World Business Report, Vance saves Trump's ‘big, beautiful’ bill in Senate

World Business Report

Vance saves Trump's ‘big, beautiful’ bill in Senate

July 1, 2025

26 minutes

Available for 29 days

After hours of stalemate, Republicans in the US Senate have narrowly passed Donald Trump’s mega-bill on tax and spending, meaning the proposed legislation has cleared one of its key hurdles.

Also, US President Donald Trump has suggested that Doge, the cost-cutting agency Elon Musk helped set up, could be used to hurt the billionaire's companies – as the former allies continue their public dispute over Trump's budget plans.

And it's 25 years since one of the world's first and longest transnational bridges was opened in northern Europe – the Öresund Bridge – but it is facing new challenges.