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Washington Post
3 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
Black Democrats fume over 2024 while ‘searching for a leader' in 2028
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — A mostly Black crowd of hundreds of Democrats erupted in cheers when former national party chairman Jaime Harrison urged them to 'go on offense' and energize their communities to propel a 'blue Democratic wave' in next year's midterms. But offstage Saturday, Harrison was still wrestling with the problems of the last election.
CNN
28-05-2025
- Business
- CNN
Trump says new Russia sanctions could hurt peace talks
Trump says new Russia sanctions could hurt peace talks President Donald Trump expressed concern that levying new sanctions against Russia in response to their continued strikes in Ukraine could jeopardize peace talks between the two nations. 00:51 - Source: CNN Automated CNN Shorts 11 videos Trump says new Russia sanctions could hurt peace talks President Donald Trump expressed concern that levying new sanctions against Russia in response to their continued strikes in Ukraine could jeopardize peace talks between the two nations. 00:51 - Source: CNN Elon Musk 'disappointed' in Trump's 'big, beautiful' bill In an interview with "CBS Sunday Morning," Elon Musk raised concerns about President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" bill, warning it could increase the US budget deficit and undermine the Department of Government Efficiency. The bill narrowly passed the House last week and now heads to the Senate, where major changes are expected. Musk also announced he's stepping back from full-time government work to focus on his companies. 00:44 - Source: CNN DEI leader: Trump's agenda 'instills fear' CNN's John King visits one of the country's top targets of the 2026 midterms — Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District — where a leader of a DEI program tells him what she's doing to prepare for possible funding cuts. 00:48 - Source: CNN He voted for the first time at 55. Hear why CNN's John King visits one of the country's top targets of the 2026 midterms — Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District — and hears why, at 55, one man felt compelled to vote in a presidential election for the first time in his life. 01:04 - Source: CNN Trump voter may lose his job because of Trump policies CNN's John King visits one of the country's top targets of the 2026 midterms — Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District — and speaks to a Trump voter who is in danger of being laid off due to the President's tariffs. 01:11 - Source: CNN 5 stories to start your day White House directs agencies to cancel $100m in Harvard contracts, Trump pardons reality show couple in prison for fraud, Southwest ends free bags. 06:04 - Source: CNN Should Sean 'Diddy' Combs testify? CNN's Laura Coates speaks with Benjamin Chew, co-lead counsel for Johnny Depp in his defamation trial, about whether Sean "Diddy" Combs should testify in his high stakes criminal trial. 01:55 - Source: CNN SpaceX Starship outperforms previous missions this year Regrouping after two consecutive explosions, SpaceX launched the 9th test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built. The mission marks the first time the company reused a Super Heavy booster from a previous flight. 01:55 - Source: CNN Finland's president responds to Russian military activity along border CNN's Erin Burnett speaks with Finland's President Alexander Stubb about his country ramping up its military to deter potential Russian aggression. 02:16 - Source: CNN Palestinians desperate for food rush US-backed aid site Scores of people rushed over fencing and through barricades in southern Gaza on the first day a US-Israeli-backed aid site was opened. CNN's Jeremy Diamond explains the desperate humanitarian situation that remains in the region. 01:22 - Source: CNN NYC Mayor Eric Adams defends Trump relationship New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks with CNN's Maria Santana about his controversial relationship with President Donald Trump, which has garnered close attention after the Department of Justice recommended his criminal charges be dropped. 01:07 - Source: CNN
CNN
28-05-2025
- Business
- CNN
Trump voter may lose his job because of Trump policies
Trump voter may lose his job because of Trump policies CNN's John King visits one of the country's top targets of the 2026 midterms — Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District — and speaks to a Trump voter who is in danger of being laid off due to the President's tariffs. 01:11 - Source: CNN Vertical Politics of the Day 15 videos Trump voter may lose his job because of Trump policies CNN's John King visits one of the country's top targets of the 2026 midterms — Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District — and speaks to a Trump voter who is in danger of being laid off due to the President's tariffs. 01:11 - Source: CNN He voted for the first time at 55. Hear why CNN's John King visits one of the country's top targets of the 2026 midterms — Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District — and hears why, at 55, one man felt compelled to vote in a presidential election for the first time in his life. 01:04 - Source: CNN DEI leader: Trump's agenda 'instills fear' CNN's John King visits one of the country's top targets of the 2026 midterms — Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District — where a leader of a DEI program tells him what she's doing to prepare for possible funding cuts. 00:48 - Source: CNN NYC Mayor Eric Adams defends Trump relationship New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks with CNN's Maria Santana about his controversial relationship with President Donald Trump, which has garnered close attention after the Department of Justice recommended his criminal charges be dropped. 