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What to know about massive budget bill passed by House – CBS News Watch CBS News With time running out, House Republicans pushed through a massive budget bill, racing to meet their self-imposed July 4 deadline. The legislation now awaits a presidential signature. Nikole Killion has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Get ready to see some punches on the White House grounds.President Trump says he will host a UFC mixed martial arts fight at the White House as part of next year’s festivities celebrating 250 years of American independence.The idea came up during a Thursday night speech at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, one year and one day before the 250th anniversary of the 1776 ratification of the Declaration of Independence. The federal government is planning to mark the occasion with a year’s worth of events — including a UFC fight, according to Mr. Trump.”We’re going to have some incredible events,” the…

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling on the national park system to charge higher entry fees for foreign visitors. It instructs Interior Secretary Doug Burgum — who oversees the National Park Service — to “develop a strategy” to hike entrance fees and recreation pass fees for non-U.S. residents at any national park that currently charges for entry.”To fund improvements and enhanced experiences across the park system, I’ve just signed an executive order to raise entrance fees for foreign tourists while keeping prices low for Americans,” Mr. Trump said in a Thursday evening rally in Iowa. “The national parks…

NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with McKay Coppins, who recently profiled Russell Vought in the Atlantic. Vought is a key player in the Trump administration’s push to remake the federal government. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: And I’m Juana Summers in Washington, where House Republicans just passed President Trump’s tax and spending bill and sent it to his desk for a signature. The bill cuts nearly a trillion dollars from Medicaid spending over the next 10 years. The White House and Congress drove the legislation, but trimming the federal budget and shrinking the size of the federal government are consistent with the vision…

Assateague Island, Maryland — The shoreline of Maryland’s Assateague Island is a familiar place for surfer Zack Tyndall.A former firefighter paramedic, Tyndall often helped beachgoers there — but now, as the mayor of nearby Berlin, Maryland, he says safety isn’t guaranteed.”I don’t want to see anybody drown,” Tyndall told CBS News. “We had saves where we were able to bring people out, and we had some where we weren’t able to, and that’s my biggest fear here on the island.”The 37-mile-long Assateague Island is shared by both Maryland and Virginia. Each year, millions of people visit the Assateague Island National…

The GOP chose to betray both morality and economic common sense by approving Trump’s one big, ugly bill. Ad Policy Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., surrounded by Republican members of Congress, signs President Donald Trump’s signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP) During the tortured final congressional debate before the US House of Representatives approved the legislative monstrosity that Donald Trump dubbed “the one big, beautiful bill”—and that detractors have more accurately described as “the one big ugly bill”—US Representative Don Beyer delivered a…

The Marine Corps is sending about 200 service members to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Florida, in the Trump administration’s latest use of the military to boost its immigration operations.U.S. Northern Command announced the move Thursday, saying the 200 Marines — from the Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 based in North Carolina — mark the “first wave” of support for ICE. Last month, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth green-lit up to 700 military personnel to help ICE in Florida, Texas and Louisiana.The military said the Marines “will perform strictly non-law enforcement duties within ICE facilities,” focusing primarily on “administrative and…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have arrested Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. over alleged cartel ties, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. He is “being processed for expedited removal from the United States,” DHS said on social media.  He was arrested Wednesday in Studio City, California, the department said. Chávez, who recently lost a match to influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul, is a Mexican citizen and a former WBC middleweight world champion.  Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., right, punches Jake Paul during their cruiserweight boxing match on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. Etienne Laurent / AP Chávez has an active arrest…

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (left), R-La., speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Trump’s massive spending and tax cut bill is on the way to his desk for a signature. The bill passed Thursday after Republican leaders in the House of Representatives convinced holdouts in their own party to get in line behind the controversial legislation. House Republicans passed the bill by a vote of 218 to 214, nearly entirely along party lines. All 212 Democrats voted in unison against…

A Tennessee man pardoned by President Trump in January for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol will nevertheless serve a life sentence for plotting to attack FBI agents and seeking to incite a “civil war,” according to prosecutors.Edward Kelley, who was the fourth U.S. Capitol rioter to enter the building on Jan. 6, 2021, faced a separate prosecution for targeting federal agents while he was being investigated for his role in the Capitol attack.The Justice Department argued Kelley created a “kill list” of FBI agents and others who investigated his role in the Jan.…