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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 …
Discussion: The Post Millennial
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Associated Press and CBS News
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and PoliticusUSA
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 …
Discussion: American Prospect
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Fresh megabill text overnight: what's in and what's out
Discussion: Semafor and Washington Examiner
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Hawley to vote for megabill after Medicaid, hospital changes
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans restore bill language eliminating $200 fees for silencers and short-barrel rifles
Politico:
House GOP moderates dig in against Senate Medicaid cuts
Discussion: USA Today and Semafor
Brian Faler / Politico:
Alaskan whaling captains score special tax cut in GOP megabill
Politico:
How the megabill could fall apart
Discussion: NPR and New York Daily News
Brian Faler / Politico:
Senate Republicans trim plans for fatter standard deduction, other tax cuts
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Collins, Hawley — two key holdouts — will support advancing GOP megabill
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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Sophia Vento / The Hill:
Mace requests Trump to unfreeze Biden-era climate funding: Report  —  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) reportedly requested the Trump administration to unfreeze Biden-era climate funding in support of a car manufacturing plant in her southeastern district, which covers much of the Palmetto State's lowcountry region.
Discussion: Politico
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 …
Discussion: Associated Press
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New York Times:
Concerns Grow Over Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention
Discussion: UPI and The Hill
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: CNN, NewsNation and USA Today
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.”
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Updated Senate bill slashes wind and solar incentives - and adds a new tax  —  An updated draft of the Senate's megabill text slashes tax incentives for wind and solar energy - and adds a new tax on future wind and solar projects.  —  The initial draft released by Senate Republicans earlier …
Karen Garcia / Los Angeles Times:
Fear of immigration raids force the cancellation of several July festivities in Los Angeles  —  Several communities in Los Angeles County have called off or postponed their previously scheduled Independence Day and July events, citing resident safety amid ongoing immigration enforcement raids.
 
 
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