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CBO Publications:
Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act  —  As passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025  —  Estimated budgetary effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025.
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
After Muscling Their Bill Through the House, Some Republicans Have Regrets  —  The sprawling legislation carrying President Trump's domestic agenda squeaked through the House with one vote to spare, but some Republicans now say they didn't realize what they voted for.
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Republicans Try to Discredit Experts Warning About the Cost of Tax Cuts … President Trump's allies were trying to discredit the findings of experts even before the new forecast that their signature legislation would add $2.4 trillion to the federal debt.Kenny Holston/The New York Times
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg and Alternet.org
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President's Policy Bill Could Add $2.4 Trillion to Debt, Analysis Shows  —  The C.B.O. estimate is all but certain to inflame debate within the G.O.P. about the bill.  —  The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that the broad Republican bill …
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Republicans Have No Good Options on the Budget
Discussion: Semafor, The Hill and HuffPost
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:   ALEC Sets Sights On New Anti-Voting Bills in States
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Marjorie Taylor Greene admits she also didn't read the GOP megabill she voted for
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:   Republicans Are Trying to Stop — And Even Sabotage — Bill Huizenga's Potential Senate Bid
Politico:   House GOP gets megabill's official price tag: $2.4T
Associated Press:
Elon Musk privately expresses frustration on a range of recent moves by Trump administration: Sources  —  Multiple people who have spoken to Trump and Musk described a widening rift.  —  President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 30, 2025.
Discussion: New York Times, ABC News and The Verge
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New Republic:
Trump Rages at Worsening Budget Bill Fiasco as Musk Admits It's a Scam  —  President Trump has been tweeting wildly and angrily over the fate of his “big, beautiful bill.”  He's been lashing out furiously at Democrats and at GOP Senators alike over their opposition, suggesting Senate passage may be in serious doubt.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Republicans scramble to avoid a war with Elon Musk
Marcia Brown / Politico:
Trump officials delayed farm trade report over deficit forecast  —  Administration officials blocked publication of written analysis that normally accompanies the report because they disliked what it said about the deficit.  —  Trump administration officials delayed and redacted …
New York Times:
Publicly announced cancellations  —  N.I.H. grants, awarded in a competitive process, are typically paid out in installments.  A researcher with a $1 million four-year grant, for instance, will get about $250,000 a year.  Scientists can use this money to buy equipment and supplies and to pay …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Karine Jean-Pierre is leaving the Democratic Party.  Her former White House colleagues have some thoughts.  —  Several who worked alongside the former press secretary responded to her book announcement with derision and contempt.  —  Karine Jean-Pierre's announcement that she's leaving …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and Mediaite
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Ex-White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre left Democratic Party, publisher of her book says
Makena Kelly / Wired:
‘Big Balls’ Is Officially a Full-Time Government Employee  —  The first wave of DOGE staffers was supposed to be gone after 130 days.  Instead, core members of the team have signed on for the long haul.  —  Although Elon Musk has said that he is largely exiting his role at the so-called Department …
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
What's next for the Iowan who shouted ‘people will die’ at Joni Ernst over Medicaid cuts  — India May, a 33-year-old Democrat from Charles City, is running for the Iowa House after sparking a viral moment at U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst's town hall.  — May interrupted Ernst's answer on Medicaid cuts to shout, “people will die!”
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Paul Krugman:
Is There a Tariff End Game?  —  On May 12 Donald Trump suddenly reduced the tariff on China from 145 percent to 30 percent.  This may seem like a big reduction.  But while the higher rate would have completely cut off trade with China, even the lower tariff rate, by my estimates, would cut U.S.-China trade by two-thirds.
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New York Times:
Higher Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Imports Go Into Effect
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Rescinds Biden Policy Requiring Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions  —  At issue is how to interpret a federal law barring hospitals from turning away poor or uninsured patients.  —  The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it had revoked a Biden administration requirement …
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Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
Texas hospital that discharged woman with doomed pregnancy violated the law, a federal inquiry finds
Discussion: Associated Press
Matt Grossman / Wall Street Journal:
Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data  —  Labor Department says staffing shortages reduced its ability to conduct its massive monthly survey  —  Some economists are beginning to question the accuracy of recent U.S. inflation data after the federal government …
Discussion: Reuters and Quartz
Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
FBI discovers cache of guns, armor and Nazi paraphernalia while raiding home in Washington state  —  Law enforcement discovered a cache of weaponry and armor, including a machine gun and grenade launchers, along with Nazi paraphernalia during a raid of a home in Washington state, authorities said Tuesday.
