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New York Times:
Trump Goes on a Charm Offensive as He Woos Holdout Republicans  —  President Trump worked the phones and welcomed Republicans to the White House to cajole them into supporting his megabill.  They left with signed merchandise and photos of the Oval Office.  —  A conga line of angsty Republican …
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New York Times:
President Trump's Bill Moves to Final Vote After G.O.P. Holdouts Forced Delay  —  A vote allowing the bill to come up for debate indicated a breakthrough after Speaker Mike Johnson haggled with Republican holdouts into the early hours of Thursday.  —  Here's the latest.
New York Times:
Jeffries Has His Moment in Hourslong Speech Opposing Trump's Policy Bill  —  Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat and minority leader, delayed a final House vote with an impassioned speech, saying he would take his “sweet time” assailing the measure.
Punchbowl News:
7/3/25 ☀️ AM: … It looks like Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump will make their July 4 deadline.  —  The House is on the cusp of passing the One Big Beautiful Bill after an unprecedented and exhausting marathon day in the Capitol. … As of press time, the House was debating the package.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Republicans Always Chicken Out  —  The jobs report for June (and revision for May) came out this morning, and the topline was strong: 147,000 new jobs, exceeding expectations, and a slightly lower unemployment rate at 4.1 percent.  May's jobs numbers were also revised higher.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and MSNBC
NOTUS:
The Reconciliation Timeline Is Slipping as Trump Struggles to Flip Votes
Politico:
Mike Johnson on the cusp of megabill victory
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Raskin on Trump ‘ugly’ remark: Not everyone can live up to his ‘exquisite’ level of ‘handsomeness’
Discussion: HuffPost and PennLive
Calen Razor / Politico:
Jeffries calls out Republicans over Medicaid ahead of final megabill vote
Associated Press:
House Republicans are pushing Trump's big bill to the brink of passage
Tyler Pager / New York Times:   Trump's Task as He Heads to Iowa: Selling His Bill to the American Public
Politico:
Playbook: Congress caves again
Phil Galewitz / NPR:
GOP governors stay silent amid plans to slash Medicaid spending in their states
Discussion: Deseret News and Daily Kos
MSNBC:
‘I will take my sweet time’ ripping Trump's bill: Leader Jeffries during final House vote
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
To kick off celebrations of America's founding, Trump travels to its heartland
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Washington Times
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Lawfare Against the Free Press  —  He suggests prosecuting CNN, while pressuring a settlement out of CBS.  —  Click for Sound  —  President Trump has taunted the media for years, and some of his jibes are deserved given the groupthink in most newsrooms.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
After settling with Trump, CBS News staffers fear what comes next  —  Paramount Global is being hammered for bowing to presidential pressure and settling a lawsuit that it likely could have beaten in court.  —  But this convoluted episode is really more about the plaintiff, President Trump, than about Paramount.
New York Times:
For ‘60 Minutes,’ a Humbling Moment at an Uneasy Time for Press Freedom
Politico:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia describes ‘severe beatings’ and ‘psychological torture’ in Salvadoran prison … The Salvadoran prison where Abrego was initially housed, known as the Anti-Terrorism Confinement Center or by its Spanish-language acronym CECOT, is reputed to be rife with gang violence and human rights abuses.
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Associated Press:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
You'll Never Believe Where Kash Patel's Election Fraud Bombshell Came From  —  Scouring the swamps to smear his predecessor.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Trump's latest proof of election fraud is a total mess  —  IF THE FBI GOT A TIP about a Chinese plot to steal the 2020 election using tens …
Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal:
Hiring Defied Expectations in June, With 147,000 New Jobs  —  Revisions showed hiring was stronger in previous months than initially thought , and unemployment fell to 4.1%  —  U.S. job growth continued at a steady pace last month, surprising economists who had predicted a slowdown …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court to rule on state transgender student sports bans  —  The justices dove into the ongoing debate over whether transgender girls and women can participate in student athletics.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday waded into the legal fight over state laws …
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Joseph McCarty / KLKN-TV:
Rural southwest Nebraska clinic closes, blaming expected Medicaid cuts  —  LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A clinic in southwest Nebraska announced Wednesday that it is closing due to financial challenges, including anticipated Medicaid cuts.  —  McCook-based Community Hospital said it is shutting …
Politico:
Trump allies caught off guard by Pentagon's Ukraine weapons freeze … Even allies of President Donald Trump were frustrated by the move, and accused officials such as Colby — who led a review of U.S. munitions stockpiles that preceded the freeze — of pushing the move forward without notifying the rest of the administration or others.
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Republicans are quietly winning the political fight on guns  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers make Public Notice possible.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us.  👇  —  Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia — a gun shop owner …
Discussion: The Hill, HotAir and NPR
New York Times:
'There's Just Too Much Lawlessness': Three Legal Experts on an Embattled Supreme Court  —  Kate Shaw, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Will Baude, a law professor at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown and the author of …
Discussion: Raw Story
Benjamin Eidelson / The Boston Globe:
Trump goes ‘woke’ in report on antisemitism at Harvard  —  What is most striking is the brazen hypocrisy — one might even say chutzpah — of the Trump lawyers' arguments.  —  Benjamin Eidelson is a professor at Harvard Law School.  —  Earlier this week, the Trump administration issued …
Popular Information:
FCC blocks ban on prison phone price gouging, benefiting top Trump donors  —  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will no longer enforce a rule capping the price of prison phone calls, according to an announcement made Monday by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
Mother Jones:
Here are the Declaration of Independence's Grievances Against King George III.  Many Apply to Trump.  —  It's uncanny.  —  When Thomas Jefferson was writing the Declaration of Independence in the weeks leading up July 4, 1776, he wanted to not only rely on just high-falutin enlightenment ideals …
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Bragging That He Planted the Elon Musk Drug Abuse Story in the New York Times: Author  —  KETAMINE CLASH  —  Trump biographer Michael Wolff says the feud is in “blood score” territory now.  —  Donald Trump is getting personal in his war on Elon Musk, according to author Michael Wolff.
Nicholas Florko / The Atlantic:
RFK Jr.'s Confusing Disdain for Medicaid  —  Congress is moving forward with cuts to Medicaid that would worsen the country's health woes.  Why isn't RFK Jr. furious?  —  For Robert F. Kennedy Jr., “Make America healthy again” is far more than a nice slogan.
Discussion: NPR
Politico:
Conservatives: Trump won our megabill votes by promising crackdown on renewable energy credits  —  Hard-line House conservatives said President Donald Trump assured them his administration would strictly enforce rules for wind or solar projects to qualify for the tax credits under …
Discussion: Reuters
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘That Was You’: GOP Lawmaker Hit With Blunt Reminder Of His Own Words On Live TV  —  Rep. Tim Burchett got into it with CNN's Brianna Keilar as the House debated the president's “big beautiful bill.”  —  Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) sparred with CNN's Brianna Keilar on Wednesday evening …
 
 
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Sector winners and losers of the “big, beautiful bill”
Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
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