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2:35 PM ET, July 3, 2025

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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Republicans Are Cutting Medicare.  Not Only Medicaid, Medicare.  —  Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will force mandatory sequestration that will mean half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts.  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks with reporters ahead of a final vote …
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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 …
New York Times:
Jeffries Breaks Record 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.  —  Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic leader, broke the record for a …
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.
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.
Susan Rinkunas / MSNBC:
Lisa Murkowski's megabill vote was everything people hate about politicians  —  What the senator claimed was a difficult decision was just a case of backroom deals and abandoned principles.  —  When the Republican-controlled Senate passed the disastrous megabill on Tuesday, the deciding vote came from Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Republicans Always Chicken Out
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Inside Hakeem Jeffries' decision to filibuster Trump's big bill
Politico:
Mike Johnson on the cusp of megabill victory
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blasts Republicans and the Trump agenda bill in an hourslong floor speech
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
House Republicans Hold Out Against Trump Tax Bill For Hours, Then Cave
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump's Task as He Heads to Iowa: Selling His Bill to the American Public
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Vox
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
CBS News anchor swipes at parent company for settling Trump lawsuit ‘it said is without basis in law and fact’  —  'Can you hold power to account after paying it millions?  Can an audience trust you when it thinks you've traded away that trust?'  John Dickerson asked viewers on Wednesday.
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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.
Discussion: twitchy.com
New York Times:
For ‘60 Minutes,’ a Humbling Moment at an Uneasy Time for Press Freedom
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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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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Eschaton
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.
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Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
Musk Demands Epstein Files Release While Mounting Last-Minute Attack on Trump's Megabill
Discussion: The Independent
Taylor Seely / Arizona Republic:
Conservative Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick has a warning for America  — Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick criticized attacks on the American justice system by senior Trump administration officials.  — Bolick expressed concern over a disregard for due process and threats to suspend habeas corpus.
Atlanta Civic Circle:
Legal experts say journalist's arrest violated First Amendment  —  When Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara was arrested while filming an anti-ICE protest on June 14, he repeatedly identified himself as press.  He wore a vest marked “PRESS.”  And he was recording — not protesting.
more at Mediagazer »
Politico:
CIA review of 2016 Russia election probe finds no major flaws … The eight-page review is the latest episode in a long-running saga over a Russian influence campaign that officials have said sought to damage Hilary Clinton and aid Trump in an election that he ultimately won by a narrow margin …
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.
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, NPR and HotAir
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
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
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.
mpdc.dc.gov:
MPD Provides Update on 7th Street Homicide  —  The Metropolitan Police Department is providing an update on a fatal shooting that occurred Monday night in Northwest.  —  at approximately 10:28 p.m., Third District officers responded to the sound of gunshots in the 1200 block of 7th Street, Northwest.
Associated Press:
First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades  —  The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a spokesperson for Republican state Attorney General James Uthmeier told The Associated Press.
Caroline Haskins / Wired:
CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones  —  Customs and Border Protection is asking companies to pitch tools for performing deep analysis on the contents of devices seized at the US border.  —  United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is asking tech companies …
James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. activist indicted after handing out face shields to anti-ICE protesters  —  A local activist who handed out protective face shields to protesters last month during demonstrations against the Trump administration's chaotic immigration raids was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday.
Luke Barr / Reuters:
Law enforcement groups sound alarm over potential DHS intel rollback  —  They warned Secretary Kristi Noem it would put U.S. national security at risk.  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits a temporary migrant detention center informally known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in Ochopee, Florida, July 1, 2025.
Discussion: Nextgov/FCW
Michael Feinberg / Lawfare:
Goodbye to All That  —  My resignation from the FBI.  —  Meet The Authors … On May 31 of this year, in a series of phone calls beginning at nine in the morning and ending that afternoon, the newly installed Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Norfolk Field Office …
Nicholas Vinocur / Politico:
Denmark pushes to suspend Hungary's EU voting rights  —  Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre says Copenhagen will ramp up Article 7 proceedings against Budapest.  —  AARHUS, Denmark — Denmark wants Europe to deploy its full legal arsenal against Hungary over violations …
Madison Mills / Axios:
Sector winners and losers of the “big, beautiful bill”  —  Manufacturing and defense companies stand to win from the “big, beautiful bill,” while wind and solar fare worse and hospitals could be hit hard. … - Henrietta Treyz of Veda Partners says this could benefit manufacturers …
 
 
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court rejects Montana's bid to revive parental consent law for minors' abortions
Stefania Palma / Financial Times:
Donald Trump is breaking US judicial system, says star litigator Abbe Lowell
Discussion: Raw Story
Strength In Numbers:
The numbers are in: Democrats are fired up
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump and Putin speak on Ukraine, Iran
Erich Wagner / GovExec.com:
OPM deemphasizes ‘favorite EO’ essay following legal challenge
Discussion: E&E News
Ted Conover / New York Times:
Democrats Denied This City Had a Gang Problem. The Truth Is Complicated.
Lindsay Kornick / Fox News:
CNN commentator suggests investigating Trump children's citizenship status
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Benjamin Eidelson / The Boston Globe:
Trump goes ‘woke’ in report on antisemitism at Harvard
Mother Jones:
Here are the Declaration of Independence's Grievances Against King George III. Many Apply to Trump.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court to rule on state transgender student sports bans
Wall Street Journal:
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