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| Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota, oversaw the passage of President Trump’s signature domestic policy bill. Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times |
The Senate passed Trump’s signature policy bill
The Senate yesterday voted 51 to 50 to approve President Trump’s sweeping bill, which would slash taxes and social safety net programs. Vice President JD Vance cast the tiebreaking vote after three Republican senators — Susan Collins, Thom Tillis and Rand Paul — voted no.
The vote came after more than 24 brutal hours of debating and negotiating. Republicans cut deals and haggled with skeptics until the very last moments. But the legislative win presents a considerable risk to the party’s political future, my colleague Carl Hulse writes.
An initial analysis showed the bill adding at least $3.3 trillion to the nation’s debt over the next 10 years. It would also reduce the amount of tax revenue the country collects for decades. Such a shortfall could begin a seismic shift in the nation’s fiscal trajectory and raise the risk of a debt crisis.
Details: The bill would extend roughly $3.8 trillion in tax cuts that were enacted in 2017, during Trump’s first term, and would provide tens of billions of dollars in new funding for border security and the military. Millions of low-income Americans could experience staggering financial losses through cuts to health insurance and other federal aid.
The latest: A House vote was expected as soon as today. It can afford to lose no more than three Republican votes.
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| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump in the Oval Office in April. Eric Lee/The New York Times |
A new proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza
In a social media post, Trump said that Israel had agreed to “conditions to finalize” a 60-day cease-fire with Hamas, although he provided no detail about the terms of a potential deal. Israeli officials, including the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have not yet confirmed if they have agreed to conditions.
Trump said his representatives had a “long and productive meeting with the Israelis today on Gaza” and, if the cease-fire is agreed upon, there would be talks about a permanent end to the conflict. The proposal, backed by the U.S. and Israel, would be delivered to Hamas by Qatar and Egypt, he said.
Netanyahu is set to meet with Trump next week in what would be the Israeli leader’s third U.S. visit in less than six months. His planned trip coincides with growing international attention on efforts to achieve a truce in the nearly two-year-old war.
West Bank: Scores of Israelis descended on a Palestinian village last week, and set homes and cars on fire. The attack set off a chain of violence.
Protest: Here’s what to know about Bob Vylan, a punk-rap band that now faces a criminal investigation after leading chants of “Death, death to the I.D.F.” at the Glastonbury music festival.
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| A masonry laborer outside Chak Maharajka village, in Rajasthan. Anindito Mukherjee for The New York Times |
How India’s hottest region copes
In some parts of India, daytime temperatures have hovered close to 50 degrees Celsius, and three-quarters of the country’s population is at risk of extreme heat.
For many, there is no escape: Air-conditioning is an impossible dream, and work is done outdoors under the blazing sun. So, as the country warms, its daily rhythms are changing. Reporters for The New York Times spent a day in Sri Ganganagar, the country’s hottest region, to see how residents were coping.
Elsewhere: Extreme heat is stifling Europe, too. Tens of millions of people are bracing for more days of dangerous temperatures. On Monday, Wimbledon had its hottest opening day on record.
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| Ukraine: The White House has paused some weapon transfers to Ukraine, where Russia’s summer offensive is gaining momentum. See photos from the frontline. Thailand: The Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra less than a year after she took office.Iran: A senior Iranian official who had been presumed killed in an Israeli attack last month was seen at a funeral service over the weekend. India: At least 36 people were killed and another three dozen were injured after an explosion at a pharmaceutical factory set off a fire near Hyderabad. Algeria: An appeals court upheld a five-year sentence for Boualem Sansal, an Algerian French writer who has been accused of undermining Algeria’s national unity and security. Crime: A jury reached a partial verdict in the Sean Combs trial, but said it was deadlocked on one charge. The judge told them to keep deliberating. New York: Health officials told the owners of Lucy, a celebrity pig, that she would have to leave the city. After community pushback, she can stay at home — for now. |
From Europe
| Britain: Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced his biggest parliamentary rebellion yet as some of his own party’s lawmakers voted against changes to the social welfare system. Russia: Timur Ivanov, a longtime deputy defense minister, was sentenced to 13 years in a penal colony in a high-profile corruption case. Diplomacy: President Emmanuel Macron of France and President Vladimir Putin of Russia had their first call in almost three years. Denmark: For the first time, the country has extended a lottery for compulsory military service to women. |
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| Tennis: On Day 2 of Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic progressed, but Coco Gauff was knocked out. Catch up on all the action. Soccer: Bravo for $2 hot dogs, boo for $19 beers. Here’s what it costs to eat and drink at the Club World Cup. F1: Inside Cadillac’s U.K. factory, the new American team races to get ready for its first season. College sports: In a deal with the Trump administration, the University of Pennsylvania will not allow transgender women to participate in women’s sports. |
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The world produces nearly a half-billion tons of plastic annually, and rich nations have long relied on poorer ones to take what they discard. Malaysia, for example, received more than 35,000 tons of plastic waste from American scrap brokers last year.
Those arrangements are now ending. Malaysia yesterday effectively banned shipments of plastic waste from the U.S., following in the footsteps of China, Thailand and Indonesia.
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| From left, Mike Segar/Reuters; Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images; Caroline Tompkins for The New York Times; Dustin Franz for The New York Times |
| They’ve got the look: Recap the most stylish people of 2025 so far. TikTok debate: Is getting her flowers or remembering her birthday the “princess treatment,” or simply the bare minimum? A tale of two hemlines: At Paris fashion week, men’s shorts were either really short or really long. End of the line: Britain’s royal train is being discontinued in a round of cost-cutting. |
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A new way to see Cézanne
One of the biggest Cézanne shows in years just opened in the painter’s French hometown, Aix-en-Provence. It features many of the works that admirers know best, including more than a hundred of his bathers, mountains and still lifes. But lesser-known works, like this painting that depicts an exhausted limestone quarry, offer insights that are easily missed, my colleague Jason Farago writes. Take a look.
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Cook: This gnocchi salad is inspired by spanakopita, with spinach, feta and herbs.
