2025-07-02
7 分钟I'm Helene Cooper.
I cover the US military for the New York Times.
So I'm sitting in my car in a parking lot outside the Pentagon.
I had a cubicle with a desk inside the building for years,
but the Trump administration has taken that away.
People in power have always made it difficult for journalists.
It hasn't stopped us in the past.
It's not going to stop us now.
I will keep working to get you the facts.
This work doesn't happen without subscribers to The New York Times.
From The New York Times, it's The Headlines.
I'm Tracy Mumford.
Today's Wednesday, July 2nd.
Here's what we're covering.
President Trump's signature policy bill is moving closer to becoming law by the narrowest possible margins.
An earlier version squeaked through the House back in May by a single vote,
and yesterday the Senate passed its own draft, again by one vote.
The passage came after a brutal slog of debating and negotiating as GOP leaders maneuvered to get the needed votes.
Ultimately,
a skeptical Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski seemed to swing things by agreeing to support the legislation,