U.S. employers added 147,000 jobs in June. Job gains for April and May were revised up by a total of 16,000 jobs. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images North America hide caption
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) is surrounded by security and staff as he heads to the House Chamber for a procedural vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in the U.S. Capitol on July 02 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America hide caption
GOP Megabill Latest, Tax Cuts And Debt, Sean Combs Conviction
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the House Chamber during a procedural vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Johnson managed to cobble together the votes needed to pass the final rule for the bill, setting the House up for final passage ahead of a self-imposed July 4 deadline. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption
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West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey is among 19 Republican governors of states that stand to lose federal Medicaid funds if Congress passes the tax bill with proposed cuts to the program. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
A continuous glucose monitor helps people track their blood sugar spikes and dips. filadendron/E+/Getty Images hide caption
Sean "Diddy" Combs performs in 2023 at Howard University's Yardfest in Washington, D.C. Thaddaeus McAdams/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump talks to members of the press as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A traveler walks through Newark Liberty International Airport in early June. United Airlines says Newark was the most reliable airport in the New York City area in June — a remarkable turnaround after a wave of cancellations and delays in April and May. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
We flew to Newark to find out if the airport is recovering from its recent struggles
In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) rescuers search for victims after a ferry enroute for the resort island of Bali sank off Ketapang, East Java, Indonesia on Thursday. BASARNAS/AP/BASARNAS via AP hide caption
Security guards stand watch as Haiti's Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime, center, talks with the Mexico's Charge d'Affaires Jesus Cisneros after attending an event marking one year since the start of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Thursday. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption
A migrant seeking asylum holds up the CBP One app showing his appointment was canceled after President Donald Trump was sworn into office, Jan. 20, 2025, in Matamoros, Mexico. A federal judge Wednesday struck down Trump's suspension of asylums at the southern border. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Ukrainian actress Antonina Khyzhniak made a video in response to seeing stock footage of herself used in a White House video. She acts out an imaginary negotiation between herself and President Trump. Screenshot by NPR hide caption
A Ukrainian actress saw herself in a White House video – and created one of her own
Palestinians outside a food distribution site run by an Israeli and U.S. backed group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, on June 24. Hundreds of Palestinians seeking food at the group's sites have been killed by Israeli military fire, according to health officials and international medical teams in Gaza. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption
The CBS logo is seen on a building in Chicago. The network's parent company, Paramount Global, has agreed to pay $16 million for President Trump's future presidential library to settle a lawsuit he filed over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris during last fall's elections. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images/NurPhoto hide caption
CBS is the latest news powerhouse to bend to Trump’s power
A variety of forecasters say the tax cut and spending bill passed by the Senate this week would add trillions of dollars to the federal debt over the next decade. The bill extends many of the 2017 tax cuts while reducing spending on Medicaid and food stamps. Derek White/Getty Images North America hide caption
The GOP's massive bill would add trillions of dollars to the country's debt
President Trump attends a press conference in Hanoi on Nov. 12, 2017, during his first term in office. Luong Thai Linh/AFP Contributor/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Travelers go through security at San Francisco International Airport the Friday before Memorial Day. AAA predicts Fourth of July weekend will be even busier. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Sean Combs reacts as the jury foreperson and courtroom deputy read verdicts of the five counts against him during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City in this courtroom sketch. The music mogul was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution but acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. Jane Rosenberg/Reuters hide caption
Sean Combs found guilty on two counts, but acquitted on most serious charges
The Wisconsin Supreme Court listens to arguments during a redistricting hearing at the state Capitol, Nov. 21, 2023, in Madison, Wis. The court decided Wednesday, July 2, 2025, that the state's 176-year-old law does not ban abortion. Ruthie Hauge/AP/Pool The Capital Times hide caption
Timothée Chalamet, Donald Glover and Benson Boone sporting just a mustache, no beard. Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Dia Dipasupil and Michael Tran/Getty Images hide caption
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks with reporters as he returns to his office after going to the House Rules Committee as it holds a hearing to consider the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on July 01, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
Tax And Spending Bill, Medicaid Concerns, Gun Tracing Fund
Maine Gov. Janet Mills is warning about the detrimental impact that the massive tax and spending legislation backed by President Trump could have on healthcare services in her state. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills discusses how the GOP megabill will impact Maine
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama presides over an event celebrating his 90th birthday in Dharamshala, India. Ashwini Bhatia/AP hide caption