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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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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is Losing Patience With Musk's Outbursts Over Megabill — Billionaire's attacks on Trump's tax bill are fraying his relationship with the president — WASHINGTON—President Trump is losing patience with Elon Musk after the billionaire attacked Republicans' sprawling tax-and-spending bill.
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
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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.
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Associated Press:
Elon Musk privately expresses frustration on a range of recent moves by Trump administration: Sources
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President's Policy Bill Could Add $2.4 Trillion to Debt, Analysis Shows
Trump Administration Live Updates: President's Policy Bill Could Add $2.4 Trillion to Debt, Analysis Shows
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Reuters, CBO Publications, Bloomberg, Deadline, Breitbart, The Hill, The Wrap and Blue Virginia
Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Sen. Ron Johnson rips into ‘immoral’ GOP spending bill: 'I can't accept it'
Sen. Ron Johnson rips into ‘immoral’ GOP spending bill: 'I can't accept it'
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The Hill, NewsMax.com, IJR and Breitbart
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says
Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says
Politico:
Trump is brushing off Musk's megabill attacks — for now
Trump is brushing off Musk's megabill attacks — for now
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Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Republican Policy Bill Would Add $2.4 Trillion to Debt, Budget Office Says
Republican Policy Bill Would Add $2.4 Trillion to Debt, Budget Office Says
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New Republic, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Townhall, The Hill, NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
Brian Faler / Politico:
Parliamentarian could nix the ‘revenge tax’ increase in GOP megabill
Parliamentarian could nix the ‘revenge tax’ increase in GOP megabill
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Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
Musk Keeps on Dissing Trump in Flurry of New Posts
Musk Keeps on Dissing Trump in Flurry of New Posts
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Politico:
Johnson, Thune push back on Musk's megabill criticism
Johnson, Thune push back on Musk's megabill criticism
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RedState, Washington Examiner, New York Daily News, The Hill, CBS News, Daily Kos, MSNBC and The Wrap
New Republic:
Trump Rages at Worsening Budget Bill Fiasco as Musk Admits It's a Scam
Trump Rages at Worsening Budget Bill Fiasco as Musk Admits It's a Scam
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Axios, Fox News, KRDO, The Root, Daily Mail, CBS News, American Greatness, New Jersey Online, Bloomberg, Townhall, Raw Story, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Forbes, The Wrap, The Hill, PennLive, The Independent and Business Insider
Reuters:
CBO estimates Trump's bill could add $2.4T to deficit, leave 11 million without health insurance
CBO estimates Trump's bill could add $2.4T to deficit, leave 11 million without health insurance
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USA Today, HotAir, Associated Press, The Hill, ABC News, PoliticusUSA, Washington Examiner and Newsweek
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Republicans Are Trying to Stop — And Even Sabotage — Bill Huizenga's Potential Senate Bid
Justin Green / Axios:
Musk demands do-over on Trump budget bill
Musk demands do-over on Trump budget bill
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Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says — The U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday it has notified a university accreditation body that Columbia University had violated federal anti-discrimination laws by its alleged failure to protect Jewish students on its campus.
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Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Trump Officials Target Columbia Accreditation Over Pro-Palestine Protests — The Education Department said Columbia University no longer appeared to meet accreditation standards after concluding that the school is in violation of anti-discrimination laws, the latest effort by the Trump administration …
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The Guardian
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Notifies Columbia University's Accreditor of Columbia's Title VI Violation — ED OCR and HHS OCR Found Columbia University Violated Federal Civil Rights Law — The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today notified Middle States Commission …
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Megan Palin / New York Post:
Columbia protester and self-proclaimed ‘Jew-hater’ had direct link to Hamas' terror cell, disturbing phone records reveal: DOJ
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Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Attacks Columbia's Accreditation
Trump Administration Attacks Columbia's Accreditation
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The Hill and Washington Times
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 …
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Ex-White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre left Democratic Party, publisher of her book says — Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has a book out this fall that promises a close look at President Biden's decision not to run for reelection and calls for thinking beyond the two-party system.
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Hannah Allam / ProPublica:
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump's Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention — One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government's main hub for combating violent extremism.
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 …
Washington Post:
Judge bars Trump administration from deporting family of Boulder attack suspect — A federal judge barred the Trump administration from deporting the wife and children of an Egyptian man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a pro-Israel demonstration in Colorado.
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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 …
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The Verge
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 …
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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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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Joni Ernst's “we're all going to die” pushes MAGA's toxic Christian compassion on us all
Joni Ernst's “we're all going to die” pushes MAGA's toxic Christian compassion on us all
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Alternet.org
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 …
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Bloomberg, Associated Press, Quartz, Reuters and Raw Story
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Guatemalan deportee arrives in US after judge orders Trump to facilitate return — A Guatemalan man who said he was deported to Mexico despite fearing he would be persecuted there was flown back to the United States on Wednesday after a judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return, his lawyer said.
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CBS News
Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
Texas hospital that discharged woman with doomed pregnancy violated the law, a federal inquiry finds — A Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law, according to a newly released federal investigation.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Rescinds Biden Policy Requiring Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions
Trump Rescinds Biden Policy Requiring Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Democrats set out to study young men. Here are their findings. — A widely mocked project to get under the hood about why Democrats are losing young men has sobering results. — The Democrats trying to understand young American men know people are roasting their plan.
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 …
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Alejandro Serrano / The Texas Tribune:
Months after detaining 47 people accused of being Tren de Aragua in Austin, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties — People at the raided house say they rented it for a birthday party and deny any connection to the gang. One man says law enforcement accused him of being in Tren de Aragua because of his tattoo.
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New Republic
Ryan Quinn / Inside Higher Ed:
After Delays and Public Blowback, Chapel Hill Board Votes Outside Meeting to Award Tenure — After faculty raised alarm over the board's delay on the decisions, trustees finally debated and voted by email. A couple of them said they generally opposed tenure.



