The New York Times
The Senate was voting on whether to begin debate on the sprawling domestic policy package after Republican leaders cut a series of deals with holdouts.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 29.06.2025.
It displays 181 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
29.06.2025 ⇢ The Megabill's Path and Senator's Retreat
⌨The Senate's contentious progress on President Trump's comprehensive 'megabill' dominated US media attention throughout the day. Morning headlines reported initial votes to open debate, with the legislation narrowly clearing key procedural hurdles despite Democratic efforts to delay passage by forcing full readings of the nearly 1,000-page bill. Trump celebrated the advancement of his 'Big, Beautiful Bill' into the afternoon. A significant political development emerged in the evening as Senator Thom Tillis announced he would not seek re-election, following Trump's public criticism and threats for Tillis's opposition to parts of the bill. Concerns were also raised regarding the bill's potential to add $3.3 trillion to the national debt. Separately, reports continued on ongoing activity at Iran's bombed nuclear site.
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The New York Times
The Senate was voting on whether to begin debate on the sprawling domestic policy package after Republican leaders cut a series of deals with holdouts.
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The New York Times
The Senate was voting on whether to begin debate on the sprawling domestic policy package after Republican leaders cut a series of deals with holdouts.
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Senate leadership is hoping to move forward passing the bill over the weekend, getting one step closer to making Trump's self-imposed July 4 deadline.
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Associated Press
The Senate is taking a key procedural vote as Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline.
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Congress is racing to meet a self-imposed July 4 deadline to send the tax and spending bill to the president.
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The Islanders player's mother, Jennifer, died of breast cancer just 16 months ago.
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The Daily Beast
Trump’s megabill is nearly 1,000 pages long.
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The Senate was voting on whether to begin debate on the domestic policy bill, but it’s become unclear if Republicans have enough votes to clear the procedural hurdle.
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01:18⇢Senate Pushes Trump Megabill Amidst Delays
⌨US media remains heavily focused on the Senate's urgent weekend session to advance President Trump's extensive "megabill" of tax and spending cuts, racing towards a July 4th deadline. Senators are holding key procedural votes, with Republican leaders actively hunting for sufficient support. Democrats, notably Schumer, continue efforts to delay the legislation, including forcing full floor readings of the nearly 1,000-page bill. (Boston Globe, Breitbart, CBS, CNN, NYTimes, The Hill, AP News, The Daily Beast, USA Today, The Epoch Times, Fox News, Newsweek, Washington Post, HuffPost)
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Tens of thousands of protesters at Hostages Square call for an end to the Gaza war
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President Trump publicly chastised North Carolina GOP Senator Thom Tillis Saturday night for voting against his “big beautiful” bill – as a procedural vote to advance the measure in the Senate stalled late Saturday night.
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Associated Press
The Senate is taking a key procedural vote that has dragged for hours as Republicans struggle to advance President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds ahead of his July Fourth deadline.
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Associated Press
Senate Republicans voted in a rare Saturday session, clearing a key procedural step as they race to to pass President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline.
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Congress is racing to meet a self-imposed July 4 deadline to send the tax and spending bill to the president.
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The New York Times
The vote cleared a procedural hurdle after Republican leaders cut a series of deals with holdouts in hopes of winning the votes to pass it.
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The GOP-led Senate agreed to begin a floor debate likely to go overnight and end Sunday with a final vote. The outcome still remains uncertain.
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Republican leaders barely scaled a key procedural hurdle to bring up the bill. It was unclear whether the G.O.P. had the votes to pass it.
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Tens of thousands of protesters at Hostages Square call for an end to the Gaza war
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The Epoch Times
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Debate will now begin on the spending bill – and that could take hours as New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer has promised to have the nearly 1,000-page measure read before a final vote on passing it can happen.
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The Washington Post
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03:37⇢Trump Megabill Clears Senate Vote
⌨US media extensively covers the Senate's progress on President Trump's "megabill," a package of tax breaks and spending cuts, as it cleared a critical procedural vote by a narrow margin, despite some Republican opposition. Lawmakers are racing to pass the legislation by the July 4th deadline, with Democrats continuing efforts to delay its passage, including demanding full readings of the extensive bill.
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The Senate voted to proceed on President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill in a rare drama-packed Saturday night vote.
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The GOP-led Senate agreed to begin a floor debate likely to go overnight and end with a final vote. The outcome still remains uncertain.
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The Senate voted to proceed on President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill in a rare drama-packed Saturday night vote.
