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Alabama Media Group reports state legislators are discovering a nasty new bill courtesy of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” this week as the Alabama legislative session is underway.“It’s a matter of what can we do or should we do - or is there anything that can be (done) to prevent running into that $200 million wall?” said state Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, chairman of the Senate’s general fund committee. “And right now I think that train’s got the light on headed straight for us.”Trump and Republicans desi

Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — which is chaired by President Donald Trump and led by a board he personally selected – recently fired one of its most experienced staffers despite her 10-year history with the institution.The Daily Beast reported Thursday that Sarah Kramer, who was the Kennedy Center's senior director of artistic operations, has been fired as of Wednesday night. The auto-reply to messages sent to her professional email address reads: "Sarah Kramer is no longer an employee of the Kennedy Center."Kramer was terminated after first starting at t

CBS News reports that unlike the luckier U.S. stock market, the U.S. dollar is “sinking fast.”“The value of the greenback just hit a four-year low … against a basket of six other major currencies,” reports CBS, citing info from the ICE U.S. Dollar Index. “While much of the decline has occurred over the past year, the dollar has slid more than 3 percent since mid-January, according to the index.”The devaluing U.S. dollar does more than make people's overseas vacations more expensive, said CBS. It also upsets financial markets and “makes it more expensive fo

One of the U.S. economy's biggest strengths has been effectively kneecapped by President Donald Trump's administration, according to a new analysis from The Bulwark's Catherine Rampell.In a Thursday essay, Rampell argued that Trump's policies during the first year of his second term have been "both disruptive and deeply damaging." She observed that the United States' previous dominance in the areas of research and development, medical research and other fields has since been decimated largely due to the Trump administration's impact on higher education.According to Rampell, the Morrill Act of 1862

The Miami New Times reports Miami venue moguls gave MAGA influencer Clavicular [Braden Peters] a dressing down after he and far-right “manosphere” influencers Andrew Tate, Nick Fuentes, Myron Gaines, and Sneako celebrated and sang Kanye West’s “Heil Hitler” at a Miami Beach club.“They're not really going for subtlety here,” said Bulwark podcaster Tim Miller while reviewing the widely spread video of the event. “You can see, I think that's Gaines … just doing the full Nazi salute over and over again while they're vid

President Donald Trump has apparently decided on his pick to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, and will announce the nomination on Friday.The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Trump planned to make the announcement in the morning, following a months-long vetting process led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The Treasury secretary is recommending Trump nominate one of four finalists: National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, BlackRock executive Rick Rieder, current Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Christopher Waller (who Trump appointed in 2020) and fo

With Democrats projected to win back control of at least one chamber of Congress in this fall's midterm elections, Republicans are now banking their hopes on legislation that could make it much harder for millions of Americans to cast a ballot.The New Republic (TNR) reported Thursday that Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), who chairs the House Administration Committee, is behind the new Make Elections Great Again Act. TNR described the legislation as a laundry list of far-right policy priorities "that would ac

As President Donald Trump’s immigration polling numbers deteriorate and criticism of federal agents grows — and following the killings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minnesota — Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is calling for a national conversation about undocumented immigrants who pay taxes, have lived in the United States for years, and are good neighbors.Gingrich called on President Donald Trump to “open up a national dialogue,” as he told Fox Business, saying that “this is about dignity,” a quote he took from U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL).“Americans don’t want to see the police behaving like a mob, Americans don’t want to see people killed in the streets, and Americans don’t

First Lady Melania Trump's eponymous film is debuting this weekend — but two of her husband's top officials are already giving excuses for not attending a viewing event.The conservative Washington Times reported Thursday that "Melania" will be screening for a select audience at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. The First Couple will be in attendance for tonight's viewing, along with the president's Cabinet — save for two members."Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard and Energy Secretary Chris Wright had previous obligations," the Wa

MS NOW Columnist Philip Bump says the powerful Trump cult may accomplish something where countless others failed: reign in gun culture and the NRA.It all began, he says, with a lie.“As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump offered one particular promise repeatedly: He, not his Democratic opponents, would be a champion of gun rights,” said Bump. “So it was a bit jarring, then, when Trump suggested earlier this week that the death of Alex Pretti — shot to death in Minneapolis by Border Patrol age