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$2.4 trillion
“The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday released a revised estimate of the cost of President Donald Trump’s tax-cut bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, concluding it will add $2.4 trillion to the federal government’s $36.2 trillion debt,” Reuters reports.
10.9 million
The Congressional Budget Office estimates an increase of 10.9 million people without health insurance under President Trump’s budget bill, the AP reports.
$16 million
Daily Beast: “As much as $16 million has been earmarked for filling in the damage left by tanks rumbling down civilian streets… Steel plates at least an inch thick will be laid across sections of the route where M1A1 Abrams tanks, each weighing around 140,000 pounds, and other treaded vehicles will make turns. Similar protection will not be laid out along straight sections of the roadway.”
$9.8 billion
Stat: “A new study tried to predict the consequences if the rest of the nation were to follow suit. In five years, the researchers estimated, 7.5% more U.S. children ages 0-19 would get cavities, affecting 25.4 million additional teeth and costing the country around $9.8 billion.”
$43.8 billion
The United States says it will begin revoking visas for some Chinese students. China is the second-largest source of international students in the US, with about 277,000 students enrolled in 2023–24, or roughly one in four foreign students. International students contributed $43.8B to the US economy last year and supported over 378,000 jobs.
$3.94 trillion
“House Republicans’ tax package is now expected to cost nearly $4 trillion, thanks in part to a last-minute deal to further increase a cap on state and local tax deductions,” Politico reports. “The legislation approved last week by the House is now anticipated to cost $3.94 trillion over the next decade, the official Joint Committee on Taxation said.”
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“The Trump administration has deported at least two immigrants to war-torn South Sudan in defiance of a federal court order, according to attorneys for the immigrants,” Politico reports.
From 8th to 95th
According to new Axios Harris Poll 100 survey results, Elon Musk’s polarizing political activism appears to have come at the expense of his largest companies, as Republicans expressed more favorable opinions than did Democrats. Tesla was in 8th place in the 2021 reputation ranking of America’s 100 most visible companies, but last year tumbled to 63rd and now is near the very bottom at 95th. It placed dead last in “character,” while placing near the bottom in areas like “ethics” and “citizenship. Six other automakers place higher, with the highest being Toyota at No. 4 and the lowest being Ford at No. 60.
17 seconds
“Pope Leo XIV spurned J.D. Vance on Sunday, offering him a quick greeting after his inaugural mass while holding extensive private meetings with other world leaders,” the Daily Beast reports. “The first American pope shook Vance’s hand during a brief, 17-second exchange during the procession line after the mass.”
1 million
“The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya,” NBC News reports. “In exchange for the resettling of Palestinians, the administration would potentially release to Libya billions of dollars of funds that the U.S. froze more than a decade ago.”
