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12:30 PM ET, June 30, 2025

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Punchbowl News:
6/30/25 ☀️ AM: … Senate Democrats and a handful of Republicans wrapped up a marathon of speeches on the Senate floor just after 1 a.m. Sunday night, mostly railing against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  —  But the real fight is set to begin soon.
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New York Times:
What's in the Senate Version of Trump's Big Policy Bill?  —  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: UPI and CBO Publications
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 …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Thom Tillis's retirement is an ominous sign for the GOP
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
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: The Independent
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:   Kristi Noem Secretly Pocketed Cash From Dark Money Group: Report
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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The Harvard Crimson:
Trump Admin Issues Finding That Harvard Permitted Antisemitism in Violation of Civil Rights Law
Discussion: Axios
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
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Tillis told Trump to ‘start thinking about my replacement’ before primary threat  —  Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) told President Trump to start looking for his replacement in the upper chamber prior to the president's missive saying that he would start interviewing candidates to primary him.
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Politico:
Thom Tillis denounces GOP megabill's Medicaid cuts in fiery speech
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Trump celebrates Tillis's decision to retire
Washington Post:
Supreme Court will hear challenge to limits on political party spending  —  The Republicans who sued are asking the Supreme Court to lift restrictions on how much political parties can spend on candidates, saying they violate free-speech protections.  —  The Supreme Court will hear …
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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.
Politico:
Dwight Evans says he will retire from House  —  Democratic Rep. Dwight Evans said Monday he will not seek reelection “after some discussions this weekend and thoughtful reflection,” opening up a solid-blue seat in Philadelphia.  Evans faced mounting questions about his ability to serve …
Discussion: Axios
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Representative Dwight Evans:
Evans Announces He Won't Seek Re-Election, Will Serve Full Term Ending Jan. 3, 2027
Washington Post:
Gunman set blaze before fatal ambush on Idaho firefighters, police say  —  Two firefighters were killed and one wounded in a prolonged attack near Coeur D'Alene, authorities said.  The body of a suspected gunman was later recovered.  —  Suspected gunman in fatal Idaho ambush found dead
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ABC News:
Firefighters ambushed by gunman while responding to brush fire in Idaho: Sheriff
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos
New Republic:
“Mind-Boggling”: Trump Voters Shocked at How Badly He's Screwing Them  —  It's becoming clearer that many of President Trump's supporters are realizing how badly they're getting shafted by his big budget bill and other leading initiatives.  Senator Mitch McConnell just privately admitted …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Variety
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
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 rules prison inmate cannot sue federal officers for alleged assault  —  The decision further undermines the ability of people to sue federal officials for constitutional violations, first recognized by the Supreme Court in 1971.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled …
Discussion: The Hill
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Why AOC should run for president in 2028  —  After Zohran Mamdani's win, Trump reveals how scared he is to face Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  —  In the wake of state representative Zohran Mamdani's historic defeat of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York City's Democratic primary …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
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
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.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court turns away online censorship claim by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine group against Meta  —  The justices rejected Children's Health Defense's case against Meta Platforms for restricting the anti-vaccine group's posts.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away without comment …
Discussion: USA Today
MSNBC:
Debating Mamdani's refusal to condemn the phrase ‘globalize the intifada’  —  Zohran Mamdani, the presumptive Democratic nominee in New York City's mayoral race, on Sunday again sidestepped an opportunity to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” saying that mayors shouldn't “police speech.”
 
 
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
CNN Data Chief Hits Trump With Some ‘Terrible, Terrible, Terrible’ New Numbers
Discussion: Raw Story and WTTG-TV
Andrew Freedman / CNN:
Trump admin will cut hurricane forecasters out of key satellite data in one month
Discussion: CBS News
Reuters:
Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Peter Thiel's Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans
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
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
‘Completely Disrupted’: Fear Upends Life for Latinos in L.A.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
American Pride Slips to New Low
Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill, 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, The Hill and Associated Press
Steve Vladeck / One First:
163. A New Kind of Judicial Supremacy
Discussion: MSNBC
Government of Canada:
Canada rescinds digital services tax to advance broader trade negotiations with the United States
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson are retiring, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's chief legal officer, will replace Adams in March
 
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