Inside the GOP’s unprecedented move to claim tax-cut extensions are “free”

在共和党前所未有的举措中宣称减税延期是“免费的”

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2025-07-01

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Senate Republicans are racing to get their sprawling bill to the House. The Wall Street Journal’s Richard Rubin joins to explain the financial maneuver Republicans are using to say that their tax-cut extensions will not impact the federal budget. As USAID is absorbed into the State Department, the Washington Post’s Katharine Houreld tells us funding how cuts are hurting people in Sudan. The Trump administration has repurposed an app from the previous administration to encourage migrants to self-deport. The Atlantic’s Nick Miroff has more. Plus, a victim of the attacks in Boulder died, why roads buckle in extreme heat, and how the WNBA is poised to expand. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
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  • Good morning.

  • It's Tuesday, July 1st.

  • I'm Shemitah Basu.

  • This is Apple News Today.

  • On today's show, aid workers face difficult decisions in Sudan after US funding cuts.

  • The Biden-era asylum app redesigned to speed up deportations.

  • And the WNBA is set to welcome three new teams.

  • But first,

  • the Senate spent the bulk of Monday weighing a long list of potential amendments to the sprawling tax and spending package.

  • Two Republicans have said that they would not vote for the legislation,

  • and others have indicated that they might still be undecided,

  • with critics coming from different factions of the party.