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STAT:
STAT+: FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say  —  The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others who are at high risk of becoming seriously ill …
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Associated Press:
Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children  —  Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
New York Times:
F.D.A. Poised to Restrict Access to Covid Vaccines  —  Agency leaders said there was evidence to justify approval only for older people and those with medical conditions.  Many others may not be able to get the shots.  —  The Food and Drug Administration will permit Covid vaccines for adults …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Johnson privately cautions Senate GOP on Trump's budget bill  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson cautioned the Senate in a closed door lunch on Tuesday not to make big changes to the reconciliation bill, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: If Johnson can get his conference in line …
Discussion: Semafor
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Politico:
Massie unmoved on Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ after president's personal pitch
NOTUS:
'He's Not a Detail Guy': Trump Pitches Very Different Reconciliation Bill to House GOP
New York Times:
Trump's Trade War and GOP Budget Bill Fuel Investor Anxiety
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
‘What are we doing here?’:  Democrats were shocked at Biden's decline but stayed quiet, according to new book  —  In the final two years of his presidency, Joe Biden had private moments where he could not recall the names of top aides, had an increasingly limited private schedule …
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist  —  Update: We have published a follow-up to this article with more details about how this happened.  —  The Chicago Sun-Times newspaper's “Best of Summer” section published over the weekend contains a guide …
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Democrats Throw Money at a Problem: Countering G.O.P. Clout Online  —  At private gatherings, strategists and donors are swapping ideas to help the party capture the digital mojo that helped President Trump win.  Yes, there's a price tag.  —  Six months after the Democratic Party's crushing 2024 defeat …
Tobias Burns / The Hill:
Democratic senator says he has recordings of favors ‘promised’ by Trump's IRS pick  —  Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said Tuesday he has recordings of business associates of President Trump's pick to lead the IRS, former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) …
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Freddy Brewster / The Lever:
CEO Says Trump's IRS Pick Promised Big Benefits  —  Former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.), President Donald Trump's pick to head the Internal Revenue Service, was invited to attend Trump's inauguration as the guest of a financial services CEO who said Long promised him benefits for his company, according to a recording obtained by The Lever.
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Trump's Pick to Lead I.R.S. Promoted a Nonexistent Tax Credit
Discussion: Rolling Stone
April Rubin / Axios:
Noem botches habeas corpus questions at Senate hearing  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem botched questions about habeas corpus at a Senate hearing Tuesday, falsely asserting the check on the government's power to detain people actually gives President Trump a “constitutional right” to conduct deportations.
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Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Kristi Noem Should Probably Know What Habeas Corpus Is  —  Several top members of the Trump administration have been evading constraints on their lawless actions by playing a clever game of feigned ignorance as to the plain requirements of the Constitution and a series of adverse court rulings.
Discussion: ABC News, Lawyers, Guns & Money and NPR
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Kristi Noem flunks an important test on the basic meaning of habeas corpus
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump announces $25 billion and architectural design for “Golden Dome” missile defense system  —  Washington — President Trump on Tuesday announced his administration has selected the architectural design for a “Golden Dome” missile defense system to protect the United States from foreign threats.
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Reuters:
Trump selects $175 billion Golden Dome defense shield design, appoints leader
New York Times:
Elon Musk Plans ‘a Lot Less’ Spending as He Edges Away From Politics  —  He spent hundreds of millions to elect President Trump.  But now he's less visible in Washington, says he'll spend less on future elections and is even posting less about Mr. Trump on social media.
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NBC News:
Elon Musk says he's going to do ‘a lot less’ political spending  —  Musk, who was the biggest donor in the 2024 political cycle, said he feels like he has “done enough” with political contributions.  —  Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a major benefactor to President Donald Trump …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump admin deports immigrants to South Sudan in violation of court order, lawyers say  —  Their lawyers say they learned of the deportation plan after receiving an abrupt notice Monday evening.  By Tuesday morning, the men were already on a plane.  —  The Trump administration has deported …
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Tesla, SpaceX reputations crater in new Axios Harris Poll 100  —  Tesla Motors and SpaceX saw their brand reputations crater in the past year, according to new Axios Harris Poll 100 survey results.  —  Why it matters: Elon Musk's polarizing political activism appears to have come at the expense …
Rolling Stone:
Why Trump Is Threatening to Investigate Bruce Springsteen  —  It's not just Oprah and Springsteen.  The president has long wanted to weaponize campaign finance laws against an array of celebs and Democrats  —  Early Monday morning, when much of the White House press corps was fast asleep …
Discussion: New Republic
Politico:
Virginia Republicans worry about their gubernatorial candidate who invoked slavery when criticizing DEI  —  Winsome Earle-Sears has had a sluggish start to her campaign.  Republicans are urging her to turn it around — or face a bloodbath this fall.  —  Virginia Republicans are bracing for November with a growing sense of doom.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Texas Tribune
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Most Migrants Deported to Imprisonment in El Salvador Under the Alien Enemies Act Had no Criminal Record and Many had Entered the US Legally  —  A new Cato Institute study by David Bier presents the most extensive available evidence on these points.  —  An important new study …
Discussion: USA Today, MSNBC, The Hill and New Republic
Axios:
Trump's deference to Putin stunned European leaders on call  —  Ukrainian President Zelensky and five other European leaders joined a conference call with President Trump immediately after his call with Vladimir Putin on Monday hoping to hear that Putin had agreed to a ceasefire …
Miami Herald:
State prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation related to Hope Florida  —  Leon County prosecutors say there is an open criminal investigation relating to information a lawmaker provided concerning the Hope Florida Foundation.  —  In response to a request by the Herald/Times …
Nicholas Vinocur / Politico:
EU to launch Israel trade review as Gaza situation deteriorates  —  “Pressure is necessary to change the situation,” top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas said.  —  The EU will review its political and economic agreement between Israel and the European Union over the “catastrophic” situation in Gaza, Kaja Kallas said Tuesday.
Discussion: Truthout, BBC, Reuters, Bloomberg and NPR
Washington Post:
Trump proposal to repatriate Ukrainians, Haitians would use foreign aid funds  —  Documents reviewed by The Post call for leveraging U.S. foreign assistance accounts to return migrants to conflict-afflicted nations, even as the administration has sought to cut such spending.
Pluralistic:
The meritocracy to eugenics pipeline (permalink)  —  It's kinda weird how, the more oligarchic our society gets, the more racist it gets.  Why is the rise of billionaires attended by a revival of discredited eugenic ideas, dressed up in modern euphemisms like “race realism” and “human diversity”?
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Donald Trump and the power of the big (fake) number  —  🔌 🤖 💭 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  PN is possible thanks to paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already …
Julius Washington / Congressman Hakeem Jeffries:
JOINT DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP STATEMENT ON REP. LaMONICA McIVER  —  Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark, Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, Vice Chair Ted Lieu and Assistant Leader Joe Neguse released the following statement:  —  The criminal charge …
Washington Post:
White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It's working.  —  Federal workers describe struggling with panic attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts.  “Why doesn't anyone care?”  —  For this story, Post reporters interviewed more than 30 current and former federal employees.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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DOJ investigating Chicago hiring practices amid backlash over Mayor Johnson's viral comments
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Supreme Court sides with Maine Republican censured for transgender athlete post
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Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Why Mahmoud Khalil Remains in Detention as Other Protesters Are Freed
Discussion: CBS News
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
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Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
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Discussion: New York Times, Politico and Daily Mail
Paul Krugman:
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
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