The Latest: The House returns in a rush to pass Trump’s bill
Republican leaders in the House are sprinting toward a Wednesday vote on President Donald Trump s tax and spending cuts package determined to seize momentum from a hard-fought vote in the Senate while essentially daring members to defy their party s leader and vote against it It s a risky gambit designed to meet Trump s demand for a July finish Here s the latest Trump to meet at White House with American hostage freed from Gaza Trump and first lady Melania Trump will meet at the White House on Thursday with Edan Alexander the last living American hostage in Gaza who was issued in May The President and First Lady have met with countless published hostages from Gaza and they greatly look forward to meeting Edan Alexander and his family in the Oval Office the following morning White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained in a report Alexander now is an American Israeli from New Jersey The soldier was when militants stormed his base in Israel and dragged him into the Gaza Strip Read more about the meeting Pentagon spokesperson on Ukraine aid halt We can t give weapons to everybody The Pentagon s chief spokesperson says the pause of weapons shipments to Ukraine is part of a review of military assistance to ensure it aligns with U S defense priorities Sean Parnell declined to specify the types or amounts of weaponry that will be withheld under the halt He says the pause does not reflect any concerns about the military s ability to defend U S interests We re invariably assessing you know our munitions and where we re sending them he advised reporters We can t give weapons to everybody all around the world The Pentagon says US strikes thoroughly obliterated Iran s nuclear sites Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell says the strikes in June set back Tehran s nuclear campaign by more than a year We re thinking perhaps closer to two years Parnell stated reporters at his second briefing since Trump s latest term began We destroyed the components they would need to build a bomb Parnell explained We believe Iran s nuclear capability has been severely degraded The Big Beautiful Bill and its impact on clean vigor tax credits The bill now in the House takes an ax to clean vigor incentives including killing a tax credit for rooftop residential solar by the end of the year that the Biden administration s Inflation Reduction Act extended into the next decade Trump has called the clean potency tax credits in the context law part of a green new scam that improperly shifts taxpayer subsidies to help the globalist situation agenda and potency sources like wind and solar Businesses and analysts say the GOP-backed bill will likely reverse the sector s increase and eliminate jobs Karl Stupka president of Raleigh-based NC Solar Now says if the bill becomes law companies will rush to finish as several solar jobs as they can before the credit ends He believes he will have to lay off half of his employees Federal judge finds a Trump order suspending asylum access at the southern edge unlawful The judge s order throws into doubt one of the key pillars of Trump s plan to crack down on migration at the southern boundary U S District Judge Randolph Moss says his order will take effect July giving the Trump administration two weeks to appeal In an order signed Jan Trump declared the situation at the southern perimeter constitutes an invasion of America and that he was suspending the physical entry of transients and their ability to seek asylum until he decides it s over Moss wrote that neither the Constitution nor immigration law gives the president an extra-statutory extra-regulatory regime for repatriating or removing individuals from the United States without an opportunity to apply for asylum or other humanitarian protections Alina Habba is formally nominated for US attorney in New Jersey The White House posted the nomination of the president s former counselor and defense lawyer to its website on Tuesday Habba is already serving in that role on an interim basis A spokesman for the Senate Judiciary Committee substantiated that the panel has received the nomination The state s two Democratic senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim reported in a joint comment that Habba has already degraded the office and pursued frivolous and politically motivated prosecutions as interim prosecutor It s clear that Alina Habba does not meet the standard to serve the people of New Jersey they announced We were promised Rep Eric Burlison a Freedom caucus member says the changes the Senate made to the bill are entirely unacceptable Burlison says Republican leaders promised when we passed it to allow it to go to the Senate that they would live up to the framework and any kind of tax cuts would be reciprocated with spending cuts And it doesn t meet that framework We were promised And so it s really about making people live up to the promises Burlison says Freedom Caucus chair says House votes lacking to advance Trump bill GOP Rep Andy Harris has predicted that a key procedural vote will fail putting Trump s tax and spending cuts bill in jeopardy of missing the president s th of July deadline The rules vote as is will fail mentioned Harris before walking into House Majority Whip Tom Emmer s office Harris says he has not spoken to the president at present He says if Trump wants a bill as soon as attainable he has to get the Senate back in town as soon as viable Otherwise this is