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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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Michael Gold / New York Times:
ICE will require lawmakers to give a week's notice before detention visits. … Where Things Stand  — Domestic policy bill: The White House reiterated President Trump's Friday deadline for passage of a sweeping economic and domestic policy bill being hammered out in the Senate …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Vance arrives at Capitol as GOP short votes to pass Trump megabill  —  Vice President JD Vance arrived at the Capitol early Tuesday as Senate Republican leaders had still not locked down the 50 votes needed to pass President Trump's “big, beautiful bill” after more than 21 hours of voting.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As the Republican megabill faces crunch time, Trump pushes a fraudulent claim about taxes
Discussion: Fox News
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Geoff Duncan weighs whether to run for Georgia governor - as a Democrat
Discussion: The Downballot
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says  —  Deep funding cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and its potential dismantling could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal on Monday.
Discussion: twitchy.com, Bloomberg and Semafor
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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: The Hill, Al Jazeera, Raw Story and Newsweek
Kat Lay / The Guardian:   Obama and Bush call Trump's USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of millions of extra deaths
Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:   Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day
Aria Bendix / NBC News:
USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say
Discussion: Agence France-Presse and Mediaite
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
Trump Threatens to “DOGE” Elon Musk in Late-Night Tirade  —  After Musk floated forming the “America Party” and unseating Republicans, Trump fired back with threats to dismantle Musk's empire  —  In a late-night Truth Social post, Donald Trump lashed out at Elon Musk following …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump threatens to re-examine government support for Elon Musk's companies as mogul trashes megabill
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Elon Musk Promises a New Political Party if Republicans Pass Trump's Policy Bill
Politico:   Playbook: Trump vs. Musk, Round II
Sam Bagenstos / Off Message:
Don't Applaud Supreme Court Conservatives For Doing Trump Special Favors  —  In Friday's momentous Trump v. CASA, Inc. decision, the Supreme Court held that a federal-court injunction against a government policy must not be broader than necessary to give “complete relief” to the particular plaintiff who brought the suit.
Discussion: Techdirt and Divided Argument
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Sherrilyn Ifill / Sherrilyn's Newsletter:   A Court Without the Range
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
A corrupted Supreme Court sinks to new lows
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.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   GOP leaders looking to expand enhanced Medicaid matching rate to woo Murkowski
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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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.
Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
Adoption, Belonging, and the Question of Citizenship  —  Am I a citizen?  Right now, the answer is pretty simple: yes.  I am adopted, though I was born in North Carolina.  I assume both of my birth parents were citizens, and know that my adoptive parents are citizens.
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Alligator Alcatraz immigrant prison camp is Florida's sadistic ‘one-stop shop’ for mass deportation  —  Trump will attend the opening on Tuesday with Gov. DeSantis and DHS Sec. Noem. … The Florida GOP announced via X on Friday: “Feds approve Alligator Alcatraz: Florida's gator-guarded prison for illegal aliens.
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
Emily Peck / Axios:
“Big, beautiful bill” pushes millions of people away from social safety net  —  The “big, beautiful bill” slashes food and health benefits for the poorest Americans, while giving tax cuts to higher earners — blowing a hole in the nation's safety net, according to healthcare experts and advocates for lower-income people.
Julie Appleby / Washington Post:
A Texas boy needed protection from measles.  The vaccine cost $1,400.  —  A family living in Galveston was surprised to be charged thousands of dollars for immunizations for their children.  —  In the early days of the West Texas measles outbreak, Thang Nguyen eyed the rising number of cases and worried.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Victor Goury-Laffont / Politico:
The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France  —  MARSEILLE, France — The first American academics fleeing Donald Trump's America for France have arrived.  —  Aix-Marseille University last week introduced eight U.S.-based researchers who were in the final stage of joining the institution's …
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem  —  Ahead of the July 4 holiday and the country's 249th birthday, three-quarters of Americans say democracy is under serious threat, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
New York Times:
California Rolls Back Its Landmark Environmental Law  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom had demanded changes to address the state's housing crisis, a philosophical shift for Democratic leaders.  —  California leaders on Monday rolled back a landmark law that was a national symbol of environmental protection …
ProPublica:
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage  —  A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
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 …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Allred launches second Senate bid in Texas  —  Former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) launched another campaign for Senate on Tuesday as Democrats feel increasingly optimistic about their chances in the Lone Star State in 2026.  —  “I'm announcing my candidacy for the United States Senate …
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Fascism in the USA Enters the Fifth & Final Phase  —  A survey of the work of fascism experts shows that, five months into the Trump Redux, our democracy is reeling.  Can it be saved?  —  I. What a Difference a Year Makes  —  In “Slouching Towards Dictatorship,” the introduction …
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.
 
 
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Our Moral Moment w/ Bishop William …:
They Will Not Kill Us Without A Fight
Discussion: The Hill and USA Today
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Donalds announces $22 million haul since running for Florida governor
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
June 30, 2025  —  “This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted …
Discussion: Breitbart
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Young Men Who Elected Trump Just Realized They Scr*wed Up
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Linhorst / Politico:
The Lawyer Who Became the Face of Trump's Deportation Agenda
Discussion: Raw Story
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Taking away your citizenship
Joe Rennison / New York Times:
The Dollar Has Its Worst Start to a Year Since 1973
Discussion: The Guardian and Financial Times
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Trump will visit a remote immigration detention site in the Florida Everglades
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Another GOP senator warns Medicaid cuts could boomerang on Republicans
Associated Press:
An 82-year-old woman who was injured in a firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, has died
Axios:
Scoop: Roy Cooper leans toward N.C. Senate bid, potential Trump showdown
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Insults America—Again
Heidi Li Feldman / Slate:
Supreme Court Rules Some Americans Have a Constitutional Right to Insist on Theocracy
Discussion: RNS and Reason
Shannon K. Kingston / ABC News:
Trump signs executive order lifting sanctions on Syria
 

 
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Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD begins exclusive talks with Netflix to sell its film and TV studios and HBO Max; Netflix is offering a $5B breakup fee if the deal isn't approved

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

James Faris / Business Insider:
Kalshi strikes a deal with CNBC that will integrate Kalshi's prediction data into CNBC's channel, site, and app starting in 2026, days after striking a CNN deal
 
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