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9:25 AM ET, May 19, 2025

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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
In overnight vote, Republicans move closer to pushing Trump agenda bill through House  —  GOP officials are scrambling to advance massive tax breaks and dramatic Medicaid cuts, and it's worth appreciating why they're in such a rush.  —  Republican leaders on Capitol Hill imposed an exceedingly difficult timeline on themselves.
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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
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 …
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 …
Paul Krugman:
Attack of the Sadistic Zombies  —  The GOP budget is incredibly cruel — and that's the point  —  Republicans in Congress, taking their marching orders from Donald Trump, are on track to enact a hugely regressive budget — big tax giveaways to the wealthy combined with cruel cuts in programs that serve lower-income Americans.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans want to break up House's Trump bill into bite-sized pieces
Discussion: MSNBC
Judd Legum / Popular Information:   The ugly truth about Trump's “big, beautiful bill”
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The ugly truth about Trump's big, beautiful bill
Discussion: Forbes and Washington Examiner
Punchbowl News:
5/19/25 ☀️ AM: … The House Budget Committee approved the Republicans …
Discussion: E&E News
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 …
NBC News:
Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
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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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump's tariffs may mean Walmart shoppers pay more, his treasury chief acknowledges
Financial Times:
US borrowing costs top 5% after Moody's downgrade  —  Yields on 30-year US Treasuries hit highest level since 2023 and stock futures fall as investor concerns over debt mount  —  Ian Smith in London, William Sandlund in Hong Kong, Kate Duguid in New York and Claire Jones in Washington
Kyle Chan / New York Times:
In the Future, China Will Be Dominant.  The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant.  —  阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.  —  For years, theorists have posited the onset of a “Chinese century”: a world in which China finally harnesses its vast economic …
Discussion: Semafor
Politico:
Elon Musk fades into the background  —  The tech CEO isn't exactly gone yet, but Republicans have stopped bringing him up.  —  Elon Musk and Donald Trump were the main characters on the Internet and across Washington day after day.  Then the world's richest man started to fade away.
Discussion: Raw Story
Prem Thakker / Zeteo:
New Video of Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest Shows Trump Admin is Lying in Court  —  The new footage of ICE's warrantless arrest shows the Palestinian student fully cooperated with federal agents and was not a flight risk, as the government continues to falsely claim.
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 …
Discussion: PinkNews
The Moscow Times:
Russia Declares Amnesty International ‘Undesirable’  —  Russia's Prosecutor General's Office on Monday designated Amnesty International as an “undesirable” organization, a move that risks significant jail time for those affiliated with the human rights group.
Peter Smith / Associated Press:
Critics say Trump's religion agenda will benefit conservative Christians the most  —  White House Faith Office.  A Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias.  A Religious Liberty Commission.  —  President Donald Trump has won plaudits from his base of conservative Christian supporters …
 
 
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