Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump is turning up the pressure on congressional Republicans to vote for his massive tax cut and spending bill.

Trump held an event at the White House last night to urge the Senate to pass the bill by next Friday.

Today I signed this bill into law.

Almost every major promise made in the 2024 campaign already will have become a promise

kept.

That's very important.

Promise is made, promises kept.

The spending package hit a roadblock in the Senate on Thursday.

The Chamber's parliamentarian ruled that key Medicaidblock in the Senate on Thursday. The Chambers' parliamentarian ruled that

key Medicaid reforms in the bill violate budget rules. House Speaker Mike Johnson told Republicans

this week not to leave town as GOP leaders race to pass the legislation by the 4th of July.

The number of people detained by immigration and customs enforcement has been

rapidly increasing. MPRs Meg Anderson reports the Trump administration has now surpassed its

previous high, which was reached during his first term in 2019. On average, more than 55,000 people are now held in ICE custody every day,

according to data from the administration. Historical data collected by the Marshall Project

suggests that number met just this month is the highest ever recorded. What's more, it is nearly

15,000 more people than what ICE is currently funded for.

Immigration experts say a big driver of the growth in how many people are detained comes from

a shift in priorities. The Trump administration is arresting more people who haven't committed any

crimes beyond their civil immigration violation. Nearly three out of four people

currently in ICE custody have no criminal record, and that includes minor offenses like traffic

violations. Meg Anderson, NPR News. Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband will lie in

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