Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025. This is USA Today is the exit.

Today we take a closer look at some of the political ramifications around the bill centered on Trump's legislative priorities.

Plus, Paramount, settles with the president over a 60-minute interview,

and Penn has agreed to prohibit transgender athletes from competing in women's sports

and to strip the record of a former swimmer.

After a weekend of debate, the Senate yesterday passed President Donald Trump's

sweeping bill of priorities

by a vote of 51 to 50. It preserves 2017 tax cuts, invest billions into the military and border

security, and fulfills a major 2024 campaign promise by extending federal tax breaks for low-wage-tipped

workers. Still, the Senate made a slew of changes, meaning it now heads back to the House

where it could face some more hurdles. I caught up with USA Today, Chief Political Correspondent,

Philip M. Bailey, for some of the major takeaways. Philip, always a treat. How are you, sir?

Taylor, how's it going? Good. Big news here this week. So, you know, the biggest point of contention

was around Medicaid clearly.

How did this shake out, Philip? What were some of the specific provisions under the microscope?

You know, there are different things in it that I think he and his supporters will be happy about,

extending the 2017 tax cuts that he did in his first term, boosting military and border security,

fulfilling that campaign promise to extend federal tax breaks to low-income, low-wage-tipped workers such as waiters, hairstylists, and others.

But what was interesting, Taylor, was that there was bipartisan agreement in opposition

to the legislation, and that focused on the cuts to Medicaid, the program set up for

low-income Americans to provide health insurance. CBO, the Congressional Budget Office,

the nonpartisan agency, estimates this bill, as written, will cut about $1 trillion

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