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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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New Republic:
MAGA Rage Suddenly Takes Unnerving Turn as Trump Plummets in New Polls … President Trump's big budget bill is in some trouble after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that big chunks of it can't pass via a simple majority.  That enraged MAGA: Marjorie Taylor Greene unleashed a furious rant demanding …
Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Examiner and UPI
Washington Post:
More hurdles emerge for passing Trump's massive legislative package by July 4  —  The Senate faces mounting challenges as it seeks to meet a self-imposed July 4 deadline to get President Donald Trump's massive tax and immigration legislation to his desk.  Among those obstacles …
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
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
Discussion: Fox News, E&E News and The Hill
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: Drezner's World, Fox News and Raw Story
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Axios:
Trump administration tries to oust the University of Virginia's president  —  The Trump administration has moved to oust University of Virginia President James Ryan because of a disagreement over the institution's diversity policies.  —  Why it matters: President Trump has tried to assert control …
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into University of California Hiring Practices
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Plenty of Jews Love Zohran Mamdani  —  In 2023, a branch of the Palestinian restaurant Ayat opened in Brooklyn's Ditmas Park, not far from where I live.  The eatery trumpets its politics; the seafood section on the menu is headed “From the River to the Sea,” which I found clever but some of its Jewish neighbors considered threatening.
Matt Vespa / Townhall:
Jamaal Bowman Might Have Said the Most Insane Thing on CNN Last Night
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
On Iran, a reminder that party trumps values  —  Last week, I wrote in my weekly chart article “The myth of Republican isolationism” that the GOP is not in fact the party of isolationism, despite the conventional wisdom about Donald Trump and his coalition.  I pointed out that support …
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Support Rises For Giving Most Undocumented Immigrants A Pathway To Legal Status vs. Deportations, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; More Than 9 In 10 Voters Say Politically Motivated Violence In The U.S. Is A Serious Problem  — mail_outline
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Most voters back Iran strikes, but worry about attacks on U.S.  —  The U.S. attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities Saturday have left American voters with contradictory feelings, a new poll finds:  — A majority favored limited strikes, but nearly as many said they were worried …
Discussion: Emerson Polling and NewsMax.com
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Cuomo Doesn't Blame Himself for Losing the Primary.  Others Do.  —  Even some of his supporters say Andrew M. Cuomo ran an aloof campaign for mayor that underestimated his chief rival, Zohran Mamdani.  —  For Andrew M. Cuomo, the rally rolling out a $20-an-hour minimum wage proposal …
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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 …
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Associated Press:
CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends against flu vaccines containing thimerosal
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
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
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 …
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?
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.
Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
Trump's secret police are terrorizing American streets  —  The altercations are growing more tense — especially in Los Angeles. … 👇  —  Narciso Barranco was trimming the grass with a weed whacker last Saturday outside of an IHOP in Santa Ana, California, when masked Border Patrol agents showed up.
Discussion: Whittier Daily News and NPR
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
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  —  A lot of queer people can tell you exactly where they were at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 26, 2015.  —  That was the moment the Supreme Court handed down its 5-4 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, the decision that grants same-sex couples marriage equality.
Wall Street Journal:
Harvard Is Asking Corporations to Fill Its Federal Funding Gap  —  Top universities look to big tech and pharmaceutical companies for support after Trump's cuts to government grants  —  Harvard University and other top research schools are seeking corporate funders to support …
NPR:
U.S. uninsured rates could resurge if Trump's budget bill passes  —  CLARKESVILLE, Ga. — Last September, Alton Fry went to the doctor concerned he had high blood pressure.  The trip would result in a prostate cancer diagnosis.  —  So began the stress of trying to pay for tens of thousands …
Discussion: Paul Krugman, NewsMax.com and KFF
Politico:
California donors cool on Kamala Harris: ‘No one is incredibly pumped.’  —  Some party funders have privately shared their ambivalence as the former vice president ramps up her outreach ahead of a potential run for governor.  —  LOS ANGELES — Kamala Harris is ramping up her outreach …
Discussion: The Hill
Douglas Murray / New York Post:
Standing up to bullying, unscientific transgender activist mob  —  Almost no one does wicked things in the knowledge that what they are doing is wicked.  It is a truth that should be universally acknowledged that in order to do something truly evil, a person needs to believe that what they are doing is good.
Discussion: New York Times
Natalie O'Neill / New York Post:
50 Cent offers to pay NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani $258K to get lost after socialist name-dropped Queens rapper  —  Go shawty — to some other state!  —  50 Cent said he'll pay a pretty penny to get rid of Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani and his tax-the-rich plan …
Rob Taub / NewsNation:
NASA: ‘Fireball’ seen across Southeast US is meteor  — NASA says the ‘fireball’ was first spotted in Georgia and later disintegrated there  — Additional sightings were made in South Carolina and Tennessee  — The National Weather Service also acknowledged the reported occurrence
 
 
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Nikole Hannah-Jones / New York Times:
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
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Luke Barr / ABC News:
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Hannah Knudsen / Breitbart:
Law Firm That Represented Hunter Biden Suing Him for Unpaid Legal Fees
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University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository:
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NBC News:
Republican senators propose slashing size of intel office led by Tulsi Gabbard
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Dylan Wells / Washington Post:
Gen Z content creator challenges old guard with long-shot run for Congress
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Former Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro disbarred in New York over 2020 election interference case
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Ben Finley / Associated Press:
US plans to deport Abrego Garcia to a country that's not El Salvador, prosecutor tells judge
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
 

 
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