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The 7
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🗓️ 1 July 2025
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Tuesday, July 1. The seven stories you need to know today.
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| 0:00.0 | Senators stayed up all night working on President Donald Trump's big beautiful bill. |
| 0:08.8 | That's where we're starting The Seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:12.4 | I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Tuesday, July 1st. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:22.6 | Senate Republicans hope they are just hours away from passing President Trump's tax and immigration bill. |
| 0:30.6 | It's a $3.3 trillion package. |
| 0:34.6 | It contains new tax breaks, cuts to Medicaid, billions in spending for immigration |
| 0:40.5 | enforcement, and much, much more. Senate Majority Leader John Thune spoke in support of the bill |
| 0:47.7 | on the Senate floor yesterday. What we are doing here is extending tax relief for the American |
| 0:53.5 | people, keeping their rates low, |
| 0:55.8 | making sure they don't have their child tax credit cut in half, their standard deduction cut in half, |
| 1:02.3 | including new provisions that provide more relief for working Americans, which is what President Trump campaigned on. |
| 1:09.2 | Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, though, had a very different line on the bill. |
| 1:14.1 | This bill, as we have said for months, steals people's health care, jacks up their electricity |
| 1:20.9 | bill, takes away their jobs, all to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. |
| 1:27.9 | Senate Republicans have a 53 to 47 majority. |
| 1:32.2 | That means they can only afford to lose three votes. |
| 1:35.8 | And two Republicans have already indicated they will oppose the bill. |
| 1:40.8 | To see how these very tired senators are doing, |
| 1:43.7 | check out live updates on our homepage this morning. |
| 1:50.6 | President Trump will visit Alligator Alcatraz in Florida today. That's our second story. |
| 1:57.9 | An opening ceremony is planned today at the new immigration detention facility in the |
| 2:03.5 | Everglades. It's been dubbed alligator alcatraz by Trump administration allies, and it has already |
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