Summarizing Trump’s Second Term Moves—Bigly!

July 3, 2025

Day of Trump's Second Term

CNN  —  Donald Trump has thrust Iran, the Middle East, the United States and his own presidency across a fateful threshold by attacking Tehran’s nuclear program. A midsummer night in June 2025 could come to be remembered as the moment the Middle East changed forever; when the fear of nuclear annihilation was lifted from Israel;
WASHINGTON (AP) — In another blow to the Republicans’ tax and spending cut bill , the Senate parliamentarian has advised that a proposal to shift some food stamps costs from the federal government to states — a centerpiece of GOP savings efforts — would violate the chamber’s rules. While the parliamentarian’s rulings are advisory, they
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump ‘s administration from making drastic cuts to research funding provided by the National Science Foundation. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston struck down on Friday a policy change that could have stripped universities of tens
Fresh from ordering military strikes on Iran, Donald Trump on Saturday raised the specter of further attacks against Iran if its leadership did not engage in peace talks in a sweeping and at times ominous televised late night address delivered from the White House. The remarks suggested that the president, who has repeatedly said he
Donald Trump’s move to bomb three nuclear sites in Iran came as those inside his orbit who were opposed to US intervention in the conflict shifted their views in favor of a limited and one-off strike. The US president had been under immense pressure from Republican anti-interventionists not to engage in any action against Iran
CNN  —  President Donald Trump and his team were in contact with top congressional Republicans before his strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, but top Democrats were not told of his plans until after the bombs had dropped, according to multiple people familiar with the plans. The top two Republicans in Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson
President Donald Trump addressed Americans and the world about the United States bombing of Iranian nuclear sites for about four minutes on June 21. Trump had been considering U.S. involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran for a week. Read the full text of Trump's remarks "A short time ago, the U.S. military carried
After nearly two years of stark divisions over the war in Gaza and support for Israel, Democrats seemed to remain at odds over policy toward Iran. Progressives demanded unified opposition before President Donald Trump announced U.S. strikes against Tehran’s nuclear program but party leaders were treading more cautiously. U.S. leaders of all stripes have found
President Donald Trump’s decision to strike three nuclear sites in Iran could deepen a divide among some of the Republican’s supporters, including high-profile backers who had said any such move would run counter to the anti-interventionism he promised to deliver. Notably though, immediately following Trump’s Saturday announcement of the strike, some of those who had
President Donald Trump said Iran could face "far greater" attacks if it does not make peace with Israel and the United States. Trump made the comments in the East Room of the White House just hours after he announced that the United States had bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, which U.S. ally Israel previously
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