A view of the Capitol as the Senate considers Trump's sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. June 29, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno |
- Following up to 20 hours of debate on President Donald Trump's tax cut bill, the Senate will enter an amendment session, known as a "vote-a-rama," before voting on passage. Andy Sullivan joins the Reuters World News podcast to talk about its possible impact on different generations - listen now.
- As the bill grinds its way through the Senate, incentives are growing for foreign investors to diversify out of US Treasuries losing sheen from prospects of deficit spending and inflation-boosting tariffs. A nonpartisan forecaster said the bill would add an estimated $3.3 trillion to the nation's debt over a decade.
- New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani defended his democratic socialism and argued that his focus on economic issues should serve as a model for the party, even though some top Democrats have been reluctant to embrace him.
- Trump is expected to attend the opening of a temporary migrant detention center in southern Florida dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz", a source familiar with the matter said.
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Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk |
A Guatemalan immigrant works on a crop field at a farm in Kern County, California, U.S., June 19, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares |
Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars' worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the US illegally. Tate knows the farms around her well. And she says she can see with her own eyes how raids carried out by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the area's fields earlier this month, part of President Trump's migration crackdown, have frightened off workers. |
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Customers shop for 'Kolhapuri' sandals, an Indian ethnic footwear, at a store in New Delhi, India, June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi |
Luxury fashion powerhouse Prada has acknowledged the ancient Indian roots of its new sandal design after the debut of the open-toe footwear sparked a furore among Indian artisans and politicians thousands of miles from the catwalk in Italy. |
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