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The Hill:
Republicans advance Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ in unusual late-night vote  —  Republican deficit hawks allowed President Trump's bill of legislative priorities to advance out of the House Budget Committee in an unusual late-night vote on Sunday, marking a key hurdle cleared for House GOP leaders …
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Washington Post:
Trump's tax and immigration bill clears hurdle after late-night vote  —  GOP leaders worked through the weekend to win over fiscal conservatives who voted last week to block Trump's Big Beautiful Bill in committee  —  The House Budget Committee passed a massive tax and immigration package central …
NBC News:
Key House committee advances Trump agenda bill after appeasing conservatives  —  The House Budget Committee's vote came two days after a group of GOP hard-liners rejected the package.  —  WASHINGTON — The House Budget Committee advanced President Donald Trump's multitrillion-dollar domestic …
Discussion: Punchbowl News and New York Times
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
The Stark Math on the GOP Tax Plan: It Doesn't Cut the Deficit  —  As House Republicans wrangle over tax-and-spending bill, budget analysts across the political spectrum warn that the proposal worsens the U.S. fiscal picture  —  WASHINGTON—House Republicans' last-minute grappling …
Discussion: USA Today and Issues & Insights
NBC News:
Key House committee advances Trump agenda bill after appeasing conservatives  —  The House Budget Committee's vote came two days after a group of GOP hard-liners rejected the package.  —  WASHINGTON — The House Budget Committee advanced President Donald Trump's multitrillion-dollar domestic …
Politico:
House budget panel approves Trump megabill following hardliner resistance
Discussion: Newsweek and Boston.com
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Virginia Dem: GOP tax cuts would be on ‘backs of millions of Americans’
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Concerns rise over medical coverage losses from ‘big, beautiful bill’
Discussion: The Guardian and Townhall
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
How to Take Medicaid from Millions of Americans, in Less Than 72 Hours
Discussion: Bloomberg, Fox News and MSNBC
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer  —  Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones.  —  “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen …
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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer  —  The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from Mr. Biden's personal office.  —  Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was diagnosed on Friday with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones …
Luke Garrett / NPR:
Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with prostate cancer  —  Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from his personal office.  —  Biden was seen for further tests last week after a finding of a prostate nodule.
NBC News:
Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer  —  The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to the former president's personal office.  —  Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his personal office announced Sunday.
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
Fox News:
Trump wishes Biden ‘fast and successful recovery’ after prostate cancer diagnosis
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Nicusor Dan Beats George Simion in Romana's Presidential Election  —  Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, defeated George Simion, a nationalist aligned with President Trump who had been seen as the front-runner.  —  In a setback for Europe's surging nationalist forces, Nicusor Dan …
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Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:
China-US Tariff Truce Prompts Some Nations to Shift Tactics … China's defiant stance in negotiating a tariff truce with the US has convinced some countries they need to take a tougher position in their own trade talks with the Trump administration.  —  The pause reached a week ago gave structure …
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Van Hollen: The U.S. Is ‘Complicit’ in Starving the People of Gaza  —  “Two million Palestinians are starving.  This is collective punishment that is clearly illegal under international law,” the senator said … When asked on CBS's Face the Nation about photographs of starving children in Gaza …
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Breaking Down Trump's Entanglements With Crypto  —  Sector has been one of the biggest winners in the president's second term  —  President Trump and his family's embrace of cryptocurrencies have made the sector one of the biggest winners in his second term.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Matt Kacsmaryk shouldn't be a judge  —  He doesn't want to be a judge.  He wants to run a right-wing advocacy group.  And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.  —  ∙ Paid  —  U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk — the judge who tried to ban mifepristone nationwide in 2023 …
New York Post:
Schumer bizarrely claims DOGE may have been partly to blame for Mexican ship's deadly Brooklyn Bridge mishap  —  He missed the boat on this one.  —  Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Sunday bizarrely suggested that DOGE cuts to the US Coast Guard could have been partly to blame …
Washington Post:
Trump orders the government to stop enforcing rules he doesn't like  —  Critics say the administration is breaking the law and sidestepping the rulemaking process that presidents of both parties have routinely followed.  —  At the Transportation Department, enforcement of pipeline safety rules …
Discussion: The Mahablog
 
 
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STLPR:
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Discussion: KDFX-TV
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
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Discussion: Raw Story and Voice of OC
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump's tariffs may mean Walmart shoppers pay more, his treasury chief acknowledges
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Patriotism, True and False
Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Cooking the books? Fears Trump could target statisticians if data disappoints
Discussion: Raw Story
Koen Verhelst / Politico:
Vance hopeful for US-EU ‘long-term trade advantages’
Discussion: Reuters and Bloomberg
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Trump in Riyadh: A Rejection of the Globalist Gospel
Discussion: Mediaite
NBC News:
FBI links California fertility clinic bombing to anti-natalist ideology
 

 
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David Pierce / The Verge:
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