."
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"It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been 'stolen' from Mar-a-Lago. It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal actions … We and the public are asking for answers; survivors deserve this."
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BREAKING: New statement from the family of Virginia Giuffre. "It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been 'stolen' from Mar-a-Lago. It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal actions … We and...
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Meidastouch is not correct.
Hawley's bill will not apply until the NEXT president. Which is ridiculous given the highly unethical activities of this president. But, even with that obvious deference to Trump's personal benefit at the expense of the citizens of the US, Trump is still fighting against this obviously necessary legislation.
Wake TF up, supporters! When are you going to realize that getting rid of immigrants and abortion isn't worth giving up the nation to a despot?
That is what the con-man wants.
Instead of a broad bill preventing the rats in the ever-growing undrained swamp from profiting off of the decisions they make, he wants the bill to just target Pelosi. Which will make his crowd happy. And do not a damn thing for the nation.
And the crazy thing Pelosi publicly supports this bill after the stupid name was changed and President and VP were added.
And the bill wouldn't result in an investigation of Pelosi for her past stock deals. It's a prospective ban on stock trading by Congress/President/VP. It has no retroactive application.
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yeah i'm about 90% sure Trump had NO CLUE what the bill was created for and blasted Hawley for disloyalty despite it all being made up in Trump's head
Which GREATLY exposes the idea that Loyalty to Trump is the #1 Priority and if he THINKS that is in question he is coming after you fully. Even when it isn't warranted and he made it all up in his head
IMO tRump is criminally insane and the most coddled president of all time. His Congress and Judiciary are never ending wet nurses for Donald’s every desire.
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US inflation accelerates to 2.6% as tariffs increase Goods prices by the biggest margin since January
inflation increased in June as tariffs boosted prices for imported goods like household furniture and recreation products, supporting views that price pressures would pick up in the second half of the year and delay the Federal Reserve from resuming cutting interest rates until at least October.
The report from the Commerce Department on Thursday showed goods prices last month posting their biggest gain since January, with also solid rises in the costs of clothing and footwear.
The US central bank on Wednesday left its benchmark interest rate in the 4.25 per cent-4.50 per cent range and Fed chairman Jerome Powell’s comments after the decision undercut confidence the central bank would resume policy easing in September as had been widely anticipated by financial markets and some economists.
“The Fed is unlikely to welcome the inflation dynamics currently taking hold. Rather than converging toward target, inflation is now clearly diverging from it,” said Olu Sonola, head of US economic research, Fitch Ratings. “This trajectory is likely to complicate current expectations for a rate cut in September or October.”
The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 0.3 per cent last month after an upwardly revised 0.2 per cent gain in May, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis said.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the PCE price index climbing 0.3 per cent following a previously reported 0.1 per cent rise in May.
Prices for furnishings and durable household equipment jumped 1.3 per cent, the biggest gain since March 2022, after increasing 0.6 per cent in May. Recreational goods and vehicles prices shot up 0.9 per cent, the most since February 2024, after being unchanged in May. Prices for clothing and footwear rose 0.4 per cent.
Outside the tariff-sensitive goods, prices for gasoline and other energy products rebounded 0.9 per cent after falling for four consecutive months. Services prices rose 0.2 per cent for a fourth straight month. In the 12 months through June, the PCE price index advanced 2.6 per cent after increasing 2.4 per cent in May.
The data was included in the advance gross domestic product report for the second quarter published on Wednesday, which showed inflation cooling, though remaining above the Fed’s 2 per cent target. Economists said businesses were still selling inventory accumulated before President Donald Trump’s sweeping import duties came into effect.
They expected a broad increase in goods prices in the second half. Procter & Gamble said this week it would raise prices on some products in the US to offset tariff costs.
The US central bank tracks the PCE price measures for monetary policy. Excluding the volatile food and energy components, the PCE price index increased 0.3 per cent last month after rising 0.2 per cent in May. In addition to higher goods prices, the so-called core PCE inflation was lifted by rising costs for healthcare as well as financial services and insurance.
