US Senate push to pass Trump’s unpopular spending bill enters second day

Republican senators struggled Tuesday for a second day to pass President Donald Trump’s flagship spending bill, which would slash welfare programs for the poor while adding an eye-watering $3 trillion to the national debt. The president wants his “One Big Beautiful Bill” — which polls show is wildly unpopular among Americans — to extend his expiring first-term tax cuts at a cost of $4.5 trillion. FRANCE 24’s Douglas Herbert has more on the issue.