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Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg:
House Republican Hardliners Warn of a Delay to Tax Vote  —  The leader of a hardline conservative caucus in the House on Wednesday cast doubt on the prospect President Donald Trump's sprawling tax and spending legislation will be completed by July 4.  —  “We could take another week …
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Politico:
How Republicans got Murkowski to yes on Trump's megabill … Her vote was at risk of being out of reach, especially after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that multiple sweetener provisions to boost Medicaid payments to Alaska and Hawaii violated Senate rules that limit what can pass through …
Ezra Klein / New York Times:   The Disaster That Just Passed the Senate
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The One Big Beautiful Bill is one big disaster for AI
NPR:
5 ways Trump's tax bill will limit health care access
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The bottom line: The bill is cruel.
Discussion: STAT, New Republic and Axios
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Elon Musk threatens war against the entire GOP
Paul Krugman:   Muskenfreude  —  When an oligarch confronts an autocrat, guess who wins?
Associated Press:
‘Agonizing’: How Alaska's pivotal Republican senator decided to vote for Donald Trump's bill
New York Times:
Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit  —  President Trump sued Paramount over a “60 Minutes” interview with his opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris.  —  Paramount has agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over the editing …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CBS owner Paramount settles Trump lawsuit over Harris interview for $16M  —  The network will not apologize as part of the agreement.  The lawsuit stemmed from the editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.  —  Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, has agreed to pay $16 million …
Reuters:
Paramount settles with Trump over ‘60 Minutes’ interview for $16 million  —  CBS parent company Paramount (PARA.O) on Wednesday settled a lawsuit filed by U.S. President Donald Trump over an interview broadcast in October, the latest concession by a media company to a president who has targeted outlets …
Discussion: USA Today, Axios and Deadline
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount Agrees to Pay $16 Million to Settle Lawsuit by Trump
Associated Press:
Paramount to pay $16 million in settlement with Trump over ‘60 Minutes’ interview
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban  —  The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority struck down the state's 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.
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Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:   Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidates the state's strict 1849 abortion law
Politico:
Pentagon halting some promised munitions for Ukraine … The people were granted anonymity to discuss current operations.  The Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment.  —  In a statement following the publication of this story, White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly said that the decision …
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Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
Johnson on the megabill: 'I'm not happy with what the Senate did to our product'  —  Speaker Mike Johnson said he's not happy with the sprawling legislation Senate Republicans just sent back to the House.  “I'm not happy with what the Senate did to our product.  We understand this is the process.
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NBC News:   Trump administration live updates: House returns to Republican agenda bill as conservatives balk at Senate changes
New York Times:
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.  —  The pardoned rioter, a former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob that stormed the Capitol, is a counselor to Ed Martin, the director of the so-called weaponization committee.
Melissa Gira Grant / New Republic:
The Grand Opening of an American Concentration Camp  —  What were you doing the day the president attended the opening of an American concentration camp in the Everglades?  Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by Republican officials because of the predators living in the surrounding swampland …
Discussion: Tallahassee Democrat, Salon and UPI
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Trump Launches America's Newest Concentration Camp, Complete With Tacky Merch
Discussion: Raw Story, Mother Jones and Breitbart
New York Times:
Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation  —  The money, which was allocated by Congress, helps pay for after-school programs, support for students learning English and other services.  —  The Trump administration has declined to release nearly $7 billion …
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Mark Lieberman / Education Week:
Trump Tells States He's Holding Back $6.8 Billion for Schools
Aaron Krolik / New York Times:
Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia  —  President Trump has issued no new restrictions on Russia this year, in effect allowing Moscow to acquire the money and materials it needs in its conflict with Ukraine.  —  Since President Trump returned to office in January …
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Trump's Finances Were Shaky.  Then He Began to Capitalize on His Comeback. … An attendee posed with a cutout of President Trump at a Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas at the end of May.Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times  —  Last spring, even as Donald J. Trump's march back toward …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Tesla Sales Fall as Elon Musk Focuses on Self-Driving Cars  —  The company has devoted resources to autonomous driving rather than developing new models to attract car buyers.  —  Tesla's global car sales fell sharply in the second quarter, continuing a decline that began last year …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Semafor
Wendy Edelberg / American Enterprise Institute:
Immigration Policy and Its Macroeconomic Effects in the Second Trump Administration  —  We assess the macroeconomic implications of the observed and expected changes to immigration policy during the second Trump administration.  We project that net migration in 2025 will be between −525,000 …
Discussion: Scripps News
Emily Peck / Axios:
Immigration crackdown ripples through economy  —  President Trump's immigration crackdown is hitting key pockets of the economy, disrupting workplaces and communities around the country. … - There will be fewer workers to produce goods and services, slowing down growth and putting pressure on wages.
CNN:
Trump pick to run federal watchdog: A 30-year-old who once shared a 9/11 conspiracy video and has ties to a Holocaust denier  —  The man President Donald Trump wants to put in charge of protecting whistleblowers - and rooting out government corruption - is a 30-year-old lawyer with barely …
Emma Epperly / Idaho Education News:
Attorney general: ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ sign cannot be displayed in Idaho schools  —  (UPDATED, 3:30 p.m., Monday, with comments from Sarah Inama.)  —  The “Everyone is Welcome Here” sign that sparked a viral nationwide controversy can no longer be displayed in Idaho schools …
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
DOJ Opens Door To Stripping Citizenship Over Politics  —  It's the latest example of the Trump administration's assault on citizenship.  —  Throughout the campaign, Republicans teased an idea: the next Trump government would start to remove the citizenship of naturalized Americans.
Geeta Pandey / BBC:
Dalai Lama confirms he will have a successor after his death  —  Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has confirmed he will have a successor, putting to rest speculation over whether the 600-year-old institution will end when he dies.  —  In a video message keenly-awaited by his followers …
NBC News:
Fox News, MAGA hats and cookies: Inside Trump's West Wing  —  Trump likes to see whom he wants and call whom he chooses, and in the new term, he presides over a White House that mirrors the man, current and former aides say.  —  WASHINGTON — The military leaders who came to the Oval Office …
Discussion: Raw Story
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Announces the University of Pennsylvania Has Entered into a Resolution Agreement to Resolve its Title IX Violations  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) has entered into a Resolution Agreement …
 
 
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Lauren McGaughy / ProPublica:
Inside Elon Musk's Stellar Year at the Texas Capitol
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump's National Security Council is Flailing
Discussion: Raw Story
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Trump's racking up wins — and rewriting the book on diplomacy
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Supreme Court's Pandora's Box
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Local officials grow wary of helping ICE detain immigrants
Discussion: KTOO
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Trump administration targets CNN coverage of migration app
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
Man Who Helped Florida Shark Attack Victim Now Facing Deportation
Jeff Coltin / Politico:
Gillibrand apologizes to Mamdani over ‘jihad’ comments
Discussion: Jewish Insider and The Hill
Miami Herald:
Trump OKs using National Guard as immigration judges at Florida detention center
 

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

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
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