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What are the key provisions of the tax and spending bill President Trump wants passed?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. House lawmakers have voted to advance the massive tax and spending bill that President Trump wants finalized by tomorrow. The proposal includes extra funding for border security in the military. Republican Congressman Mike Lawler says the proposed tax cuts in the legislation are needed because the ones passed in twenty seventeen will soon expire.
Well, the President obviously wants to get the bill uh passed. Uh number one, this is uh the largest tax cut uh and uh failure here will result in the largest tax increase uh in American history and it would be a disaster uh for the economy.
Moderate Republicans and Democrats have expressed concern that proposed Medicaid cuts will harm rural communities. the low income and their health care providers. And a message posted on X President Trump said that MAGA was not happy with GOP holdouts.
How did the federal jury rule in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex‑trafficking case?
A federal jury in Manhattan returned a mixed verdict in the sex trafficking and racketeering case against Sean Diddy Combs. The jury acquitted the defendant of those charges and convicted him on lesser counts. The judge overseeing the case has denied bail for Combs. Saying he's displayed a years-long pattern of violence. NPR's Anastasius has more.
At a hearing hours after the verdict was read in Manhattan, Judge Arun Subermanian denied Sean Combs' request to await his sentencing from the comforts of his home. Per AP, the judge said Combs had not demonstrated a quote, lack of danger to any person or the community. Combs was convicted today on two prostitution related federal charges, but the jury found him not guilty of more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking. Combs faces a maximum of ten years in prison for each of the two prostitution related counts. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
Why did the University of Idaho suspect plead guilty to four murders and what was the sentence?
Anastasiat Zulkas and Pierre News, New York.
The man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in the fall of twenty twenty two has pleaded guilty to the charges convinced. Northwest Public Broadcasting's Laura Patterson has more.
The families of the victims, reporters, and police packed the courtroom. Koberger accepted a plea deal, agreeing to four consecutive life terms for the murders of Madison Mogan, Kayleigh Gonzalez, Xanna Kernodal, and Ethan Chapin, and ten years for a burglary charge, waiving his right to appeal. Judge Hipler asked Koberger if he was admitting to the charges.
Are you pleading guilty because you are guilty? Yes.
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for july twenty third. For NPR News, I'm Lauren Patterson
in Boise.
What is the latest on the Gaza conflict and the emerging cease‑fire?
US futures are flat and after hours trading on Wall Street. On Asia Pacific markets, shares are mixed up a fraction in Shanghai. This is NPR. At least eighty two Palestinians were killed in overnight airstrikes and shootings in Gaza, according to the territory's health ministry. The Israeli military blames Hamas for civilian casualties, saying it continues to operate from populated areas. The deaths come as Israel and Hamas appear to be closer to reaching a permanent ceasefire. A heat wave continues in parts of Europe where temperatures surpassed one hundred and four degrees in some places. Spain and Portugal have just experienced their hottest June on record. As NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports, Italy is suffering from power blackouts and a surge in hospital admissions.
Italian newspapers describe the quote heat assassin.
How is Europe coping with the extreme heat wave and what measures are being taken?
Admissions to hospital emergency rooms in parts of Italy have risen by some 20% in this heat wave. Power networks struggle from overheated cables and the strain from air conditioners. A blackout in Florence saw traffic lights go dark, people stuck in elevators and homes and hotels where we're left without power. In Rome, the Red Cross put up cooling tents for the pilgrims visiting in this Jubilee year for Catholics, and Naples has set up a map of climate shelters in villas and gardens. The city of Bari gives free admissions for the elderly to municipal swimming pools. The World Health Organization says European countries are seeing temperatures rise at around twice the global average.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the key provisions of the tax and spending bill President Trump wants passed?
0:02–1:00
2
How did the federal jury rule in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex‑trafficking case?
1:00–2:03
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Why did the University of Idaho suspect plead guilty to four murders and what was the sentence?
2:03–2:50
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What is the latest on the Gaza conflict and the emerging cease‑fire?
2:50–3:41
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How is Europe coping with the extreme heat wave and what measures are being taken?
3:41–4:39