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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 02: U.S. U.S Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) speaks to the press after voting on the nomination of Michael Duffey to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment on June 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. Senators returned to Capitol Hill on Monday after the Memorial Day Holiday recess. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

GOP Sen. Hawley spearheads federal minimum wage increase proposal: ‘Times have changed’

GOP Missouri Senator Josh Hawley is leading the charge in introducing legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour in a bi-partisan push.

Flags of the US and China are placed ahead of a meeting between US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and China's Agriculture Minister Han Changfu at the Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing on June 30, 2017. China opened its gates to US beef imports last week, giving US cattle farmers much sought-after access to the country's massive market following a 14-year ban. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / JASON LEE (Photo credit should read JASON LEE/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. officials hold ‘critical’ trade negotiations with China in London

Top U.S. and Chinese officials met in London, England, on Monday — with the intention of closing a highly coveted trade deal.

Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2025. Musk, who stormed into US politics as President Trump's chainsaw-brandishing sidekick, announced on May 28 that he is leaving his role in US government, intended to reduce federal spending, shortly after his first major break with the President over Trump's signature spending bill. (Photo by Allison ROBBERT / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON ROBBERT/AFP via Getty Images)

Musk calls on Senate to ‘KILL’ Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ calling it a ‘disgusting abomination’

In a surprising turn of events, Elon Musk, who is no longer a special government employee (SGE) in the Trump administration, has called on Congress to “Kill” President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.”

A view of the International Monetary Fund headquarters building in Washington, DC on October 20, 2024 ahead of the 2024 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings. (Photo by Tierney CROSS / AFP) (Photo by TIERNEY CROSS/AFP via Getty Images)

Time for a new fed and global economic framework

By Theodore R. Malloch
May 21, 2025

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TL| Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a press conference following the Republicans weekly policy luncheon on January 23, 2024 in Washington, DC. Negotiations over border security, military aid to Ukraine and Israel, and the government budget continue this week on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) TR| U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Senate Republicans elected Sen. John Thune (R-SD) as Majority Leader, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) as Assistant Majority Leader, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) as Republican Conference Chair, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) as Republican Policy Committee Chair, Sen. James Lankford as Republican Conference Vice Chair and Sen. Tim Scott (R-FL) as National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair for the 119th Congress. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) BL| U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) heads to the Senate Chamber to vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act on January 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Senate Democrats blocked the bill that protected born-alive abortion survivors. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) BR| U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) walks to a Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on June 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Senate is expected to take up The Fiscal Responsibility Act, legislation negotiated between the White House and House Republicans to raise the debt ceiling until 2025 and avoid a federal default. The House passed the bill last night with a bipartisan vote of 314-117. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump Blasts ‘Disloyal’ GOP Senators Over Potentially Voting To Scrap Canada Tariffs

President Donald Trump has blasted Senators Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul for potentially joining Democrats in blocking his tariffs on Canadian goods.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 28: U.S. President Donald Trump announces that his administration has reached a deal with elite law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom during a swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House on March 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump will host the swearing in of his former personal attorney and White House Presidential counselor Alina Habba as interim U.S. Attorney in New Jersey. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump Slams 4 GOP Senators For Considering Canada Tariff Rollback: ‘What Is Wrong with Them?’

President Donald Trump was highly critical of four GOP Senators Wednesday morning, fearing they could join Democrats and vote against his tariffs on Canadian goods.