Critics from Both Sides Criticize ‘One Big Ugly Bill” as “Disgusting Abomination”

Washington D.C. — July 3, 2025 — A comprehensive new legislative package being referred to by lawmakers and pundits alike as the “One Big Ugly Bill” is drawing strong opposition across political lines this week, with critics labeling it a “disgusting abomination” with backroom deals, excessive spending and competing priorities. The Comprehensive National Renewal Act was proposed as a bipartisan compromise that would address several pressing issues, including border security, tax reform, climate policy and defense spending. Yet instead of uniting lawmakers behind one document, this 2,200-page document has caused outrage between factions. Senator Rand Hollis of Texas was among...

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Netherlands Remain Involved in Israeli F-35 Supply Chain Despite Court-Ordered Export Ban

Date of Creation: June 5, 2025The Netherlands continues to play a part in Israel’s F-35 fighter jet program despite an earlier ruling of a Dutch court, in 2024, that temporarily stopped exporting and transiting F-35 parts for Israel due to concerns of violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza.Investigations conducted by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) reveal that F-35 components manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries continue to pass through Rotterdam regularly via Maersk vessels on their way to Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth for final assembly or maintenance despite an February 2024 court ruling mandating their cessation within seven days....