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U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget:
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.
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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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NPR:
Medicaid changes don't meet Senate rules in ‘big, beautiful bill’ says parliamentarian — Senate Republicans hit a major setback in their race to pass a massive tax and spending package on Thursday, as a chamber official ruled against a key provision to get the conference on board to vote for the plan by week's end.
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Axios:
Senate parliamentarian blocks Medicaid changes in “big, beautiful bill” — The Senate parliamentarian ruled out the Medicaid provider tax provision in the “one big, beautiful bill,” according to Senate Democrats. … - For Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), it removes …
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court lets South Carolina block Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood — Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Planned Parenthood's challenge to South Carolina's attempt to bar the organization from participating in its Medicaid program, clearing the way for the state to strip the organization of Medicaid funds.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Parliamentarian rejects GOP attempt to prohibit federal subsidies for health plans that cover abortion services
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Politico:
Thune says Senate won't overrule parliamentarian
Thune says Senate won't overrule parliamentarian
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Thune says he won't overrule Senate referee on Medicaid cuts
Thune says he won't overrule Senate referee on Medicaid cuts
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Jason DeParle / New York Times:
Trump's Bill Slashes the Safety Net That Many Republican Voters Rely on
Trump's Bill Slashes the Safety Net That Many Republican Voters Rely on
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Oriana González / NOTUS:
Republican Lawmakers Call for Senate Parliamentarian to Be Fired Over Reconciliation Rulings
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Supreme Court Rules States Can Effectively Block Medicaid Patients From Accessing Planned Parenthood
Supreme Court Rules States Can Effectively Block Medicaid Patients From Accessing Planned Parenthood
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Carter Sherman / The Guardian:
Supreme court paves way for South Carolina and other states to defund Planned Parenthood
Supreme court paves way for South Carolina and other states to defund Planned Parenthood
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Key Medicaid provision in Trump's big tax cut and spending bill is found to violate Senate rules
Key Medicaid provision in Trump's big tax cut and spending bill is found to violate Senate rules
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Margaret Coker / ProPublica:
Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here's What Happened When Georgia Tried It.
Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here's What Happened When Georgia Tried It.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators push back hard on Medicaid cuts, endangering Trump bill
GOP senators push back hard on Medicaid cuts, endangering Trump bill
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James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Republicans Ask Donald Trump to Revoke Zohran Mamdani's Citizenship — The New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) has called on the federal government to strip Zohran Mamdani of his citizenship and deport him. — On Tuesday evening, Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist …
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Elizabeth Spiers / New Republic:
Mamdani Did All the Things the Establishment Hates. He Won Anyway.
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Associated Press:
Democrats fret about national fallout after Mamdani stuns in New York City
Democrats fret about national fallout after Mamdani stuns in New York City
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Stephen Miller takes shot at NYC after Mamdani upset
Stephen Miller takes shot at NYC after Mamdani upset
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
It's Mamdani Time! — The upside potential and downside risk of the new Democratic party.
ABC News:
Zohran Mamdani tells ABC News he plans to win over moderate Dems, other voters after upset win in NYC mayoral primary
Zohran Mamdani tells ABC News he plans to win over moderate Dems, other voters after upset win in NYC mayoral primary
New York Times:
Iran's Khamenei Makes First Public Comments Since Cease-Fire With Israel — Supreme leader strikes defiant tone in a video statement, after not being heard of or seen publicly in days. — Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei congratulated Iranians for what he described as a victory …
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Mallory Wilson / Washington Times:
Trump says Iranians asked U.S. what time they could bomb American military base in Qatar
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Washington Post:
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 …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Netanyahu wants to meet Trump at White House after Iran war success
Netanyahu wants to meet Trump at White House after Iran war success
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Michael Lowry / Eye on the Tropics:
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 …
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Financial Times:
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 …
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New York Times:
In New Assessment, C.I.A. Chief Says U.S. Strikes ‘Severely Damaged’ Iranian Program
In New Assessment, C.I.A. Chief Says U.S. Strikes ‘Severely Damaged’ Iranian Program
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Paul Krugman:
Mamdani and the Moguls of Madness — Will he be a good mayor? Nobody knows. But the hysteria is revealing. — I was in mid-air when NYC's election results came in, and I'm still not quite home. So again, not a proper post. But a few late-morning reactions from the road.
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Bryan Mena / CNN:
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 …
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John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
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.
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Pew Research Center:
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.
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Ryan Quinn / Inside Higher Ed:
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.
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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
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.
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Crockett questions Melania Trump's reported ‘Einstein visa’: 'The math ain't mathin" — Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) questioned first lady Melania Trump's reported “Einstein visa” inata House hearing Wednesday. — “Let me remind y'all that Melania, the first lady, a model …
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Dan Katz / TPR:
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing. — A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a new ICE directive targeting courthouses.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders / Washington Post:
Yes, I support Trump's big, beautiful bill. Just not this one part. — Governors are leading on smart AI protections. Congress should join them, not ban the efforts. — Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the governor of Arkansas. — President Donald Trump's one, big, beautiful bill will be a win …
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