SCOOP: House fiscal hawks warily accept Senate’s $9B Trump spending cuts package
The House of Representatives is poised to consider a $9 billion spending cuts package approved by the White House.
Britain to lower voting age to 16 before next national election
London — Britain will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 by the next national election as part of measures to increase democratic participation, the government announced Thursday. The center-left Labour Party pledged before it was elected in July 2024 to lower the voting age for elections to Britain’s Parliament. Scotland and Wales already let
Trump’s NATO deal to arm Ukraine wins over GOP skeptics
Former Ukraine aid critics now back Trump's strategy requiring European funding for weapons to Kyiv after the president pivoted his frustration from Zelenskyy to Putin.
Trump-signed fentanyl law will end ‘cat and mouse’ with traffickers, state attorneys general say
Bipartisan HALT Fentanyl Act signed by Trump aims to end the "cat and mouse" game with drug traffickers by permanently scheduling all fentanyl analogues despite some criticism.
NPR CEO: Cuts could be “a real risk to the public safety of the country”
Before the Senate voted early Thursday morning to pass a rescissions package that includes major cuts to public broadcasting, National Public Radio President and CEO Katherine Maher warned, “defunding this is a real risk to the public safety of the country.” “Public media, public radio, public television, are a critical part of the emergency response
China Will Sentence Fentanyl Traffickers to Death, Trump Says
President Donald Trump speaks before signing the HALT Fentanyl Act in the East Room of the White House on July 16, 2025. Nathan Howard/Reuters WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Wednesday told a crowd at the White House, which included dozens of family members of fentanyl poisoning victims, that China will honor a deal he made with
These are the Republicans who voted against Trump’s $9 billion clawback of foreign aid, NPR funding
Trump's $9 billion clawback bill passed the Senate with Republican support, cutting USAID and public broadcasting funds, despite two GOP senators' opposition.