going to drag on until the end of next week announced Harris CIA summary examines investigations into Russia and the presidential voting process The declassified review disclosed Wednesday challenges the work intelligence agencies did to conclude that Russia interfered in the voting because it craved Trump to win The memo was written on the orders of CIA Director John Ratcliffe a Trump loyalist who spoke out against the Russia assessment as a member of Congress It does not address that multiple investigations including by the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee in that reached the same conclusion about Russia s influence and motives The assessment cites several anomalies that the authors say could have impacted conclusions that Russian President Vladimir Putin aspired to help Trump win They include a rushed timeline and a reliance on unconfirmed information including opposition research about Trump s ties to Russia that was compiled by a former British spy Christopher Steele whose work was financed by Democrats Democrats use parliamentary tactics to present a united front With limited time for debate scores of Democrats are weighing in on the House floor with their opposition to Trump s tax and spending cut bill One by one the lawmakers are lining up and making a simple request Amend a resolution before the House to protect against any cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Undertaking Rep Steve Womack R-Ark who is presiding over the chamber is forced to explain to each speaker that he cannot entertain the request because of an objection from Rep Virginia Foxx R-N C who is leading the debate for Republicans Under House rules the requests being made by Democrats must be cleared by majority and minority leadership before the chair will recognize them Democratic members know their effort is doomed but the tactic gives them a chance to show their unity before the cameras and get their request defending Medicaid and SNAP into the Congressional Record Republican lawmakers leave White House meeting Rep Stephanie Bice posted a video of her and Rep Dusty Johnson leaving the White House after conversations with Trump I think we re going to get it done although it s going to take a little bit of time at present Johnson disclosed Bice added Hopefully we can get this wrapped up by the end of the day Schooling grants in limbo were used for a radical leftwing agenda the Trump administration says The administration this week withheld more than billion for after-school and summer programs English language instruction adult literacy and more saying it would review the grants to ensure they align with Trump s priorities The Office of Management and Budget mentioned in a message Wednesday that a multitude of of these grant programs have been grossly misused It says New York schools have used money for English language instruction to promote organizations that advocate for immigrants in the country illegally and that Washington state used the money to direct immigrants without legal status toward scholarships that were intended for American students The agency says grant funds have also been used for a seminar on queer resistance in the arts GOP Rep Jason Smith says he texted Trump to encourage Trump on Wednesday shared on social media a text he received from Smith in which the Missouri Republican thanked Trump for his vision leadership and determination Smith tells The Associated Press he has heard Trump shared his text and that he communicates with the president quite often My text message to him this morning was to encourage announced Smith He added that he s never worked with someone in the executive that is engaging as much as President Trump Air defense missiles are among the weapons the US is withholding from Ukraine AP sources say The Trump administration will hold back delivering specific air defense missiles precision-guided artillery and other weapons to Ukraine as part of its revealed pause to various arms shipments This comes amid U S concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much agents reported The details on the weapons in a few of the paused deliveries were substantiated by a U S official and former national defense official familiar with the matter They both requested anonymity to discuss what is being held up as the Pentagon has yet to provide details The pause includes particular shipments of Patriot missiles precision-guided GMLRS Hellfire missiles and howitzer rounds One official announced other weaponry being held up includes the AIM- Sparrow Stinger missiles and AT- grenade launchers Defense Department official Elbridge Colby says Pentagon agents have aimed to provide Trump with robust options to continue military aid to Ukraine consistent with his goal of bringing this tragic war to an end By Associated Press reporters Aamer Mahdani and Lisa Mascaro The White House says arrests for illegal dividing line crossings from Mexico fell during June The Margin Patrol made arrests in June down from in May setting a pace for the lowest annual clip since On June the Dividing line Patrol made only arrests a sharp contrast to late when arrests topped on the busiest days Arrests dropped sharply when Mexican leaders increased enforcement within their own borders in December and again when then-President Joe Biden introduced severe asylum restrictions in June They plunged even more after Donald Trump became president in January deploying thousands of troops to the territory line under declaration of a