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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 …
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
The Deficit Is Unsettling Bond Traders. Here's How That Affects the Economy. — The trade war has calmed down, but rising government borrowing costs pose a new worry — An economy facing possible indigestion from big increases in tariffs now is contending with a second headwind …
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 …
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New York Times:
The House Passed Trump's Megabill. Bond Investors Are Worried. — Republicans brought the president's tax cuts one step closer to reality, but Wall Street remains on edge about the fiscal costs. — Bond investors squirm over the budget — House Republicans overcame bitter differences …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
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
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New York Times:
Republicans Will Use Paperwork to Kick Americans Off Health Care
Republicans Will Use Paperwork to Kick Americans Off Health Care
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Can We Still Govern?
NBC News:
House passes sweeping domestic policy package after Trump and Speaker Johnson win over holdouts
House passes sweeping domestic policy package after Trump and Speaker Johnson win over holdouts
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The Hill:
House passes Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ in marathon overnight session
House passes Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ in marathon overnight session
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Washington Post:
Trump urges Senate passage of his tax and immigration bill ‘as soon as possible’
Trump urges Senate passage of his tax and immigration bill ‘as soon as possible’
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ will lead to Medicare cuts: CBO
Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ will lead to Medicare cuts: CBO
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Two House Republicans missed the big vote
Two House Republicans missed the big vote
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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.
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The Guardian:
Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum — Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum — Joseph Gedeon in Washington and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem — A suspect is in custody after shooting dead two Israeli embassy staff outside …
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Associated Press:
Here's what we know about the DC shooting where 2 staff members of the Israeli Embassy were killed
New York Times:
Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky Were Israeli Embassy Workers Killed in D.C. Shooting
Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky Were Israeli Embassy Workers Killed in D.C. Shooting
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
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.
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Rudy Chinchilla / NBC News:
Two Israeli Embassy staffers shot dead outside D.C.'s Capital Jewish Museum — The gunman shouted “Free Palestine” as he was being arrested, law enforcement officials said. — Two staff members of Israel's embassy in Washington, D.C., were shot dead outside the district's Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night, officials said.
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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 …
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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.
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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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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Trump Thinks It Was ‘Stupid’ Not to Cash in Harder on His First Term. He's Making Up for It — As the president mixes public service with personal profit, he's making the world safe for corruption — President Donald Trump will host a gathering of VIPs at his private golf resort outside Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
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Kevin Collier / NBC News:
Trump's crypto dinner cost over $1 million per seat on average
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Paul Krugman:
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 …
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.
ABC News:
Supreme Court says Oklahoma can't launch taxpayer-funded religious charter school — The court was deadlocked in the case, issuing a 4-4 ruling. — The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, April 7, 2025 in Washington. — The Supreme Court on Thursday, in a rare deadlocked 4-4 ruling …
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court deadlocks in dispute over effort to create first religious charter school
Supreme Court deadlocks in dispute over effort to create first religious charter school
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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 …
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Ben Leonard / Politico:
Musk huddles with Energy and Commerce GOP — Elon Musk is meeting with House Energy and Commerce Republicans on Thursday morning to discuss energy issues and artificial intelligence, according to a person with direct knowledge of the confab. It comes a day after the Trump ally and head …
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
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.”
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
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 York Times:
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 …
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.
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CBS News:
Kim Jong Un fumes as North Korea's new warship damaged due to “absolute carelessness” in launch accident — Seoul, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vented fury at his own military and other officials Wednesday after his country's second naval destroyer was damaged in a failed launch …
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Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
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 …
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Washington Post:
Ed Martin's failed bid for U.S. attorney revealed the limits of Trump's power — The unsuccessful nomination revealed a shifting relationship between the president and GOP senators — and Trump's willingness to walk away from a protracted fight. — It was mid-April, and Ed Martin knew his nomination was in danger.
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