The O'Reilly Update, July 1, 2025
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Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Tuesday, July 1st, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. Idaho latest, hers for the taking, Planned Parenthood cut and a bouquet offer to France. It's all coming up. Then Bill is going to be here with your message of the day. But first, the suspect who police believe killed two firefighters and seriously injured another on Sunday after igniting a brush fire.

is a 20 year old male he was found dead at the scene police believe he shot himself his motive remains unknown no manifesto has yet been found his grandpa said he wanted to be a fireman quote he was doing tree work and he wanted to be a fireman in the forest as far as i know he was actively pursuing it his mom filed for divorce when he was 10 citing an abusive husband he has no criminal record but local police in idaho had minor interactions with him five different times

Republican hopefuls for the vacant Senate seat in North Carolina are waiting to see what Laura Trump decides to do. It seems that no big name will challenge her if she decides to run. She previously was considering to run for the Senate seat in 2022. And there was also talk of her being appointed to the Senate seat in Florida, where she currently lives, when Marco Rubio was named Secretary of State. Laura Trump is a native of North Carolina, graduated from North Carolina State University, but she's never run for office before.

So how will she and the Trump name fare against a Democratic challenger in a state that her father-in-law won by three points?

The Big Beautiful Bill coming together after a voterama. We're finding out what's actually in this thing. One thing we do know made it through is a provision to defund Planned Parenthood. Republicans changed the timing of the defunding from 10 years to one year. There was an amendment proposed to return the funding to Planned Parenthood in the one Big Beautiful Bill, and it was rejected by the Senate 49 to 51. Planned Parenthood issued a recent report saying that in the year 2023,

402,000 unborn babies were killed, up from 392,000 the previous year. Planned Parenthood also received $792 million in taxpayer funding. That's up $100 million from the year before.

A designer in Paris during a fashion show turned his runway into a tribute for illegal aliens who were held in El Salvador. The shirts worn by the male models were made in partnership with the ACLU, and images behind the runway were of the 252 Venezuelan illegal aliens who have been sent to El Salvador because they're members of Trend de Aragua. While the president of El Salvador wrote back, we are ready to ship them all to Paris whenever we get the green light from the French government.

He then wrote, "We know the result of glorifying criminals in Paris. He who spares the wolf sacrifices the sheep." Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day. Next. Let's face it, the US economy is under stress. National debt rising, trade war shaking the markets. And meanwhile, China is dumping the dollar and stockpiling gold. That's why I protected my savings with physical gold and silver.

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Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day. On this Tuesday, you have to give some credit to the anti-Trump movement for creativity. Consistently, it comes up with unprecedented ways to undermine the president and in the process causes legal mayhem that progressives cheer. When President Biden took office in 2021, he issued a number of executive orders that badly damaged the nation.

Yet Republicans did not attempt to undermine executive authority in the courts. But after Donald Trump assumed office for a second time, Democrats did the exact opposite. They immediately tried to shut down his executive orders, many of which reversed Biden's failed policies. The Dems did this by roaming around the country searching for sympathetic liberal judges, who then issued rulings blocking Trump's vision.

Thus, a far-left judge in Washington state or Massachusetts could stop an executive order for the entire country. Well, that was absurd and unconstitutional. I predicted the Supreme Court would slap down the political judges, and on Friday it did. By a 6-3 margin, the nation's highest court said judges cannot stop national policy. They can only deal with individual cases in their jurisdictions.

So for now, the brilliance of the Constitution still rules. But progressives are hell-bent in trying to change what Jefferson and Madison envisioned. And those progressives won't stop. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me, Bill at BillOReilly.com, Bill at BillOReilly.com, name and town if you wish to opine.

Here's a mail. We go to Stephen from Boston Spa, New York. Stephen Esposito. The media couldn't see Joe Biden's cognitive decline, but they could see through 300 feet of rubble and determined that the Iranian nuclear facility was only slightly damaged. Very good, Stephen. Yeah, they couldn't see Biden, but they got this. Shelly, concierge member Shelly.

If she gets into trouble, as my team to help her and my team is a good team. Waited all day and you didn't disappoint O'Reilly what a travesty of disrespect showed our troops and President Trump by Democrats calling for his impeachment while pilots were still in the air. It was awful.

And I, you know, House Ethics Committee, hello, we're watching you. Guy in Mississippi, not doing anything, doesn't like me because I criticized him. Well, that's too bad. Boy, oh boy, should never have happened. Diane Von Felt, Castle Rock, Colorado, south of Denver. Hey Bill, thanks for everything you do.

I'm happy to be a premium member. I just read your column, as I always do. You said China is the most intense police state you've ever seen. Is North Carolina not more intense? No. And there's why, Diane. And China has 1.5 billion people, five times as much as the USA. North Korea is 27 million. It's a lot easier to control 27 million and 1.5 billion. Just picture it.

You need a police state that the world has never seen and China hasn't. In a moment, something you might not know.

Power, politics and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist and the host of the brand new podcast, Podforce One. Every week, I'll sit down for candid conversations with Washington's most powerful disruptors, lawmakers, newsmakers and even the president himself.

Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. 23 years ago today, one of America's best vocalists died from a heart attack.

While other celebrities battled addiction to drugs and alcohol, this man with the velvet voice struggled with another vice: junk food. Here is the story of Luther Vandross. Born April 1951 in New York City, Vandross began his career at Harlem's Apollo Theater. He often appeared on Sesame Street, then performed backing vocals for Roberta Flack, Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, among others.

Luther Vandross released his debut single, Never Too Much, in 1981. For the next 20 years, Vandross issued 12 albums, winning eight Grammys. But fame took its toll. Luther turned to fatty foods, causing his weight to fluctuate dramatically. At least 14 separate times,

He went from 160 pounds to 300 pounds. In 1985, he sued a British magazine after the outlet attributed his unsteady appearance to AIDS. While he never contracted HIV, Luther Vandross did develop diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure. 2003, Vandross suffered a massive stroke that left him in a coma for two months. He never recovered.

On July 1st, 2005, the singer died from a heart attack. He was just 54 years old. And here's something else you might not know. When he wasn't releasing hit singles, Luther Vandross liked to write music for commercials. The singer created memorable jingles for soda companies and fast food chains, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken. Today, the Luther Vandross Foundation

provides scholarships to students attending historically black colleges and universities. RIP Luther Vandross, a tremendous singer and performer. Back after this.

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