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 …

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 …

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 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.

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.

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.