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🗓️ 1 July 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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0:00.0 | Good evening, I'm Amna Nawaz. |
0:06.0 | And I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight. |
0:08.0 | Vice President J.D. Vance breaks a tie in the U.S. Senate to pass the President's massive domestic policy bill. |
0:15.0 | We examine what's in it and its chances of final passage in the House. |
0:19.0 | The United States withholds weapons it promised to Ukraine, another blow to the nation |
0:24.6 | that's lost more territory to Russian forces in recent days. |
0:28.9 | And how the Trump administration is trying to change how U.S. history is taught in schools |
0:33.1 | and in museums. |
0:35.2 | Our teachers in some areas are being told that they can't teach certain subject areas. |
0:39.3 | Some teachers have left the classroom because they've thought, if I can't teach truth, |
0:43.3 | then I'm not going to stay here. Welcome to the News Hour. |
0:58.1 | President Trump's massive domestic policy bill overcame a major hurdle today. |
1:02.8 | Vice President J.D. Vance broke a tie in the U.S. Senate today to pass the legislation after lawmakers worked through the night and made last-minute changes. |
1:11.5 | The bill shrinks Medicaid and extends trillions in tax cuts, and it's the most expensive budget bill |
1:17.4 | Congress has ever considered. But its future is still uncertain, as House Republicans raise |
1:22.7 | new concerns. The president wants us to cross the finish line by July 4th. Lisa Desjardin watched today's votes unfold in the Senate. |
1:29.9 | She's here now to fill us in on what we know and what we yet don't about this bill's future. |
1:34.3 | Lisa, good to see you. |
1:35.3 | You too. |
1:36.3 | So Republican senators barely got this bill through today. |
1:38.3 | How did they do it? |
1:39.3 | By the skin of their teeth and the decision of one senator. |
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