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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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CBS News, STAT and Accountable US
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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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The Daily Beast, Reason, Off Message, Alternet.org, HuffPost, Washington Examiner, Daily Kos, IJR, The Guardian and Washington Times, more at Techmeme »
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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Associated Press and Fox Business
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President's Policy Bill Could Add $2.4 Trillion to Debt, Analysis Shows
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Reuters, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, KRDO, Washington Post and Newsweek
Politico:
House GOP gets megabill's official price tag: $2.4T
House GOP gets megabill's official price tag: $2.4T
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Associated Press and NewsMax.com
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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New York Times, Axios, The Guardian, New Republic, Al Jazeera, The Western Journal, masslive.com, New Jersey Online and The Hill
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Republicans Have No Good Options on the Budget
Republicans Have No Good Options on the Budget
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The Hill, HuffPost, NewsMax.com and NPR
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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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Hegseth moves to rename Navy ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk
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USA Today, ABC News, Associated Press, Twitchy, Newsbusters, CBS News and Ace of Spades HQ
Eleanor Watson / CBS News:
Navy set to rename USNS Harvey Milk, mulls new names for other ships named for civil rights leaders
Navy set to rename USNS Harvey Milk, mulls new names for other ships named for civil rights leaders
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RedState, Mediaite, Raw Story, Axios, Newsweek, Common Dreams, Twitchy, New Republic, Rolling Stone, Washington Times, USA Today and The Hill
New York Times:
Higher Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Imports Go Into Effect — The president has ratcheted up the rate on foreign metals to 50 percent, double the previous rate, saying the levies weren't high enough to help the U.S. industry. — U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports doubled on Wednesday …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump doubles tariffs on steel and aluminum, raising ire of Canada and Mexico
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Reuters, CNBC, The Hill, The Guardian, CTV News, The Western Journal, National Post, UPI, Bloomberg, NPR, USA Today, Newsweek, Townhall, The Japan Times, CityNews Toronto, ABC News and Al Jazeera
Paul Krugman:
Is There a Tariff End Game?
Is There a Tariff End Game?
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Politico, Fox Business, NewsMax.com, The Kyiv Independent, New Republic and Raw Story
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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Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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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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New Republic
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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New York Magazine, Washington Examiner, Plain Dealer, CBS News and Steady
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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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MSNBC, Bloomberg, The Hill, Blaze Media and New York Times
CMS:
CMS Statement on Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) — The Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") are rescinding July 2022 guidance from CMS with the subject “Reinforcement of EMTALA Obligations specific to Patients …
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Rolling Stone, STAT, HuffPost, The Intercept, NewsMax.com, KRDO, Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
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Associated Press:
Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions
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Axios, USA Today, News/Talk 94.9 WSJM, The Guardian, The Hill, Governor of California, Reuters and New York Times
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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USA Today
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 …
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.
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Washington Examiner, New York Times, Tampa Bay Times, MLive.com, Politico, Slate, Jewish Insider, RedState, UPI, IJR, The Daily Caller and Florida Politics
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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 …
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, New Republic, CNN, The Hill and Associated Press
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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HotAir, So What, IJR, Blaze Media and Townhall
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
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The fascinating backstory behind a bizarre State Department Substack post — How a Catholic theocrat started speaking for Trump's State Department. … Last week, the State Department published a strikingly radical screed on its official Substack. Titled “The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe …
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 …
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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Chuck Grassley, The Daily Signal, The Federalist, New York Post, NewsMax.com, Fox News and Washington Times
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Guardian:
US immigration officers ordered to arrest more people even without warrants — Exclusive: Ice officers told to get ‘creative’ with arrests, including of undocumented people encountered by chance — Senior US immigration officials over the weekend instructed rank-and-file officers to …

