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7:15 PM ET, June 4, 2025

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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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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
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.
Associated Press:
Elon Musk privately expresses frustration on a range of recent moves by Trump administration: Sources
Discussion: New York Times
Michael Gold / New York Times:
After Muscling Their Bill Through the House, Some Republicans Have Regrets
New Republic:
Trump Rages at Worsening Budget Bill Fiasco as Musk Admits It's a Scam
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:   Republicans Are Trying to Stop — And Even Sabotage — Bill Huizenga's Potential Senate Bid
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says
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.
Discussion: Newsweek
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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 …
Discussion: 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 …
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Attacks Columbia's Accreditation
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
Ronny Reyes / New York Post:
DOE says Columbia should be stripped of accreditation over ‘indifference’ to antisemitism on campus
Discussion: Forbes
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.
NOTUS:
Karine Jean-Pierre's New Book Is Greeted With a ‘WTF’ Chorus
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.
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.
Discussion: Politico and Twitchy
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The Hill:
Judge blocks deportation of Boulder suspect's family as DHS prepares removal
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 …
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 …
Discussion: 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 …
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!”
Discussion: Fox News and Blaze Media
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
The First Casualty of the Big Beautiful Bill?
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg and Townhall
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Joni Ernst's “we're all going to die” pushes MAGA's toxic Christian compassion on us all
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Quartz, Reuters and Raw Story
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
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.
Discussion: CBS News
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.
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.
Discussion: New Republic
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 …
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Automakers Race to Find Workaround to China's Stranglehold on Rare-Earth Magnets  —  Major manufacturers, fearful they will have to shut down assembly lines, consider moving some parts production to China  —  Loading...  Four major automakers are racing to find workarounds to China's stranglehold …
 
 
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Arthur Jones II / ABC News:
Secretary McMahon wants Harvard to ‘come back to the table’ to negotiate with Trump admin
Discussion: New Republic and Jewish Insider
Sydney Kashiwagi / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Gov. Tim Walz backs transgender kids as Democrats grapple with debate over bans in sports
Discussion: PJ Media and New York Post
Department of Transportation:
Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Releases Report Exposing No Viable Path Forward for California's High-Speed Rail Boondoggle
Everett B. Kelley / The Hill:
The ‘big, beautiful bill’ would secretly dismantle the civil service
Discussion: Niskanen Center and The Contrarian
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
A Gross and Brazen ‘DOGE Check’ Scam
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
The New York Times Is About to Do More Damage to Trans People
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
FBI sent anti-Catholic memo to over 1,000 employees, new records show
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump's Bedminster Golf Club Flagged For 18 Health Violations In Latest Inspection—Earned Lowest Grade In County
Discussion: PennLive
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The fascinating backstory behind a bizarre State Department Substack post
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

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The Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging Perplexity's platforms lift Tribune content verbatim and divert traffic from the paper

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
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