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NBC News:
A megabill mystery: New solar and wind tax comes as a surprise to Republican senators  —  “I don't know where it came from,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, told NBC News after he released the 940-page legislation.  —  WASHINGTON — Tucked inside …
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Senate Republicans Wound Filibuster To Pass Debt Bomb  —  Republicans used a new budget gimmick to obscure the cost of President Trump's $4 trillion tax and spending bill in a new attack on the Senate's filibuster rules.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Monday rammed through …
NPR:
DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship  —  The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship.  —  Department leadership is directing its attorneys to prioritize denaturalization in cases involving naturalized citizens …
USA Today:
Suspected Idaho shooter showed ‘Nazi tendencies’ in school, ex-classmates say: Updates  —  The man accused of fatally shooting two firefighters in an ambush in rural Idaho on Sunday had “Nazi tendencies” in school, sketched pictures of guns and swastikas in a notebook and was “obsessed with guns,” three former classmates told USA TODAY.
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Washington Post:
Gunman set blaze before fatal ambush on Idaho firefighters, police say
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Bush, Obama — and singer Bono — fault Trump's gutting of USAID on agency's last day  —  Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono recited a poem — in an emotional video farewell Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Raw Story and Newsweek
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Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day  —  Two ex-presidents and a rock star thanked the outgoing workers of a doomed agency.  —  As most staff members at the U.S. Agency for International Development marked their final day with the agency, they got thanks from two presidents and a rock star.
Olivia Prentzel / The Colorado Sun:
Boulder woman, 82, dies from injuries sustained in firebombing attack on Pearl Street Mall  —  An 82-year-old woman has died after a man hurled Molotov cocktails at her during a peaceful demonstration in support of Israeli hostages earlier this month in Boulder, authorities said Monday.
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Associated Press:
An 82-year-old woman who was injured in a firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, has died
New York Times:
Victim of Boulder Firebombing Attack Dies of Wounds
Discussion: CNN
Associated Press:
Judge again delays Abrego Garcia's release from Tennessee jail over deportation concerns  —  Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns from his lawyers that he could be deported if he's released to await his trial on human smuggling charges, a federal judge in Tennessee ruled Monday.
Clare Duffy / CNN:
‘I wanted to do something to fight back’: This iPhone app alerts users to nearby ICE sightings  —  New York CNN —  Joshua Aaron has worked in and around the tech industry for around two decades.  He built his first app — a blackjack game — at computer camp when he was 13.
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Heather Hunter / Washington Examiner:
Border czar Tom Homan calls for DOJ investigation into CNN over ICE tracking app
New York Times:
There's a Race to Power the Future.  China Is Pulling Away.  —  Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas.  Both are driven by national security.  —  By David Gelles in New York; Somini Sengupta in Brasília and in Tirunelveli, India …
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Elon Musk Promises a New Political Party if Republicans Pass Trump's Policy Bill
Discussion: The Bulwark and Vanity Fair
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Collins, Murkowski vote with Democrats on striking Planned Parenthood provision from GOP megabill  —  Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) on Monday sided with Democrats who were trying to strike a provision from the GOP's megabill that bars Planned Parenthood health centers …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Sound Familiar?  Democrats Lay Groundwork for a ‘Project 2029’  —  The plan to write a policy agenda for the next Democratic president is at the center of a raging debate within the party: whether its biggest problem is its ideas or its difficulty in selling them.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Shannon K. Kingston / ABC News:
Trump signs executive order lifting sanctions on Syria  —  He had previously announced he would do so in hopes of stabilizing the country.  —  President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Democratic Republic of the Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner …
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Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Trump Says He'll Announce TikTok Buyer In ‘About Two Weeks’  —  The president said a “group of very wealthy people” were ready to invest in the Chinese video sharing app.  —  President Donald Trump says he has a buyer for TikTok lined up.  —  During this weekend's episode of …
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:   Trump Insults America—Again
ProPublica:
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  In 2023, while Kristi Noem was governor of South Dakota, she supplemented her income …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Why Did a 75-Year-Old Man in Poor Health Just Die in ICE Custody?  —  In a notification sent to Congress over the weekend, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement revealed that a 75-year-old Cuban national named Isidro Perez died while in ICE custody on June 26.
