Megabill Set for Final Vote as GOP Holdouts Relent

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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A.M. Edition for July 3. President Trump’s tax-and-spending package is on course for a final House vote after Republican leaders overcome resistance from a handful of rank-and-file members. The WSJ’s chief economics commentator Greg Ip breaks down how the law could affect the national debt. Plus, the Pentagon estimates its attack on Iran set back the country’s nuclear program by up to two years. And we head to Wimbledon to find out why marquee sports events have become showrooms for Big Tech. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.6	President Trump's mega bill steams toward a final House vote as GOP holdouts relent.
0:39.4	We'll look at how the law could affect the national debt.
0:42.7	Plus, the Pentagon puts its setback of Iran's nuclear program in the years.
0:48.0	And sports biggest events become showrooms for big tech.
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1:22.4	The U.S. House of Representatives is heading toward a final vote in the coming hours to pass President Trump's tax and spending bill. That is after party leaders worked through the night to change
1:27.4	the minds of a handful of rank-and-f party leaders worked through the night to change the minds of a
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