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DOGE cuts vote-a-rama, visa fraud scheme indictment, Zuckerberg on trial & more
CNN 5 Things
Jul 16, 2025

The Senate has kicked off its voting session on President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar DOGE cuts package. Trump doubled down on his dismissal of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Deadly and chaotic scenes broke out at a controversial Israeli and US-backed aid site. Louisiana police chiefs are among those charged in a decade-long scheme. Plus, Mark Zuckerberg faces Meta investors in a Facebook data scandal trial.