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Republican leaders must find a fragile balance on their reconciliation bill between senators seeking to protect programs for the most vulnerable, and those who want deeper deficit reductions. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Senate worked through the weekend as Republicans try to pass President Trump’s domestic agenda by a self-imposed deadline of July 4. The massive bill cuts taxes, limits Medicaid coverage and makes big spending increases on border security and the military. If all 53 Republicans vote together, they can pass what the president calls his big, beautiful bill under a process called reconciliation. But it’s not so easy. In…

President Trump’s promise to eliminate taxes on worker tips could soon come to fruition as senators try to iron out the final details of a massive budget package he has dubbed the “big, beautiful bill.”One part of the legislation, the centerpiece of the Trump administration’s economic agenda, would provide workers who rely on tips for a large share of their income, such as waiters, bartenders and hairdressers, with relief from federal income tax on those tips. The White House has framed the tax cuts as a win for the working class. But critics such as the Independent Restaurant Coalition have pushed back on…

Peter Thiel and his friends feel they no longer belong to our species. Ad Policy Peter Thiel speaks at The Cambridge Union on May 8, 2024, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.(Nordin Catic / Getty Images for The Cambridge Union) Among plutocratic reactionaries, Peter Thiel, who made his fortune as a cofounder of PayPal, is a trendsetter. In 2016, even billionaires who were hostile to liberalism and shared Thiel’s views on the necessity of radically reducing government to empower big business were hesitant to support Donald Trump, seeing the candidate’s populism as a threat to the established order. Thiel himself knew that betting…

Washington — President Trump is expected to sign an executive order soon to ease sanctions on Syria, two sources familiar with the anticipated order tell CBS News. The expected executive order comes after Mr. Trump announced in May during a trip to the Middle East that the U.S. would lift all sanctions on the country. While in the Middle East, Mr. Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who announced a transitional government in March. The Assad regime collapsed under the weight of an offensive by opposition forces. Syria’s transitional government has been pushing the Trump administration for sanctions relief for months, and…

Scary concert malfunction for Beyoncé Beyoncé has scary technical malfunction at “Cowboy Carter” concert 00:24 Beyoncé powered through a scary technical malfunction at her first of two “Cowboy Carter” tour shows in her hometown of Houston on Saturday night.The 43-year-old singer was performing her song “16 Carriages” in a suspended red car when the vehicle started to tilt in the air, according to video from the scary moment shared by fans on social media. Her publicist confirmed the incident to CBS News on Sunday.The “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer was sitting on top of a red convertible as it began to slant.…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories The Senate is currently deliberating the sweeping Republican tax and spending bill, which President Trump wants Congress to send to him by Friday. GOP leaders have little room for error as key issues are being negotiated right up until the final vote. The Republicans can only lose three votes, and two already voted no to start the debate on the bill Saturday night. One of two who…

Toronto — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said late Sunday trade talks with U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax U.S. technology firms.President Trump said Friday that he was suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called “a direct and blatant attack on our country.” The Canadian government said “in anticipation” of a trade deal “Canada would rescind” the Digital Serves Tax. The tax was set to go into effect Monday. Carney and Mr. Trump spoke on the phone Sunday, and Carney’s office said they agreed…

Every day, The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build alternatives to the world we live in now.  We have just the right people to confront this moment. Speaking on Democracy Now!, Nation DC Bureau chief Chris Lehmann translated the complex terms of the budget bill into the plain truth, describing it as “the single largest upward redistribution of wealth effectuated by any piece of legislation in our history.” In the pages of the June print issue and on The…

An alliance of leading national Democratic groups is preparing a new effort this summer focused on driving voter engagement as the party tries to regain support following its defeats in 2024.The plans, first obtained by CBS News, fall under the label of what these groups have dubbed “Organizing Summer.” While this year has relatively few major statewide elections,  such as gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, the 2026 midterms will be a crucial test for a party that is trying to respond to the lessons learned from Republicans’ wins in last year’s campaigns, including the presidential race. The groups…

Iran’s nuclear capabilities suffered “severe damage” in last week’s U.S. airstrikes but not “total damage,” said the man in charge of the world’s global nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. “One cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there.” “It is clear that there has been severe damage, but it’s not total damage, first of all,” IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” “And secondly, Iran has the capacities there; industrial and technological capacities. So if they so wish, they will be able to start doing this again.”The U.S. launched…