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President Trump’s Megabill barely accepted the Senate yesterday with a voice of 51-50. Vice-president Vance released the tie-breaking mood. The house is planning to vote on the bill today, because Republicans hope to get the package on Friday at the president’s office. The legislation is expected to add $ 3.3 trillion to the American budget deficit until 2034. This is what is in the plan.

• 🎧 House speaker Mike Johnson cannot afford more than three people who vote against the package And said that it is a factor again. Flights were delayed and canceled last night when members of the house tried to reach the capital of the nation to vote. The Deirdre Walsh of NPR tells First on that some conservatives threatened to vote no Because the senate bill costs considerably more than the version that the house adopted in May. The GOP message is that the congress must pass the bill to prevent a tax increase, because the tax cuts that were expired during the first term of Trump will expire at the end of this year. Walsh says it is a complicated message, because most people will not see important changes in their salary.

Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” aims to reduce the federal editions on Medicaid and the affordable care act marketplaces According to the non -partisan Congressional Budget Office with around $ 930 billion in the following decade. The latter estimate means a reduction of $ 100 billion more than what the house voted to reduce in May. If adopted, the bill would reverse much of the health of health during the Biden and Obama administrations, making it easier for millions of people to gain access to health care and lower the American uninsured rate to register lows.

• 🎧 There are currently 26 million Americans without health insurance. That number is expected to rise By a third party because of this bill, according to the CBO. The primary way in which the bill will separate people from their insurance is an elevated paperwork, says Julie Rovner with KFF Health News. The bill would require people to prove their suitability every six months instead of once a year. The process would be more than filling in a form; People should upload a lot of documentation to prove their claims about their income or health status. This can be a difficult task for those who are physically or mentally ill.

The Trump government is restructuring the Bureau for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firesty and Explosives. DOGE cooperates with ATF on around 50 legal changes, many of which are aimed at relaxing weapons instructions, according to People NPR’s Meg Anderson spoke with whom is familiar with the issue. One proposed change would extend the validity of background controls for firearm purchases from 30 days to 60 days. Another change would allow arms traders to destroy records after 20 years, instead of storing that data indefinitely.

• 🎧 The Ministry of Justice has also proposed cutbacks to more than 500 researchers. The ATF is the only Bureau in the US with the possibility of tracing weapons involved in crimes, a service police that are always used. The agency maintains a database with markings on bullets and hulses after they have been fired. “It’s like the fingerprint of a gun,” says Anderson. Brandon del Pozo, who used to be the police chief in Burlington, vt., Says that cutbacks are on the desk At odds with the Trump claim That they are difficult in crime.

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Love Island is a bit too close to home.

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Love Island is a bit too close to home.

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Whether you look reality TV, you might have noticed the new season Love Island USA Take over your social media. The show, which brings a group of people together to compete for love and $ 100,000, receives a lot of attention. To make it more exciting, the show is produced in real time, so that the audience can really deal with what is happening. But this season has many viewers who scratch their heads because of the extreme lack of romance. On It’s a minute agohost Brittany Luse chats with co-owner of Defector Media, Kelsey McKinney and co-gastheer of scamfluencers, Sarah Hagi, about how the show may be a Reflection of the current dating misery.

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The Air Traffic Control Tower on Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, ALA. On June 21, 2025. After a wave of technical malfunctions and staff shortages, the Trump administration focuses on reforming the air traffic control system, including the possibility of privatization.

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The current Trump administration is aimed at reforming air traffic control after a recent wave of technical malfunctions and staff shortages. This is not the first time that the administration has tried such reforms. The Trump administration tried to privatize US air traffic control in 2017, but the effort never started. This time the goal is an investment of millions of dollars in the Federal Aviation Administration. Conversations about privatization seem to be on hold. Aviation Industry groups gather behind the Plan of the Secretary of Transport Sean Duffy to modernize the system by upgrading outdated equipment and acquiring recruitment. However, some FAA critics claim that the best way to improve the nation air traffic control system is to remove it entirely from direct government supervision.

• ✈️ In 1996 privatized Canada his air travel system, making it easier to acquire new technology that improved the air travel without undergoing the long -term process of public purchasing.
• ✈️ Canada shifted from the financing of air traffic control mainly through tax revenues to the implementation of costs based on flight weight and distance.
• ✈️ Opponents of privatization claim that it has not always been successful. They quote a recent shortage of air traffic controllers in Canada and a report from 2023 of the International Civil Aviation Organization, which has reduced Canada flight safety classification.
• ✈️ Another concern about privatization is that smaller airports and pilots can disadvantage that do not generate the same economic impact as larger airlines.

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Waffle House has dropped a temporary surcharge for eggs, because the prices return to more normal levels. The chain had added the load in February, because an outbreak of bird flour caused egg prices to rise.

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1. In EGG-Celent News, Waffle House drops the 50-cent per egg surcharge that it added in February, because the prices return to more normal levels.
2. Luxury athletic brand Lululemon suggests Costco and claims that the wholesale giant has copied several of his characteristic designs and sold them at lower prices under the Kirkland Signature brand.
3. Paramount Global has agreed to pay $ 16 million at the basis of Trump for his future presidential library. This payment arranges a lawsuit that he has filed with regard to the adaptation of a 60 minutes Interview with former vice -president Kamala Harris.

This newsletter was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.