President Donald Trump is pressuring GOP lawmakers to pass a “big, beautiful bill” that will combine his legislative priorities. But the devil is in the details. Members of Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-Louisiana) caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives are having disagreements on what a megabill should ultimately look like, and Senate Republicans don’t necessarily…
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Wisconsin, along with Pennsylvania and Michigan, was once considered part of the Democratic Party’s “Blue Wall” in presidential elections. But Donald Trump, in 2016, became the first Republican to carry Wisconsin in a presidential race since Ronald Reagan in 1984 — and he won Wisconsin again in 2024 after losing it to Joe Biden in…
On Sunday, April 21, the New York Times broke a story that is being described as “Signalgate 2.0.” According to four Times sources, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used the messaging app Signal to discuss plans for a military operation against Houthi rebels in Yemen with his wife Jennifer Hegseth (a former Fox News producer), his…
Many of President Donald Trump’s more outspoken critics believe that way too much “capitulating” is taking place —that Trump is genuinely dangerous and deserves total condemnation rather than having a lot list of universities, law firms and tech CEOs who were critical of him in the past trying to make peace with him.
The ongoing slide in financial markets is now prompting one economist to declare that the United States is already in a recession, according to several key indicators. Typically, an economy is only considered to be in a recession after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. The last time that happened was during the Covid-19 pandemic…
Meta is confronting a major FTC antitrust challenge seeking divestiture of Instagram/WhatsApp, while also battling whistleblower accusations of building China censorship tools. The post Meta Antitrust Trial Opens Under Shadow of Whistleblower Claims and Political Maneuvering appeared first on WinBuzzer.
Decentralized platform Bluesky has restricted 72 accounts and one post in Turkey, complying with court orders and government pressure citing national security. The post Bluesky Restricts 72 Accounts in Turkey, Complying with Government Pressure appeared first on WinBuzzer.
In an era of rising prices, shrinking paychecks, and record-breaking corporate profits, “retail blackouts” have become the latest tool in the consumer protest playbook. On social media, waves of users are calling for collective no-buy days, swearing off big-box stores, fast fashion, or even online marketplaces for set periods of time. The message is loud:…
On Saturday, April 19, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling that orders the Trump Administration to temporarily cease the deportations of Venezuelan nationals using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The two dissenters were far-right GOP-appointed Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
During a visit to El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) met with Kilmar Ábrego García — the Maryland resident and Salvadoran man who was deported from the United States and is still locked up in a Salvadoran prison. President Donald Trump and his allies are claiming that García is associated with the violent Mara…