The News Roundup For July 18, 2025

The Senate approves President Trump's rescission package.

Donald Trump has spent much of the week admonishing members of his MAGA base for raising the alert about his administration's failure to release information about Jeffrey Epstein.

At least 20 people were crushed to death at Gaza Humanitarian Fund aid distribution site in Khan Younis.

And Britain lowers its voting age, in the largest expansion of voting rights in the country in decades.

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