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11:25 AM ET, June 30, 2025

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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Senate GOP tax bill includes largest cut to U.S. safety net in decades  —  The legislation would enact historic, possibly unprecedented, reductions in Medicaid and food stamps spending.  —  The Senate Republican tax bill speeding to passage includes the biggest reduction of funding …
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New York Times:
A List of Nearly Everything in the Senate G.O.P. Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save  —  The reporters reviewed the hundreds of items in the bill and their corresponding C.B.O. scores.  —  10-year costs 10-year savings  —  Source: New York Times analysis of Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Thom Tillis's retirement is an ominous sign for the GOP  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers make Public Notice possible.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us.  👇  —  North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis announced yesterday …
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The worst bill in modern history  —  Democrats must make it a career-ender for Republicans.  —  Senate Republicans over the weekend decided to move forward on the big, ugly bill to rip healthcare coverage from 17 million people, deprive millions of food assistance, and use that money to pay …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
This is what ICE is doing with the tax dollars you already provide it
Discussion: The Hill and The Independent
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
How the reconciliation bill would change America
Discussion: Grabien
Punchbowl News:
6/30/25 ☀️ AM: … Senate Democrats and a handful of Republicans wrapped …
Lauren Lewis / The Daily Beast:
How Trump Family Profits From President's Scorched-Earth Civil War Fallout  —  KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY  —  The president's daughter-in-law Lara Trump is primed to run for a seat in the Senate, strengthening Trump's power if she is elected.  —  President Donald Trump's scorched-earth civil war might benefit …
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New Republic:
“Mind-Boggling”: Trump Voters Shocked at How Badly He's Screwing Them
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Variety
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Trump celebrates Tillis's decision to retire
Christopher Weber / Associated Press:
Sheriff says 2 killed after firefighters shot at near Coeur d'Alene, police are ‘taking sniper fire’  —  A sniper ambushed firefighters responding to a blaze in an Idaho mountain community Sunday, killing at least two people and unleashing barrages of gunfire over several hours in an attack the governor called a “heinous” assault.
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ABC News:
Firefighters ambushed by gunman while responding to brush fire in Idaho: Sheriff
Cindy Von Quednow / CNN:
Multiple firefighters shot in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, while responding to a brush fire
Washington Post:
Gunman set blaze before fatal ambush on Idaho firefighters, police say
KHQ-TV:
2 Idaho firefighters killed, another injured in active shooter situation near Coeur d'Alene
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 …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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 …
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:   Trump's justice department issues directive to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship for civil offenses
Wall Street Journal:
Harvard Violated Students' Civil Rights, Trump Administration Finds  —  Washington threatens university with ‘loss of all federal financial resources’  —  The Trump administration informed Harvard University that its investigation found it had violated federal civil-rights law over its treatment …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court takes up major new challenge to campaign finance restrictions  —  The court will consider a Republican request to strike down restrictions on how much national party committees can spend in coordination with individual campaigns.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday took …
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Government of Canada:
Canada rescinds digital services tax to advance broader trade negotiations with the United States  —  News release  —  June 29, 2025 - Ottawa, Ontario - Department of Finance Canada  —  Canada's new government is engaged in complex negotiations on a new economic and security partnership …
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Lim Hui Jie / CNBC:
Canada rescinds digital services tax after Trump cuts off U.S. trade talks
John Fund / National Review:
Is Zohran Mamdani a Lifelong Socialist?  —  The New York City mayoral candidate is trying to soft-sell his radicalism.  —  Zohran Mamdani claims that he didn't really identify as a democratic socialist until after Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign, when he was 25 years old.  I'm skeptical.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Dear Joe Rogan, Kash Patel Played You  —  I don't know you.  We've never met, and I am not a regular listener of your podcast.  But I have the impression you are a man who does not like to be played.  I regret to inform you that Kash Patel played you.  —  When the FBI director was on your show …
Ian Smith / Financial Times:
US dollar suffers worst start to year since 1973  —  Donald Trump's trade policies and rising debt levels have sparked decline of more than 10% in first half of 2025  —  The US dollar has suffered its worst first half of the year since 1973, as Donald Trump's trade and economic policies …
Discussion: Semafor
Washington Post:
DOGE has the keys to sensitive data that could help Elon Musk  —  A Washington Post review found that in at least seven major departments or agencies, DOGE secured the power to view records that experts say could benefit Musk's businesses for years.  —  For months, Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service plumbed …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
New York Times:
Trump Vowed to Dismantle MS-13.  His Deal With Bukele Threatens That Effort.  —  Top gang leaders being sent back to El Salvador were part of a lengthy federal investigation that has amassed evidence of a corrupt pact between the Bukele government and MS-13.
Reuters:
Israel steps up Gaza bombardment ahead of White House talks on ceasefire  —  Palestinians in northern Gaza reported one of the worst nights of Israeli bombardment in weeks after the military issued mass evacuation orders on Monday, while Israeli officials were due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by the Trump administration.
New York Times:
How to Wreck the Nation's Health, by the Numbers How to Wreck the Nation's Health, by the Numbers  —  After decades as a physician studying the factors that determine our risks of getting sick and how long we live, I am convinced that the actions of the Trump administration will cost lives.
Discussion: MSNBC
Washington Post:
ICE is arresting migrants in worksite raids.  Employers are largely escaping charges.  —  Trump has focused workplace raids on small businesses as part of his administration's push to ramp up arrests of unauthorized migrants.  —  Trump administration officials have vowed to hold companies accountable …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and CalMatters
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC says it ‘should have pulled’ Glastonbury live stream of Bob Vylan anti-IDF chants  —  Broadcaster says footage from festival contained ‘utterly unacceptable’ antisemitic sentiments  —  The BBC has said it regrets not cutting the livestream of Bob Vylan's Glastonbury performance …
New York Times:
‘Completely Disrupted’: Fear Upends Life for Latinos in L.A. … Many Latinos are limiting the time they spend in public because they fear federal immigration agents will detain them.  —  Some carry passports to travel to the corner store.  Others do not venture out at all, too afraid of the consequences.
Washington Post:
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal  —  The Trump administration's cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.  —  QUAZ NAFISA, Sudan — The 3-year-old boy darted among the mourners …
Discussion: Breitbart
 
 
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Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
The Transgender “Issue” Is Not a Distraction for Democrats
Discussion: Erin In The Morning
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules prison inmate cannot sue federal officers for alleged assault
Discussion: The Hill
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Why AOC should run for president in 2028
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court refuses American Airlines' bid to validate JetBlue alliance
Discussion: USA Today and NewsMax.com
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
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STAT:
RFK Jr. says medical journals are ‘corrupt.’ As former NEJM editors, we know he's wrong
Ankit Panda / Financial Times:
Iran attack could be the death knell for nuclear non-proliferation
Discussion: The Hill and Al Jazeera
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Punchbowl News:
Collins inches toward Georgia Senate bid
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
American Pride Slips to New Low
Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press, UPI and Semafor
Hans Tse / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP:
US-funded Radio Free Asia halts Cantonese service in face of Trump's funding cuts
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
E.P.A. Workers Warn Trump Is Politicizing Their Work
Discussion: Reuters and Associated Press
Steve Vladeck / One First:
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S. Baum / Erin In The Morning:
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