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The GOP-led Senate agreed to begin a floor debate likely to go overnight and end with a final vote. The outcome still remains uncertain.
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Associated Press
Senate Republicans voted in a dramatic Saturday session, clearing a key procedural step as they race to pass President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline.
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Republican leaders barely scaled a key procedural hurdle to bring up the bill. It was unclear whether the G.O.P. had the votes to pass it.
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The Daily Beast
Trump’s megabill is nearly 1,000 pages long.
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Senate Republicans released the full text of their massive tax and spending bill that contains many of President Trump's top campaign promises. Here's a look at what's in and what's out.
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The Daily Beast
The president is none too pleased with Thom Tillis.
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The Daily Beast
Brian Tyler Cohen is using his platform to try and meet the urgency of the moment where legacy media and Democrats are failing.
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Fundraising for Florida Republicans has spiked as the Everglades-based detention facility has taken shape.
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The novel and untested approach has been introduced by Democratic lawmakers in at least four states.
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The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
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Laura Miller
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11:07⇢Trump's Bill Clears Path
⌨US media extensively covers the Senate's advancement of President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," a package of tax and spending cuts, which cleared a key procedural vote in a dramatic weekend session (ABC News, Fox News, NYTimes, AP News). Despite narrow margins and some Republican opposition, the legislation races towards a July 4th deadline, with its final outcome still uncertain (USA Today, The Hill).
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The New York Times
The Islamic Republic limps on after the 12-day conflict. Where will the nation go from here?
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Trump agenda bill clears key hurdle in the Senate
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The Senate began debating Trump's legislative priorities without knowing whether enough Republicans will vote to approve it.
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At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.
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New York Post
Scenes from “Night of the Living Dead” are playing out a stone’s throw from the famed Angelika Film Center and A-lister apartments in NoHo, where zombified junkies and drug dealers have overtaken entire blocks.
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New York Post
Scenes from “Night of the Living Dead” are playing out a stone’s throw from the famed Angelika Film Center and A-lister apartments, where zombified junkies and drug dealers have overtaken entire blocks.
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The Senate began debating Trump's legislative priorities without knowing whether enough Republicans will vote to approve it.
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Associated Press
The Republican-controlled Senate has advanced President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and increased deportation money, but there’s more weekend work ahead as Congress races to meet his Fourth of July deadline for passage.
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The Coming Techlash Could Kill AI Innovation Before It Helps Anyone
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Los Angeles Times
In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.
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The crash of 2008 was supposed to augur the end of ultraspeculative financial capitalism. But financial actors have actually gone from strength to strength since then, and fictitious capital is a bigger menace to global economic stability than ever.
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The Senate voted to proceed on President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill in a rare drama-packed Saturday night vote.
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The Daily Beast
The White House maintains that the country’s nuclear program has been decimated.
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The Senate voted to proceed on President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill in a rare drama-packed Saturday night vote.
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14:01⇢Megabill Gains Traction
⌨US media extensively covers the Senate's advancement of President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," a tax and spending package. Following a dramatic weekend procedural vote, the bill cleared a key hurdle. Trump celebrated this victory, as Democrats continue efforts to delay its passage by forcing full readings toward a July 4th deadline (Breitbart, CNN, Fox News, AP News, Common Dreams, USA Today).
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Thousands of American students evacuated Israel by land, air and sea after the country's war with Iran broke out.
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Burritos on a payment plan, explained.
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The novel and untested approach has been introduced by Democratic lawmakers in at least four states.
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The cause of the explosion and resulting fire are under investigation.
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Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani doubled down on his plan to jack up property taxes on “richer and whiter neighborhoods” on Sunday — and also asserted that billionaires shouldn’t exist. Mamdani claimed that his…
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Mentally ill detainees facing deportation are by law afforded a fair hearing, but a national program to provide attorneys has been gutted.
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One America News
Immigrant socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani explicitly explained his intentions of hiking taxes for “richer and whiter neighborhoods,” while arguing that billionaires shouldn’t exist.
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16:12⇢Trump's Megabill Ascends
⌨US media continues to extensively cover the Senate's advancement of President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," a comprehensive tax and spending package. After dramatic procedural votes, the legislation cleared a key hurdle, leading Trump to celebrate what some outlets deem his 'best week yet.' Republicans press for a July 4th deadline, despite ongoing Democratic efforts to scrutinize and delay its passage (ABC News, Boston Globe, Newsweek, Washington Post, HuffPost, Breitbart, CBS, CNN, Common Dreams, The Epoch Times, The Hill, AP News, Fox News, Mother Jones).
