We are living in interesting times, a turning point in history.
Are we entering a dark authoritarian era or are we on the brink of a technological golden age or the apocalypse?
No one really knows, but I'm trying to find out.
From New York Times Opinion, I'm Ross Douthat and on my show, Interesting Times,
I'm exploring this strange new world order with the thinkers and leaders giving its shape.
Follow it wherever you get your podcasts.
From New York Times, I'm Michael Bobaro.
This is The Daily.
On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50.
The Senate being evenly divided, the Vice President votes in the affirmative.
The bill as amended is passed.
With a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Vance, The U.S.
Senate has adopted President Trump's giant domestic policy bill,
which now heads back to the House of Representatives for a final vote.
The legislation is defined by the staggering amount of debt that it's creating.
More than three trillion dollars.
Today, I speak with my colleague, Andy Duren,
about how Republicans have rewritten the rules to try to make all of that debt.
And to Colby Smith about why, despite that sleight of hand,
the world is less and less convinced that the United States can handle its current debts.