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8:30 AM ET, May 22, 2025

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Riley Beggin / USA Today:
House passes Trump's deficit-swelling tax bill, with big Medicaid changes  —  The House proposal would enact President Donald Trump's major campaign promises while dramatically changing Medicaid, food benefits, income taxes and border security.  —  WASHINGTON - Americans could see major changes to Medicaid …
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New York Times:
Here are some of the changes to the House bill that passed on Thursday morning.  —  The early-morning vote was 215 to 214, mostly along party lines.  It was a crucial victory for what President Trump and Republicans are calling the “big, beautiful bill.”  —  A victory for House Republican …
Discussion: Roll Call
NBC News:
House GOP leaders release changes to Trump agenda bill in bid to sway holdouts  —  The amendment to the massive package includes speeding up new Medicaid work requirements and expanding the state and local tax deduction.  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans released a package of revisions …
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
House Republicans pass ‘big, beautiful bill’ after weeks of division  —  The sweeping measure heads to the Senate, where Republicans are expected to make changes.  —  House Republicans came together to pass their domestic-policy megabill early Thursday, after weeks of internal conflict …
New York Times:   House Passes Trump's Domestic Policy Bill, Overcoming Last-Minute Resistance
Politico:
Moderate Republican balks over IRA rollbacks in megabill
Discussion: USA Today and E&E News
Andrew Solender / Axios:
GOP renames $1000-per-baby MAGA Accounts to “Trump Accounts”
Discussion: Daily Mail and New York Times
Politico:
House Republicans tee up floor action on Trump's megabill
Punchbowl News:   5/22/25 ☀️ AM:  —  Johnson is on the brink of a massive victory
New York Times:
2 Israeli Embassy Aides Are Fatally Shot Outside Event in Washington  —  The shooting occurred outside the Capital Jewish Museum.  A suspect shouted “Free, free Palestine” after he was taken into custody, officials said.  —  Two young Israeli Embassy aides were shot and killed outside …
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Maya Sweedler / Associated Press:
2 staff members of Israeli Embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC  —  Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police said.
CNN:
Two Israeli Embassy staff members killed outside Jewish museum in Washington, DC
Politico:
Playbook: Terror in D.C.
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
2 Israeli Embassy staff killed near Capital Jewish Museum in D.C., officials say
Bill McCarthy / Barron's Online:
Trump Displays DRC Visual As Proof Of South African ‘Genocide’  —  US President Donald Trump brandished a stack of printed articles at the White House Wednesday that he claimed documented a genocide taking place against white people in South Africa.  —  Mixed into the deck of papers he unveiled …
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New York Times:
Trump Claimed a Social Media Video Showed ‘Burial Sites’ of White Farmers.  It Didn't.  —  During a meeting with South Africa's president, President Trump played the video as evidence of racial persecution.  A Times analysis found he misrepresented the contents of the video.
Reuters:
Trump calls his own foreign aid cuts at USAID ‘devastating’
Discussion: USA Today and Undark Magazine
The Hill:
Trump hits South African president with video ‘genocide’ claims: 5 takeaways
New York Times:
How Trump Officials Debated Handling of the Abrego Garcia Case: ‘Keep Him Where He Is’  —  A Maryland man's deportation to El Salvador set off a fierce debate among officials in three cabinet agencies, despite agreement there had been a mistake.  —  A mistake had been made.  That much was clear.
Discussion: Raw Story and Slate
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Associated Press:
‘Unquestionably in violation’: Judge says US government didn't follow court order on deportations
New York Times:
Judge Finds U.S. Violated Court Order With Sudden Deportation Flight to Africa
New York Times:
U.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar for Trump  —  The Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for the president.  —  The United States has accepted a 747 jetliner as a gift from the government of Qatar …
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump's use
Nick Judin / Mississippi Free Press:
ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing, Threatening Deportation  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  One morning, sitting in an immigration office in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen found himself transformed.  Only a day before, he was a welding foreman …
Discussion: Magnolia Tribune and Newsweek
NBC News:
White House purges transcripts of Trump's remarks from its website  —  The White House told NBC News it has decided to post only videos.  There still is one transcript remaining online, however: Trump's inaugural address.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has removed official transcripts …
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
‘The View’ Told to Tone Down Trump Bashing by ABC News Boss  —  COOL IT  —  Multiple sources shared details with the Daily Beast about a meeting in which the ABC News president delivered a message that left the co-hosts unnerved.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Disney and ABC News have asked the hosts …
Zach Blackburn / New Jersey Globe:
Judge dismisses Baraka charges, reprimands prosecutors  —  Prosecutors announced the decision to drop trespassing charges against the mayor earlier this week  —  A federal judge on Wednesday scolded federal prosecutors and announced he will dismiss trespassing charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka related …
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ProPublica:
More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump's Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging  —  The week before President Donald Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that sent the stock market plummeting, a key official in the agency that shapes his administration's trade policy sold off as much as $30,000 of stock.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tells European Leaders in Private That Putin Isn't Ready to End War  —  U.S. president made the acknowledgment after speaking to the Russian leader this week but backed off on additional sanctions  —  On a call Monday, President Trump told European leaders that Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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The Atlantic:
The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  “Fuck you!  Fuck you!  Fuck you!”  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was shouting at Elon Musk in the halls of the West Wing last month …
Politico:
House GOP's Medicaid revisions aim to please hard-liners  —  Newly released amendments will likely add savings — and coverage losses — under the Republican megabill.  —  House Republicans made substantial changes to the Medicaid portion of the GOP megabill in amendments unveiled Wednesday night …
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Ben Leonard / Politico:   House GOP releases changes to megabill
Associated Press:
Former Florida Republican congressional candidate gets 3 years for threatening primary opponent  —  In 2021, William Robert Braddock III and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna were candidates in the primary election to represent Florida's 13th Congressional District.  —  TAMPA, Fla. — A former Florida …
Discussion: UPI, Tampa Bay Times and The Hill
John Ismay / New York Times:
Pete Hegseth Leads Christian Prayer Service in the Pentagon  —  The event was held in the Pentagon's auditorium during working hours and featured Mr. Hegseth's pastor.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon's auditorium on Wednesday morning …
Signal Messenger:
By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall  —  Signal Desktop now includes support for a new “Screen security” setting that is designed to help prevent your own computer from capturing screenshots of your Signal chats on Windows.  This setting is automatically enabled by default in Signal Desktop on Windows 11.
 
 
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CBS News:
Israel condemned over troops in occupied West Bank firing “warning shots” near visiting diplomats
Washington Post:
Ed Martin's failed bid for U.S. attorney revealed the limits of Trump's power
Discussion: Above the Law and Raw Story
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GOP bill raises fears of major reduction in home care for seniors, disabled
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump's Firings of Rights Watchdog Board Members Were Illegal, Judge Rules
Discussion: Associated Press
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