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The Latest: 07/05/2025 08:59am ET

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All the latest national and international news. Topics also include finance, weather and entertainment.

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This is your twenty four to seven use update the latest views this hour. In just four minutes, President Trump is claiming victory after signing his controversial tax and immigration bill into law. Kelly O'Donnell reports Happy Fourth of July. The Fourth of July festivities serving as a backdrop for President Trump to showcase his actions. The one big, beautiful bill with a flourish and a sharpie he signed into law, the massive bill that sweeps up his biggest policy objectives.

Trump addressed a large crowd of supporters from the White House balcony on Friday and said he had never seen people so happy in our country because so many different groups of people are being taken care of. President Trump says the US will soon begin notifying countries about their new tariff rates. Trump told reporters Friday that over the next five days, the White House will send letters to dozens of countries detailing what they'll have to pay to

import their goods. Trump's ninety day tariff moratorium ends next week. He said Friday that some countries could face rates its high as seventy percent. California Governor Gavin Newsom appears to be on the campaign trail Newsom will be heading to South Carolina next week. Some political analysts say the governor is wading into the presidential pool and once to gauge

the type of reaction he'll get in conservative states. However, Newsom's office claims he's simply focused on helping other Democrats get elected. The on the Road with Governor Newsom tour will be making stops at cafes, coffee shops, community centers, and churches across the state, which are typically used by presidential candidates trying to connect with local voters. Joey Chestnut has reclaimed his title as the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Champion. Hallie Jackson has more.

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July fourth tradition unlike any other, as the King of hot dog Eating makes a triumphant return to his distinguished throne. Joey chesnutt putting away seventeen and a half hot dogs, including the buns, in just ten minutes at this year's Nathan's Contest, now celebrating his seventeenth mustard belt.

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Chestnut miss last year's contest over a sponsorship deal with Impossible Foods. I'mly Se Taylor. The Carolina coast is bracing for a tropical storm either tonight or early tomorrow. A tropical depression over the Atlantic Ocean is expected to strengthen into tropical storm Chantal before it hits South Carolina. Forecasters warned that Chantal will put the coastal area at risk for flash flooding later today. The storm is expected to bring heavy rain, rip currents, and strong surf to both

South and North Carolina this weekend. Australian actor Julian McMahon has died, the son of former Australian Prime Minister Billy McMahon. Julian got his big break in two thousand, co starring in the WB series Charmed, and he was also known for playing doctor Christian Troy on Nip Tuck. I don't find your impulsive.

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I just said we could do something about your stretch marks.

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McMahon was nominated for a Golden Globe for that role. On the big screen, McMahon portrayed the Marvel Comics supervillain doctor Doom in two thousand and five's Fantastic four and its sequel. McMahon's wife says he died well Wednesday, following a valiant effort to overcome cancer. Julian McMahon was fifty six years old. Miss Drake has released a new single addressing the backlash from his beef with Kendrick Lamar. The Canadian rapper released the single what Did I Miss? Friday night.

Before the release, Drake put out a YouTube live stream called Iceman Episode one that showed him driving around Toronto in a truck that was emblazoned with a phone number and a web address for the Iceman dot com. Fans on social media are speculating Drake will be releasing a new album called The Iceman. The rapper is not commenting. Jurassic World Rebirth is taking a huge chop out of the box office on the island. We're headed to two

dozen species have survived there alone. A dinosaur film starring Scarlett Johansson made twenty five point three million dollars on Thursday. The seventh film in the franchise also stars Miherschelah Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Luna Blaze, and Rupert Friend. The film is tracking to make around one undred and thirty eight million dollars over the five day July fourth holiday period. I'm me s Taylor

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