The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that Congress has given its final approval to U.S. President Donald Trump's sprawling One Big Beautiful Bill Act, funding his mass deportations and border wall, cutting taxes, taking away health care coverage and food stamps from millions of low-income Americans, and cancelling programs to fight climate change. The Globe's Adrian Morrow writes that the House of Representatives passed the legislation 218 to 214 on Thursday afternoon after a session lasting nearly 24 hours. The vote broke down mostly along party lines, with just two Republicans joining all Democrats to vote against the law. The President planned a White House signing ceremony today, marking Independence Day, the deadline he imposed on his party to deliver the legislation. It is the first significant legislative achievement of his second term, in which he has so far tried to do as much as possible by executive order. The bill drove a wedge between Mr. Trump and Elon Musk, who spent $277-million (U.S.) helping Republicans get elected last year. The Tesla billionaire, upset with the legislation's big-spending ways and its cut to electric-vehicle subsidies, is now musing about starting his own political party.
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