Trump threatens backing primary challenge against GOP Sen. Thom Tillis over his ‘big, beautiful bill’ vote

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked Sen. Thom Tillis for opposing the party’s sweeping domestic policy bill, threatening to meet with potential primary challengers to the North Carolina Republican. Tillis, who faces re-election next year in a battleground state, was one of two Republicans, along with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, to vote…

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‘Kisses yes, Bezos No,’ protesters say, as Bezos wedding bonanza divides Venice

VENICE, Italy — Hundreds of protesters marched through Venice’s central streets on Saturday to say “No” to billionaire Jeff Bezos, his bride and their much-anticipated wedding extravaganza, which reached its third and final day amid celebrity-crowded parties and the outcries of tired residents. On Friday, the world’s fourth-richest man and his bride Lauren Sanchez Bezos…

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Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

A coalition of groups, ranging from environmental activists to Native Americans advocating for their ancestral homelands, converged Saturday outside an airstrip in the Florida Everglades to protest the imminent construction of an immigrant detention center. Hundreds of protesters lined part of U.S. Highway 41 that slices through the marshy Everglades — also known as Tamiami…

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