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National Police Union signals strong support for President Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

The largest police union in the country has issued an endorsement of key provisions of the President Donald Trump-backed «big, beautiful» budget bill.
National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) President Patrick Yoes announced strong support for the bill on Wednesday evening, saying «the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ is more than legislation—it is a promise kept to the public safety officers across the country and a bold step toward an economy that respects, rewards, and uplifts the people who keep it safe.»
Yoes expressed strong support for two provisions in the bill, a tax deduction for overtime pay and an increase in the state and local tax (SALT) deductions, which the FOP said are important to the rank-and-file members of the 377,000-member organization.
The FOP president praised the leadership of Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson for passing the bill in Congress.
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US President Donald Trump and National President of the Fraternal Order of Police Patrick Yoes speak during a «Make America Great Again» campaign rally at Harrisburg international airport in Middletown, Pensylvania on September 26, 2020. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) (Getty images)
The bill passed the House after an all-night debate last week in which Republicans squeezed out a victory in a 215-214 vote. The bill now faces significant opposition from Democrats and some Republicans in the Senate.
«President Trump first proposed the elimination of Federal income taxes on overtime while still a candidate, and we are very pleased that a similar provision is included in the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,’» Yoes said.
Regarding the bill’s increase in SALT deductions, the FOP praised portions of the big, beautiful bill that would create a tax deduction for income taxes on overtime earnings for those who earn less than $160,000 per year as well as increase the SALT deduction to $40,000 for all taxpayers earning less than $500,000 per year.
SALT deduction caps primarily benefit people living in high-cost-of-living areas like New York City, Los Angeles, and their surrounding areas. Republicans representing those areas have framed raising the SALT deduction cap as an existential issue, arguing that a failure to address it could cost the GOP the House majority in the 2026 midterms.
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Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan was convicted Wednesday of racketeering, bribery, fraud and giving false statements to investigators. (iStock)
Meanwhile, Republicans representing lower-tax states are largely wary of raising the deduction cap, believing that it incentivizes blue states’ high-tax policies.
Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., told Fox News that he is hopeful the Senate would address the SALT deductions, positing that the provision would add $385 billion to U.S. deficit spending.
Yoes, however, said «the current cap on SALT deductions uniquely and unfairly penalizes law enforcement officers, who often are required to live within a certain distance of the jurisdictions they serve—removing a valuable mechanism that allowed for a reduction in their cost of living.»
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Patrick Yoes, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, speaks to a crowd in Washington, D.C., on August 8, 2022 (Fox News Digital/Stephanie Pagones)
He said the SALT deduction is also «a valuable way of supporting local budgets as law enforcement agencies are facing an array of financial challenges associated with inflated costs of equipment, vehicles, and personnel, especially with respect to the ongoing recruitment and retention crisis.»
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«These are critical provisions to ensure those in the law enforcement profession have a better quality of life,» said Yoes. «We appreciate that President Trump is always fighting for our nation’s law enforcement officers.»
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Trump administration demands $1B settlement from UCLA over campus antisemitism claims

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The Trump administration is seeking $1 billion from UCLA to settle discrimination and antisemitism allegations in exchange for restoring more than half a billion dollars in frozen grant funding to the university.
The proposed agreement sent to the school Friday requires UCLA to pay the federal government $1 billion over multiple installments, along with establishing a $172 million claims fund for alleged victims of violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
The Trump administration has already suspended $584 million in federal grants from UCLA after the Justice Department announced it found the school violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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The Trump administration is seeking $1 billion from UCLA to settle a lawsuit. (AP; Getty Images)
In a statement provided to Fox News Digital, UC President James Milliken said the university system had received the document with the offer and was reviewing it.
«Earlier this week, we offered to engage in good-faith dialogue with the (Justice) Department to protect the university and its critical research mission,» Milliken said. «As a public university, we are stewards of taxpayer resources, and a payment of this scale would completely devastate our country’s greatest public university system as well as inflict great harm on our students and all Californians.
«Americans across this great nation rely on the vital work of UCLA and the UC system for technologies and medical therapies that save lives, grow the U.S. economy and protect our national security.»
«Demanding $1 billion from a publicly-funded, leading research institution is a misuse of tax dollars that will hurt the University’s mission of serving students and the public,» he said in a statement. «UCLA, and the larger UC system, has taken meaningful steps to make it clear that combatting antisemitism and protecting Jewish students, faculty, and community members on campus is a top priority.»
«They have been committed to increasing security, strengthening policies against hate, and engaging directly with Jewish voices to better inform their approach,» he added. «If the Administration’s mission is truly to protect the Jewish community, they would be supporting that work – not hamstringing it with these outlandish demands that would only take away needed resources and services for students and faculty.»
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California state Sen. Ben Allen, a Democrat whose district encompasses UCLA, said the Trump administration’s demand is «harming the engines of American power, innovation, and, indeed, greatness.»
The move came a day after California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized settlements between Columbia and Brown universities, both Ivy League schools, and the Trump administration.
«We’re not Brown, we’re not Columbia, and I’m not going to be governor if we act like that,» Newsom said while speaking in San Francisco. «Period. Full stop, I will fight like hell to make sure that doesn’t happen.»
Columbia will pay more than $220 million to resolve multiple federal civil rights investigations, including $21 million to settle claims of antisemitic employment discrimination against Jewish faculty after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel.
Brown will shell out $50 million over a decade to state workforce development organizations as part of a deal struck with the U.S. government.
In July, UCLA agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Jewish students and faculty members over the school’s handling of anti-Israel protests, including allowing protesters to ban Jews from a part of the campus known as a «Jew Exclusion Zone.»
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The lawsuit was brought last year by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which accused UCLA of «aiding and abetting» an antisemitic culture, including «segregating Jewish students and preventing them from accessing the heart of campus.»
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Donald Trump anunció que se reunirá el próximo viernes con Vladimir Putin en Alaska

