Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill faces trouble in the HouseThe Senate made so many amendments to the bill—many of which increase the federal deficit—that House Republicans
are now balking at approving it. Republicans have vowed to pass the bill by July 4.
Israel agrees to ceasefire in Gaza, Trump saysIn
a post on Truth Social the president said “Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize the 60 Day CEASEFIRE” in Gaza but that Hamas has not yet agreed to the proposal. “I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this Deal, because it will not get better — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE,” the president said. Neither Israel nor Hamas independently confirmed they had agreed to the deal,
according to the BBC.
Thiel, Luckey fund Tolkein-themed replacement for Silicon Valley Bank Palmer Luckey, Peter Thiel and others have agreed to fund a new bank serving tech startup customers that
would fill the hole left by Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed in 2023.
Trump Administration gives Putin room to breathe in UkraineThe U.S. has stopped shipments of certain weapons systems to Ukraine,
the WSJ reports. The weapons will instead be used to replenish U.S. military supplies. “This decision was made to put America’s interests first,” the White House said. The move comes after Ukraine has slowly been losing ground in its war with Russia. At the same time, the Trump Administration has
imposed no new sanctions on Russia, which has allowed Putin to work around existing sanctions and replenish his war supplies.
Powell: It's the tariffs that are the problemU.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that if the Trump administration had not introduced its tariff plan, the Fed would have
lowered interest rates already. “We went on hold when we saw the size of the tariffs and where, and essentially all, all inflation forecasts for the United States went up materially as a consequence of the tariffs,” he said.
Trump-owned Bitcoin miner raised $220 millionThe Trump family’s
crypto-mining company American Bitcoin raised $220 million. With the new capital, the company, a subsidiary of Hut 8 and backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., is planning to buy more computer servers for crypto mining and to acquire more cryptocurrency.
Strategy’s Bitcoin gain will likely be $14 billionThe company formerly known as MicroStrategy is expected to post $112.8 million in Q2 revenue,
according to analysts polled by Bloomberg. Its astonishing gains come from buying and holding Bitcoin.
Meta recruitment Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that Meta is building a “Superintelligence” team by pulling talent from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google sent the company’s stock up to an
all-time high yesterday. The move has reportedly shaken up execs at Sam Altman’s OpenAI.
Sean Combs jury continues to deliberateThey have agreed verdicts on four of five charges but are stuck debating the racketeering-conspiracy charge. The verdicts have
not yet been revealed.