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NBC News
04-07-2025
- Business
- NBC News
Trump shows his dominance over Congress in passing the 'big, beautiful bill'
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump wanted his domestic priorities bundled into 'one big, beautiful bill.' Republican lawmakers were skeptical about that approach, but complied. He insisted they pass it by the fourth of July. Republicans doubted they could meet the deadline, but they did. And so late Friday afternoon, a triumphant president will sign the mega-bill he muscled through a divided Congress, displaying a mastery over his party that many of his predecessors would have envied. Trump told reporters after the House narrowly passed the bill Thursday that he believes he has 'more power' now than in his first term. That was evident all week as the bill ping-ponged between the House and Senate. One by one, the holdouts in the GOP caucus swallowed their misgivings to give Trump a victory he is now savoring in his own fashion. 'There could be no better birthday present for America than the phenomenal victory we achieved just hours ago when Congress passed the 'one big, beautiful bill' to make America great again,' Trump said at a 'Salute to America' event Thursday night in Iowa. The nearly-900 page bill includes a tax-cut and spending package that is projected to increase the national debt by $3.3 trillion over a decade. Not so long ago, fiscal conservatism was a core Republican tenet. Since Trump's takeover of the party, that bit of GOP orthodoxy has been set aside. Speaking of conservative lawmakers who changed their minds and voted for the bill, Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., said simply: 'They heard from President Trump over and over again how much good was in this bill.' One member of Congress said he asked a White House official what the holdouts got in return for supporting the bill, and said the response was, 'f---ing nothing.' Another obstacle to passage was the world's richest man: Elon Musk. Once head of Trump's effort to shrink the government workforce, Musk left the White House and swiftly denounced the bill. On Monday, he said he would work to oust lawmakers who campaigned on reducing the debt and yet voted for the bill. He wrote on his social media site, X, that ' they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.' The final vote suggested that GOP lawmakers may be more fearful of Trump's ire than Musk's money -- or the new party Musk vowed to start one day after the 'insane' bill passed. Whether Trump and his party capitalize on the legislative achievement may hinge on what the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' does in the real world. It wouldn't have passed but for Trump. The bill's title is an ode to Trump's marketing instincts; he now owns it. Will it unleash the economic growth that Trump predicts? Or will the steep cuts in the social safety net alienate some of the same blue-collar voters that Trump wrested from the Democratic coalition? The midterm elections next year will test whether Trump's gambit paid off. Trump's demands throughout the saga did not always match reality. In a meeting Wednesday with moderate Republican lawmakers in the White House, Trump told them, 'Don't touch Medicaid.' Someone in the room responded that the bill does in fact touch Medicaid, a GOP lawmaker told NBC News. To pay for the tax breaks, the bill makes steep cuts to Medicaid, food aid programs and clean energy funding. Whit Ayres, a GOP pollster, said that Republicans 'are going to have to build a powerful case for it.' 'They are going to have to figure out a way to explain, if indeed the Medicaid cuts throw people off of Medicaid, why this bill did that when Donald Trump said he wasn't going to touch Medicaid,' he continued. A Republican senator, speaking on condition of anonymity before the bill passed, said: 'The Democrats are beating us on the messaging. It's just that simple. We don't have anyone out messaging [on the bill] because we're too busy fighting among ourselves. At some point, you've got to go sell this.' Trump pulled off his most consequential legislative victory of either term through a mix of intimidation and wheedling. He has proven again and again that he can gin up a successful primary challenge to Republican lawmakers who defy his wishes. The latest example is Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. One day after Tillis angered Trump for opposing the bill, the senator announced he won't run for reelection. But Trump, in tandem with Vice President JD Vance, also presided over a more traditional strategy for coaxing members to vote yes. Trump threw himself into the effort, aides and lawmakers said. Aides cleared Trump's schedule of public events Wednesday so he could spend more time wooing lawmakers. At 1 a.m. on Thursday, he was on a phone call with a group of congressional holdouts, trying to persuade them to come around. One person familiar with the phone call said that Trump and other White House officials pledged to aggressively implement key provisions in the bill including the phase-out of clean energy tax credits. The discussion also involved future actions to fulfill conservative priorities. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., remarked that it would be nice if Trump stopped attacking him. (Massie and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., were the only two Republicans to vote against the bill on Thursday). Vance was pressed into service last weekend, as worries grew about the bill's prospects in the Senate. The vice president, who had spent most of the week at his Cincinnati home with family, flew back from Ohio on Saturday to huddle with Republican senators. After arriving at the Capitol, Vance focused on potential GOP holdouts, including Sens. Mike Crapo of Idaho, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Mike Lee of Utah, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and Rick Scott of Florida, according to two people familiar with his involvement, Vance returned to the Capitol early Tuesday morning ahead of the final vote, with Republican senators creating something of a revolving door between the Senate floor and the vice president's ceremonial office nearby. Vance also remained in talks with House members through Thursday's vote. 'GOP Congressman just texted me,' the vice president posted Thursday morning on X as House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York was speaking against the bill. ''I was undecided on the bill but then I watched Hakeem Jeffries performance and now I'm a firm yes.'' In passing a bill that encapsulates much of his domestic agenda, Trump succeeded where some other Republican presidents failed. George W. Bush won reelection in 2004 and, armed with what he called newfound 'political capital,' tried mightily to get Congress to overhaul the Social Security system. The effort collapsed. Trump will have at least a brief period to relish the achievement before the bill takes effect and voters see for themselves if there's a gap between what he promised and what he delivers. He'll do it in style from the White House, watching a fireworks display in the evening and a flyover of the military's most sophisticated aircraft. 'The golden age is here!!!' senior White House adviser Stephen Miller posted on X, referring back to Trump's inaugural speech.
