Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. By a narrow margin, the House today voted to approve President Trump's massive domestic policy bill, which includes around $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy and $1.2 trillion in cuts to government spending, including Medicaid and food assistance.

As President Trump was about to board a plane to head to Iowa for a speech tonight, he praised it.

I think when you go over the bill, it was very easy to get him to a yes.

You know, we went over that bill and point after point, biggest tax cut in history, great for security, great on the southern border. Immigration is covered. We cover

just about everything. Republicans had to overcome opposition within the party to approve the bill

before Trump's self-imposed deadline of July 4th. That's tomorrow. No Democrats voted for the bill.

Meanwhile, the head of, ahead of today's vote, House Minority Leader

Hakeem Jeffries delivered the longest leadership speech in the history of the House. And

Pierre Elena Moore reports. The speech lasted eight hours and 44 minutes, surpassing then House

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's record from 2021. Each used what's called the Magic Minute, which lets House leaders

speak for as long as they want. So before the vote, Jeffries gave a final rebuke of the spending

bill and pledged to stay on the offensive. No matter what the outcome is on this singular day,

we're going to press on. Throughout his speech, Jeff's read letters from Americans who say they'll be harmed by cuts to social safety net programs.

Many, he said, came from Republican-controlled districts.

Elena Moore, NPR News, the Capitol.

Tennessee now explicitly protects in vitro fertilization and the right of women to use contraception.

Blake Farmer of Member Station WPLN in Nashville reports the state becomes the first in the south

to protect IVF and birth control.

In just a few paragraphs, Tennessee's new law codifies the right to IVF and contraception.

Many GOP lawmakers fought against its protections of genetic testing and the morning after pill.

Republican Iris Rutter sponsored the legislation, which barely passed.

As you listen to some of the discussions on this House floor this morning, maybe you can understand why.

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