Byrd Rule Violations Continue to Mount on the Republicans' “One Big, Beautiful Bill”  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Parliamentarian again advised that several provisions in the Republicans' “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if they remain in the bill.

Democrats fret about national fallout after Mamdani stuns in New York City  —  The stunning success of Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist, in the race for New York City mayor has exposed anew the fiery divisions plaguing the Democratic Party as it struggles …

Trump says Iranians asked U.S. what time they could bomb American military base in Qatar  —  President Trump said Iranian leaders cleared their plan with the U.S. to fire retaliatory strikes against an American airbase in Qatar, and even requested a specific time to attack.  —  “They said, 'We're going to shoot them.

White House to limit intelligence sharing, skip Gabbard at Senate Iran briefing  —  Top officials will brief lawmakers on Thursday amid a political battle over what intelligence reveals about the damage to Iran's nuclear facilities.  —  The White House plans to limit classified intelligence sharing …

Stephen Miller takes shot at NYC after Mamdani upset  —  White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller tore into the city of New York on Wednesday after Zohran Mamdani pulled off a major upset in its Democratic mayoral primary, emerging with a commanding lead over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded late Tuesday.

Supreme court paves way for South Carolina and other states to defund Planned Parenthood  —  Decision could embolden red states in US to block clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid funds  —  The US supreme court has paved the way for South Carolina to kick Planned Parenthood …

The Trump Administration's Assault on Federal Courts Gets More Shockingly Authoritarian  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  Sign up for the email version.  —  Trump's DOJ Just Sued Every Federal Judge in Maryland

The US economy shrank much faster in the first quarter than previously reported  —  The US economy contracted in the beginning of the year at a much faster pace than previously reported, after new data factored in much weaker consumer spending.  —  Gross domestic product …

Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated  —  On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it would immediately stop ingesting, processing, and transmitting data essential to most hurricane forecasts.  —  The announcement was formalized on Tuesday when NOAA distributed …

What It Took To Win  —  The old saw goes that politics is the art of the possible, but it often seems like the art of the impossible: putting together winning coalitions that “objectively” seem to defy logic—or at least, the logic of the pundits.)  My favorite example of this is Trump managing …

Scholars Continue Lambasting Higher Ed While Trump Upends It  —  This year's Heterodox Academy conference—the first since Republicans retook the White House—featured similar complaints about academe as in years past.  But the federal government's sweeping interventions raised questions about what's really warranted.

Trump Organization scraps ‘made in the USA’ tag for its gold T1 smartphone … The Trump Organization scrapped a reference that its recently revealed smartphone will be made in the U.S., amid doubts that such a device can be manufactured on American shores at its price tag.

Early intelligence suggests Iran's uranium largely intact, European officials say  —  Preliminary assessments suggest Tehran was able to move much of its stockpile  —  Preliminary intelligence assessments provided to European governments indicate that Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpile …

Parliamentarian rejects GOP attempt to prohibit federal subsidies for health plans that cover abortion services  —  The Senate parliamentarian ruled on Wednesday to reject Republican language in the Senate megabill that would prohibit federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) …

Behind Trump's 2024 Victory, a More Racially and Ethnically Diverse Voter Coalition  —  A study of the 2024 election, based on validated voters  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  —  Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand which voters cast ballots in the 2024 presidential election and how they voted.

'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls  —  Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.

The Paramount Risk in Settling Trump's Lawsuit: ‘Bribery’?  —  Any settlement during merger review will be a Democratic target.  —  An error occurred.  Please try again later.  —  Months after Paramount reportedly began talks to settle President Trump's false-advertising claim against CBS, the company is still holding fast.

A Secret Program Allowed VOA to Broadcast Television into North Korea.  Now It's Gone.  —  How the Trump administration undermined its own strategic position.  —  The mission of Voice of America, to “tell America's story to the world,” is hard to fulfill when you're broadcasting into the void of North Korea.

The U.S. Department of Education is far behind on producing key statistics  —  As a country, we need to understand who goes to school, where, and what their experiences are.  It's hard to ensure that students have access to quality education without some basic information about our schools.