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PBS News Hour - Full Show

July 3, 2025 – PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Thursday on the News Hour, Republicans hand President Trump a major win by passing the massive bill that extends tax cuts and slashes Medicaid. Ukraine fears it won't be able to keep fighting off Russian attacks after the U.S. holds back promised weapons. Plus, the Trump administration freezes the release of billions of dollars for school programs. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm William Brangham.

0:06.1

I'm the Navaz and Jeff Bennett are away.

0:08.9

On the news hour tonight, the motion is adopted.

0:12.7

Republicans hand President Trump a major win by passing the massive budget bill that extends

0:18.6

tax cuts and slashes Medicaid. Ukraine fears it won't be able to keep holding off Russian attacks

0:24.6

after the U.S. holds back promised weapons.

0:28.6

And the Trump administration freezes the release of billions of dollars

0:32.6

for school programs.

0:34.6

This is just devastating.

0:36.6

This is 1.4 million kids in 10,000 sites across the country.

0:53.3

Welcome to the NewsHour. Now missing just his signature, President Donald Trump's agenda

0:59.0

will have the force of law tomorrow. The so-called one big, beautiful bill, overcame

1:04.8

thin Republican majorities and weeks of tense negotiations, just meeting the president's

1:10.6

self-imposed Independence Day deadline.

1:13.6

Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardin takes us through the policy and politics of the Republican signature bill.

1:21.5

Yeas are 218, the nayser 214. The motion is adopted.

1:26.7

For the GOP of victory years in the making.

1:30.3

House Republicans cheered after a long week of overnight and nail-biter votes ended historically.

1:37.3

Passage of what they named the one big beautiful bill, with some $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and $1.4 trillion in spending cuts. Both are records.

1:48.2

As is the $3.2 trillion, the Congressional Budget Office says this could add to the deficit.

1:54.2

This is the vote tally card. We're going to frame this one, okay?

1:57.4

For House Speaker Mike Johnson, a hard-fought moment to savor.

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