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5:50 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 and Putin Discuss Iran and Ukraine in Phone Call  —  The measure extending tax cuts and slashing the social safety net goes to President Trump for his signature, but the debate over it exposed deep rifts in his party.  —  Here's the latest.  —  The House on Thursday narrowly passed …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
What Trump Told Me About His Complete Domination of Congress  —  Demanding a bill by Independence Day was a telling flourish for someone with zero tolerance for independence in the legislative branch.  —  When I reached President Donald Trump by phone Tuesday night, with his “big, beautiful” …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Axios
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
They Savaged Their Party's Bill.  Then They Voted for It.  —  Many Republicans had harshly criticized President Trump's marquee bill extending tax cuts and slashing social safety net programs — almost right up until the moment they voted for it.  —  In the days leading up to House passage …
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 …
Associated Press:
What's in Trump's big bill that passed Congress and will soon become law  —  Republicans muscled President Donald Trump's tax and spending cut bill through the House on Thursday, the final step necessary to get the bill to his desk by the GOP's self-imposed deadline of July 4th.
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.
New York Times:
Trump Goes on a Charm Offensive as He Woos Holdout Republicans
Washington Post:
House passes tax and immigration bill, sending it to Trump's desk
Discussion: Townhall
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Hakeem Jeffries breaks the House record for longest floor speech
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Inside Hakeem Jeffries' decision to filibuster Trump's big bill
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
Musk Demands Epstein Files Release While Mounting Last-Minute Attack on Trump's Megabill
Discussion: The Independent
Punchbowl News:
7/3/25 ☀️ AM: … It looks like Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump will make their July 4 deadline.
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Republicans are quietly winning the political fight on guns
Discussion: The Hill, NPR and HotAir
New York Times:
This Is What Our Conservative Columnists Really Think of Trump's Bill
Discussion: New York Sun
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Republicans Always Chicken Out
Brian Beutler / Off Message:   16 Thoughts On The Republican Budget Atrocity
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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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: New York Times, Daily Kos and Eschaton
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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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.
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.
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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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 …
Washington Post:
Roughly 140 EPA staffers who signed ‘dissent’ letter are put on leave  —  Trump officials have placed 139 employees who signed a letter of dissent protesting the Environmental Protection Agency's current direction and policies on leave Thursday.  —  The Trump administration has placed …
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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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 …
Ry Rivard / Politico:
Supreme Court to review scope of states' immunity after a pair of bus accidents … The ruling left unclear where to draw the line on what state entities get such immunity, leaving open a question about things like state hospitals, student loan servicers and public transit providers.
Discussion: New Jersey Online
 
 
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Rebecca Robbins / New York Times:
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Michael Scherer / The Atlantic:
Trump Targets Google After Meta and X Payouts
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Supreme Court to consider reviving Mississippi evangelist's challenge to protest ordinance
Discussion: Associated Press and NewsMax.com
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court rejects Montana's bid to revive parental consent law for minors' abortions
Strength In Numbers:
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Ted Conover / New York Times:
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Wall Street Journal:
How Hunter Biden Helped Derail His Father's Reelection
Discussion: The Independent and NewsMax.com
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RFK Jr.'s Confusing Disdain for Medicaid
New York Times:
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