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7:50 AM ET, June 4, 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.
Discussion: HuffPost, IJR and Washington Times
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Liam Archacki / The Daily Beast:
MTG Admits She Didn't Read Trump Mega Bill She Voted For  —  Diehard MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she wished she had not voted for President Donald Trump's “One Big, Beautiful” spending bill, explaining that she wasn't aware of its contents.  “Full transparency …
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump formally asks Congress to claw back approved spending targeted by DOGE
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
‘Disgusting abomination’: Elon Musk tears into Trump megabill
Wall Street Journal:
Some of Trump's Biggest Inaugural Donors Benefit From Early Government Actions
Discussion: Alternet.org
New York Times:
Elon Musk Calls Trump Policy Bill a ‘Disgusting Abomination’
Discussion: Semafor
Politico:
Judge tosses Democratic Party challenge to Trump order's impact on FEC
Discussion: Washington Times and Bloomberg
Konstantin Toropin / Military and Veteran Benefits …:
Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to take the rare step of renaming a ship, one that bears the name of a gay rights icon, documents and sources show.  —  Military.com reviewed a memorandum …
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Eleanor Watson / CBS News:
Navy set to rename USNS Harvey Milk, mulls new names for other ships named for civil rights leaders  —  Washington — The U.S. Navy plans to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler named after the slain gay rights leader and Navy veteran, and is considering renaming multiple naval ships named …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Hegseth moves to rename Navy ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk  —  The directive could be expanded to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said people familiar with internal discussions.  —  The Pentagon is making plans to strip the name …
Discussion: Newsbusters, Twitchy, CBS News and ABC News
New York Times:
U.S. May Strip Harvey Milk's Name From Navy Vessel  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a review of ship names honoring Mr. Milk, a gay rights pioneer, and other leaders.  In Mr. Milk's case, the move is intended as a rebuke of Pride Month.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered …
Associated Press:
Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions  —  The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would revoke guidance to the nation's hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions for women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Rescinds Biden Policy Requiring Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions
Discussion: USA Today
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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Politico:
Playbook: Elon goes to war
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Four reasons Musk attacked Trump's “big beautiful bill”
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump doubles tariffs on steel and aluminum, raising ire of Canada and Mexico  —  President Trump signed an order Tuesday doubling tariffs to 50% on steel and aluminum imports — drawing swift criticism from officials in neighboring Canada and Mexico.  —  Why it matters: Trump's order …
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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.
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 …
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Alan Festo / The Gainesville Sun:
Florida higher ed board stuns UF, blocks Santa Ono from becoming president  —  In a stunning move, the board that oversees Florida's higher education system voted against the confirmation of Dr. Santa Ono, formerly president of the University of Michigan, as the University of Florida's 14th president.
Reuters:
Exclusive: CDC expert resigns from COVID vaccines advisory role, sources say  —  Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos of the U.S. CDC resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is leaving the agency …
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Alexander Tin / CBS News:
CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns
Discussion: STAT
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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Lee Haye-ah / Yonhap News Agency:
(News Focus) Hard-bitten and pragmatic, Lee stages ultimate comeback with presidential election win  —  Lee Haye-ah  —  President-elect Lee Jae-myung has been known to be a fighter, overcoming crisis after crisis in both his professional and personal lives while appearing cool and focused …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Washington Post Plans an Influx of Outside Opinion Writers  —  A new program, known internally as Ripple, would open The Post to journalists at other publications and influential writers on Substack.  —  The Washington Post has published some of the world's most influential voices …
Washington Post:
Donald Trump and the art of the Oval Office confrontation  —  Leaders watch as Trump upends the traditional Oval Office visit, worrying they could be next.  “This is the Trump show,” a senior White House official said.  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was the first to see his Oval Office meeting …
Matt Krupnick / ProPublica:
Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing  —  ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year.  Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate the schools, tribal education leaders say.
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.
Discussion: Blaze Media and Townhall
 
 
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New York Times:
Smithsonian's Reaction to Trump's Firing of Its Museum Director: Silence
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
How DOGE's push to amass data could hurt the reliability of future U.S. statistics
Discussion: USA Today
Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
FBI discovers cache of guns, armor and Nazi paraphernalia while raiding home in Washington state
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American Banker:
The Senate's stablecoin bill risks repeating past legislative mistakes
Politico:
Fetterman's chief of staff leaves amid string of departures
Discussion: Axios, New York Magazine, PennLive and KRDO
Luke Barr / ABC News:
2 Chinese nationals charged with smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism’ fungus into US: DOJ
Time:
Google's New AI Tool Generates Convincing Deepfakes of Riots, Conflict, and Election Fraud
 

 
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