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How will the Senate tax cut and spending plan affect the federal deficit?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. House Republicans are racing to finalize work on the Senate's version of the massive tax cut and spending plan that President Trump wants finalized by Friday. Trump has been meeting with GOP holdouts to get them on board. As NPR Scott Horsley reports, budget watchdogs are warning that the measure could add trillions of dollars to the federal deficit.
They all say it would push that budget even further out of balance. The bill would extend many of the individual tax cuts from President Trump's first term and then also add some new tax breaks, so there would be less money coming into the government's coffers. The bill would also increase government spending on things like defense and immigration enforcement. And while there are some deep cuts here to safety net programs. like Medicaid and food stamps, those don't begin to make up for all the lost revenue.
Why did Iran decide to stop cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency?
So the overall effect would be trillions of dollars in additional debt over the next decade. And just paying interest on that debt is already one of the government's biggest expenses. Interest payments will likely cost taxpayers more than a trillion dollars this year.
NPR Scott Horsley. Iran says it will no longer cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is the UN's nuclear watchdog. НПРСМ Келман репорт, с коллег на м'яв концерн.
Стат департамент спокerson Тамі Брус сірани за макиз.
That Iran chose to suspend cooperation with the IEEE at a time. Вен і хазяйство реверс корс аусе в песне просері.
What constitutional issues are raised by Texas’ law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms?
Авторію струкнур сайті з Іран від бunkер бusting bombs. Президен Трамп репетили said that he thinks Iran no longer has an interest in its nuclear program, which he says was quot obliterated. Мишел Келеман НПРНЮз де Стайт Депармент.
A coalition of civil liberties groups is challenging a Texas law requiring a display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms. From Houston Public Media, Andrew Schneider has details.
The groups are suing on behalf of sixteen Texas families of varying religious and non-religious backgrounds. Sarah Kirsting Mum is with the ACLU of Texas.
Texas schools are not Sunday schools and we need to remember that we all have a First Amendment freedom of religion and it's important to be protecting that.
The groups leading the lawsuit also include Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a financial supporter of NPR.
What was the outcome of the federal jury’s verdict in the Sean “Diddy” Combs case?
Supporters of the legislation in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas all argue that the Ten Commandments are an historical document that underlies all US law. For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.
This is NPR. A federal jury in Manhattan returned a mixed verdict in the sex trafficking and racketeering case against Sean Diddy Combs. The jury acquitted Combs of those charges and convicted him on two lesser counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs had pleaded not guilty to all of the charges against him. The judge ordered him held without bail pending sentencing. California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that expands tax credits for movie and television production in the state. As NPR's Mandalite Del Barco reports, the legislation raises the spending cap to 750 million dollars.
How is California expanding tax credits to keep film and TV production in the state?
Speaking at a movie studio in Burbank, Governor Newsom said California is trying to hold on to the entertainment industry while states like Georgia and Texas and countries like Canada and the UK increasingly lure film and TV productions away with generous rebates and grants.
A world we invented is now competing against us, and we've got to step up our game.
Newsom also announced a new redevelopment program to add more sound stages. Actor Noah Wiley applauded the efforts to keep production in Hollywood.
This city has been growing talent for decades and decades and
Wiley says it's important that his show The Pit was produced here.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How will the Senate tax cut and spending plan affect the federal deficit?
0:01–0:56
2
Why did Iran decide to stop cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency?
0:56–1:50
3
What constitutional issues are raised by Texas’ law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms?
1:50–2:44
4
What was the outcome of the federal jury’s verdict in the Sean “Diddy” Combs case?
2:44–3:37
5
How is California expanding tax credits to keep film and TV production in the state?
3:37–4:38