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House GOP holdouts were persuaded to vote in favor of President Donald Trump's spending bill after getting a sneak peek at coming executive orders, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday, according to Politico.

Johnson gave himself a pat on the back Thursday afternoon as GOP lawmakers voted to pass the megabill a "day early," meaning ahead of Trump's Fourth of July deadline. Politico noted that the getting GOP holdouts over the hump took some help from Trump's administration, who gave the lawmakers a "better 'understanding' [of] how the Trump administration will carry out the soon-to-be law — not future promises."

Experts are thrashing the Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary Lee Zeldin for retaliating against a group of workers who signed a public letter calling out the "misinformation" coming from the agency.

The EPA placed 139 employees on administrative leave because they signed the letter, dubbed a "declaration of dissent" against President Donald Trump's policies, Axios reported Thursday. The letter says that Zeldin has used his official capacity as EPA Secretary to "promote misinformation and overtly partisan rhetoric."

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) said Thursday he was "amazed" at President Donald Trump's "ability to comprehend the issue and know the facts" about the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill."

Burchett told Fox News that he flipped from opposing the bill to supporting it in part because Trump "never cussed" him during negotiations.

Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) was forced to face the reality that one family will face as a result of his vote to pass the 2026 budget bill that slashes Medicaid, among other things.

CNN anchor Boris Sanchez cited a recent interview that reporter Jeff Zeleny did with a mom about how changes to Medicaid could impact her 9-year-old daughter with brain damage.

With President Donald Trump's megabill of tax cuts, health care cuts, and deportation funding passed and headed to his desk, a fresh wave of anger and mockery has been directed at Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the key undecided vote who ultimately helped the bill clear the Senate.

At the time, Murkowski called it one of the hardest votes she had ever made, and emphasized that the House should fix key problems in the bill and send it back to the Senate for another round of voting.

A Fox News reporter questioned Republican Rep. Mike Lawler (NY) about the positives he sees in the 2026 budget bill that will sunset after a few years.

He touted the "child tax credit, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime." However, the Fox reporter cut him off, asking, "Those will expire in 2028, correct? Those provisions —"

President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation package, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” passed by a razor-thin margin of 218-214 in the House on Thursday afternoon, but two Republican lawmakers are skipping the celebration, having been the sole Republican dissenters in Congress’ lower chamber.

“We got a statement from Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Republican, one of just two Republicans to vote against the so-called 'Big Beautiful Bill,’” said CNN’s Boris Sanchez on CNN's "News Central," having received a comment from Massie following the vote.

Mother Jones Washington bureau chief and analyst David Corn ticked down a list of similarities between the infractions of President Donald Trump and the abuses of King George III that drove U.S. colonists to rebel against Britain. At nearly 30 comparisons, the list is not short.

Like "Mad King” George, refusing to approve laws passed by the colonies, Corn says Trump has shown his disregard for Congress by simply ignoring existing laws. Trump issued an executive order to end birthright citizenship, which is enshrined in the Constitution, notes Corn. He’s also manipulated the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 “to claim powers not afforded the president.”

With President Donald Trump's massive tax break for billionaires at the expense of Medicaid and crucial public services passing the House on Thursday afternoon, Democratic officials condemned the legislation — and vowed that Trump and his supporters would rue the day.

As the vote inched closer, Democrats paid tribute to their own leadership for doing everything in their power to hold up the bill and prevent the GOP from passing it in the dead of night.

NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo lashed out at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Thursday, blaming her for Democrats’ defeat in the 2024 elections during a public spat.

In a social media post on X, Ocasio-Cortez ripped Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) for condemning the Senate changes to President Donald Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" and voting for it anyway. Ocasio-Cortez went on to place the blame for the potential impacts of the megabill, which include 17 million Americans losing health insurance, directly at her feet.

In a razor-thin vote of 218-214 the House finally passed Thursday afternoon President Donald Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

It followed an all-night session in which the Republican leadership was able to convince all but one of its members to back the legislation. The night had started with five members voting against the bill, and several others declining to vote at all.