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--:-- John Bickley: Welcome to Evening Wire, I'm John Bickley, and I'm here with Georgia Howe.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for tuning in, John.
--:-- John Bickley: Today's big story is Trump's big, beautiful bill moving one step closer to becoming the large, lovely law. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the details.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Thanks, John. After an all-night legislative debate, President Trump's signature spending package squeaked through the Senate with a 50-50 vote, as Vice President J.D. Vance served as the tiebreaker. The bill will go back to the House for reconciliation and a final vote. If all goes according to plan, it will reach the president's desk on Friday, where it will then be signed into law.
--:-- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer: [audio clip] When people start losing their Medicaid, they'll remember this vote. The American people will remember the Republican betrayal. Americans will pay the price for this perfidy for generations.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Meanwhile, Republican members in the chamber say the bill will save Americans money and avoid a 68 percent tax increase. Here's Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
--:-- John Thune: With this legislation, we're fulfilling the mandate we were entrusted with last November and setting our country and the American people up to be safer, stronger and more prosperous.
--:-- John Bickley: President Trump visited the newly opened ice detention facility deep in the Florida Everglades, nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz. Officials say the site, built on a remote former airfield, will hold up to 5,000 migrants and is nearly impossible to escape.
--:-- President Trump: [audio clip] I think what's going to happen is Doge is going to look at Musk. And if Doge looks at Musk, we're going to save a fortune. Thank you very much, everybody. I don't think you should be playing that game with me.
--:-- John Bickley: The Trump bromance is once again on the rocks and the two are trading blows over the president's sweeping spending bill. Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has the latest.
--:-- Tim Rice: President Trump appears to have threatened the South Africa-born billionaire with deportation, while Musk says he plans to back primary challenges against Republicans who support the bill, which he says will cause insane debt.
--:-- President Trump: [audio clip] The president hit back, suggesting Musk was upset about the bill killing electric vehicle mandates and hinted that federal subsidies and contracts for Tesla and SpaceX could be at risk.
--:-- John Bickley: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says a July rate cut is not out of the question. Speaking at a European central bank forum, Powell said decisions will depend on how the data evolve and added that the Fed remains 100 percent focused on controlling inflation and jobs while brushing off Trump's criticism.
--:-- Jerome Powell: A majority of us do feel that will be appropriate in the remaining four meetings of the year to begin to reduce rates.
--:-- John Bickley: President Trump has demanded steep cuts, saying rates should drop to 1 percent or lower. The Fed's next meeting is July 29th and 30th.
--:-- John Bickley: Trump is lifting sanctions on Syria in a sweeping policy shift. A new executive order will end various sanctions programs on the country beginning on January 1st.
--:-- John Bickley: USAID has officially been shut down. On Tuesday, July 1st, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that USAID will no longer administer any foreign aid, noting in a memo that foreign assistance programs that align with administration policies and which advance American interests will be administered by the State Department where they will be delivered with more accountability strategy and efficiency.
--:-- Marco Rubio: [audio clip] Foreign assistance programs that align with administration policies and which advance American interests will be administered by the State Department where they will be delivered with more accountability strategy and efficiency.
--:-- John Bickley: America's first responders rely on FirstNet, a network purpose-built with and for first responders covering every corner of our nation and keeping us all safe. It's a promise that public safety comes first. FirstNet, built with AT&T.
--:-- John Bickley: Borders are Tom Homan slammed CNN Monday for promoting an ice tracking app. After Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olihan asked the press secretary about the app earlier in the day, Homan unloaded on the left-wing network.
--:-- Tom Homan: It's only a matter of time for our states is our ambush by some nut, like what happened in L.A. throwing a model top cocktail, throwing bricks at these officers. This is just disgusting at every level.
--:-- John Bickley: Two Chinese nationals were arrested on Friday for allegedly spying on U.S. Navy personnel and bases. The two suspects have been charged with gathering intelligence and recruiting spies within the American military on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security.
--:-- John Bickley: A flesh-eating parasite has crossed over the biological barrier posed by the treacherous Darien Gap, which separates North and South America. Daily Wire researcher Michael Whitaker has more.
--:-- Michael Whitaker: The New World screwworm has rapidly advanced out of its native habitat, and cases are now being reported as far north as Veracruz, Mexico, which is about 700 miles south of the U.S. border.
--:-- John Bickley: On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced an immediate embargo on all livestock coming from Mexico in an effort to prevent the blight from spreading.
--:-- Brooke Rollins: [audio clip] The screwworm's adult form, a fly, typically lays hundreds of its eggs in the wounds of warm mammals including humans Infestation can cause severe soft tissue damage and even death.
--:-- John Bickley: The alleged murderer of four University of Idaho undergrads has pleaded guilty. Brian Koberger accepted a plea deal just weeks before his trial was set to begin. He had previously maintained his innocence. He will avoid the death penalty and will instead serve life in prison.
--:-- John Bickley: The Mexican Navy ship that hit the Brooklyn Bridge apparently went backwards before crashing. NTSB officials say the ship sped up and ignored orders to stop as it approached the bridge.
--:-- John Bickley: Lululemon is suing Costco for allegedly making illegal knockoffs of their athletic clothing and selling them for a cheaper price.
--:-- John Bickley: That's all for tonight's Evening Wire. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. Thanks for tuning in.
--:-- Georgia Howe: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another edition of Morning Wire.
--:-- John Bickley: Thanks for listening.
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