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Fox News
4 hours ago
- Business
- Fox News
‘Big, beautiful bill' tax cuts touted in ad blitz as Senate GOP gears up for midterms
FIRST ON FOX: A top political group that's allied with Senate Republicans is launching a major ad blitz showcasing what it calls the "Working Family Tax Cuts" in the newly passed GOP domestic policy package. The spots by One Nation, a public policy organization aligned with Majority Leader John Thune, applaud Senate Republicans for "delivering President Trump's agenda" by passing the sweeping and controversial measure named by Trump as the "one, big, beautiful bill." The ads, which One Nation said will run for several weeks on broadcast, cable and digital, are part of an eight-figure issue campaign. The spots were shared first with Fox News Digital on Wednesday. "America is back, thanks to President Trump and Leader John Thune's Working Family tax cuts. Not tax on tips or overtime. Real relief for every American up early and home late," the narrator in the national ad touts. Besides the national ad, the spots will run in Alaska, Florida, Ohio, South Carolina, and West Virginia, and will thank GOP Sens. Dan Sullivan, Ashley Moody, Jon Husted, Lindsey Graham, and Shelley Moore Capito for helping to pass the megabill. And the ads are part of a concerted messaging effort by the White House and Senate and House Republicans to showcase how the tax cuts in the measure will benefit working-class Americans. "One Nation will never cease to educate Americans about the Republican Party's historic effort to pass the Working Family Tax Cuts," said former GOP Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, who serves as One Nation chairman. The Republican package is stuffed full of Trump's 2024 campaign trail promises and second-term priorities on tax cuts, immigration, defense, energy and the debt limit. It includes extending the president's signature 2017 tax cuts — which were set to expire later this year — and eliminating taxes on tips and overtime pay. The measure also provides billions for border security and codifies the president's controversial immigration crackdown. "Senate Republicans got President Trump's conservative agenda done, securing the border, finishing the wall, bringing manufacturing jobs back home," the narrator in the ad highlights. The massive legislation is also projected to surge the national debt by $4 trillion over the next decade, but many Republicans dispute the projection by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). And the new law also restructures Medicaid — the almost 60-year-old federal program that provides health coverage to roughly 71 million low-income Americans. The CBO this week estimated that 10 million people could lose their health insurance over the next decade. The changes to Medicaid, as well as cuts to food stamps, another one of the nation's major safety net programs, were drafted in part as an offset to pay for extending Trump's tax cuts. The measure includes a slew of new rules and regulations, including work requirements for many of those seeking Medicaid coverage. "It protected Medicaid for Americans, not illegals," the narrator in the ad emphasizes. But Democrats, for months, have repeatedly blasted Republicans over the social safety net changes. And they spotlighted a slew of national polls last month and this month that indicate the bill's popularity in negative territory. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) claims that the bill, which Trump signed into law on July 4 after the GOP-controlled House and Senate narrowly passed the measure along near-party-line votes, will gut Medicaid, forcing rural hospitals and nursing homes to close their doors. "Rural hospitals were already on the brink of collapse thanks to Donald Trump, but now he has put the last nail in the coffin for rural hospitals with his billionaire budget bill," DNC chair Ken Martin argued in a statement to Fox News earlier this week. Martin highlighted that "in states across the country, hospitals are either closing their doors or cutting critical services, and it's Trump's own voters who will suffer the most. This is what Donald Trump does — screw over the people who are counting on him." Both parties see the "big, beautiful bill" as a key part of their messaging heading into next year's midterm elections, when the Republicans will be defending their slim majorities in the House and Senate.
Sky News AU
6 hours ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘I am Australian': Pauline Hanson defends One Nation turning their backs to Welcome to Country
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson defends claims One Nation senators turning their backs to the Welcome to Country ceremony in parliament was disrespectful. 'It is not a custom of the Aboriginal people, that's rubbish,' Ms Hanson told Sky News host Chris Kenny. Ms Hanson and Mr Kenny clashed on the importance of the Welcome to Country ceremony in the Australian senate.
