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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer to force reading of 1,000-page GOP mega bill, delaying it by half a day — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) told Democratic senators Saturday that he will force the clerks to read the 1,000-page Republican megabill on the Senate floor once Republicans vote to proceed to the legislation …
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Washington Post:
Senate Republicans prepare to take up Trump's tax bill this afternoon — Lawmakers are hoping to push the president's massive tax and immigration bill through a crucial procedural vote. — After months of fierce debate, Senate Republicans unveiled overnight their edition …
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The United States Senate Committee on Finance:
Wyden Statement on New CBO Numbers Showing More than $930 Billion in Medicaid Cuts In New Senate Draft — Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) delivered a preliminary analysis …
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NBC News:
Senate Republicans release 940-page bill for Trump's agenda as they race to vote this weekend — It's unclear if GOP leaders have enough support for the rapidly evolving legislation, with a self-imposed July 4 deadline for passage quickly approaching. — WASHINGTON — Moments before midnight …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Trump pollster warns Senate GOP against deeper Medicaid cuts — Jim McLaughlin, one of President Donald Trump's top pollsters, said Hill Republicans should nix Senate Republicans' deeper Medicaid cuts in the megabill or risk deep backlash from voters. “The Senate needs to go back to the House version …
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Democrats will force out-loud reading of 940-page megabill — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told fellow Democrats they will force the out-loud reading of the GOP's “big, beautiful bill” if the Senate votes to start debate Saturday. The maneuver, which was described by a person granted anonymity …
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Fresh megabill text overnight: what's in and what's out
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Hawley to vote for megabill after Medicaid, hospital changes
Hawley to vote for megabill after Medicaid, hospital changes
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Hill
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans restore bill language eliminating $200 fees for silencers and short-barrel rifles
Republicans restore bill language eliminating $200 fees for silencers and short-barrel rifles
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Alaskan whaling captains score special tax cut in GOP megabill
Alaskan whaling captains score special tax cut in GOP megabill
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Senate Republicans trim plans for fatter standard deduction, other tax cuts
Senate Republicans trim plans for fatter standard deduction, other tax cuts
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New York Times and The Hill
Punchbowl News:
PREMIUM ONLY - 6/27/25 - ⚡️ Punchbowl News Special Edition - Breaking
PREMIUM ONLY - 6/27/25 - ⚡️ Punchbowl News Special Edition - Breaking
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Collins, Hawley — two key holdouts — will support advancing GOP megabill
Collins, Hawley — two key holdouts — will support advancing GOP megabill
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Nicholas Bagley / The Atlantic:
The Supreme Court Put Nationwide Injunctions to the Torch — That isn't the disaster for birthright citizenship that some fear. — Yesterday, in a 6-3 decision in Trump v. Casa, the United States Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in a case involving an executive order …
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
162. What Does the Birthright Citizenship Ruling Portend? — Friday's ruling in Trump v. CASA will fundamentally alter the relationship between federal courts and other government institutions. How much depends upon three questions the decision left unanswered.
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Anthony Sanders / The UnPopulist:
The Supreme Court's Ban on Universal Injunctions Will Kneecap Americans Fighting for their Rights — Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Trump v. CASA, where it reviewed lower court decisions to stop President Trump from implementing his executive order on birthright citizenship pending a final ruling.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
With Supreme Court Ruling, Another Check on Trump's Power Fades
With Supreme Court Ruling, Another Check on Trump's Power Fades
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of ‘devastation’ from megabill — Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state's congressional delegation that the Senate GOP's planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”
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Washington Post:
Nancy Mace privately asks Trump aides to unfreeze Mercedes EV funds — The program, set up through President Joe Biden's climate law, would benefit a Mercedes-Benz plant in South Carolina. — Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) privately asked the Trump administration on Tuesday …
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Sophia Vento / The Hill:
Mace requests Trump to unfreeze Biden-era climate funding: Report
Mace requests Trump to unfreeze Biden-era climate funding: Report
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Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
Trump's Immigration Arrests Are Seeing A Wave Of Resistance — The mass deportation agenda relies upon some key choke points. — Recent weeks have seen the Trump administration's “mass deportation” program kick into overdrive. — Militarized federal agents are working hard to meet …
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Victoria Bisset / Washington Post:
DHS ends deportation protection for Haitians, says Haiti is ‘safe’ — DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said allowing Haitians to stay in the country was against the “national interest.” — The Trump administration announced an end to temporary legal protections for Haitian migrants in the United States …
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
DHS terminates temporary protected status for Haitians in the US
DHS terminates temporary protected status for Haitians in the US
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Chief Justice John Roberts warns anti-judge rhetoric can lead to violence — “Threatening the judges for doing their job is totally unacceptable,” Roberts said at a judicial conference. — CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Chief Justice John Roberts issued another warning Saturday …
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Daniel Lavelle / The Guardian:
Eric Trump suggests he could run for president when his father's term ends — Forty-one-year-old has stayed away from politics, but says ‘political path would be an easy one’ if he chose to pursue it — Eric Trump has hinted that he or another of the Trump family could run for president …
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Laura Ungar / Associated Press:
People whose lives were permanently altered by disease send a warning as vaccine opposition grows — In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with lifelong health problems.
Washington Post:
Morale craters at State Department as mass layoffs loom — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called the agency “bloated,” yet as violence spiked in the Middle East, staff say they've been asked to work extra hours. — The Trump administration's plan for mass layoffs at the State Department …
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Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Justice Department abruptly fires 3 prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases, AP sources say — The Justice Department on Friday fired at least three prosecutors involved in U.S. Capitol riot criminal cases, the latest moves by the Trump administration targeting attorneys connected …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
June 27, 2025 — After the Supreme Court today decided the case of Trump v. CASA, limiting the power of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions, President Donald Trump claimed the decision was a huge victory that would permit him to end birthright citizenship, that is …
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USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, New York Daily News and New York Times
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Revised Senate bill includes updated Lee language to sell public lands — The 940-page bill Senate Republican leaders unveiled Friday night to implement President Trump's agenda includes a section pushed by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to sell public lands, although a smaller amount of land …
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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
'Where's our money?' CDC grant funding is moving so slowly layoffs are happening — Health departments around the country have noticed there's something strange happening with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: It's not showing up on schedule and there's been no communication about why.
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win … Islamophobic and antisemitic incidents both reached an all-time high in 2024, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Anti-Defamation League, respectively. — The mainstreaming of Islamophobic rhetoric …
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