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Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that there is “no inflation,” consumer prices jumped in June, rising to an annual rate of 2.7%—the highest level in months. Economists cite the President’s tariffs, now beginning to take effect, along with rising costs for food, energy, and rent.
The Consumer Price Index increase “is slightly higher than expected and is up from an annual pace of 2.4 percent in May,” according to The New York Times.
ABC News called it “a notable surge of price increases as President Trump’s tariff policy took hold.”
With President Donald Trump's massive tax break for billionaires at the expense of Medicaid and crucial public services passing the House on Thursday afternoon, Democratic officials condemned the legislation — and vowed that Trump and his supporters would rue the day.
As the vote inched closer, Democrats paid tribute to their own leadership for doing everything in their power to hold up the bill and prevent the GOP from passing it in the dead of night.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after voting against Donald Trump's Big Ugly Bill, H.R. 1. The bill passed the House 218-214 and will now be signed into law. In California, more than 2.3 million people will lose health insurance and 368,000 could lose access to food assistance because of this bill.
Democrats are blasting Sen. Mitch McConnell as “heartless” after comments he made in a closed-door meeting about Medicaid cuts in the GOP spending bill.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement:
"Our service members executed a dangerous mission and I’m relieved they have returned safely. The first priority is to ensure our service members and all Americans are safe from any potential retaliatory attacks by the Iranian regime and the terrorist organizations that they fund.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after Israel launched military strikes on Iran overnight.
"I stand with Israel. A world with fewer nuclear weapons is a safer one for everyone. The autocratic and theocratic Iranian regime could launch nuclear weapons not only at Israel, but also U.S. military bases and other U.S. interests.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press NOW to condemn the forcible removal of his colleague Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) after disrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles.
WASHINGTON – Today, House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene for a press conference. During the press conference, Congressman Lieu denounced looters and violence exacerbated by President Trump federalizing the National Guard and deploying Marines to Los Angeles.
Read the transcript of Congressman Lieu’s opening remarks:
The sprawling legislation carrying President Trump’s domestic agenda squeaked through the House with one vote to spare, but some Republicans now say they didn’t realize what they voted for.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Green, wearing a dark dress, stands before a microphone at a metal lectern. To her right is an American flag.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene at a town hall meeting in April. She is one of several lawmakers who learned after voting for the president’s policy bill that it contained measures they oppose.Credit...Nicole Craine for The New York Times
A top House Democrat is needling Republicans who helped pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” through the lower chamber last month but have since voiced regrets upon learning of certain provisions they didn’t know were included in the 1,037-page package.