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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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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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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.
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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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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 …
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Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
Musk Keeps on Dissing Trump in Flurry of New Posts
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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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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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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:
Johnson, Thune push back on Musk's megabill criticism
Johnson, Thune push back on Musk's megabill criticism
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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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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
GOP bill for Trump's agenda would add $2.4 trillion to the debt, budget office says
GOP bill for Trump's agenda would add $2.4 trillion to the debt, budget office says
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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Republicans Are Trying to Stop — And Even Sabotage — Bill Huizenga's Potential Senate Bid
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Republicans scramble to avoid a war with Elon Musk
Republicans scramble to avoid a war with Elon Musk
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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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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
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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Karine Jean-Pierre's New Book Is Greeted With a ‘WTF’ Chorus — “As has always been the case with her, this is sloppy optics management,” said a former senior Biden administration official. — Copy — Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's new attempt to distance herself …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party
Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party
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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 …
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deporting family of suspect in Boulder attack — Washington — A federal judge in Colorado temporarily blocked federal immigration officials from removing the wife and five children of the man charged in Sunday's attack in Boulder from the country or the state.
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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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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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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 …
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
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Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Trump administration ends emergency abortion requirement for hospitals
Trump administration ends emergency abortion requirement for hospitals
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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 …
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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 …
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