Memri
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Memri
Shiite Ceremony in Canada: We See Our Leaders Being Killed, Sabotaged, Assassinated –We Can't Even Mention the Name of Ali Khamenei Today Without Fear
During a Muharram observance at the Ahlulbayt Mosque in Windsor, Ontario, a Shiite Islamic scholar said: 'We see our leaders being killed, sabotaged, our leaders being assassinated […] If we can't support the Appointed Guardian of Allah today, if we can't support Seyyed Ali Khamenei without fear, then how can we be trusted to defend the imam tomorrow?' Worshipers performed the latmiyya ritual in the mosque, with a large poster of Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah displayed on the wall in honor of Muharram. The video of the observance was posted as an Instagram story by the Ahlulbayt Youth Collective on June 30, 2025. On January 7, 2024, a memorial service was held by the Ahlulbayt Youth Collective honoring the 'martyrs murdered by Israel in Lebanon,' including Hamas deputy leader Saleh Al-Arouri and various Hizbullah officials. During the service, teen boys saluted posters of these "martyrs" while the song 'Salute, Commander' played in the background. The lyrics of the song include children pledging to become soldiers of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. It is notable that the mosque and its associated Islamic school held a similar memorial for Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on September 29, and for several Hizbullah 'martyrs' on June 22. In 2022, Firas Al-Najim of CD4HR shared a photo of himself with Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens at a 2018 event at the mosque, wearing a scarf featuring Khamenei's image. The Ahlulbayt Youth Collective Instagram account frequently shares stories glorifying Hizbullah officials and 'martyrs.' The Windsor mosque also hosted a Shiite youth group from Michigan for the Muharram observance.
Hindustan Times
22-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Loved Diana Penty in Detective Sherdil? Stream her best films on OTT
Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh's Detective Sherdil is finally out on ZEE5 (can be streamed via OTTplay Premium). Like he mentions in the film, if he is Akbar, then Diana Penty is his Anarkali. She is powerful, even with her limitations in the movie. Over the years, the actress has worked in such roles. Diana Penty in stills from Cocktail and Happy Bhaag Jayegi From Cocktail to Happy Bhag Jayegi, stream the best of Diana Penty in one place - only on OTTplay Premium Diana Penty made her powerful debut with Cocktail. The movie is remembered for Deepika Padukone's performance, but Penty left just as much a mark on the viewers. Being the perfect desi girl (even if the popular song said 'Main Hoon Hi Nahi Iss Duniya Ki'), every Indian man could understand why Saif Ali Khan's character Gautam Kapoor left Veronica (Deepika) for Meera (Diana Penty). Happy Bhag Jayegi - Zee5 Diana Penty then found a film that was riding on her own shoulder. Despite the story being fairly good (one of Happy finding her man among potential suitors), Happy Bhag Jayegi left only a slight impression on viewers. The Mudassar Aziz directorial came as a surprise hit. Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran - Zee5 Diana Penty was cast as the female lead in John Abraham's movie Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran. She played an important role of Officer Captain Ambalika Bandyopadhyay in the movie. Her character is among the team that was responsible for testing nuclear weapons while ensuring that the US intelligence agencies do not learn about the plan. Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi - Zee5 The sequel to the 2016 film Happy Bhag Jayegi, Diana Penty returns as Happy, but this time around, there is a new Happy on the block. Sonakshi Sinha also steps in as Harpreet. This time, the movie received mixed reviews and did not meet the budget either. Salute - SonyLIV Diana Penty made her Malayalam film debut in Rosshan Andrrews' Salute. She played the brief but powerful role of SI Aravind Karunakaran (Dulquer Salmaan)'s girlfriend Dia in the film. Although she plays a major role in his personal life, the character has no link to the primary case.
