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As debate time ended for Donald Trump's one big beautiful bill,

the president's tax cutting package moved to a special session known as a voter-rama. Amendments proposed by senators

are voted on in succession. Mr. Trump's bill is on thin ice. Republicans can only lose the

support of three senators if the bill is to pass the Senate and appear to have already lost two.

The White House said that Mr. Trump will sign an executive order lifting sanctions on Syria.

The president first announced that he would roll them back in May and issued a 180-day waiver,

temporarily allowing business with Syria's government. With his executive order,

he will be able to terminate some sanctions. Repealing the most restrictive will take an act of

Congress. Mr. Trump took to letter writing to again demand that Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal

Reserve, lower interest rates. In a note written on top of a chart displaying the rates of other

countries, the president accused Mr. Powell of costing America a fortune. Mr. Trump has repeatedly

pressured Mr. Powell, whose term as chair ends next year, to step down.

Mark Zuckerberg said META would create a new division focused on superintelligence, Bloomberg reported.

Alexander Wang, an AI Wonder Kid in whose startup META invested $14 billion billion this month will lead it. Mr. Zuckerberg also

announced new recruits poached from rivals, including OpenAI and Google. In an internal memo,

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