01:07 - Source: CNN Trump directs federal agencies to cancel Harvard contracts The White House is directing federal agencies to cancel all remaining contracts with Harvard University – about $100 million in all, two senior Trump administration officials told CNN – the latest barb against the school as it refuses to bend to the White House's barrage of policy demands amid a broader politically charged assault on US colleges. 01:15 - Source: CNN Finland's president responds to Russian military activity along border CNN's Erin Burnett speaks with Finland's President Alexander Stubb about his country ramping up its military to deter potential Russian aggression. 02:16 - Source: CNN Trump pardons reality TV couple Todd and Julie Chrisley President Donald Trump has signed full pardons for imprisoned reality show couple Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms in 2022 for a conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million, according to a White House official. CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports. 01:07 - Source: CNN Trump: 'I don't know what the hell happened to Putin' Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, President Donald Trump said that he was 'not happy with what Putin is doing', after Moscow launched its largest aerial attack of its three-year full-scale war on Ukraine overnight. 00:50 - Source: CNN Trump visits Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day President Donald Trump honors fallen service members at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. 00:27 - Source: CNN Johnson pressed on Medicaid cuts in spending bill CNN's Jake Tapper asks House Speaker Mike Johnson about who will lose Medicaid under President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'. Johnson defends the proposed cuts and argues the changes target "waste, fraud and abuse." 01:30 - Source: CNN Is the U.S. on the brink of fiscal crisis? President Trump's economic agenda is expected to add nearly $4 trillion to the US national debt. CNN's Phil Mattingly breaks down what that could mean for the economy. 01:48 - Source: CNN Trump says Apple will face tariffs if it doesn't make iPhones in US President Donald Trump told reporters Apple and other cell phone manufacturers will face 25% tariffs unless they manufacture their products in the US during an event interrupted by Trump's own iPhone ringing multiple times. 01:11 - Source: CNN Trump hosts lavish dinner for meme coin investors More than 200 wealthy crypto bros gathered for a private event at President Donald Trump's golf club just outside Washington, DC, on Thursday night — dining on filet mignon and halibut while the president stood at a podium regaling them with tales of his 2024 victory. 01:33 - Source: CNN Museum programs like this one could be history after Trump's cuts CNN's Sunlen Serfaty visits the Museum of African American History in Boston, which has been impacted by the Trump administration's cuts to funding for the arts. 01:16 - Source: CNN Body language expert offers her advice on how to approach Trump In the wake of the White House's Oval Office ambush of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, body language expert Susan Constantine tells CNN's Max Foster that being an active listener is key for any future leader's meeting with President Donald Trump. 01:36 - Source: CNN
CNN
28-05-2025
- Business
- CNN
Trump voter may lose his job because of Trump policies
Trump voter may lose his job because of Trump policies CNN's John King visits one of the country's top targets of the 2026 midterms — Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District — and speaks to a Trump voter who is in danger of being laid off due to the President's tariffs. 01:11 - Source: CNN Vertical Politics of the Day 15 videos Trump voter may lose his job because of Trump policies CNN's John King visits one of the country's top targets of the 2026 midterms — Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District — and speaks to a Trump voter who is in danger of being laid off due to the President's tariffs. 01:11 - Source: CNN He voted for the first time at 55. Hear why CNN's John King visits one of the country's top targets of the 2026 midterms — Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District — and hears why, at 55, one man felt compelled to vote in a presidential election for the first time in his life. 01:04 - Source: CNN DEI leader: Trump's agenda 'instills fear' CNN's John King visits one of the country's top targets of the 2026 midterms — Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District — where a leader of a DEI program tells him what she's doing to prepare for possible funding cuts. 00:48 - Source: CNN NYC Mayor Eric Adams defends Trump relationship New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks with CNN's Maria Santana about his controversial relationship with President Donald Trump, which has garnered close attention after the Department of Justice recommended his criminal charges be dropped. 01:07 - Source: CNN Trump directs federal agencies to cancel Harvard contracts The White House is directing federal agencies to cancel all remaining contracts with Harvard University – about $100 million in all, two senior Trump administration officials told CNN – the latest barb against the school as it refuses to bend to the White House's barrage of policy demands amid a broader politically charged assault on US colleges. 