national exigency AOC says Do the math Liberal leader Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reported Trump often mocks her intelligence But you don t have to be smart to assess the deal they re getting under the bill she declared For example the bill offers no taxes on tipped income up to Compare that to losing strength care and food stamp cuts she stated Is that worth it you Losing all your strength care Not being able to feed your baby Trump meets with GOP lawmakers at the White House The president is holding the meetings with Republican lawmakers as he works to push his legislative agenda over the finish line according to two White House administrators who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren t authorized to discuss private conversations Trump was meeting with moderate representatives in the Cabinet Room and is also expected to talk with members of the conservative Freedom Caucus A final vote in the House could come in the current era which would be the final step before Trump signs the act Collin Binkley and Chris Megerian More from the House debate on Trump s bill before key procedural vote Rep Mike Haridopolos a Florida Republican declared voters required change for one simple reason It was too expensive to live in America He declared the bill was designed to help those very people hurt in the last four years People who earned tips who earned overtime people who earned Social Safeguard get a big tax cut he mentioned Rep Nancy Pelosi a California Democrat and former speaker took aim at what Republicans are calling the one big beautiful bill If beauty is in the eye of the beholder then GOP you have a very blurred vision of what America is about Pelosi revealed Is it beautiful to cut off food from seniors and children She also invoked her own personal path about coming to Congress to stand up for children The House opens debate on Trump s big bill and it s fiery Debate has begun on the bill definitely the procedural debate for considering the bill and lawmakers aren t holding back This is robbery announced Rep Jim McGovern of Massachusetts the top Democrat on the Rules Committee He mentioned it s taking from the nation s largest part vulnerable to provide tax breaks for the rich It is cowardly it is a betrayal of everything this country is supposed to stand for he declared But Republican Rep Nick Langworthy of Pennsylvania revealed the package will ensure Trump s tax breaks don t expire at the end of the year This isn t extreme it s not partisan it s proven agenda he reported He highlighted the bill s higher child tax credit and other expanded tax breaks Let s get this country back on track he noted Democrats say they ll vote hell no on GOP bill Democrats have struggled to find a unified message since their key defeats in the vote But on Wednesday morning nearly every member of the caucus stood shoulder to shoulder on the Capitol strategies rallying behind Leader Jeffries Every single House Democrat will vote hell no against this one big ugly bill Jeffries reported to a roaring applause from behind him And all we need are for House Republicans to join us House Republicans head to White House for meeting Specific of the more conservative members of the House Republican conference say they re heading to the White House to talk about their concerns with the president s tax and spending cut bill and its impact on future deficits Rep Ralph Norman of South Carolina says he ll be a no unless something changes on a procedural vote that Republicans will need to pass to get to a vote on the bill He says he won t be assured by promises of spending cuts on subsequent bills Rep Tim Burchett of Tennessee noted once again lawmakers were hearing a line let s pass this and we ll fix it later We never fix it later and America knows that Burchett commented It s the same championship He also explained he s unconcerned about meeting Trump s self-imposed deadline of signing the bill on July this Friday I don t care if it s July th honestly Burchett declared Trump shares details of his commerce negotiation with Vietnam In a follow-up social media post Trump mentioned Vietnam will pay the United States a tariff on all goods sent into our Territory and a tariff on any transshipping Transshipping usually means exports that come from China but pass through Vietnam to dodge tariffs on Chinese goods In return Vietnam will grant the U S TOTAL ACCESS to its sector for business Trump stated meaning we will be able to sell our product into Vietnam at ZERO Tariff He added that he thinks SUVs will be a wonderful addition to the various product lines within Vietnam Trump reported he reached the agreement after speaking with Vietnamese General Secretary To Lam which he mentioned was an absolute pleasure Trump announces US arrangement deal with Vietnam He made the announcement on his Truth Social media platform I just made a Arrangement Deal with Vietnam Details to follow the president noted It comes just before a July deadline by Trump to formally set the tariff rates on goods from dozens of countries Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows there will be no Hamas in postwar Gaza President Trump commented Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a -day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen The U S leader has been increasing pressure on the Israeli governing body and Hamas to broker a ceasefire and hostage agreement and bring about an end to the war Hamas explained in a brief announcement Wednesday