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7:20 AM ET, June 27, 2025

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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 …
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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: Fox News, E&E News and The Hill
Lawrence Ukenye / Politico:   Senate Republicans explore tweaks to pension plan after parliamentarian ruling
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate referee rejects key Medicaid cuts in Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’
New York Times:
Top Senate Official Rules Against Several Key Provisions in G.O.P. Policy Bill
Grace Yarrow / Politico:   Senate parliamentarian approves tweaked SNAP cost-share plan
Politico:
Thune says Senate won't overrule parliamentarian
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Politico:
Inside Andrew Cuomo's flat, flailing comeback bid
New York Times:
Eric Adams Meets With Business Leaders Desperate to Stop Mamdani's Rise
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: Fox News and Raw Story
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into University of California Hiring Practices
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
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  —  Opponents worry the decision will reduce access and fuel skepticism.  —  A sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, on Oct. 8, 2013.
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?
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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April Rubin / Axios:
White House: Report Abrego Garcia will be deported again “fake news”
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
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.
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 …
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
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.
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
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.
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 …
Dylan Wells / Washington Post:
Gen Z content creator challenges old guard with long-shot run for Congress  —  Twenty-five-year-old Deja Foxx's run against Adelita Grijalva, the daughter of a longtime lawmaker who died in office this year, shows some of the tensions in today's Democratic Party.
 
 
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NBC News:
Republican senators propose slashing size of intel office led by Tulsi Gabbard
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Most voters back Iran strikes, but worry about attacks on U.S.
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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
Discussion: Arizona Republic and Breitbart
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The Criminals Are Running DOJ
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