Tracking Trump: Senate passes the GOP budget bill; Musk and Trump resume fight; states sue Trump over mental-health cuts; and more
Read more: Tracking Trump: Senate passes the GOP budget bill; Musk and Trump resume fight; states sue Trump over mental-health cuts; and more – The Washington PostSource Links: The 7 things to know about President Donald Trump for Tuesday, July 1 – The Washington Post
The 7 follows President Donald Trump’s second term.
Today at 5:53 p.m. EDT
(Katty Huertas/The Washington Post), By Alec Dent
1 – The Senate passed Trump’s tax and immigration bill.
The big story: The Senate passed the bill by a 51-50 vote — with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaking vote — as President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline loomed.
Notable “no” votes: Republican Sens. Thom Tillis (North Carolina), Susan Collins (Maine) and Rand Paul (Kentucky) broke from their party to vote against the bill.
What’s next: The Senate and House versions of the bill are different, so now the bill returns to the House for consideration.
2 – Elon Musk and Trump made political threats against each other.
The latest: Musk called for a new political party to form if the GOP budget bill passed, prompting Trump to suggest he’ll reconsider Musk’s government subsidies.
Feuding: Musk, who led the U.S. DOGE Service and served as a Trump adviser, fell out with the president over the budget bill, of which Musk has been sharply critical.
3 – A study estimated USAID cuts could cause 14 million deaths.
Yesterday: Medical journal the Lancet published a study estimating 14 million additional deaths could occur globally during the next five years because of cuts to USAID.
Context: The U.S. accounted for 40 percent of all humanitarian aid tracked by the United Nations last year, so the Trump cuts to USAID and other foreign aid programs will be sharply felt.
4 – Trump dropped a federal lawsuit against an Iowa pollster.
What to know: Trump dropped the federal lawsuit he filed against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register over a poll that showed him losing Iowa to Kamala Harris.
The arguments: Trump’s lawyers have argued the poll was “election interference,” while Selzer and the Register say it’s a form of protected political speech.
But: The president’s legal battle against Selzer and the Register will continue in Iowa state court, where Trump has refiled his suit.
5 – A group of states sued the Trump administration over mental health grant cuts.
Today: Sixteen states’ attorneys general announced a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Trump ending more than $1 billion in grants related to mental health.
Background: The Education Department started cutting grants in April, justifying the cuts by claiming schools were misusing the funds to diversify their pool of psychologists.
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