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Good morning and welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. Today, senators, investors and even Elon Musk have expressed doubts about Trump fixing the national debt, and in France, two people are dead and hundreds have been arrested during celebrations following PSG's Champions League win. But first, a look at how billions in federal cuts are gutting the invisible work of local health departments across U.S. communities.
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A dentist cleans the teeth of a child in the public health department's mobile dental clinic visiting Starmount Elementary school in Charlotte, N.C., on March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon) |
Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come |
State and local health departments responsible for invisible but critical work such as inspecting restaurants, monitoring wastewater for new and harmful germs, responding to outbreaks before they get too big — and a host of other tasks to protect communities — are being hollowed out by President Donald Trump's administration. Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Read more. |
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President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing in ceremony for interim U.S. Attorney General for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) |
Can Trump fix the national debt? Republican senators, many investors and even Elon Musk have doubts |
President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and even Elon Musk that he won't bury the federal government in debt with his multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package. The tax and spending cuts that passed the House last month would add more than $5 trillion to the national debt in the coming decade if all of them are allowed to continue, according to the Committee for a Responsible Financial Budget, a fiscal watchdog group. Read more. |
How a cookie tin lottery at New Zealand's Parliament helps decide what becomes law |
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Under the scrutiny of a black-robed official and before a hushed audience, a decorative cookie tin rattles like a bingo drum. Inside: the future of New Zealand 's laws. The ceremonial lottery at Parliament, where bills are drawn randomly from what's known as "the biscuit tin" in local parlance, is a way to ensure every New Zealand legislator has the chance to advance a proposed law, no matter how unpopular their bid. Read more. |
Soccer fans celebrate PSG's victory on the Champs-Elysees avenue, with the Arc de Triomphe in background, after the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan, Sunday, June 1, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard) |
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