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NBC News:
Senate Republicans narrowly pass Trump megabill after marathon voting session  —  The revised package now heads back to the House, where Republican leaders are hoping to approve it and send it to Trump before a self-imposed July 4 deadline.  But it faces hurdles.
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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 …
Troy Matthews / MeidasTouch News:
Trump's Budget Bill Passes Senate; Heads Back to House for Final Vote  —  Trump's disastrous and unpopular budget bill passed after days of amendment votes  —  Trump's “One Big Beautiful” budget bill passed the United States Senate today by a vote of 51 - 50, after days of debate and votes on proposed amendments to the bill.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
This Is a Shameful Way to Make Law  —  No time for throat-clearing fripperies!  The Senate is probably going to do something insane that renders our analysis obsolete five minutes after we send this!  Hurry up and read it!  Happy Tuesday.  —  Time's Up, Pencils Down  —  by Andrew Egger
Discussion: MSNBC, Daily Mail, The Fiscal Times and Vox
The Hill:
Thune says Senate Republicans have a deal to pass Trump megabill  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Tuesday morning that he thinks he has a deal with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to pass President Trump's “big, beautiful bill” — but also cautioned he's a “realist …
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
In dramatic reversal, Senate votes to kill AI-law moratorium  —  The Washington Post's essential guide to tech policy news  —  Happy Tuesday!  Hope you slept more than your senators did last night.  Send news tips and coffee to: [email protected]  —  In dramatic reversal, Senate votes to kill AI-law moratorium.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As the Republican megabill faces crunch time, Trump pushes a fraudulent claim about taxes  —  The president said his claim about preventing 68% tax hikes is true “according to what they tell me.”  But “they” have no idea what they're talking about.  —  Shortly after midnight …
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
Dustin Weaver / Associated Press:
Live updates: Senate passes Trump tax bill as Vance breaks 50-50 tie  —  Watch live as the Senate considers an endless stream of proposed amendments to President Donald Trump's big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, in what's called a vote-a-rama.  —  EDITED BY BRIDGET BROWN, BERNARD MCGHEE AND CURTIS YEE
Axios:
Senate passes Trump's “big, beautiful bill” after 11th-hour panic
ABC News:
Trump says he'll ‘look’ at deporting Musk as feud reignites
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Vance breaks 50-50 tie as Senate passes GOP megabill after voting around the clock
NPR:
Senate GOP passes Trump's sweeping policy bill, setting up decisive vote in the House
Punchbowl News:
The Senate finally passes reconciliation bill
Edward Luce / Financial Times:   Donald Trump's big, beautiful act of self-harm
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
GOP clean-energy amendment won't get a vote
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
Michael Gold / New York Times:
ICE will require lawmakers to give a week's notice before detention visits.
Associated Press:
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90  —  Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry and huge audience dwindled following his prostitution scandals, has died.  He was 90.  —  Swaggart death was announced Tuesday on his public Facebook page.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
A corrupted Supreme Court sinks to new lows  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers make Public Notice possible.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us.  👇  —  With another Supreme Court term having drawn to a close …
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Sam Bagenstos / Off Message:
Don't Applaud Supreme Court Conservatives For Doing Trump Special Favors
Discussion: Techdirt
NBC News:
Zohran Mamdani moves on to an unusual general election for New York City mayor  —  Mamdani won the Democratic primary, NBC News projects, and will face the incumbent, Eric Adams, in the general election.  Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo may keep running, too.  —  Progressive state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani …
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Nia Prater / New York Magazine:
Official Ranked-Choice Voting Results Show Mamdani Crushed Cuomo
Discussion: AM New York and Gothamist
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.
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Young Men Who Elected Trump Just Realized They Scr*wed Up  —  BUYER'S REMORSE  —  “They are turning against him,” John Della Volpe said.  —  The young men who helped get Donald Trump back into the White House are now realizing they made a massive mistake, according to a Harvard polling expert.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Ford Foundation's New Leader Says She'll Work to Protect Democracy  —  Heather K. Gerken, the dean of the law school, will run the powerful philanthropy, known for pushing for social justice.  —  Heather K. Gerken, the dean of Yale Law School, will become the president of the Ford Foundation later this year, the group said Tuesday.
Discussion: Associated Press
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.
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.
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump aides' emails  —  Iran-linked hackers have threatened to disclose more emails stolen from U.S. President Donald Trump's circle, after distributing a prior batch to the media ahead of the 2024 U.S. election.  —  In online chats with Reuters …
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: The Texas 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.
Washington Post:
We asked 5 AI models to fact-check Trump.  Here's what we learned.  —  Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is the Lester Crown Professor in Management Practice at the Yale School of Management and president and founder of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute.  Stephen Henriques …
Discussion: Poynter
Aysha Diallo / Bloomberg:
Musk Walks Back Chainsaw Wielding Display: ‘It Lacked Empathy’  —  Elon Musk is expressing some regret for waving a chainsaw to rile up the crowd during a conservative conference back in February, as his feud with Donald Trump over the president's tax and spending bill reignites.
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
I've Seen People Misuse Intelligence Before.  It Never Ends Well.  —  The intelligence “customer” has a responsibility to speak and act with humility.  —  IS IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM completely “obliterated,” as President Trump claims?  The intelligence is still coming in …
Politico:
Katie Porter changes her tune on Kamala Harris  —  STAYING PUT — Katie Porter has repeatedly said Kamala Harris would have a “powerful field-clearing effect” if she entered the governor's race.  Except, apparently, on Katie Porter.  —  Porter is now telling supporters that she will stay …
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.
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 …
 
 
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
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Paul Krugman:
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
GOP megabill includes subsidy for coal used to make steel
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Los Angeles Times:
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Gabriel Hays / Fox News:
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 Earlier Items: 
Daniel N. Gullotta / The Bulwark:
The Decline and Fall of Christianity in America
Associated Press:
Mystery surrounds the Jeffrey Epstein files after Bondi claims ‘tens of thousands’ of videos
Discussion: WTTG-TV
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Fascism in the USA Enters the Fifth & Final Phase
Marc Caputo / Axios:
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Discussion: Politico, Miami Herald and Townhall
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
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Aubrey Wright / Indiana Public Media:
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees