REPUBLICAN ROADBLOCKS:  Getting Donald Trump’s legislative agenda past the Senate may not be an easy touchdown. Two of the Senate’s tightest-fisted fiscal conservatives said during television appearances yesterday that they would try to force significant changes to the “Big, Beautiful Bill” passed last week …

FIGHT ON, HARVARD: Responding to a filing by Harvard University, a federal judge in Boston blocked the Trump administration order that would have stopped foreign students from enrolling or continuing their education at the Ivy League school.   The Harvard lawsuit accuses the …

THE WAR ON HARVARD: The Trump administration revoked the right of Harvard University to enroll foreign students because the school refuses to turn over the conduct records of foreign students requested by the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem.    A DHS release …

ANTI ISRAELI MURDER: Two young Israeli Embassy aides were shot dead outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington last night by a man shouting pro-Palestinian slogans before he was grabbed by police officers.    The shooting happened in the …

BIG AND BEAUTIFUL: President Trump visited the House Republican caucus meeting yesterday to lobby for his “Big Beautiful Bill” and appears to have come away without the outliers bowing to the king.     Trump gave a blustery speech to reporters before entering …

THE WAR ROOM: President Trump, who repeatedly bragged that he could end the Ukraine war in 24 hours, failed to make progress yesterday in a two-hour call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.    “The tone and spirit of the conversation were excellent,” Trump …

METASTASIS Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive”  form of prostate cancer that has already spread to his bones, his office revealed yesterday.   “While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive …

STATE SECRETS: The Justice Department has resorted to twisted logic to defend the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an immigrant under legal protection sent to prison in El Salvador.    DOJ lawyer Jonathan Guynn said at a hearing in Federal District Court …

ATTENTION WALMART SHOPPERS !: Executives at Walmart, the country’s largest retailer, told industry analysts that prices are going to rise because of President Trump’s tariffs on foreign-made goods.   Although Trump at least temporarily lowered tariffs on Chinese goods from 145 percent …

JUST BEAUTIFUL:  House Republicans are pushing forward with budget and spending plans in the first efforts to put the Trump agenda into legislation rather than executive orders.   Their plan is to cut spending on food stamps, clean energy subsidies, and  Medicaid … …