The Republican Party's Populist Betrayal  —  There were lots of last-minute tweaks to the Big, Beautiful Bill the House passed this morning, but here, per the New York Times, is the most openly stupid one: … Happy Thursday.  —  Another Win for the Plutocrats  —  by Andrew Egger

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 …

Woman shot at CIA headquarters after crashing into gate … A woman was shot and wounded at CIA headquarters after crashing into a gate there early Thursday morning, NBC News reported.  —  The woman has been preliminarily identified as 27-year-old Monia Spadaro, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the incident told NBC.

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 …

Trump urges Senate passage of his tax and immigration bill ‘as soon as possible’  —  Chants of ‘USA’ as House passes Trump's big tax measure  —  President Donald Trump urged the Senate to act on his massive tax and immigration package “as soon as possible” following narrow passage in the House early Thursday.

Gaming Out a Sudden Stop  —  What happens if investors lose faith in America?  —  I used to be an economics ambulance-chaser — someone who raced around the world to wherever there was an interesting economic calamity.  And this international experience probably made me more sensitive …

Supreme Court deadlocks in dispute over effort to create first religious charter school  —  Washington — An evenly divided Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court decision that invalidated a contract approved the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board that established the nation's first religious charter school.

Judge blocks Trump bid to dismantle Department of Education  —  The judge said the administration's planned reductions were clearly aimed at carrying out Trump's campaign-trail promise to eliminate the department altogether.  —  A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration …

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.

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades  —  The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years.  —  The funding decreases touch virtually every area …

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.

‘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 …

The hidden provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king  —  I've been following with a mixture of dismay and disgust Trump's One Big Ugly Bill, soon to emerge from the House.  I'll report back to you on it later this morning.  —  But I want to alert you to one detail inside it that's especially alarming.

BYD sells more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla for first time  —  Chinese car group has been pushing to expand into overseas markets for past few years  —  Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.  —  BYD has sold more electric vehicles …

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 …

Bonus 152: Judge Ho, Due Process, and “Disrespect”  —  Some thoughts on Judge Ho's rather galling claim that the Supreme Court “disrespect[ed]” the district court and the President in Friday's ruling in the “A.A.R.P. II” Alien Enemies Act case.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Welcome back to the weekly bonus content for “One First.”

Republicans Will Use Paperwork to Kick Americans Off Health Care  —  Appearing on Fox News, the Republican chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, Jason Smith, noted the need for Medicaid “cuts,” but then quickly corrected himself: “Medicaid reforms, I should say.”

The GOP's Chaotic Bid to Defang the Courts  —  Republicans are considering a new judicial requirement that would let Trump skirt court orders for a short time — for the small price of nationwide legal pandemonium.  —  The multitrillion-dollar reconciliation bill the House GOP passed Thursday includes …

New Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds strong support for authority of courts in cases involving president  — The U.S. president must obey rulings by either the Supreme Court or lower federal courts; majorities oppose call to impeach judges  — Majority say President Trump lacks power …

‘I did it for Gaza’: Who is Elias Rodriguez, far-left activist who murdered two Israelis?  —  Rodriguez is reportedly a member of Party for Socialism and Liberation, which posted an “anti genocide pledge” on its social media.  —  The man who killed two Israeli embassy staff members outside …

Charlie and the Ambassadorship Factory  —  Charlie Kushner, the newly confirmed US ambassador to France, is a vindictive, felonious, and score-settling real estate mogul, not unlike a certain US president.  —  Bluesky  —  Pocket  —  outgoing representative from Wyoming, may have said

House Spending Bill Now Bans Medicaid For Transition Care For Adults  —  The provision was stricken late at night to appeal to hardline conservatives. … Late Wednesday night, as the House debated Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill—which will shape the federal government's priorities …