Trump megabill narrowly advances in Senate despite two GOP defections  —  Senate Republicans on Saturday narrowly voted to advance a sprawling 1,000-page bill to enact President Trump's agenda, despite the opposition of two GOP lawmakers.  —  The vote was 51-49.

Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported.  Now he's being freed.  —  Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon who has been released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for his cooperation in the case.

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.”

Iran reportedly bans IAEA chief, surveillance cameras from nuclear plants  —  Tehran claims Israel's government obtained “sensitive facility data,” according to media reports.  —  Iran decided to ban the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency from its nuclear facilities …

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 …

Estimated Budgetary Effects of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Relative to the Budget Enforcement Baseline for Consideration in the Senate  —  As posted on the website of the Senate Committee on the Budget on June 27, 2025

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.

To fight Trump's funding freezes, states try a new gambit: Withholding federal payments  —  The novel and untested approach has been introduced by Democratic lawmakers in at least four states.  —  Democratic legislators mostly in blue states are attempting to fight back against President …

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.

The Improbable Rise of Zohran Mamdani  —  The presumptive Democratic nominee for New York mayor emerged from a world of privilege with radical politics and charm to spare.  —  As a high school junior, Zohran Mamdani promised free juice for students in his campaign for class vice president.  He lost.

US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers  —  Experts say trend of agents detaining people while masking and wearing plainclothes increases risk  —  Police in southern California arrested a man suspected of posing as a federal immigration officer this week …

Hamas leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa killed in airstrike, IDF says  —  Israel's military “eliminated” a founding Hamas military leader and mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attack, Tel Aviv officials said Saturday.  —  Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa was killed during …