Sky News AU
6 hours ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Had a gutful': One Nation turns back on Welcome to Country in parliament
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson discusses her senators turning their backs during a Welcome to Country ceremony in parliament. One Nation senators turning their backs sparked discussions about respect and acknowledgment of Indigenous culture. Ms Hanson stated this act of protest has been ongoing, expressing frustrations about the frequency of such ceremonies.
SBS Australia
8 hours ago
- Politics
- SBS Australia
NITV Radio Full - 23/07/2025
In the News, A group of One Nation senators has drawn sharp criticism after turning their backs during an Acknowledgement of Country in the Senate chamber during the ceremonial opening of parliament. A man has been charged with violence and weapons offences after a woman was speared in the head at a remote island community and flown to a Darwin hospital. A new report has estimated the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympic Games to generate more than $70 billion dollars into the country's national economy. And, NITV Radio speak with GO Foundation alumni Dana Patterson about data sovereignty and current scholar Patricia Bennetts about her upcoming studies. That and more on NITV Radio.
Daily Mail
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Backlash erupts over Pauline Hanson's Acknowledgement of Country stunt in Parliament - so do her critics have a point?
A group of senators who turned their backs during an Acknowledgement of Country inside the federal parliament have been sharply criticised. The four One Nation politicians took the action in the Senate chamber when the statement of respect was read out as part of the traditional ceremonial opening of parliament on Tuesday. Cabinet minister Clare O'Neil lashed the Pauline Hanson-led party, saying it was disappointing their action became a point of focus, despite the shows of unity earlier in the day during Welcome to Country ceremonies. This afternoon in the Senate, every One Nation senator stood with me to turn our backs on the divisive and increasingly forced Acknowledgement of Country. 'It was disrespectful and rude and childish,' she told Seven on Wednesday. The opening of parliament was a day to celebrate the strength of Australia's democracy and recommit to working for Australia's citizens, Ms O'Neil added. Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie said while it was up to the government to determine the ceremonies for the opening of parliament, and that she had listened respectfully to the acknowledgement, others had different perspectives. She also compared the One Nation silent protest to politicians who walk out of the chamber during the morning prayers and those who don't support the monarchy. 'The problem in a liberal democracy like ours is when we can't express different views,' she told Sunrise. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has claimed Acknowledgement of Country is 'divisive' and 'increasingly forced'. But Ms O'Neil said the party still should have treated all Australians with respect. 'Whatever your views about the Welcome to Country - we've got First Nations people who have been invited to come to parliament, to extend that hand of friendship and invite us and talk about 65,000 years of heritage that they bring to our beautiful, great country,' she said. 'To treat people that way on the first day of parliament, I think, it was absolutely appalling.' Welcome to Country ceremonies and land acknowledgements have been at the centre of a right-wing culture war after a group of neo-Nazis booed a Welcome to Country address during an Anzac Day dawn service in Melbourne earlier in 2025. This afternoon in the Senate, every One Nation senator stood with me to turn our backs on the divisive and increasingly forced Acknowledgement of Country. I've made this protest on my own for years, but today, our whole team made it clear: we've had enough of being told we don't… — Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺 (@PaulineHansonOz) July 22, 2025 Labor has backed Welcome to Country ceremonies, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday celebrating the tradition as a powerful way to begin the new parliament and reflect on Australia's history. Mr Albanese also took a veiled swipe at the stance of former opposition leader Peter Dutton and some coalition MPs who branded Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country proclamations as divisive and overdone. 'Like a lot of the more positive things about our nation, we shouldn't take it for granted,' Mr Albanese said, adding the ceremony was not controversial. Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said the ceremony 'set the tone as we re-commit ourselves to the taking of practical action to improve lives and expand opportunity for Indigenous Australians in every part of our great country'. Welcome to Country is conducted by Traditional Owners, while Acknowledgement of Country is a statement of respect for Traditional Owners and connection to land, which can be given by an Indigenous or non-Indigenous person.
