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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate referee rejects key Medicaid cuts in Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’  —  Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has rejected key Medicaid provisions in the Senate GOP megabill, a ruling that appears to strike a major blow to Republicans' strategy for cutting federal spending.
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Axios:
House GOP fumes at changes to Trump bill: “Insulting and disgusting” … - For lawmakers from high-tax states, that's the watering down of a hard-fought increase to the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction cap.  — For fiscal hawks, it's rulings made by the Senate parliamentarian …
James Bikales / Politico:
5 House Republicans declare red line on megabill land sales  —  Five House Republicans on Thursday threatened to vote down the GOP megabill if the Senate includes a provision to sell public lands for development.  The move comes after Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) sought to include those sales in the bill …
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Thune says Senate won't overrule parliamentarian
Jasmine Li / Wall Street Journal:
Who Is the Senate Parliamentarian and Why Do Some Republicans Want Her Fired?
Lawrence Ukenye / Politico:   Senate Republicans explore tweaks to pension plan after parliamentarian ruling
New York Times:
Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign  —  The Justice Department has demanded that James E. Ryan step down to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school, three people familiar with the matter said.  —  The Trump administration has privately demanded …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into University of California Hiring Practices
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New York Times:
Eric Adams Meets With Business Leaders Desperate to Stop Mamdani's Rise
Frazier Moore / Associated Press:
Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91  —  Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television's most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to illuminate a world of ideas, died Thursday at age 91.
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Fred A. Bernstein / Washington Post:
Bill Moyers, eminence of public affairs broadcasting, dies at 91  —  He was White House press secretary under Lyndon B. Johnson and Newsday publisher before becoming an acclaimed television journalist, mostly for PBS.  —  Bill Moyers, who served as press secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson and then …
CNN:   Bill Moyers, former press secretary turned acclaimed journalist, dead at 91
Carmel Dagan / Variety:   Bill Moyers, Elder Statesman of PBS Journalists, Dies at 91
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Threatens to Sue The Times and CNN Over Iran Reporting  —  The president has criticized media coverage of a preliminary classified report that ran counter to his assertion that U.S. strikes had “obliterated” Iran's nuclear program.  —  President Trump on Wednesday threatened to sue …
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Bill Goodykoontz / Arizona Republic:
Why did Pete Hegseth attack Fox News' Jennifer Griffin for being right?
Shawn Fleetwood / The Federalist:
CNN ‘Stand[s] 100% Behind’ Natasha Bertrand's Serial Disinformation On Foreign Affairs
Wired:
‘Big Balls’ Is Now at the Social Security Administration  —  Edward “Big Balls” Coristine's placement at the SSA comes after a White House official told WIRED on Tuesday that the 19-year-old had resigned from his position in government.  —  Edward “Big Balls” Coristine …
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules  —  A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country's biggest abortion provider.
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court upholds South Carolina's ban on Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood
Ben Finley / Associated Press:
US plans to deport Abrego Garcia to a country that's not El Salvador, prosecutor tells judge  —  President Donald Trump's administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a country that's not his native El Salvador after he's released from jail in Tennessee, a federal prosecutor told a federal judge in Maryland on Thursday.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Why Trump regime shattered the Constitution to crush a 29-year-old Maryland laborer
Discussion: WUSA
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Kennedy's New Advisers Rescind Recommendations for Some Flu Vaccines  —  Critics saw in the move the beginnings of a more restrictive approach to providing vaccines to Americans.  —  An advisory panel recently appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted on Thursday to walk …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Former Supreme Court Justice Kennedy says ‘democracy is at risk’  —  The retired Reagan appointee joined a forum on threats to judges and the rule of law.  —  Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy warned Thursday that acrimonious political discourse and threats to judges are eroding …
Discussion: Fox News, Mediaite and The Hill
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Former Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro disbarred in New York over 2020 election interference case  —  Chesebro pleaded guilty in 2023 to one count of conspiracy to commit filing false documents in the Georgia election interference case against Trump and his allies.
Discussion: New York Times
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Ex-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro disbarred in New York
Discussion: Raw Story, UPI and Politico
Robert Brodsky / Newsday:
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, former congresswoman and prominent gun control advocate, dies at 81  —  Automated narration.  Learn more  —  Carolyn McCarthy, whose personal tragedy propelled her to national prominence after her husband was killed during the 1993 Long Island Rail Road massacre …
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Laurence Arnold / Bloomberg:
Carolyn McCarthy, NY's ‘Gun Lady’ in Congress, Dies at 81
WWD:
American Vogue Seeks New Head of Editorial Content  —  Anna Wintour will continue in her roles as chief content officer for Condé Nast and global editorial director, Vogue.  —  It's the end of an era. … Wintour, 75, will remain chief content officer for Condé Nast and global editorial director, Vogue.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using a new mobile phone app that can identify someone based on their fingerprints or face by simply pointing a smartphone camera at them, according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media.
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Miami Herald:
Canadian man awaiting deportation dies at detention facility in downtown Miami  —  Johnny Noviello moved from Canada to Daytona Beach when he was 10 years old.  He grew up in Florida and became a lawful permanent resident.  —  On Monday, June 23, he died at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami …
Kevin Jennings / Advocate:
After 10 years of marriage equality, the fight continues for LGBTQ+ rights  —  Your support makes The Advocate's original LGBTQ+ reporting possible.  Become a member today to help us continue this work.  —  Join the fight  —  A lot of queer people can tell you exactly where they were at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 26, 2015.
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Gabbard Dropped From Intelligence Briefing as Trump Rages Over Leak  —  SIDELINED  —  The director of national intelligence is being left out after a leaked assessment said the president's strikes on Iran had set the country's nuclear program back just a few months.
CNN:
Exclusive: Details emerge of secret diplomatic efforts to restart Iran talks  —  The Trump administration has discussed possibly helping Iran access as much as $30 billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program, easing sanctions, and freeing up billions of dollars in restricted Iranian funds …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Elaine Mallon / Washington Examiner:
Egyptian man pleads guilty to kicking CBP dog at DC airport  —  A 70-year-old Egyptian man pleaded guilty to federal charges for kicking a Customs and Border Protection agriculture detector dog at Washington Dulles International Airport earlier this week.  —  Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie …
 
 
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Jennie Taer / New York Post:
Wife of Iranian illegal immigrant allegedly threatened to shoot ICE agents in the head when they came to arrest husband
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
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Grace Yarrow / Politico:
Senate parliamentarian approves tweaked SNAP cost-share plan
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Parliamentarian requests AI moratorium rewrite
Andrew Sullivan / New York Times:
How the Gay Rights Movement Radicalized, and Lost Its Way
Discussion: New York Post and HotAir
Dan Katz / TPR:
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Crockett questions Melania Trump's reported ‘Einstein visa’: 'The math ain't mathin"
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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