Trump administration live updates: House leaders and White House officials scramble to sway GOP holdouts on Trump agenda bill House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he hopes a final vote on the Trump-backed bill will take place today or tomorrow.

Israel has previously accepted versions of a proposal put forward by Steve Witkoff, the White House special envoy, which calls for a roughly two-month cease-fire and the release of about half the living hostages, along with the remains of some others. Talks for a permanent cease-fire would take place during that period.

President Donald Trump lashed out at the House Republican holdouts on his One, Big, Beautiful Bill as his July 4 deadline fast approaches. The bill's multi-trillion-dollar expansion of the federal deficit is a key concern for the few Republicans in Congress who remain undecided. The Republicans have a narrow majority in the House.

Republicans in the House of Representatives on Wednesday haltingly moved closer to advancing U.S. President Donald Trump's massive tax-cut and spending bill, appearing at one point to overcome concerns over its cost that had been raised by a handful of hardliners.