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Political News Compilation - Weekend Updates - July 5 & 6, 2025

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Trump branded, browbeat and prevailed. But his big bill may come at a political cost​

By SEUNG MIN KIM
Updated 1:48 PM CDT, July 5, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama had the Affordable Care Act. Joe Biden had the Inflation Reduction Act. President Donald Trump will have the tax cuts.

All were hailed in the moment and became ripe political targets in campaigns that followed. In Trump’s case, the tax cuts may almost become lost in the debates over other parts of the multitrillion-dollar bill that Democrats say will force poor Americans off their health care and overturn a decade or more of energy policy.

Through persuasion and browbeating, Trump forced nearly all congressional Republicans to line up behind his marquee legislation despite some of its unpalatable pieces.

He followed the playbook that had marked his life in business before politics. He focused on branding — labeling the legislation the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” — then relentlessly pushed to strong-arm it through Congress, solely on the votes of Republicans.

But Trump’s victory will soon be tested during the 2026 midterm elections where Democrats plan to run on a durable theme: that the Republican president favors the rich on tax cuts over poorer people who will lose their health care.

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Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape

Devastating flash floods from a storm that pounded central Texas have killed at least 51 people. Officials say the death toll is 43 and likely to grow in the hardest-hit area of Kerr County.
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7 little-known items in Trump’s big agenda bill | CNN Politics

Lawmakers tucked a long list of measures that won’t grab headlines into the massive tax and spending package.
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Trump signs his tax and spending cut bill at the White House July 4 picnic

Flanked by Republican legislators and members of his Cabinet, President Donald Trump signed the multitrillion-dollar legislation outside the White House, and then banged down the gavel that House Speaker Mike Johnson gifted him that was used during the bill's final passage Thursday.
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Elon Musk says he is launching new political party

The world's richest man says he is setting up a new political organisation called the America Party.
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Israel will send ceasefire negotiating team to Qatar a day before Trump and Netanyahu meet

U.S.-led ceasefire efforts in Gaza appear to be gaining momentum after nearly 21 months of war, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says Israel on Sunday will send a negotiating team to talks in Qatar.
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Republicans praise 'big, beautiful bill’s' work requirement for Medicaid: ‘We’ve got to get back to work’

Democrats predict doom over a provision within the “One Big, Beautiful Bill" that requires adults to work to be eligible for Medicaid, while GOP senators praise it.
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Social Security Administration sends misleading email lauding Trump's new tax cuts law

The emails say nearly 9 in 10 Social Security beneficiaries won't pay income taxes on their benefits in the future. But the Trump tax law did not directly address Social Security.
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Trump suggests hosting UFC matches at the White House

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s thinking of staging a UFC match on the White House grounds with upwards 20,000 spectators to celebrate 250 years of American independence.
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'Selling' the megabill: Republicans tout taxes, Democrats point to Medicaid cuts

Republicans see a lot to celebrate, but Democrats are hoping to build momentum leading into the 2026 midterms.
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Democrats see Trump’s big bill as key to their comeback. It may not be so easy

President Donald Trump says his bill is big and beautiful. But Democratic leaders see the package as the key to their party's resurgence.
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www.cnn.com

Democrats going after Trump’s megabill tell their own stories of needing Medicaid and other aid programs | CNN Politics

As Democrats rush to define President Donald Trump’s domestic policy and immigration law, a handful of liberalcandidates are relying on their personal experiences with programs facing key cuts to highlight the broad scope of the legislation and target Republicans who voted for it.
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What's in the tax and spending bill that Trump has signed into law

President Donald Trump has signed his tax and spending bill into law after Republicans muscled it through Congress.
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Patel and Ratcliffe try to bolster claims that FBI and CIA conspired against Trump

The release of formerly classified documents this week shows how Trump appointees are using their power to try to prop up his allegations about both agencies.
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Democrats project doom and gloom, not celebration, with July 4 messages

Several prominent Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama, drew the public's ire with pessimistic social media messages on July 4.
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Thom Tillis' exit shakes up the battle for the Senate as key races take shape

All eyes are on Lara Trump in North Carolina, while potential candidates in other Senate battlegrounds are looking to make decisions soon.
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President Trump on Thursday threatened to impose 35% tariffs on goods from Canada starting next month, hiking import duties on one of the U.S.'s largest trading partners.

The president announced the 35% tax in a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney posted to Truth Social, citing Canada's alleged "failure to stop the drugs from pouring into our country," as well as retaliatory tariffs Canada has imposed on U.S. goods. The new tariffs are set to take effect Aug. 1, the president said.

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Texas Border Patrol shooter details remain scant as violence against ICE, CBP agents surges

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Trump official criticizes Fed chief Powell as Trump takes aim over interest rates

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A top Trump administration official accused Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell of leading an "ostentatious" office renovation project that may be "violating the law" on Thursday, a new broadside against the central bank chief as President Trump tangles with him over interest rates.

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Tim Walz blasted for costing Minnesota taxpayers $430K in legal prep ahead of Hill hearing

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Fired Justice Department official warns "we are falling into an abyss"

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