Trump swipes at top senator while giving ultimatum on his ‘big beautiful’ MAGA bill: Live updates

By JON MICHAEL RAASCH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 13:40 GMT, 19 February 2025 | Updated: 15:34 GMT, 19 February 2025

Donald Trump gave Republicans an ultimatum to pass his ‘big beautiful’ MAGA bill quickly.

He made a swipe at Sen. Lindsey Graham – who proposed an alternative budget plan to the House’s one big bill – saying it doesn’t include his ‘FULL America First Agenda.’

Meanwhile, Trump’s comments that Ukraine should have ‘never started’ the war with Russia is feeding more backlash.

Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky quickly clapped back at Trump, saying he lives in a ‘disinformation space.’

But it isn’t deterring Trump or his Cabinet leaders who are charging forward with a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia. 

The president will attend a Saudi-backed investment conference in Miami later today before heading back to Washington, D.C. 

His controversial pick to lead the Labor Department former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer has a highly-anticipated Senate confirmation hearing today.

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Trump demands his MAGA bill be passed ASAP

The House and Senate are doing a SPECTACULAR job of working together as one unified, and unbeatable, TEAM, however, unlike the Lindsey Graham version of the very important Legislation currently being discussed, the House Resolution implements my FULL America First Agenda, EVERYTHING, not just parts of it!

We need both Chambers to pass the House Budget to “kickstart” the Reconciliation process, and move all of our priorities to the concept of, “ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.” It will, without question, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Trump lands in Miami to attend the Saudi-backed FII Priority Summit

By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent in Doral, Florida

President Donald Trump landed in Miami, Florida Wednesday morning ahead of his early evening appearance at the Saudi-backed FII Priority Summit.

The president joins other prominent speakers including Lance Armstrong and Serena Williams and will likely talk TikTok, as the social media app’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, is also expected to be on hand.

Trump appeared to be dressed for golf as he disembarked Air Force One at the Miami International Airport.

He’s spending the daytime hours at his local golf club, the Trump National Doral Miami.

The president has been in Florida since Friday, spending an elongated Presidents’ Day weekend in the warmer weather.

Before departing for Miami Wednesday morning, the AP’s reporter and photographer were told by White House staff again that they weren’t invited to join the press pool.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer arrives at confirmation hearing to be next labor secretary

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com

Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, has arrived at her confirmation hearing.

She is testifying this morning in front of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

She is a former Republican congresswoman from Oregon known for her close ties to labor unions.

The 56-year-old served just one term in the House of Representatives from 2023 – 2025.

Nearly 6 in 10 illegal immigrants ICE detained in February have criminal records

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

In the first two weeks of February, Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained more than 1,800 migrants with criminal convictions or with pending criminal charges against them.

This represents 59 percent of the total number of illegal immigrants taken into ICE custody from early February to the middle of the month, according to data obtained by NBC News.

Meanwhile, the other 41 percent of the 4,422 illegal immigrants brought into ICE custody this month are not criminals.

President Donald Trump’s stance, however, is that all migrants in the U.S. without documentation are criminals because they illegally entered or illegally remained in the country.

Trump savages Zelensky and green lights Europe putting peacekeeping troops in Ukraine

President Donald Trump tore into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after U.S. negotiators opened talks with Russia without him that are meant to find a way to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Trump blamed Zelensky for failing to head off the war inside his country, and the president said he himself was behind a push to require Ukraine to hold new elections before any peace plan can go through.

‘You have leadership now that’s allowed a war to go on that should have never even happened, even without the United States,’ Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida Tuesday – even as he said ‘I like him personally’ when speaking about Zelensky.

‘You should have ended it – three years, you should have never started it,’ he said, appearing to blame Zelensky for Russia’s 2022 invasion.

Zelensky condemns Trump: Ukraine leader says he’s in a ‘disinformation bubble’

Volodymyr Zelensky has blasted the United States for ‘helping’ Vladimir Putin ‘to come out of isolation’, warning that Donald Trump ‘is living in a disinformation space’ created by Moscow.

The Ukrainian President declared that his country is not for sale, disputing Trump’s claims that the US has given Ukraine $500billion and calling the suggestion that Kyiv pay this back with a mineral exploration deal ‘not a serious conversation.’

‘Look, we all want a victory, and we want Trump to win, and we want Ukraine to win, all of us to succeed,’ he said. ‘But there is nothing clear here… I am protecting Ukraine. I can’t sell it away. I can’t sell our state.’

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