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10:50 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.
Discussion: New York Times and The Bulwark
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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
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.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The ugly truth about Trump's “big, beautiful bill”  —  On the campaign trail in 2024, Trump pledged to improve the economic conditions of the working class.  “My plan will massively cut taxes for workers,” Trump declared at a campaign stop in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 5, 2024, the day before the election.
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 …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 18, 2025  —  Tonight, late on a Sunday night, the House Budget Committee passed what Republicans are calling their “Big, Beautiful Bill” to enact Trump's agenda although it had failed on Friday when far-right Republicans voted against it, complaining it did not make deep enough cuts to social programs.
Discussion: Boston.com, ABC News and Fortune
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ passes key House hurdle after GOP rebel mutiny
NBC News:
Key House committee advances Trump agenda bill after appeasing conservatives
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Wire
The Hill:
Republicans advance Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ in unusual late-night vote
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Senate Republicans want to break up House's Trump bill into bite-sized pieces
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The ugly truth about Trump's big, beautiful bill
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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Steven Beschloss / America, America:
Heeding the Warnings  —  Those of us committed to saving our democracy share the same task: To expand the awareness of people we know and meet about the dangers in our midst.  For all of us who've been paying attention to the dismantling of our democracy and the cruel, arrogant and reckless …
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
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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USA Today:
Britain agrees trade and defense reset with European Union  —  Britain agreed the most significant reset of ties with the European Union since Brexit on Monday, removing some trade barriers and collaborating on defence to help grow its economy and boost security on the continent.
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Financial Times:
UK and EU agree post-Brexit reset at showpiece summit
Politico:
Why has Elon Musk disappeared from the spotlight?  —  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: The.Ink and Raw Story
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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
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.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What you — yes, you — should know about interacting with ICE  —  A legal expert explains the rights immigrants — and U.S. citizens — have when facing immigration officials.  —  The Trump administration is aware that Americans broadly support the deportation of undocumented immigrants who have committed violent crimes.
Jeffrey Toobin / New York Times:
Trump Has His Law Firms Right Where He Wants Them  —  Nine major corporate law firms have groveled before President Trump by agreeing to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in free legal services to the executive branch.  The immediate result of these capitulations is clear …
Charlotte Alter / Time:
Inside the Democrats' Reboot  —  Like a lot of Democrats these days, Chris Murphy has been doing some soul searching.  For years, the Connecticut Senator, who took office shortly after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, was one of the nation's most outspoken advocates for tighter gun laws.
Daniel Waldenström / Foreign Affairs:
The Inequality Myth  —  Western Societies Are Growing More Equal, Not Less  —  Daniel Waldenstrom  —  Spend a few minutes browsing political commentary or scrolling social media and you will discover a seemingly settled truth: inequality in the West is soaring, the middle class is being hollowed out …
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
The argument's over: Americans pay for tariffs  —  The Trump administration conceded this weekend what economists, CEOs and consumers already knew: Americans pay for tariffs.  —  Why it matters: Nearly a decade of Trump trade arguments held that foreign countries, not Americans, paid the ultimate cost of a trade war.
Discussion: Fortune, The Daily Caller and KDFX-TV
John Hendel / Politico:
Brendan Carr stages a Trumpian show at the FCC  —  For years, he was a low-key conservative policy player.  Now he's using an entire agency to wage Trump's battles.  —  Four months into his tenure as head of America's top communications regulator, Brendan Carr appears to be running …
Erwin Chemerinsky / Just Security:
A Terrible Idea  —  Now is not the time to limit the ability of federal courts to enforce their judicial orders.  But in light of dozens of federal courts finding actions by President Donald Trump to be unconstitutional, some House Republicans are trying to do exactly that.
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
 
 
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Harry Farley / BBC:
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