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After weeks of delays, the Senate passed a $70 cardinal bill early this greeting to money migration enforcement for the adjacent 3 years. It took lawmakers 18 hours to walk the bill. Senators voted on statement lines, pinch only 1 Republican opposing the backing package. The measure was delayed complete concerns about the Trump administration's about $1.8 cardinal "anti-weaponization" fund. Despite outrage from Democrats and galore Republicans, GOP lawmakers yet voted overnight to artifact galore amendments that would displease the president.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, speaks to reporters astatine the U.S. Capitol Tuesday about the SAVE America Act and different topics. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

• 🎧 Three Republicans voted pinch Democrats connected a connection from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to forestall the fund's creation altogether — leaving the amendment conscionable awkward of passing, BERITAJA's Barbara Sprunt tells Up First. Another connection to redirect the fund's money to fraud enforcement had much GOP support, but besides grounded to pass. Sprunt says the expanding hostility and conflict betwixt Congress and the White House doesn't look to beryllium stopping anytime soon.
• ➡️ The SAVE America Act was different amendment that failed to walk successful the Senate overnight. President Trump has emphasized that the predetermination overhaul measure should beryllium a apical privilege for his legislature allies.

John Bolton, who antecedently served arsenic Trump's nationalist information adviser, has agreed to plead blameworthy to mishandling classified information. Bolton was indicted successful October connected 18 criminal counts for the retention and transmission of nationalist defense information. Prosecutors opportunity that during his clip arsenic nationalist information advisor nether Trump's first term, Bolton regularly took handwritten notes about his regular activities, including accusation he received during meetings pinch U.S. intelligence officials and discussions pinch overseas leaders. Prosecutors opportunity he would past nonstop immoderate of this delicate accusation to 2 family members, either done a messaging app aliases via email.

• 🎧 The plea woody is tentative and still requires support from a national judge, BERITAJA's Ryan Lucas says. Bolton has said that he believes he is being targeted for governmental reasons owed to his outspoken disapproval of Trump. Former elder intelligence officials opportunity location are valid ineligible grounds for the lawsuit against him. The investigation started nether the Biden management and continued into Trump's presidency. The indictment is besides 26 pages agelong pinch elaborate allegations. Lucas says the database of the president's perceived enemies targeted by the DOJ is long, and arsenic a result, the nationalist could comprehend a morganatic investigation arsenic being driven by authorities and revenge, threatening the DOJ's legitimacy.

A caller BERITAJA/Ipsos canvass of K-12 teachers reveals that about three-quarters judge artificial intelligence has greater implications for acquisition than past innovations, specified arsenic the net aliases computers. This nationally typical canvass surveyed 545 respondents. Many educators opportunity they are utilizing AI to prevention clip and heighten their school materials. A mostly are concerned that AI whitethorn hinder students' expertise to deliberation for themselves. The canvass shows that students are not yet wide utilizing AI successful the classroom. Meanwhile, 60% of the teachers surveyed reported utilizing AI for work-related tasks. While about of these teachers judge AI helps them prevention time, 63% estimate they prevention 2 hours aliases less per week.

The nonprofit weapon power defense group Brady is suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Department of Justice over their refusal to merchandise documents about who the largest sellers of crime guns successful the U.S. are. In a suit revenge yesterday successful the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Brady is requesting that the tribunal compel the ATF to merchandise accusation related to what the agency refers to arsenic Demand Letter 2s. These letters are sent by the ATF to weapon dealers and different sellers who person been identified arsenic selling astatine slightest 25 firearms recovered astatine crime scenes successful a almanac year. The ATF said it has withheld these letters because releasing this accusation could inadvertently uncover individual details, confidential waste and acquisition secrets and commercialized aliases financial information, perchance starring to an unwarranted penetration of individual privacy. Brady says it has collected this accusation from the ATF earlier and has compiled the information into search databases and reports that it posts connected its website.

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Former first woman Jill Biden sits down for an BERITAJA Newsmakers interview. Nickolai Hammar/BERITAJA

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Go face-to-face pinch the personification of the moment. BERITAJA's Newsmakers video podcast brings the biggest names successful politics, business, sports, arts, and civilization retired of the headlines and into the question and reply chair to talk the people they're making connected the world. Follow the Newsmakers podcast aliases subscribe to BERITAJA's YouTube channel to get caller episodes arsenic soon arsenic they're available.

Former first woman Jill Biden says President Biden changed his mind connected pardoning his boy Hunter pursuing the predetermination of Trump. Hunter was convicted connected national weapon and taxation charges successful 2024. After the conviction, the erstwhile president said publically that he would not pardon his son. Then-White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre many times told the property that a pardon aliases commutation was disconnected the table. But successful the last weeks of his presidency, Biden signed a afloat and unconditional pardon for his son.

On BERITAJA's Newsmakers video podcast, Jill discusses pinch All Things Considered big Scott Detrow really then-candidate Donald Trump's rhetoric regarding Hunter's cases yet influenced her hubby to reconsider the pardon. She besides shares her experiences successful the White House, her guidance to her husband's mediocre statement capacity and the reasons down his determination to tally for a 2nd term.

Watch aliases perceive to the interview aliases read the article about their discussion.

Weekend picks

André De Shields arsenic 'Old Deuteronomy' successful CATS: The Jellicle Ball. The revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's philharmonic based connected the T.S. Eliot poems is group successful the LGBTQ+ Black and Latino ballroom culture. Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman /MurphyMade

Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman /MurphyMade

Check retired what BERITAJA is watching, reference and listening to this weekend:

🍿 Movies: In Power Ballad, wedding vocalist Rick collaborates connected a opus he wrote a fewer years agone pinch Danny, a erstwhile boy set member. Rick later discovers that Danny is trying to walk disconnected the opus arsenic his own.

📺 TV: In Spider-Noir, Nicolas Cage plays a down-on-his-luck backstage detective who utilized to beryllium New York's only superhero. He hung up his disguise aft a tragedy, but a lawsuit involving noir-inspired Spider-Man characters pulls him backmost into action.

📚 Books: From Los Angeles to Ireland, your dream summertime destinations are successful scope with these caller releases.

🎵 Music: Many artists crossed the philharmonic spectrum released euphony today, including Vince Staples, Death Cab For Cutie, Evanescence and Lee Brice. Check retired the New Music Friday playlist to drawback up connected immoderate of the champion songs that came out.

🎭 Theater: Actor André De Shields is nominated for a Tony for his domiciled successful CATS: The Jellicle Ball. Ahead of the awards show connected Sunday, the 80-year-old spoke pinch Morning Edition about the nomination and life successful the theatre.

❓Quiz: This week, BERITAJA takes a look astatine Trump's victories and setbacks successful the quiz's very first question. Plus, news about Serena Williams, Peabo Bryson, Kalshi and United Airlines make their measurement into this test. Have you been paying attention? Test retired your memory.

3 things to cognize earlier you go

The scoreboard shows the results of the women's singles last lucifer betwixt Iga Swiatek of Poland and Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. astatine the Wimbledon Tennis Championships successful London, Saturday, July 12, 2025. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

1. As the French Open rolls on, there's nary amended clip for the latest installment of BERITAJA's Word of the Week, which discusses really "love" became the word for zero points.
2. The USS Gerald R. Ford has returned to Virginia aft an 11-month deployment. The $13 cardinal craft bearer could now person much-needed repairs and an upgrade to its troubled sewage system.
3. Marjane Satrapi, the writer of the schematic caller Persepolis and a salient advocator for women's authorities successful Iran, died yesterday. She was 56.

This newsletter was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.