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9:15 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: The Hill, Bloomberg 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
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 …
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 …
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: New York Times and Scripps News
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
Paul Krugman:   Attack of the Sadistic Zombies
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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CNN:
Romania's pro-EU candidate unexpectedly beats hard-right rival to win presidential election  —  Romania's pro-European Union, centrist presidential candidate Nicușor Dan won the country's election Sunday, defeating his ultranationalist rival in a shocking upset.
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
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 …
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
The Website Where Lawyers Mock ‘Yellow-Bellied’ Firms Bowing to Trump
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.
 
 
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Ryan Lucas / NPR:
Trump DOJ changes to civil rights division spark mass exodus of attorneys
Discussion: Raw Story
George Packer / The Atlantic:
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Peter Smith / Associated Press:
Critics say Trump's religion agenda will benefit conservative Christians the most
Nick Summers / New York Magazine:
How Trump Defeated Columbia
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
Politico:
Elon Musk fades into the background
Discussion: Raw Story
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USA Today:
Britain agrees trade and defense reset with European Union
Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Reproductive-rights groups push against Kennedy's mifepristone review
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Will Sommer / @willsommer:
The Blaze retracts its article accusing a former Capitol Police officer of being the January 6 pipe bomber after the FBI arrested a different person
 
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