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The New Cost of Trump’s Bill, and Gen Z’s Retirement Plan

The New Cost of Trump’s Bill, and Gen Z’s Retirement Plan

The Headlines
Jun 30, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, the tricky science behind lime green Jell-O. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/us/politics/senate-bill-trump-cbo-score-debt.html?searchResultPosition=1" target="_blank"><strong>Senate Bill Would Add at Least $3.3 Trillion to Debt, Budget Office Says</strong></a>, <i>by Andrew Duehren</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/us/politics/thom-tillis-retirement.html" target="_blank"><strong>Tillis Announces He Won’t Run Again as Trump Threatens Him With a Primary</strong></a>, <i>by Annie Karni</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/supreme-court-trump-victories.html" target="_blank"><strong>A Triumphant Supreme Court Term for Trump, Fueled by Emergency Rulings</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Liptak and Abbie VanSickle</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/politics/injunctions-what-comes-next.html" target="_blank"><strong>Courts Will Have to Grapple With New Limits on Their Power</strong></a>, <i>by Mattathias Schwartz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/world/canada/trump-digital-services-tax.html" target="_blank"><strong>Canada Will Scrap Tax That Prompted Trump to Suspend Trade Talks</strong></a>, <i>by Matina Stevis-Gridneff</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/business/retirement/gen-z-retirement-savings.html" target="_blank"><strong>Gen Z, It Turns Out, Is Great at Saving for Retirement</strong></a>, <i>by Lisa Rabasca Roepe</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/business/jell-o-artificial-food-dye.html" target="_blank"><strong>Jell-O With Natural Dyes? It’s Not Easy Becoming Green</strong></a>, <i>by Julie Creswell</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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