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Yahoo
LSA Deputy of the Year awarded to Caddo Parish Sheriff's deputy
CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The Louisiana Sheriffs' Association (LSA) has named a Caddo Parish Sheriff's Deputy as their Deputy of the Year. Resolutions in both the Louisiana Senate and House authored by State Senator Sam Jenkins and State Representative Steven Jackson recently recognized Corporal Rickey Anderson for being chosen as the LSA's Deputy of the Year. Shreveport firefighters save man from Stoner Ave blaze According to the LSA, the award recognizes a deputy sheriff who has shown unusual initiative and imagination in the performance of duty and has worked to improve the quality of life in their community through selfless and impactful service. As a DEA Task Force Officer, Corporal Anderson began an in-depth investigation following a traffic stop in Shreveport back in 2021, which led to the arrest of two individuals and the seizure of large quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and counterfeit opioid pills. Anderson's efforts in the ensuing investigation helped uncover a fentanyl trafficking ring that was tied to the death of Jason Grubb, who overdosed on fentanyl pills in 2021. Salute the Badge: A candid conversation with SPD Chief Wayne Smith Two ensuing arrests connected to Grubb's death resulted in the first-ever federal convictions in the Western District of Louisiana and the United States for the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. Anderson has served with the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office since 1993. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Guardian
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Sherelle: With a Vengeance review
Like turning up the radio to drown out the sound of a jackhammer, a lot of the dance music that is resonating right now is fast, loud and high-intensity, as if to distract from … well, everything. UK ravers in particular are reaching for speed garage (Salute, Sammy Virji), cheerily high-tempo pop-trance (DJ Heartstring, Kettama) or doof-centric hard dance (Hannah Laing) to crowd out the horror. The fastest and most relentless of them all is Sherelle, the 31-year-old Londoner who can reliably be found DJing at the most twilit hours of festival season and the clubbing underground. She's like the bus from Speed, always keeping above 140bpm (and generally about 160) with steely determination as she swerves between footwork, jungle and garage. After her legendary 2019 Boiler Room livestream, Sherelle goading the crowd with arms stretched wide as she delivered titanic bass-drops, she's become a reliable defibrillator of vibes at any club night – but she also has a keen eye for the utopian potential of this joyous pandemonium. Her low-priced shows seek to quell the stress of the cost of living crisis – tickets for her current UK tour cost just £10 – and she founded Beautiful, a project that nurtures Black and queer artists with studio time, label releases and more. She began putting out her own tracks in 2021, and surprise-released this debut album earlier this week. Dance producers tend to bookend their LPs with earnest ambient tracks to make them feel grand and album-y, but not Sherelle: there's just 10 seconds of eerie stereo whispering on opener Enter the Void before the kick drums come in, soon joined by an insistent junglist rimshot, making for a study in tension without release. Then it's into Don't Want U, which shows how deeply schooled Sherelle is in her history. The brief vocal samples and two-note riff, seemingly hammered out on a particularly melodious bit of plastic plumbing, are classic footwork: the funky yet brittle and stuttering style born out of ghetto house in Chicago. But a skittering drum pattern underneath gives it the swing of British jungle, creating a sensual transatlantic hybrid. Throughout With a Vengeance, Sherelle is respectful of jungle's building blocks – the breaks and tambourine-shakes – and doesn't try to modernise them, and similarly preserves the profound oddness of footwork while making it more accessible and easily danceable. She's seemingly a magpie for any hard and fast sound from the last few decades. The relentless roll of XTC is topped with the kind of euphoric vocal warble that typified the classic rave era. Speed (Endurance) is ferocious acid techno with a fiendishly melodic 303 bassline and panel-beater claps. Ready, Steady, Go! is footwork guided by the heavy, black-gloved hand of minimal techno. The one vocal track here, Freaky (Just My Type), has George Riley singing about her omnivorous sexuality over a busy yet lithe dance-pop beat that a K-pop girl group might favour. Throughout, the bass programming nods to New Jersey's twerk-friendly mode of high-tempo house; playfully swift southern African styles such as singeli, kuduro and shangaan might be other influences. This is sophisticated production, and – if you'll allow a little chinstroking on the dancefloor – positively postmodern in how it unites strands across continents, history, genre and sound sources. And the best tracks here do that boldly. Love Your Enemies evokes dubstep, with syncopated percussion sparring with a huge on-beat, topped by a saxophone melody that sounds like guitar feedback. Footwork is often quite spartan, but XTC Susp9nd3d renders it in shuddering overblown noise, and references the sirens used in dub tracks – albeit making them sound like a four-minute-warning for nuclear war (a trick that Sherelle repeats on the title track and elsewhere). Just as in her DJ sets, the tempo stays high right to the end. There's a kind of poetry in doing that, suggesting tenacity and resilience in a world seemingly designed to grind our spirits down. With her socially conscious projects that spread access and opportunity, Sherelle is building the future she'd like to see. Her music is charged with the same sense of determination. Sign up to Sleeve Notes Get music news, bold reviews and unexpected extras. Every genre, every era, every week after newsletter promotion Jane Remover – RevengeseekerzMore high-intensity excellence here. After Ghostholding, her beautifully loping alt-rock album under the name Venturing, the US musician is back to her core project for her second LP in as many months: trap, hyperpop and breakcore forming a blizzard of digital information.
