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🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Senate Republicans narrowly pass their version of the Trump agenda bill, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaker vote. President Trump visits the opening of a Florida immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by Florida Republicans. Steve Kornacki analyzes the ranked choice vote in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. The jury in the Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial delivered a partial verdict on several counts.

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0:00.0	If it's Tuesday, the Senate passes President Trump's agenda bill by the narrowest of margins.
0:07.7	After an all-night marathon session, sending it back to the House, which is barreling ahead with a plan to vote tomorrow and nearly no margin for error.
0:18.0	Plus, Elon Musk reignites his feud with President Trump over the mega bill
0:22.7	vowing to support House Republicans who vote against it, prompting blowback from the president,
0:28.5	including an ambiguous threat to deport the tech billionaire. And the president makes a visit
0:35.8	to the so-called alligator Alcatraz, touring the new migrant detention center in Florida in the Everglades and touting his administrations crackdown at the border.
0:59.7	Welcome. Welcome to meet the press now.
1:05.4	I'm Kelly O'Donnell in Washington, where after a marathon 27-hour series of amendment votes,
1:10.0	Senate Republicans were able to pass President Trump's legislative agenda,
1:14.7	calling in Vice President J.D. Vance to break a 50-50 tie.
1:20.3	After an all-nighter of arm twisting, moves Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska to yes.
1:28.8	The massive bill includes some big changes that now have to go back to the House, including an increase in a fund to help rural hospitals handle the bill's sweeping cuts to Medicaid. President Trump and his top Senate allies
1:34.2	celebrated their long fought victory.
1:38.5	At the end, we got the job done in the order to be partners with President Trump in this agenda.
1:46.0	An agenda that is the right of the American people the one of the last year.
1:52.0	In November, we heard loud and clear, and this is delivering on those promises.
1:57.0	As President Trump would say, promises made, promises kept.
2:00.0	The tax cuts were going to expire in December.
2:02.5	There had been a $4 trillion tax increase.
2:04.8	That's a big deal.
2:06.0	It's a great bill.
2:07.2	There is something for everyone.
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