01:15 - Source: CNN Finland's president responds to Russian military activity along border CNN's Erin Burnett speaks with Finland's President Alexander Stubb about his country ramping up its military to deter potential Russian aggression. 02:16 - Source: CNN Trump pardons reality TV couple Todd and Julie Chrisley President Donald Trump has signed full pardons for imprisoned reality show couple Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms in 2022 for a conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million, according to a White House official. CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports. 01:07 - Source: CNN Trump: 'I don't know what the hell happened to Putin' Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, President Donald Trump said that he was 'not happy with what Putin is doing', after Moscow launched its largest aerial attack of its three-year full-scale war on Ukraine overnight. 00:50 - Source: CNN Trump visits Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day President Donald Trump honors fallen service members at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. 00:27 - Source: CNN Johnson pressed on Medicaid cuts in spending bill CNN's Jake Tapper asks House Speaker Mike Johnson about who will lose Medicaid under President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'. Johnson defends the proposed cuts and argues the changes target "waste, fraud and abuse." 01:30 - Source: CNN Is the U.S. on the brink of fiscal crisis? President Trump's economic agenda is expected to add nearly $4 trillion to the US national debt. CNN's Phil Mattingly breaks down what that could mean for the economy. 01:48 - Source: CNN Trump says Apple will face tariffs if it doesn't make iPhones in US President Donald Trump told reporters Apple and other cell phone manufacturers will face 25% tariffs unless they manufacture their products in the US during an event interrupted by Trump's own iPhone ringing multiple times. 01:11 - Source: CNN Trump hosts lavish dinner for meme coin investors More than 200 wealthy crypto bros gathered for a private event at President Donald Trump's golf club just outside Washington, DC, on Thursday night — dining on filet mignon and halibut while the president stood at a podium regaling them with tales of his 2024 victory. 01:33 - Source: CNN Museum programs like this one could be history after Trump's cuts CNN's Sunlen Serfaty visits the Museum of African American History in Boston, which has been impacted by the Trump administration's cuts to funding for the arts. 01:16 - Source: CNN Body language expert offers her advice on how to approach Trump In the wake of the White House's Oval Office ambush of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, body language expert Susan Constantine tells CNN's Max Foster that being an active listener is key for any future leader's meeting with President Donald Trump. 01:36 - Source: CNN
CNN
21-05-2025
- Business
- CNN
Conservative groups unleash spending blitz to pass Trump's bill
As President Donald Trump works to muscle his sweeping tax and spending cuts package through Congress, a network of conservative groups has undertaken a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz to spread his message to voters and pressure recalcitrant lawmakers to get in line. The outside spending to pass the 'big, beautiful bill' at the center of Trump's domestic agenda also offers a preview of the campaigns GOP lawmakers could face in the months to come, urging them to back the president's moves or face potential political consequences in next year's midterm elections. A collection of roughly half a dozen groups has spent more than $8 million booking ad time since the start of the month, according to data from the ad tracking firm AdImpact, promoting the massive bill Republicans are racing to get through the House before next week's Memorial Day recess. One of the big early spenders is Securing American Greatness, part of the president's political orbit and a beneficiary of the unprecedented fundraising Trump has undertaken as a term-limited president. That group – the nonprofit arm of Trump's MAGA Inc. super PAC – has booked more than $6 million worth of ad time since the start of the month. And it has already spent more than $2 million on a 30-second spot that blames Democratic leaders, including former President Joe Biden, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, for economic challenges that it argues Trump 'is fixing' with his proposals. 'They've ruined our economy; President Trump is fixing it,' the ad begins. 'Trump's plan: middle class tax cuts, job creating tax cuts, tariffs that bring home American jobs, slashing waste, fraud and abuse, increasing American energy production, bringing down prices.' Corry Bliss, a Republican consultant, said the ad blitz from Trump allies is an early show of strength and a smart strategy. 'This big beautiful bill is the president's agenda,' he said. 'He ran on this agenda. He won on this agenda. And now he needs to deliver this agenda.' 'His well-funded political operation makes clear that Trump is saying ahead of the 2026 midterms, 'I will support the candidates who help my message,'' Bliss added. A constellation of other organizations is also pushing for the package. For instance, Americans for Prosperity, affiliated with Kansas billionaire and sometime-Trump nemesis Charles Koch, has run more than $1 million worth of advertising already, and is promising to spend $20 million altogether on its Protect Prosperity campaign, aimed at extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts that are the heart of the draft legislation. 