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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Senate Version of Trump's Policy Bill Would Slash Medicaid Spending Even More — Analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that Republicans' new version of the legislation would make far deeper cuts and lead to more people becoming uninsured than previous proposals.
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Justin Green / Axios:
Senate's “big, beautiful bill” would add $3.3 trillion in new debt: CBO — The Senate reconciliation package being debated this weekend would add nearly $3.3 trillion in budget deficits over the next 10 years, according to a new estimate by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Senate rulekeeper deals blows to revised ‘big, beautiful bill’ — A Medicaid carveout for Alaska was among the “Byrd bath” casualties. — The Senate's rewritten domestic policy bill faces new hurdles after the parliamentarian advised senators Sunday that several provisions violate …
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Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
A $1 Trillion Medicaid Cut Is THIS Close to Happening. Here's What It'd Look Like. — ENID RODRIGUEZ KNOWS WHAT A DIFFERENCE Medicaid can make, because it's made a huge difference for her. — Rodriguez, 51, has been working for pretty much her entire life—first in organizations …
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New York Times:
How the G.O.P. Bill Saves Money: Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork — Instead of directly reducing benefits for the poor, Republicans are making them harder to get and to keep. — Low-income Americans would lose health coverage and government food assistance on an unprecedented scale under …
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Letters from an American and DOWNWITHTYRANNY!
Politico:
Republicans move forward with controversial megabill accounting move
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Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Republican Senate tax bill would add $3.3 trillion to the US debt load, CBO says
Republican Senate tax bill would add $3.3 trillion to the US debt load, CBO says
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Zack Stanton / Politico:
Playbook: Can the GOP megabill hold together?
Playbook: Can the GOP megabill hold together?
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CBO Publications:
Estimated Budgetary Effects of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Relative to CBO's January 2025 Baseline
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Thune, Vance cut deal with Senate conservatives to save GOP megabill
Thune, Vance cut deal with Senate conservatives to save GOP megabill
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Brad Plumer / New York Times:
G.O.P. Bill Adds Surprise Tax That Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power
G.O.P. Bill Adds Surprise Tax That Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Toils to Find Votes for Policy Bill as Senate Prepares to Debate
G.O.P. Toils to Find Votes for Policy Bill as Senate Prepares to Debate
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Senate Republicans' tax cuts cost projected to rise to $4.45T
Senate Republicans' tax cuts cost projected to rise to $4.45T
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Washington Post:
Intercepted call of Iranian officials downplays damage of U.S. attack — The officials were heard saying Trump's strike on Iran proved less devastating than expected. The administration calls the intelligence insignificant.
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Agence France-Presse:
Iran will likely be able to produce enriched uranium ‘in a matter of months’, IAEA chief says — Rafael Grossi says some of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile could have been moved before US attacks — The UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin …
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Financial Times:
Iran could restart enriching uranium in months, says nuclear watchdog chief
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Leaked Iran Call Further Shreds Trump's Narrative: Report
Leaked Iran Call Further Shreds Trump's Narrative: Report
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Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times:
Israel 1967, Iran 2025: two countries on the threshold of a nuclear bomb
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Sen. Chris Murphy says it's ‘clear’ Trump's strikes on Iran are ‘illegal’
Sen. Chris Murphy says it's ‘clear’ Trump's strikes on Iran are ‘illegal’
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Bloomberg:
Trump Says Iran Might Get Sanctions Relief If It Can Be Peaceful
Trump Says Iran Might Get Sanctions Relief If It Can Be Peaceful
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Ellen O'Regan / Politico:
Iran could resume uranium enrichment in ‘months,’ says IAEA chief
Iran could resume uranium enrichment in ‘months,’ says IAEA chief
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Justin Green / Axios:
Sen. Thom Tillis won't run for reelection in 2026 — Sen. Thom Tillis won't run for re-election in 2026, the North Carolina Republican announced Sunday. … - “It's not a hard choice, and I will not be seeking re-election,” Tillis said in a statement announcing his plans.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis says he's not running for re-election in North Carolina — The announcement comes one day after Tillis voted against advancing a massive bill for Trump's agenda in the Senate. — WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., announced Sunday that he would not run for re-election …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Thom Tillis, Republican Senator, Won't Seek Re-election Amid Trump's Primary Threats — The day after President Trump castigated the North Carolina Republican for opposing the policy bill carrying his domestic agenda, the senator announced he would not seek a third term.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Begins Debating Bill That Would Add at Least $3.3 Trillion to Debt
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Begins Debating Bill That Would Add at Least $3.3 Trillion to Debt
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
McCaul: GOP reps 'know the peril they're in if they vote no' on Trump megabill
McCaul: GOP reps 'know the peril they're in if they vote no' on Trump megabill
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Justin Green / Axios:
Trump goes scorched earth on Thom Tillis over “big, beautiful bill”
Trump goes scorched earth on Thom Tillis over “big, beautiful bill”
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New York Post:
Zohran Mamdani doubles down on plan to target ‘whiter neighborhoods’ with higher taxes — and says billionaires shouldn't exist — Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani doubled down Sunday on his plan to jack up property taxes on “richer and whiter neighborhoods” — while asserting billionaires shouldn't exist.
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Zohran Mamdani says 'I don't think we should have billionaires'
Zohran Mamdani says 'I don't think we should have billionaires'
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Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Trump says Mamdani must ‘do the right thing’ if elected mayor of New York City — or risk losing funding
Trump says Mamdani must ‘do the right thing’ if elected mayor of New York City — or risk losing funding
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Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Tim Walz eulogizes slain lawmaker as a historic Minnesotan — and friend — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat in a front pew during Melissa and Mark Hortman's funeral alongside former president Joe Biden and former vice president Kamala Harris. — Scores of mourners tearfully bid farewell …
New York Times:
How Zohran Mamdani Brought New Voters to the Polls — Mr. Mamdani, the likely winner of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, drew tens of thousands of new voters to the polls. Here's how. — Upstart challengers in political races often begin with the goal of drawing new or disillusioned voters to their cause.
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Ted Koppel / CBS News:
“When is cancer political?” Medical researchers, patients decry Trump admin's layoffs, budget cuts — They might easily be mistaken for Congressional staffers, reluctant to face the day, but these are among the most accomplished cancer specialists in the country, meeting with Representatives, Senators and staff.
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
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 …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump's pro-Bibi pressure campaign … Trump's unprecedented intervention appeared to tie the security of 10 million Israelis to the criminal prosecution of one man. — Trump's Truth Social post — in which he claimed the “political witch hunt” would interfere with negotiations with Iran and Hamas …
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
U.S. will send tariffs letters in coming days, deals not needed, Trump says — A looming deadline to make trade deals doesn't necessarily matter, President Trump said Sunday, because the U.S. will simply send letters to hundreds of countries assigning tariff rates.
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