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With Zohran Mamdani officially securing the Democratic nomination in the New York City mayoral race, centrist figures within the Democratic party, such as former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, are raising questions on the city’s future under a self-described Democratic Socialist.

The court ruled that Trump’s presidential powers did not authorise him to set up an ‘alternative immigration system’.

Brazilian coffee beans, French champagne and Chinese teas -- drinks are a profit driver for US restaurants, but higher import costs have eaten into margins and fed into consumer prices in the three months since President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping global tariffs.

Chamber stalls for hours on procedural vote as the White House pressures fellow Republicans to get Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill passed. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 2 July 2025

Alexis McGill Johnson says nearly 200 health centers could close if US House passes sweeping tax-and-spending bill

The Trump administration has accused states and schools of using federal education grants to help fund “a radical leftwing agenda.”

As President Donald Trump pressures Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates, his newly passed tax-and-spending bill may be making that goal harder to achieve.

A federal lawsuit accuses President Donald Trump’s administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during an ongoing immigration crackdown that has put the region “under siege.”

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie said he has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars since he voiced his opposition to Trump's "big, beautiful" bill

A Republican lawmaker has drawn ire from social media users after stating that he supports President Donald Trump's "one big, beautiful" tax and spending bill because there are no better alternatives.

Far right activist Laura Loomer is being slammed online after saying alligators in a new migrant detention center are "guaranteed at least 65 million meals"