'Voters didn't send Republicans to Washington to raise taxes. They sent them to cut spending and protect their paychecks,' says one of AFP's ads, which began airing last week. 'Tell the politicians we need tax relief, not tax hikes.' Despite backing Trump rival Nikki Haley in last year's presidential primary, extending the president's tax cuts 'is our number one priority,' said AFP spokesman Bill Riggs. In addition to its advertising, AFP is lobbying members on Capitol Hill and dispatching its standing army of activists to talk to voters in key congressional districts. 'Lawmakers should know AFP is going to be there every step of the way to help get it done, and after it is, we'll be there to make sure voters understand the benefits,' Riggs said. Other groups with ties to the administration and GOP congressional leadership have also launched waves of advertisements, aimed at both shoring up Republican votes and targeting some Democrats. For example, the Club For Growth, an influential conservative organization, went up with an ad last week aimed at GOP Rep. Mike Lawler from New York's battleground 17th Congressional District, urging his constituents to call and 'tell him to extend and expand Trump's tax cuts.' Lawler is among several Republicans from high-tax states who have pushed for a higher cap on the amount of local and state taxes his constituents are allowed to deduct from their federal income taxes. A new Club for Growth commercial released this week takes aim at another New York Republican, second-term Rep. Nick LaLota, who campaigned last year on repealing the cap on the state and local tax deduction that Trump signed into law in his first term. The Club's president David McIntosh recently told reporters that he anticipated a seven-figure campaign from the group to pass the Trump bill but did not release a more specific budget. Another group called 'Unleash Prosperity Now,' co-founded by former Trump economic adviser Stephen Moore, is running an ad targeting several Democrats, including the representative from New York's highly competitive 19th Congressional District, Josh Riley.'What do you think about your Democratic congressman, Josh Riley, voting to let the Trump tax cuts expire, raising your family tax bill?' the ad says. Other advertising reflects lobbying to secure specific outcomes – as competing factions in the GOP House conference push their own priorities. A group called the American Job Creation Alliance, founded by veteran GOP operative Dan Conston for the legislative battle, launched a $750,000 ad campaign this week, targeting members of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. Earlier in the debate over the bill, some Republicans in the House weighed limiting or eliminating state and local tax deductions for corporations, known as C-SALT, in their search for additional revenue to offset the bill's broader costs. The alliance is fighting to keep the deductions in place, saying that ending them would amount to an across-the-board increase in corporate taxes. 'President Trump's historic tax cuts brought record prosperity to America,' says one of the group's ads, variations of which highlight a series of members on the House Ways & Means Committee, which oversees tax policy. 'That's why it's so important Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick is fighting to extend the tax cuts with C-SALT in place.' The advertising blitz comes at a critical moment for the GOP in Washington with deep divides remaining among key factions in the House Republican conference, which holds a paper-thin majority in the chamber. Underscoring the stakes, Trump traveled to Capitol Hill this week in an attempt to win over holdouts on the legislation. And he warned that House Republicans who oppose the bill could 'possibly' face primary challenges. Although Trump cannot seek a third term, he continues to build the financial firepower of his political operation and recently headlined fundraising dinners for his super PAC that came with a seven-figure price tag for each attendee. (Super PACs can raise unlimited sums, unlike candidate committees.) At issue is the balance of tax cuts, spending cuts, and deficit reduction that the legislative package will strike – with some of those priorities in tension with each other. And the prospect of painful cuts has already emerged as a Democratic attack line, which some of the new ads from GOP outside groups aim to rebut. 'There's a lot of misinformation out there trying to scare seniors. Trust me, Congressman Tom Kean Jr. is fighting to protect all of us,' says an ad from the American Action Network, a leading conservative non-profit aligned with House Republican leadership, which is aimed at boosting a Republican member in another highly competitive House district. 'He's supporting President Trump's common sense reforms to root out waste, fraud, and abuse,' it continues. Democrats, meanwhile, are already using some of the bill's controversial measures to target Republicans in off-year campaigns – providing a possible preview of the party's 2026 midterm messaging. For example, in New Jersey, where a crowded field of Democrats is competing for the chance to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy, contenders' campaign ads are blasting Republican proposals in Washington. 'I'll fight Donald Trump's Medicaid cuts by using the state surplus,' says an ad from Jersey City Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial contender Steve Fulop, referring to potential cuts to the federal health insurance program weighed by GOP lawmakers as they search for ways to pay for Trump's landmark legislation. 'Mikie Sherrill will stop Trump from gutting Medicaid,' says another ad from a group supporting the Democratic congresswoman and gubernatorial candidate.
