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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) took to X amid the massive, hours-long Senate amendment process to prepare President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" for passage, to defend their work as necessary for the American people — but Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) hit him right back with complaints about the bill from his own caucus.

The bill, which seeks to extend and deepen the tax cuts for the super wealthy that Trump signed into law in 2017, cuts over $1 trillion from Medicaid, food assistance, and green energy subsidies, while increasing the federal deficit by over $2 trillion and actually increasing taxes on most Americans.

Jake Tapper confronted a prominent Republican senator during his show, "The Lead," on Monday afternoon after the lawmaker appeared to make a significant flip-flop on President Donald Trump's megabill.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told Tapper that he now supports passing President Donald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act," even though the legislation would increase deficit spending by between $2.4 trillion and $5 trillion, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Tech billionaire and former "first buddy" Elon Musk vowed Monday afternoon to form a new party to take on Democrats and Republicans as he escalates his public feud with President Donald Trump over the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."

Musk continued his public meltdown over the president's signature legislation, pledging on his X platform, "If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day."

President Donald Trump promised "90 deals in 90 days," but that deadline is up next week, and he's falling far short of the goal. The president's attempt to explain his progress prompted an MSNBC host to chide Monday afternoon that he's "redefining what a deal really means."

In an interview with Fox News, Trump explained that he now wants to recalculate "deals."

Federal judges have found a way to get under the skin of Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's "border czar." And it involves protecting the rights of migrants that Homan wants to deport.

On Monday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes agreed to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia in federal custody until at least mid-July over fears that he could be deported again. Abrego Garcia was deported to the infamous Salvadoran prison CECOT in March, even though an immigration judge granted him the legal right to remain in the United States in 2019 because of a well-founded fear of persecution if he returned to El Salvador.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has attacked the White House and Defense Department for weeks, claiming that the deployment of National Guard soldiers to Los Angeles is leaving the state short-staffed during wildfire season.

About 4,000 California National Guard troops and 800 active duty Marines were deployed to LA, where they have mostly been standing around.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, now estranged from his year-long partnership with President Donald Trump, is escalating his threats against the entire Republican Party if they move forward with the president's "big, beautiful bill" on tax cuts.

Musk, who previously called the bill an "abomination" and the GOP lawmakers considering it the "Porky Pig Party," made clear on his X platform Monday afternoon that any lawmaker voting in favor of it would face a spending onslaught by him.

Medicaid reform has become a key element of President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2026 budget. On one hand, the GOP seeks to cut more than $700 billion from the program to help pay for Trump's proposed tax cuts. On the other hand, the GOP wants to add work requirements for Medicaid members to receive benefits, which would fulfill a long-standing conservative policy goal.

But the work requirements the GOP is chasing may force some parents to give up guardianship of their children to continue receiving benefits, KFF Health News reports.

Longtime Pentagon reporter and analyst Barbara Starr observed that the guests to President Donald Trump's Fourth of July party could pose a serious problem for those invited.

The White House announced that the B-2 bombers that dropped missiles on Iran's nuclear facilities will be at the event.

The White House is apparently struggling to keep track of where its top congressional leaders are after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday of a meeting between President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), a meeting that reportedly never happened.

“The president has been working hand in hand with Senate Majority Leader Thune and also the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, both of whom will be at the White House today to meet with the president yet again, I believe they were here this morning, actually,” Leavitt told reporters Monday.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) took aim at his Democratic colleague Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) Monday after the senator from Pennsylvania complained about missing a beach trip due to the lengthy debate over President Donald Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."

Speaking with reporters, Fetterman complained earlier Monday about Senate Democrats’ efforts to force a lengthier debate on the megabill, Trump’s budget reconciliation package that extends corporate tax cuts and slashes funding for Medicaid and other social safety net programs.

An 82-year-old woman has died of injuries suffered in a recent firebombing attack on a crowd in Boulder, Colorado, during protests for the release of Israeli hostages.

According to The Colorado Sun, "Karen Diamond, one of 29 victims in the attack, died of severe injuries, the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Monday announcing additional charges against the suspect, Mohamed Soliman." This suspect "now faces two counts of first-degree murder, both connected to Diamond’s death, as well as 12 federal hate crimes and at least 100 state criminal charges in the June 1 attack."