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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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STAT, USA Today, Axios, Washington Examiner, CNBC, CBS News, Deseret News, Balkinization, New York Post, Accountable US and MSNBC
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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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Business Insider, Off Message, Vanity Fair, Forbes, Reason, HuffPost, Washington Examiner, IJR and Washington Times
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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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 …
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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 — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that the House-passed package would decrease revenue by $3.7 trillion and cut spending by $1.3 trillion over 10 years. — WASHINGTON — The sweeping Republican bill …
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Republicans Have No Good Options on the Budget
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Trump's big bill will cut taxes by $3.7T and add $2.4T to deficit, budget office says
Trump's big bill will cut taxes by $3.7T and add $2.4T to deficit, budget office says
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Reuters, Scripps News, Roll Call, ABC News, Associated Press, MLive.com, Fox Business, WHEC.com, NewsMax.com and Newsweek
Associated Press:
Live updates: 10.9 million more people projected to lose insurance in 2034 from GOP tax bill cuts
Live updates: 10.9 million more people projected to lose insurance in 2034 from GOP tax bill cuts
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New Republic, The Hill, PoliticusUSA, The Independent and News/Talk 94.9 WSJM
Associated Press:
Live updates: 10.9 million more people projected to lose insurance in 2034 from GOP tax bill cuts
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Marjorie Taylor Greene admits she also didn't read the GOP megabill she voted for
Marjorie Taylor Greene admits she also didn't read the GOP megabill she voted for
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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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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.
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Politico, The Hill, American Greatness, Vanity Fair, The Independent, The Wrap, Forbes, Axios, PennLive, Business Insider, HuffPost, Metro.co.uk, PoliticusUSA, Blaze Media, Breitbart, Alternet.org, NOTUS and Mediaite
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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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 …
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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New Republic
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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David Dayen / American Prospect:
The First Casualty of the Big Beautiful Bill?
The First Casualty of the Big Beautiful Bill?
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Townhall, The Hill, Bloomberg, New York Post, MSNBC and New York Times
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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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump doubles tariffs on steel and aluminum, raising ire of Canada and Mexico
Trump doubles tariffs on steel and aluminum, raising ire of Canada and Mexico
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party — Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has become an independent after serving under two Democratic presidents, according to the publisher of a new book from Jean-Pierre out this fall.
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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.
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Alternet.org, RedState, HotAir, So What, IJR, Townhall and Blaze Media
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.
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The Hill
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Missourinet, Roll Call and Washington Examiner
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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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs — The spending proposal terminates support of health programs that, according to the proposal, “do not make Americans safer.” — The Trump administration's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year eliminates funding …
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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 …
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Fox News
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Laura Loomer's White House access erases the line between the fringe and mainstream — In a normal White House, right-wing activists like Loomer wouldn't have access. But that's not Donald Trump's White House. — Amid speculation that people close to Donald Trump have grown weary …
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NBC News, Daily Kos, New Republic, The Hill, Associated Press and CNN
The Bulwark:
A Gross and Brazen ‘DOGE Check’ Scam — A conservative PAC with past ties to top Trumpworld figures is telling voters they can get a $5,000 DOGE check. It's a lie. — Yesterday, Andrew guest-hosted for Mona Charen on Just Between Us to talk with JVL about where the Trump administration …
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Center for Strategic … and CNN
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.
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Blaze Media, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Judge orders tranche of documents in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case to be made public — Washington — The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered a batch of documents to be unsealed Wednesday in response to a request from a media coalition that includes CBS News.
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
House Oversight Democrat seeks information from Trump on Elon Musk's alleged drug use — Washington — The acting top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked President Trump on Wednesday for information about Elon Musk's alleged drug use during the 2024 presidential campaign …
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HuffPost and New York Daily News
Rolling Stone:
What Happened When the FBI Asked for Dirt on Docs Treating Trans Kids: ‘F-ck Off Nazi Dickheads’ — It's the Trump Administration's latest move to target health care providers working with trans youth … On Monday, the FBI asked for tips on doctors or hospitals “who mutilate under the guise …
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KRDO, The Post Millennial, American Wire News and The Western Journal
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.


