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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., celebrates with fellow House Republicans during an enrollment ceremony following final passage on Thursday. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images It’s all over but the signing. On Thursday, House Republicans passed President Trump’s massive tax and policy bill with just enough time to get to his desk by Friday. On the house floor, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pledged that the bill would make America “stronger, safer and more prosperous than ever before.” “And every American is going to benefit from that,” he said Thursday. “Today we are laying a key cornerstone…

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Trump signs “big, beautiful bill” as tariff deadline looms – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump brought pomp and circumstance to his signing of the “big, beautiful bill” on Friday, with an Independence Day ceremony at the White House that included a B-2 bomber flyover. Scott MacFarlane reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) (C) signs the One Big Beautiful Bill Act during an enrollment ceremony with fellow Republicans in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol on July 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) (C) signs the One Big Beautiful Bill Act during an enrollment ceremony with fellow Republicans in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol on July 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images If we think about the economic effects of President Donald Trumps big taxing…

At least 13 fatalities were reported Friday as devastating floods slammed Texas’ Hill Country with water rescues taking place along the Guadalupe River, officials said. The Kerr County Sheriff’s Office said during a news briefing that 13 people have died in the flooding. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said about six to 10 bodies have been found, and that the situation is fluid and ongoing. He said he expects the fatality count to rise.  “Within 45 minutes, the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet and it was a destructive flood — taking property and sadly lives,” Patrick said during a news conference Friday…

The president of El Salvador is refuting allegations made by Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the man whose mistaken deportation by the Trump administration has fueled a monthslong legal saga — in which he said he was beaten and subject to psychological torture while in prison in the Central American country.President Nayib Bukele, in a post on the social media platform X, wrote that Abrego Garcia “wasn’t tortured, nor did he lose weight.” He included pictures and video of Abrego Garcia in a detention cell at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, earlier this year.”If he’d been tortured, sleep-deprived, and starved, why does…

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Trump has announced that an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bout will be held on the grounds of the White House next year, one of many events to be held to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. During a speech Thursday at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Trump indicated UFC president Dana White is going to organize one of the mixed martial arts fights on the grounds…

The American Revolution was one of the most significant events in world history because it created a “new thing called a citizen,” iconic filmmaker Ken Burns told CBS News, as the nation celebrates the Fourth of July exactly one year before its 250 birthday.”I think the American Revolution is the most important event since the birth of Christ in all of world history. … I mean, it turned the world upside down,” Burns told CBS News’ John Dickerson in an interview set to air on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sunday.Before the war that secured the American colonies’…

Issues once thought long settled are now up for grabs again. But, “they’re not going to get what they want,” says Omar Jadwat of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project. Ad Policy Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks with reporters as she boards the Senate subway after a vote in the US Capitol on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.(Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Hours after the Supreme Court issued its ruling that narrowed lower courts’ usage of nationwide injunctions—in response to the Trump administration requesting it take up the issue in the wake of federal judges halting his unconstitutional…

A 90-day freeze on sweeping U.S. tariffs is set to expire on July 9, sowing economic uncertainty as the Trump administration works to revamp the terms of global trade. The stakes for millions of U.S. consumers and businesses are high. Economists warn that the barrage of import duties announced on April 2, which President Trump called “Liberation Day,” could trigger another bout of inflation, put smaller companies out of businesses and dent financial markets. As next week’s deadline approaches, the Trump administration has touted new trade agreements with countries including China, the U.K. and Vietnam, while the status of other pacts remains under wraps. Mr.…