Today's Headlines: Trump Policy Bill Clears Congress After House G.O.P. Quells Revolt
How Trump’s China Tariffs Are Jeopardizing America’s Fireworks Extravaganzas
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July 4, 2025, 4:15 a.m. Eastern time

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Trump Policy Bill Clears Congress After House G.O.P. Quells Revolt

After a tumultuous day, an overnight cliffhanger of a vote and a record-breaking speech, Republicans managed to wear down internal resistance and muscle their domestic policy bill through the House.

How Trump’s China Tariffs Are Jeopardizing America’s Fireworks Extravaganzas

The pyrotechnics industry relies heavily on Chinese fireworks imports and warns that this could be the last big bang Fourth of July.

In Trump’s Bill, Democrats See a Path to Win Back Voters

Top party officials consider the president’s sweeping domestic policy bill to be cruel and fiscally ruinous — and they’re betting the American public will, too.

Editors’ Picks

He Made Green-Wood Cemetery a Destination for the Living

Richard J. Moylan has overseen a transformation of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn in his nearly 40 years as president. Now he’s ready to retire.

Opinion | This Is What Our Conservative Columnists Really Think of Trump’s Bill

Seven writers on the best and worst provisions in Trump’s bill.

World

Once Russia’s Most Volatile Region, Chechnya Is Bracing for Succession

Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been noticeably absent from view, while grooming his teenage son for the future.

Pope Leo Returns to Tradition: A Summer Break at a Papal Villa

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, leaving the town a bit bereft.

The Site of the Jonestown Massacre Opens to Tourists. Some Ask Why.

Both American survivors of the mass suicide and murder and Guyanese have criticized the tour. But defenders say the site offers important lessons.

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U.S.

They Planned Parties and Salsa Music for July 4th. ICE Raids Made Them Think Twice.

Some communities in the Los Angeles region canceled events over fears of immigration raids, as Latinos grapple with how, and whether, to celebrate Independence Day.

After Mamdani Mania, the Next Democratic Test Comes to Tucson

Adelita Grijalva remains heavily favored to win the House seat of her late father, Raúl Grijalva, but youthful challengers and tired voters are asking why change is so hard for Democrats.

Congress Passes a National School Voucher Program

The plan, part of the Republican domestic policy bill, includes all but the wealthiest families. But states must opt in, which could limit its reach.

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Politics

Will Politics Derail America’s 250th Birthday Bash?

This week, President Trump will start the countdown to next summer’s Semiquincentennial with an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Not everyone wants to wave the flag his way.

Supreme Court Lets Trump Deport Eight Migrants to South Sudan

The court’s order followed a broader one last month allowing removals to countries with which migrants have no connections.

E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump

The letter had accused the Trump administration of politicizing, dismantling and sidelining the agency.

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Business

Solid Jobs Report Keeps Fed Rate Cuts at Bay

The latest labor market data reinforces the central bank’s wait-and-see approach to lowering borrowing costs, despite pressure from President Trump.

Why 50,000 Iconic French Shirts, Intended for America, Sit in Storage

Hit by President Trump’s tariffs, the Saint James clothing factory has put its inventory of striped shirts and sweaters intended for U.S. retailers in its warehouse in France.

Trump Wants the World to Squeeze Out China. He’s Starting With Vietnam.

An initial trade deal with Vietnam offers a glimpse of how President Trump is pushing countries to cut back on trade with China.

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Arts

Sean Combs’s Winning Defense: He’s Abusive, but He’s Not a Racketeer

In defusing much of the government’s case, lawyers for the music mogul did not dispute that he did bad things. They disputed that they matched the crimes he was charged with.

In ‘The Matchmaker,’ Meet Dolly Levi Before She Was ‘Dolly!’

Thornton Wilder’s play became a blockbuster musical, but a production under an upstate tent makes the case for its stand-alone virtues.

Secret Love Letters Remain Sealed in Vermeer Show

The Frick’s first post-renovation show unites three Vermeer masterpieces that explore letter-writing and (maybe) love affairs.

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New York

Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application

Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat running for mayor of New York City, was born in Uganda. He doesn’t consider himself Black but said the application didn’t allow for the complexity of his background.

Tisch Refuses to Fire Officer Who Killed Driver, Despite Judge’s Finding

The police commissioner said Lieutenant Jonathan Rivera fired shots that killed a man after a seatbelt stop only because he believed his partner’s life was in peril.