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció que su esperada reunión con el mandatario ruso Vladimir Putin se realizará el próximo viernes 15 de agosto en Alaska, un estado en el noroeste estadounidense.
“La tan esperada reunión entre mi persona, como Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, y el Presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, tendrá lugar el próximo viernes 15 de agosto de 2025 en el Gran Estado de Alaska. Próximamente se ofrecerán más detalles”, publicó el mandatario norteamericano en sus redes sociales.
El asesor presidencial ruso Yuri Ushakov confirmó que Putin y Trump se reunirán en Alaska, según declaraciones a la agencia de noticias Sputnik. “Rusia y Estados Unidos son vecinos cercanos, por lo que es bastante lógico que la reunión se celebre en Alaska”, dijo, y añadió: “De cara al futuro, es natural esperar que la próxima reunión se celebre en territorio ruso. Ya se ha enviado la correspondiente invitación al presidente estadounidense”.
Por otra parte, Trump recalcó este viernes que el acuerdo de paz en Ucrania mediado por EEUU podría contemplar “intercambios de territorios” para “mejorar la situación de ambos países” implicados en el conflicto. “Hablamos de un territorio disputado durante tres años y medio, con la muerte de muchos rusos y ucranianos. (…) Es complicado. Habrá intercambios de territorios para beneficio de ambos”, señaló, y enfatizó que confía en la predisposición de Putin y del presidente ucraniano Volodimir Zelensky para alcanzar una solución negociada.
El jefe de Estado estadounidense agregó que las negociaciones para la cumbre en Alaska se han visto demoradas por requisitos de seguridad, aunque reiteró su intención de buscar un cese el fuego en Ucrania. “Europa quiere paz. Millones de personas han muerto”, aseguró frente a la prensa, tras presidir la firma de un acuerdo de paz entre los líderes de Armenia y Azerbaiyán en la Casa Blanca.
Además, transmitió que “ya se están acercando a un pacto de cese el fuego porque todas las partes quieren poner fin al conflicto”. También destacó el reciente envío de ayuda militar a Ucrania a través de la OTAN y señaló que “Zelensky necesita conseguir todo lo que necesita, porque tendrá que prepararse para ceder algo”.

En Moscú, el presidente Putin consultó este viernes con los líderes de China e India como parte de sus gestiones antes del encuentro con Trump, buscando apoyo internacional. Según el Kremlin, Putin informó al presidente chino, Xi Jinping, sobre los avances de su conversación con el enviado especial estadounidense, Steve Witkoff, quien visitó la capital rusa esta semana para preparar la cumbre. Xi se mostró favorable a una “solución a largo plazo” al conflicto y expresó satisfacción por el diálogo abierto entre Estados Unidos y Rusia sobre Ucrania.
Por su lado, el primer ministro indio, Narendra Modi, declaró tras hablar telefónicamente con Putin: “Tuve una buena y detallada conversación con mi amigo el presidente Putin. Le agradecí que compartiera los últimos acontecimientos sobre Ucrania”. Tanto China como India han promovido iniciativas de paz por su cuenta, aunque por el momento no han logrado avances sustanciales.
Respecto a la posible sede para las futuras conversaciones entre Rusia y Ucrania, Putin mencionó a los Emiratos Árabes Unidos como una opción, aunque no ha sido confirmada por Washington. Además, Trump ha sugerido que podría producirse un encuentro trilateral con Zelensky después de su reunión con Putin, aunque indicó que un cara a cara directo entre los mandatarios de Rusia y Ucrania no constituye un requisito indispensable.
En Ucrania, las hostilidades se extienden tras más de tres años de conflicto iniciado por la invasión rusa en febrero de 2022. Según fuentes oficiales, decenas de miles de personas han muerto y millones han sido desplazadas, principalmente en el este y sur del país. Las negociaciones previas entre Moscú y Kiev no han logrado un acuerdo duradero hasta la fecha.

El gobernador de la región de Donetsk, Vadym Filashkin, anunció este viernes la evacuación de familias con niños en 19 aldeas del este debido al avance de las tropas rusas, con cientos de personas afectadas en localidades situadas a menos de 30 kilómetros del frente.
La próxima cumbre de Alaska se convertirá en la primera reunión presencial entre un presidente estadounidense y uno ruso desde el encuentro entre Joe Biden y Putin en Ginebra en 2021. Distintos líderes internacionales, como el mandatario de Sudáfrica, Cyril Ramaphosa, también han intensificado contactos diplomáticos en la búsqueda de una salida negociada al conflicto.
Hasta el momento, el presidente Zelensky ha reiterado que Ucrania no cederá ningún territorio a Rusia, incluidas las zonas del este bajo ocupación militar desde el inicio de las hostilidades.
(Con información de AFP, EFE y EP)
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