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CNN  —  Congressional Republicans are hoping to send their sweeping tax and spending cuts package, otherwise known as the “big, beautiful bill,” to President Donald Trump’s desk by July 4. But first, senators – whose package must comply with certain Senate-specific budget reconciliation rules – must garner enough support for their version in a deeply divided GOP conference. The House narrowly passed its own version of the Trump agenda bill last month. While many of the provisions are largely similar in the Senate’s legislation, several are quite different, which is also causing some tension and may delay the bill’s progress.…

CNN  —  President Donald Trump’s push to pass his massive agenda in the Senate is hanging by thread as GOP leaders barrel toward a critical vote this weekend that, as of midday Saturday, was still short of the support to pass. Just hours after Senate Majority Leader John Thune informed senators they would take a critical first vote on Saturday, a key GOP senator warned he would vote against proceeding to the package unless there are major changes – and several other holdouts are uncertain on how they’ll land. That warning shot came from Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina…

Zohran Mamdani spoke at a rally in Harlem on Saturday as he sought to build on momentum from New York City’s Democratic primary, telling the crowd that people struggling to pay for housing, groceries and bus fare are hungry for change.Mamdani appeared at a National Action Network rally days after declaring victory over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the presumed favorite in the primary. Results will be finalized after the city’s ranked choice vote-counting resumes Tuesday. “What our victory showed on election night was less a victory between one man and another, but a victory for a city that New Yorkers…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Around 100,000 people defied a government ban and police orders Saturday to march in what organizers called the largest LGBTQ+ Pride event in Hungary’s history in an open rebuke of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government. Marchers gambled with potential police intervention and heavy fines to participate in the 30th annual Budapest Pride, which was outlawed in March by Orbán’s right-wing populist governing party. The march began at Budapest City Hall and wound through the city center before crossing the capital’s Erzsébet Bridge over the Danube River. Police diverted the crowd from its planned route to keep…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Days before Bulgaria was expected to become the 21st member of the eurozone, opponents of the move geared up Saturday for a final battle to change the schedule.Thousands of protesters gathered on a central square in downtown Sofia to protest government plans to adopt the euro and to demand a referendum on the new currency. The European Union has given the green light for Bulgaria to adopt the euro starting Jan. 1.The protesters, led by civic groups, nationalist and pro-Russian parties known for their opposition to the euro, declared that after the rally they intended to…

Steve Carell wants young people to foster a “simple” soft skill — something “we need more of in the world,” he said in a commencement speech at Northwestern University on June 15: being kind and respectful to others.Kindness can go a long way in life, the actor and comedian said. It can open doors to new opportunities, allow you to foster deeper connections with your colleagues and help you weather the fear and  uncertainty that can come with starting a new chapter in life, he said.”It’s difficult for me to process just how much you’ve all experienced in your young…

Just as they say you never step into the same river twice, the view from a given summit is never quite the same upon a second visit. The S & P 500 has fully scaled its way to its first record high in more than four months on Friday, recovering what was at the intraday trough a full 20% loss with rare speed, feeding off a deep reservoir of worry filled during the April tariff panic that has not yet fully been depleted. .SPX YTD mountain S & P 500, ytd The index finished Friday not quite half a percent…

Tackling an enormous load of laundry can feel nearly impossible at the end of a long work week. When your to-do list is growing — or a new episode of your favorite show is calling — the thought of paying someone else to pick up your dirty clothes and return them freshly folded can seem like a dream.But at around $2 per pound of laundry, or around $20 to $30 for washing an average load, it can be hard to determine if the convenience is really worth the ongoing cost, says Ben Smith, a certified financial planner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.”As…

Jun 28, 2025, 12:00 PM ETArsenal will return for Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins if they can’t get their first two targets, while Manchester United, Newcastle United and Tottenham are tracking Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors, and gossip from around the globe.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s summer window gradesESPN SOURCES- USMNT’s Tim Weah rejects Notttingam Forest deal — Matteo Moretto- USMNT’s Patrick Agyemang close to $7m Derby transfer — Jeff Carlisle- Man United’s £62.5m Bryan Mbeumo offer rejected by Brentford — Rob Dawson- Atlético Madrid near €50m deal for Villarreal’s Álex…

A $44 billion IPO. A Senate bill with bipartisan momentum. And now, a wave of Fortune 500 firms launching crypto tokens of their own.Stablecoins — once a niche corner of the cryptocurrency world — are entering the corporate and policy mainstream, potentially reshaping how money moves in the United States and around the world.”Many of the users out there today are not aware of stablecoins, or not interested in stablecoins, and they should not be,” said Jose Fernandez da Ponte, PayPal’s SVP of blockchain, crypto and digital currencies. “It should just be a way in which you move value, and…