Discussion: Raw Story and MeidasTouch News
Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Is Serious About Unleashing the Espionage Act on the Media  —  It is more likely a matter of when, not if, the administration tries to prosecute journalists using the arcane law  —  Donald Trump hates leakers.  He isn't a fan of journalists, either.
Aubrey Wright / Indiana Public Media:
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees  —  Public Indiana colleges and universities will eliminate 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state's budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.  —  The institutions volunteered to cut …
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
Politico:
Senate GOP scrambles to save Alaska SNAP carveout  —  Senate Republicans are racing to salvage a food aid carveout for Alaska and Hawaii in their policy megabill after the parliamentarian privately signaled the plan wouldn't meet strict Senate rules as written.
Discussion: The Hill
Aria Bendix / NBC News:
USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say  —  An analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet projects that cuts to the agency will lead to more deaths from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
Discussion: Reuters and Agence France-Presse
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Paramount, Trump in ‘advanced’ discussions to settle $20 billion lawsuit  —  The parties asked a Texas judge on Monday to pause case deadlines until Thursday as negotiations over the suit play out.  —  Summary162  —  A settlement appears close in President Donald Trump's lawsuit …
Miriam Waldvogel / The Hill:
Trump drops lawsuit against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer  —  Lawyers for President Trump have dropped a lawsuit against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register, according to a Monday court filing.  —  An attorney for Selzer told NPR that there has been no settlement.
Axios:
Scoop: Roy Cooper leans toward N.C. Senate bid, potential Trump showdown  —  North Carolina Democrats are getting closer to the gift they've have been asking for all year, with former Gov. Roy Cooper (D) leaning toward a Senate run in the state President Trump has won three times.
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
CNN Data Chief Hits Trump With Some ‘Terrible, Terrible, Terrible’ New Numbers  —  Harry Enten said the president's signature “big, beautiful bill” is not at all popular with the public.  —  CNN data chief Harry Enten said President Donald Trump's signature “big, beautiful bill” is historically unpopular with the American public.
Dov Lieber / Wall Street Journal:
Violent Settlers Turn on Israeli Military After Attacking Palestinians in West Bank  —  The incident highlights the lack of law and order in parts of the occupied territory  —  Israelis from West Bank settlements have attacked Israel's troops and vandalized military sites in the occupied territory …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
US revokes visas for musicians after band leads chants against Israeli military  —  The London-based Bob Vylan duo called for the death of the Israeli military at Glastonbury music festival over the weekend.  —  The State Department has revoked visas for a London-based punk duo set to tour …
Reuters:
Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk  —  “In the fields, I would say 70% of the workers are gone...most Americans don't want to do this work,” one farmer told Reuters as ICE has frightened off the work mostly done by immigrants, impacting business.
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump imposes tougher US policy toward Cuba  —  President Donald Trump on Monday signed a memorandum imposing a hard-line U.S. policy toward communist-run Cuba and reversing measures put in place by former President Joe Biden, the White House said.  —  The directive will enforce a statutory ban …
Joe Cash / Reuters:
China sanctions former Philippines senator, foreign ministry says  —  China has imposed sanctions on former Philippines Senator Francis Tolentino, the country's foreign ministry announced on Tuesday, citing “his egregious conduct on China-related issues”, a day after his term officially ended.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Representative Dwight Evans:
Evans Announces He Won't Seek Re-Election, Will Serve Full Term Ending Jan. 3, 2027  —  Offices will remain open to serve constituents  —  Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) today announced that he will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026, concluding …
 
 
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