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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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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The bottom line: The bill is cruel.
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Politico:
How Republicans got Murkowski to yes on Trump's megabill
How Republicans got Murkowski to yes on Trump's megabill
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Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
An Ignominious Bill Passed By an Inglorious Body
An Ignominious Bill Passed By an Inglorious Body
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Vox, The Atlantic, New York Times, Advocate and New Republic
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Poorest Americans Would Be Hurt By Trump's Big Bill
Poorest Americans Would Be Hurt By Trump's Big Bill
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
The Disaster That Just Passed the Senate
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Trump's big day: A feud, a Senate win and “Alligator Alcatraz”
Trump's big day: A feud, a Senate win and “Alligator Alcatraz”
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Poynter, Sun-Sentinel, The Hill, NBC News and CBS News
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The One Big Beautiful Bill is one big disaster for AI
The One Big Beautiful Bill is one big disaster for AI
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NPR:
5 ways Trump's tax bill will limit health care access
5 ways Trump's tax bill will limit health care access
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Bloomberg, New York Times, Gothamist and Associated Press
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 1, 2025 — Just after noon today, the Senate passed its version of the budget reconciliation bill.
July 1, 2025 — Just after noon today, the Senate passed its version of the budget reconciliation bill.
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Los Angeles Times
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House Rules Committee advances Trump megabill as potential GOP revolt looms
House Rules Committee advances Trump megabill as potential GOP revolt looms
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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
At least 17 million Americans would lose insurance under Trump plan
At least 17 million Americans would lose insurance under Trump plan
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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 …
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Fox News:
Paramount, CBS forced to pay eight figures, change editorial policy in settlement with President Trump — Result of the agreement on lawsuit could reach north of $30 million with $16 million upfront — FIRST ON FOX - Paramount Global and CBS agreed on Tuesday to pay President Donald Trump …
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount Agrees to Pay $16 Million to Settle Lawsuit by Trump
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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 — MADISON - Women in Wisconsin will continue to have access to abortion services under a new ruling from the state's highest court that invalidates a 176-year-old state law that had banned abortions in nearly every situation.
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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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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.
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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 …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Trump Launches America's Newest Concentration Camp, Complete With Tacky Merch
Trump Launches America's Newest Concentration Camp, Complete With Tacky Merch
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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
Trump Tells States He's Holding Back $6.8 Billion for Schools
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Reuters:
Iran enacts law suspending cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian put into effect on Wednesday a law passed by parliament last week to suspend cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, Iranian state media reported.
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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 …
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Scripps News
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Semafor and Human Progress
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Raw Story
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.
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.
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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 …
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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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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle / Washington Post:
How a nuclear attack on the U.S. might unfold, step by step — The American reaction to an attack is classified, but details made public paint a harrowing picture. — Mackenzie Knight-Boyle is a senior research associate for the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists.
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Supreme Court's Pandora's Box — The Roberts Court let Pandora out of the box, and now there seems to be no putting everything back in. First it was criminal immunity and the pass on prosecution given to presidents. Last Friday it was Casa, the birthright citizenship/nationwide injunction case …

