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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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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 …
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 …
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
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: CBS News and Associated Press
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 and The Hill
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans restore bill language eliminating $200 fees for silencers and short-barrel rifles
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
Steve Vladeck / One First:
162. What Does the Birthright Citizenship Ruling Portend?  —  Welcome back to “One First,” an (increasingly frequent) newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to all of us.  If you're not already a subscriber, I hope you'll consider becoming one (and, if you already are …
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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 …
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.
Makiya Seminera / Associated Press:
Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  —  A coalition of groups, ranging from environmental activists to Native Americans advocating for their ancestral homelands, converged outside an airstrip in the Florida Everglades Saturday to protest the imminent construction of an immigrant detention center.
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Rusty Weiss / RedState:
Savage: Trump Diverts Biden's FEMA Funds for Illegals to Florida's ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center
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
Discussion: Politico
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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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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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, Associated Press 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.
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 …
New York Post:
Electing Zohran Mamdani NYC mayor would spur huge cop exodus, rising crime straight out of ‘Gotham City’: cops  —  A New York City led by socialist Zohran Mamdani will mean a two-pronged breakdown of public safety — crime spiraling out of control, and NYPD officers leaving en masse — experts and veteran cops say.
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Dead members of Congress can't stop posting  —  The accounts for recently deceased lawmakers have continued to post on social media, highlighting how little official policy there is for how to handle their online presence after they die.  —  After Zohran Mamdani's apparent victory …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Semafor
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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