{"id":155681,"date":"2025-07-04T01:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T01:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-republicans-pass-bill-that-will-cut-federal-safety-net-and-boost-immigration-enforcement-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T01:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T01:02:12","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-republicans-pass-bill-that-will-cut-federal-safety-net-and-boost-immigration-enforcement-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-republicans-pass-bill-that-will-cut-federal-safety-net-and-boost-immigration-enforcement-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Republicans pass bill that will cut federal safety net and boost immigration enforcement – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

After days of debate and backroom wrangling, the measure overcame Republican objections and passed the House. Key US politics stories from 3 July 2025
The US House of Representatives passed Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s sweeping tax and spending bill<\/a> on Thursday, handing the president the first major legislative victory of his second term, with the bill expected to supercharge immigration enforcement and slash federal safety net programs.
For decades, Republicans have argued that the US would be better off if taxes were low, and programs to help low-income Americans were harder to access. Thursday\u2019s bill will in effect make this a reality<\/a>, fundamentally reordering two major social safety net programs, slashing funding and imposing new work requirements. Nonpartisan estimates say it will cost millions of people their benefits and the ripple effects, experts say, will be felt across the country, and not just by the poor.
Meanwhile big tax cuts that were set to expire this year will be made permanent, with these provisions expected to generally benefit<\/a> high earners more than most.
Here\u2019s the latest:
The 218-214 vote came after weeks of wrangling over the measure that Trump demanded be ready for his signature by Friday, the Independence Day holiday. Written by his Republican allies in Congress and unanimously rejected by Democrats, the bill traveled an uncertain road to passage that saw multiple all-night votes in the House and Senate and negotiations that lasted until the final hours before passage.
Ultimately, Republicans who had objected to its cost and contents folded, and the bill passed with just two GOP defections: Thomas Massie, a rightwing Kentucky lawmaker, and Brian Fitzpatrick, who represents a Pennsylvania district that voted for Kamala Harris in last year\u2019s election.
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Despite the many cuts to the social safety net, the bill is still hugely expensive. The CBO forecasts it will add $3.3tn to the deficit through 2034, mostly due to the tax cuts.
For fiscal hawks concerned about the sustainability of the country\u2019s budget deficit, which has yawned higher in recent years as Washington DC battled the Covid-19 pandemic with massive fiscal stimulus, there\u2019s little beauty in Trump\u2019s bill.
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The supreme court on Thursday cleared the way for the deportation of several immigrants who were put on a flight in May bound for South Sudan<\/a>, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties.
The decision comes after the court\u2019s conservative majority found that immigration officials can quickly deport people to third countries. The majority halted an order that had allowed immigrants to challenge any removals to countries outside their homeland where they could be in danger.
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The US supreme court<\/a> announced on Thursday that it will consider a bid by West Virginia<\/a> and Idaho<\/a> to enforce their state laws banning transgender<\/a> athletes from female sports teams at public sector schools.
The decision means the court is prepared to take up another civil rights challenge to Republican-backed restrictions on transgender people.
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Barack Obama<\/a>, the former US president, sounded the alarm about Joe Biden\u2019s ailing re-election bid<\/a> almost a year before polling day, warning his former vice-president\u2019s staff \u201cyour campaign is a mess\u201d, a new book reveals.
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A former CBS News anchor and 60 minutes correspondent, Dan Rather, has blasted the $16m settlement between Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, and Donald Trump<\/a>, calling it a \u201csad day for journalism\u201d.
\u201cIt\u2019s a sad day for 60 Minutes and CBS News,\u201d Rather, a veteran journalist who was a CBS News anchor for over 20 years, told Variety<\/a> in an interview published on Wednesday. \u201cI hope people will read the details of this and understand what it was. It was distortion by the president and a kneeling down and saying, \u2018yes, sir,\u2019 by billionaire corporate owners.\u201d
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A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the Trump administration\u2019s dismantling of the National Science Foundation (NSF), with unprecedented political interference at the agency jeopardizing the future of US industries and economic growth, according to a Guardian investigation.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US economy added 147,000 jobs in June<\/strong>, a sign of continuing strength in the labor market amid Donald Trump\u2019s trade war.<\/a>
The EU and US are closing in on a high-level \u201cframework\u201d<\/strong> trade deal that would avert 50% tariffs on all exports from the bloc next Wednesday, Trump\u2019s self-imposed deadline<\/a>.
The Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the record for the longest House floor speech<\/a><\/strong> ever on Thursday<\/a> after he spoke for more than eight hours to delay a vote on Donald Trump\u2019s signature tax-and-spending bill.
Donald Trump signed\u00a0an executive order<\/a><\/strong> to increase entry fees for foreign tourists visiting US national parks.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 2 July 2025<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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