that it had received a proposal from the mediators and is holding talks with them to bridge gaps to return to the negotiating table to try to reach a ceasefire agreement Read more about the war in Gaza House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries naming names House Democrats are calling out Republicans from competitive districts as they try to drum up opposition to Trump s big bill All we need are four Jeffries announced referring to the number of GOP defections that would likely defeat the bill Jeffries mentioned several Republicans from closely divided districts including two from Pennsylvania Why would Rob Bresnahan vote for this bill Why would Scott Perry vote for this bill he revealed House Democrats are gathering on the procedures of the Capitol to denounce the Republican bill Shame on Republicans for even bringing this bill to the House floor House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries revealed We re going to do everything in our power to stop it Trump s supposedly empty schedule The president s inhabitants schedule is blank at present but it s unlikely he s doing nothing With his big tax cut and spending bill back at the House Trump is likely working to bring Republicans on board with advancing the act A few House members road-trip it to DC for tax cuts vote With treacherous weather hampering flights into Washington a handful of House members hit the road overnight to make it in time for Wednesday s votes Two GOP members from South Carolina Reps Russell Fry and Nancy Mace chronicled their journey on social media Democrats also racked up the miles Illinois Rep Raja Krishnamoorthi drove hosting a Zoom town hall during his -hour drive Reps Chris DeLuzio of Pennsylvania and Derek Tran of California drove together after being stranded in Pittsburgh Tesla sales fell in the last three months as anti-Musk sentiment still has an effect Sales of Tesla electric cars fell as boycotts over Elon Musk s political views continue to keep buyers away a major advance given expectations that anger with the company s billionaire CEO would have faded by now The plunging sales add to growing signs that Musk s embrace of Trump and far-right politicians in Europe has had a deep and enduring hit to the Tesla s brand appeal The new figures also are a accomplishable sign that Tesla could disappoint when it announces second quarter earnings later this month In the first three months this year net income fell Sales fell to in April through June down from in the same period last year During this period Musk formally left the Trump administration as a cost-cutting czar and hopes rose that sales would recover Read more about Tesla s falling sales Pilots who bombed Iran s nuclear sites will be Trump s guests for the Fourth of July Trump is hosting a Fourth of July celebration at the White House on Friday and the pilots have been invited The Air Force will conduct a flyover of F- s B- s and F- s the same aircraft that were used in the strikes in Iran Trump has commented the pilots are incredible Analysis shows Trump s tariffs would cost a critical group of US employers billion That sum could be potentially managed through price hikes layoffs hiring freezes or lower profit margins The analysis by the JPMorganChase Institute is among the first to measure the direct costs created by the import taxes on businesses with million to billion in annual revenue a category that includes roughly a third of private-sector U S workers These companies are more dependent than other businesses on imports from China India and Thailand and the retail and wholesale sectors would be especially vulnerable to the import taxes being levied by the Republican president The findings show clear trade-offs from Trump s import taxes contradicting his indicates that foreign manufacturers would absorb the costs of the tariffs instead of U S companies that rely on imports Read more about the analysis on Trump s tariffs Paramount to pay million in settlement with Trump over Minutes interview In a incident seen as a challenge to free speech Paramount has agreed to pay million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Trump over the editing of CBS Minutes interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris in October Paramount stated media outlets the money will go to Trump s future presidential library not to the president himself It noted the settlement did not involve an apology Trump s lawyer reported the president had suffered mental anguish over the editing of the interview by CBS News while Paramount and CBS rejected his contention that it was edited to enhance how Harris sounded They had sought to get Trump s lawsuit dismissed There was no immediate word from the White House about the settlement of the event which Trump filed in Amarillo Texas Read more about Trump s lawsuit over the Minutes interview Trump urges House Republicans to vote for his tax and spending cuts package The encouragement comes as the Republican-controlled House sprints toward a vote Wednesday on the bill after it cleared the Senate by the narrowest of margins a day earlier Vice President JD Vance in his role as Senate president cast the tiebreaking vote on the measure Several House GOP members have voiced reservations about the bill House Democrats are united in their opposition to the rule Republicans don t let the Radical Left Democrats push you around We ve got all the cards and we are going to use them Trump reported in a post on his social media site Source