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The Daily Beast
The president said the Tesla CEO’s meltdown “wasn’t appropriate.”
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Los Angeles Times
In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.
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Associated Press
It was a tumultuous night as the Senate pressed ahead on President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and increased deportation money, Democrats are trying to stall the process after a dramatic 51-49 vote late Saturday to move ahead.
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The Daily Beast
The president said the Tesla CEO’s meltdown “wasn’t appropriate.”
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How much extra would you pay to see your dream come true? It's always a big question for wedding-planning couples. Now, there's a new twist courtesy of U.S. trade policy.
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The Daily Beast
The president hit back at the Tesla CEO, who has savaged Republicans’ “big, beautiful” spending bill.
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Laura Miller
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The Senate began debating Trump's legislative priorities without knowing whether enough Republicans will vote to approve it.
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President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed a key Senate vote on Saturday to advance deliberations before finalizing amendments and sending it back to the House.
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Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said that if elected, he will “fight back” against ICE agents conducting deportations in the city.
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The Daily Beast
Trump attacked the senator as “NOT A DOER” amid an internal GOP battle over his “big, beautiful, bill.”
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New York Post
“It’s not a hard choice, and I will not be seeking re-election.”
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18:21⇢The Bill's Political Ripple
⌨US media extensively reports on the Senate's continued push for President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," a comprehensive tax and spending package. Despite Democratic efforts to delay its passage, like forcing a full reading, the bill cleared key hurdles toward a July 4th deadline. Senator Tillis notably announced he won't seek re-election after incurring Trump's ire for opposing parts of the legislation, highlighting the President's influence within the GOP. (ABC News, AP News, The Daily Beast, The Hill, NY Post, OANN, The Blaze, USA Today, Boston Globe, CNN, Common Dreams, Fox News, HuffPost, Mother Jones)
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Associated Press
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina says he won’t seek reelection. That news Sunday comes one day after he announced his opposition to President Donald Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts package because of its reductions to health care programs.
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Several of the country's premier Pride celebrations lost an estimated $200,000 to $350,000 in corporate funding this year.
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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis announced Sunday that he won't seek reelection in 2026, opening up a key seat in North Carolina.
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GOP Senator Thom Tillis announced his retirement from the Senate at the end of his term, following President Donald Trump's pledge to back his primary challengers.
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The Daily Wire
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The Daily Beast
Iranian officials expected a U.S. strike to do more damage than it did, according to intercepted audio.
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The Senate is debating President Trump's massive tax bill Sunday ahead of what's expected to be a marathon overnight session.
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that he is not running for reelection, after opposing President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill due to Medicaid cuts.
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Rafael Mariano Grossi’s assessment widens the divide with President Trump, who has claimed that Tehran has given up its nuclear ambitions after a U.S. attack.
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President Donald Trump expressed optimism for a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas within a week.
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Breitbart News
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that he is not running for reelection, after opposing President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill due to Medicaid cuts.
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Associated Press
Debate has begun in the Senate on President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts package, but only after a long Sunday spent reading the bill.
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Los Angeles Times
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) announced late Saturday that he was pulling a plan to sell up to more than 1 million acres of federal land from the Trump-backed ‘One Big Beautiful Bill.’
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The Daily Beast
Trump attacked the senator as “NOT A DOER” amid an internal GOP battle over his “big, beautiful, bill.”
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22:06⇢Senate Showdown, Tillis's Retreat
⌨US media continues to focus heavily on the Senate's debate of President Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' a comprehensive tax and spending package. Reports highlight concerns about its $3.3 trillion addition to US debt and the political fallout, including Senator Thom Tillis's announcement not to seek re-election after opposing parts of the bill. Additionally, satellite photos and UN reports indicate ongoing activity at Iran's bombed nuclear site (ABC News, AP News, Boston Globe, Breitbart, CBS, Common Dreams, Daily Beast, Daily Wire, Epoch Times, Fox News, HuffPost, LA Times, Newsweek, The Hill, CNN, Mother Jones, NY Post, NYTimes, USA Today, Washington Post).
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Activists have shifted to rapid responses instead of mass demonstrations, and social media is filled with videos of arrests on city streets and outside Home Depots.
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President Donald Trump sharply criticized NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, threatening to cut federal funding if he is elected and implements his proposed agenda.
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