In the 12 months through June, core inflation advanced 2.8 per cent after rising by the same margin in May.
Consumer spending steady
The BEA also reported that consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of economic activity, rose 0.3 per cent in June after being unchanged in May. The data was also included in the advance GDP report, which showed consumer spending growing at a 1.4 per cent annualised rate after almost stalling in the first quarter.In the second quarter, economic growth rebounded at a 3.0 per cent rate, boosted by a sharp reduction in the trade deficit because of fewer imports relative to the record surge in the January-March quarter. The economy contracted at a 0.5 per cent pace in the first three months of the year.
Consumer spending remains supported by a stable labour market, with other data from the Labor Department showing initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 1000 to a seasonally adjusted 218,000 for the week ended July 26.
But a reluctance by employers to increase headcount amid uncertainty over where tariff levels will eventually settle is making it harder for those who lose their jobs to find new opportunities, which could hamper future spending.
The number of people receiving benefits after an initial week of aid, a proxy for hiring, was unchanged at a lofty seasonally adjusted 1.946 million during the week ending July 19, the claims report showed.
The government’s closely watched employment report on Friday is expected to show the unemployment rate rising to 4.2 per cent in July from 4.1 per cent in June, according to a Reuters survey of economists.
US inflation accelerates as tariffs boost prices
Tariffs boosted prices for imported goods like household furniture and recreation products, bolstering the case for the Fed to delay rate cuts.
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So the GOP votes that Trump gets to Keep the Qatari Jet after leaving office AFTER US TAXPAYERS FUND A $1 BILLION UPGRADE TO IT.
Can you imagine the outrage if Hillary or Obama got to keep a $500 MILLION GIFT from a Foreign Muslim Country, then be able to KEEP IT AFTER the US TAXPAYERS fund a $1 BILLION upgrade to it.This is a 100% pure 100% GOP Full Blown corruption in front of your eyes and being passed off as legitimate legislation by the GOP.
Senate Republicans Vote to Allow Trump to Keep Gifted Qatari Jet After Leaving Office
Republican members of the Senate Committee of Appropriations voted against an amendment prohibiting President Donald Trump from keeping the Qatari plane after his term.
In May, ABC News first broke the story that the president was going to accept a the gift — a Boeing 747 jumbo jet referred to as a “palace in the sky” — from the Qatari government. At the time of writing, the plane was undergoing a costly retrofit to serve as a temporary Air Force One while the actual Air Force One is going through its own upgrades.
That decision to accept the plane was met with a great deal of backlash from members of the Democratic Party, who questioned what Trump would do with it once his second term as president ended. Members of Congress opposed the idea of his continuing to use the plane when he was no longer president, but the Trump administration insisted it would not be for personal use.
ABC News reported earlier in the year that the Pentagon’s “plan” for the plane “called for transferring ownership of the plane to the Trump presidential library foundation” after he left office, which would still leave it under Trump’s control.
On Thursday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said on X/Twitter that he offered an amendment to the Appropriations Committee to “prohibit the Qatari jet that was gifted to Trump” to be transferred to him after his presidency.
“The fight against corruption has to be ceaseless,” Murphy added.
Approximately 90 minutes later, Murphy returned to the social media platform to deliver the news that the amendment was shot down by the Republicans of the committee.
“Update: I offered the amendment,” he said. “Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office – after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it.
“Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.”
Rob gonna ignore this even more than he ignores the Epstein Trump ties.
LOL, you know good and well if there were any incriminating ties to Trump it would have been exposed years ago. But keep playing dumb to fit your agenda.
LOL, you know good and well if there were any incriminating ties to Trump it would have been exposed years ago. But keep playing dumb to fit your agenda
Whether he keeps it or not, it was still a gift to the U.S.
Nah. He'll find some "but what about Biden" type thing to go with.
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