Discussion: The Hill
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
FBI sent anti-Catholic memo to over 1,000 employees, new records show  —  The FBI circulated an anti-Catholic intelligence memo to more than 1,000 employees nationwide during the Biden administration — a much broader internal reach than what former FBI Director Christopher Wray acknowledged …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The fascinating backstory behind a bizarre State Department Substack post  —  Last week, the State Department published a strikingly radical screed on its official Substack.  Titled “The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe,” the piece accused Europe's governments of waging …
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump's Bedminster Golf Club Flagged For 18 Health Violations In Latest Inspection—Earned Lowest Grade In County  —  Topline  —  One of President Donald Trump's New Jersey golf clubs received a 32 out of 100 health inspection score in May, the lowest grade in Somerset County …
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
The New York Times Is About to Do More Damage to Trans People  —  The paper's six-part podcast “The Protocol” looks to continue a pattern of coverage so problematic that over 1,200 of its own contributors have criticized it.  —  ∙ Paid  —  The New York Times has announced that …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Brown Disciplined a Student Who Asked Questions in the Style of Elon Musk and DOGE  —  A conservative student newspaper had DOGE-style questions about the work of Brown University staff.  Its writers were summoned to disciplinary hearings.  —  Thousands of administrative employees …
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Internal Docs Raise Questions About Trump IRS Pick Billy Long's ‘No-Show Jobs’ And ‘Strange’ Schedule Inside A Powerful Agency  —  It's not quite clear what is happening with former Missouri Congressman Billy Long and his associates at the federal Office of Personnel Management …
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
A Gross and Brazen ‘DOGE Check’ Scam  —  Yesterday, Andrew guest-hosted for Mona Charen on Just Between Us to talk with JVL about where the Trump administration is succeeding and where it's failing to break down the laws and norms that would otherwise restrain it, then went deep on the case …
Discussion: Center for Strategic … and CNN
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump calls for scrapping debt limit  —  President Trump on Wednesday doubled down on calls to scrap the nation's debt ceiling, pressing for bipartisan action to abolish it and finding common ground with Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.).  —  “I am very pleased to announce that …
Discussion: Mediaite
NBC News:
A sweeping new ICE operation shows how Trump's focus on immigration is reshaping federal law enforcement  —  Members of other agencies are getting detailed to assist ICE, while Justice Department personnel shift to immigration-focused teams and prioritize immigration-related cases.
Everett B. Kelley / The Hill:
The ‘big, beautiful bill’ would secretly dismantle the civil service  —  The House-passed budget reconciliation bill contains a troubling provision so dangerous and corrosive to the integrity of the federal government that it demands immediate scrutiny and swift rejection by the Senate.
Discussion: Niskanen Center and The Contrarian
The Detroit News:
Florida board blocks Ono from UF presidency in historic decision  —  The Florida Board of Governors voted Tuesday against the confirmation of former University of Michigan President Santa Ono as the University of Florida's next president, blocking the incoming UF president selection …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran rejects any nuclear deal that makes its program reliant on other countries  —  Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei criticized the U.S. proposal for a nuclear deal on Wednesday and stressed Iran won't accept an agreement that makes its nuclear program dependent on other countries.
 
 
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Private sector hiring rose by just 37,000 in May, the lowest in more than two years, ADP says
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Putin tells Trump he'll hit Ukraine back for surprise drone attack
Zoe Williams / The Guardian:
‘Saying Trump is dangerous is not enough’: Bernie Sanders on Biden, billionaires - and why the Democrats failed
Discussion: Newsweek, Alternet.org and HuffPost
Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Trump Aide Hassett Reveals Coinbase Stake of at Least $1 Million
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Judge orders tranche of documents in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case to be made public
Discussion: Fox News
Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Trump administration takes hundreds of migrant children out of their homes, into government custody
J. David McSwane / ProPublica:
Dismissed by DEI: Trump's Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Gwynne Hogan / The City:
ICE Turns Required Check-Ins Into Arrest Dragnet in Lower Manhattan
Discussion: The Independent
New York Times:
Electricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher.
Discussion: The Independent
The Guardian:
US immigration officers ordered to arrest more people even without warrants
 

 
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