{"id":155582,"date":"2025-07-03T04:50:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T04:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-megabill-hangs-in-balance-as-house-republicans-struggle-to-convince-holdouts-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T04:50:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T04:50:06","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-megabill-hangs-in-balance-as-house-republicans-struggle-to-convince-holdouts-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-megabill-hangs-in-balance-as-house-republicans-struggle-to-convince-holdouts-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: megabill hangs in balance as House Republicans struggle to convince holdouts – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chamber stalls for hours on procedural vote as the White House pressures fellow Republicans to get Trump\u2019s sweeping tax and spending bill passed. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 2 July 2025
The House of Representatives was at a standstill on Wednesday as Republican leaders continued to try to rally holdouts against Donald Trump\u2019s megabill, with speaker Mike Johnson saying \u201cvery positive\u201d progress had been made toward passing it.
The House stalled for hours on a procedural vote while Johnson and the White House worked to pressure a handful of Republicans to ensure they would vote to approve the sweeping tax-and-spending bill amid a razor-thin Republican majority and get it to Trump to sign in time for his self-imposed 4 July deadline.
CBS parent company Paramount, meanwhile, agreed to pay $16m to settle a lawsuit filed by Trump<\/a> over a broadcast interview, in what is likely to be seen as a further example of capitulation by media companies hoping to smooth relations with the president.
Here are the day\u2019s key US politics<\/a> stories at a glance:
Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s signature tax-and-spending bill was hanging in the balance as Republicans struggled to muster sufficient votes in the US House of Representatives<\/a>. A five-minute procedural vote remained open and tied on Wednesday, as Republican leaders told members they could leave the floor, suggesting they still did not have the numbers they needed.
If passed, the bill would vastly expand the federal government\u2019s immigration enforcement machinery and supercharge the president\u2019s plan to carry out what he has vowed will be the largest deportation campaign in US history<\/a>.
Trump, vice-president JD Vance<\/a> and speaker Mike Johnson spent much of the day trying to pressure conservatives to support the bill in the face of changes made by the Senate.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
CBS parent company Paramount settled a lawsuit filed by Trump<\/a> over a pre-election interview with Kamala Harris last October, in the latest concession by a media company to the US president, who has targeted outlets over what he describes as false or misleading coverage. Paramount said it would pay $16m to settle the suit, with the money allocated to Trump\u2019s future presidential library and not paid to Trump \u201cdirectly or indirectly\u201d.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The ill-fated bromance between the US president and the world\u2019s richest man, which once raised questions about American oligarchy, is now being pored over by social media users in China<\/a>, many of whom are Team Elon Musk.
On Wednesday, the hashtag #MuskWantsToBuildAnAmericaParty went viral on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform similar to Musk\u2019s X, receiving more than 37m views.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US government has tried for the second time to deport a stateless Palestinian woman \u2013 according to court documents \u2013 despite a judge\u2019s order barring her removal.
Ward Sakeik, a 22-year-old newlywed, was detained in February on her way home from her honeymoon in the US Virgin Islands. Last month, the government attempted to deport her without informing her where she was being sent, according to her husband, Taahir Shaikh. An officer eventually told her she would be sent to the Israel border \u2013 just hours before Israel launched airstrikes on Iran.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The Pentagon has collected intelligence material that suggests Iran\u2019s nuclear program was set back roughly one to two years as a result of the US strikes on three key facilities last month, the chief spokesperson at the defence department said at a news conference on Wednesday.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Planned Parenthood<\/a> stands to lose roughly $700m in federal funding if the US House passes the Republicans\u2019 massive spending-and-tax bill<\/a>, the organisation\u2019s CEO said on Wednesday, amounting to what abortion rights supporters and opponents alike have called a \u201cbackdoor abortion ban\u201d.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
New Trump administration rules that give millions of people a shorter timeframe<\/a> to sign up for the Affordable Care Act\u2019s healthcare coverage are facing a legal challenge from Democratic mayors around the country.
The US and Vietnam struck a trade agreement<\/a> that sets 20% tariffs on many of the south-east Asian country\u2019s exports after last-minute negotiations, Trump and Vietnamese state media said on Wednesday.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 1 July 2025<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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