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As we broadcast, the House was soon set to vote on the so-called big, beautiful bill before the July 4 deadline imposed by President Trump. Should the House pass the legislation, the bill would be sent to Trump's desk to be signed into law. The bill massively increases funding for ICE, cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid over a decade and adds $3.3 trillion to the nation's debt.
"It makes people in the country who are in the bottom 30%, working hard to pay their bills, poorer, because it's stripping away healthcare from them, stripping away food assistance from them. And it is all in the name of giving tax breaks to the wealthiest. … The top 20% in this country get 60% of the benefits," says Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna.
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Fox News/Marco Bello via ReutersDonald Trump praised Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier for a "great job" surrounding his interview with Democratic 2024 presidential hopeful Kamala Harris on Wednesday night, claiming Baier "showed how totally incompetent Kamala is" while demanding she undergo a cognitive ability test.
Trump joined his campaign in calling the interview a total disaster for Harris. During the interview, Harris and Baier engaged in multiple back-and-forths; at one point, on the topic of immigration, Harris clapped back at Baier as he interrupted her: "May I finish responding to you?"
Immediately after the interview aired, the campaign-notably advisers Stephen Miller and Steven Cheung-took to X to decry Harris' responses.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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