{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftodays-news.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ftodays-news-july-3-4-2025-_JPFffnf","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Today's news, July 3-4, 2025","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/01f7d4b2-716c-43f9-8a03-c96056c76782/89344279-a63c-4f51-b658-8fc14d0facd5/wwop-todays-20news-20cover.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill passed, solidifying key MAGA policies by cutting Medicaid for illegals, boosting ICE, defunding Planned Parenthood by nearly $1 billion, and advancing middle-class tax cuts, while the Supreme Court continued siding with Trump on immigration and deportation cases. Trump scored multiple recent wins, including foreign policy breakthroughs, economic surges, NATO spending increases, and a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. Despite growing GOP momentum in voter registrations, Trump stirred backlash by suggesting illegal farmworkers could stay. The Supreme Court is set to decide on trans athletes in women’s sports, as debates over gender continue. Economically, job growth exceeded forecasts, tariffs generated record revenue, and car sales hit post-pandemic highs, while layoffs loom at UPS and Microsoft. Internationally, Trump's tariffs advance, Germany’s energy hypocrisy surfaces, and Vietnam trade deals strengthen. In entertainment, kids' movies are outperforming struggling blockbusters. COVID-19 vaccine injury concerns grow as insurers, Social Security, and funeral home trends suggest rising sudden deaths, with RFK Jr. pushing vaccine injury reform. Meanwhile, U.S. tree cover is expanding significantly."}