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10:45 AM ET, June 30, 2025

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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.
Discussion: Breitbart and CBO Publications
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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 …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Senate GOP tax bill includes largest cut to U.S. safety net in decades
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
How the reconciliation bill would change America
Discussion: Grabien
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Trump celebrates Tillis's decision to retire
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
This is what ICE is doing with the tax dollars you already provide it
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Associated Press:
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina won't run in 2026 after opposing Trump's bill
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Republican Senate tax bill would add $3.3 trillion to the US debt load, CBO says
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   June 29, 2025  —  There are four political stories people should know about tonight.
Politico:   Playbook: A big, beautiful week
ABC News:
Firefighters ambushed by gunman while responding to brush fire in Idaho: Sheriff  —  The incident unfolded in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Sunday afternoon.  —  Emergency personnel and law enforcement were seen responding to an incident in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Sunday.  —  KXLY
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Cindy Von Quednow / CNN:
Multiple firefighters shot in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, while responding to a brush fire  —  Multiple firefighters have been shot while responding to a brush fire in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, according to Northern Lakes Fire Protection Chief Pat Riley.  —  Kootenai County Emergency Management …
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 …
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
Luciana Lopez / CNN:
Canada will rescind a digital services tax to restart US trade talks
Discussion: Semafor
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
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 …
Politico:
Trump administration says Harvard risks ‘loss of all federal resources’ due to alleged campus antisemitism  —  Monday's notice marked a stark and renewed threat to Harvard amid quiet negotiations between the elite school and government authorities.  —  The Trump administration formally …
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
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators unveil amendment to shrink Medicaid by another $313B
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Newsweek
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
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 …
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.
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.
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
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.
 
 
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court refuses American Airlines' bid to validate JetBlue alliance
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Robert Reich / The Guardian:
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STAT:
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Ankit Panda / Financial Times:
Iran attack could be the death knell for nuclear non-proliferation
Discussion: The Hill
Punchbowl News:
Collins inches toward Georgia Senate bid
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC says it ‘should have pulled’ Glastonbury live stream of Bob Vylan anti-IDF chants
New York Times:
‘Completely Disrupted’: Fear Upends Life for Latinos in L.A.
Discussion: CalMatters
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
American Pride Slips to New Low
Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press, UPI and Semafor
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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: Associated Press
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S. Baum / Erin In The Morning:
Reported FBI Probe Targets Trans-Affirming Care Providers—For Procedure They Don't Do
New Republic:
“Mind-Boggling”: Trump Voters Shocked at How Badly He's Screwing Them
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Variety
New York Times:
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Discussion: MSNBC
Bloomberg:
China's Communist Party Inches Past 100 Million-Member Milestone
New York Times:
U.N. Inspector Says Iran Could Be Enriching Fuel Again in a ‘Matter of Months’
 

 
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