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5:45 PM ET, July 4, 2025

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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
One Big Unpopular Bill  —  Midday on Thursday, July 3, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve a marquee tax cut and budget bill they've been trying to pass since May. Republicans in the Senate passed the same bill on Tuesday, courtesy of a tie-breaker by Vice President JD Vance …
Discussion: The Economist
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Brendan Buck / New York Times:
Is This Really How We're Legislating Now?  —  Speaker Mike Johnson once again defied skeptics and found a majority in a high-stakes vote, with the House passing the president's big policy bill on Thursday along party lines.  He and John Thune, the Senate leader, ably made whatever deals …
Zack Stanton / Politico:
Playbook: The fireworks begin  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  Good Friday morning, and happy Independence Day.  This is Zack Stanton, looking forward to the fireworks on the National Mall tonight (they start at 9:09 p.m.), which I hope to enjoy somewhere away from the crowds.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
How Republicans Re-engineered the Tax Code
Discussion: Alternet.org and NPR
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
It's Official: The GOP Is Not A Working-Class Party
Brian Faler / Politico:   GOP megabill littered with special tax breaks
Punchbowl News:
Doctor readies run against Valadao
NBC News:
Trump shows his dominance over Congress in passing the ‘big, beautiful bill’
Washington Post:
6 ways Trump's tax bill could shape the battle for control of Congress
Discussion: Vox
Punchbowl News:
7/4/25 ☀️ AM: … And happy Independence Day.  —  President Donald Trump …
Discussion: WTTG-TV
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump tells Zelensky he wants to help Ukraine with air defense, sources say  —  President Trump told Ukrainian President Zelensky in a call on Friday that the U.S. wants to help Ukraine with air defense, due to escalating Russian attacks, a Ukrainian official and a source with knowledge of the call said.
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Reuters:
Trump, Zelenskiy discuss weapons, escalating Russian strikes  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he discussed air defences in a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, and agreed to work on increasing Kyiv's capability to “defend the sky” as Russian attacks escalate.
Anna Fratsyvir / The Kyiv Independent:
‘Deliberately massive and cynical’ — Russian attack on Ukraine began as Trump and Putin spoke, Zelensky says
Washington Post:
Trump uses term viewed as antisemitic slur to refer to unscrupulous bankers  —  President Donald Trump deployed the term during a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds held to kick off a year of events culminating in America's 250th birthday celebration.  —  President Donald Trump used a term …
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Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News:
Trump uses antisemitic slur in remarks promoting his ‘big, beautiful bill’  —  Speaking at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, the president used the word “Shylocks” when talking about bankers lending money to family farms.  —  President Donald Trump used an antisemitic slur to describe exploitative bankers during …
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump says he didn't know an offensive term he used in a speech is considered antisemitic  —  President Donald Trump says he didn't know the term “shylock” is considered antisemitic when he used it in a speech to describe unscrupulous moneylenders.  Trump told reporters early Friday …
NBC News:
Hegseth halted weapons for Ukraine despite military analysis that the aid wouldn't jeopardize U.S. readiness  —  The move blindsided the State Department, Ukraine, European allies and members of Congress, who demanded an explanation from the Pentagon.  —  The Defense Department held …
Ken White / The Popehat Report:
The Fourth Of July, Rethought  —  For years, I have retold the story reprinted below every Fourth of July.  It describes a formative experience in my life and in my identity as an American.  I still feel powerfully many of its sentiments: my fondness and appreciation for the late Judge Lew …
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Congress Throws More Money at Removing Immigrants than Most Countries Spend on Their Armies  —  It's hard to convey just how big the new budget makes the country's immigration enforcement infrastructure.  —  The Bureau of Prisons?  Bigger than that.  The FBI?  Bigger.  The Marine Corps?
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Sara Dorn / Forbes:
Trump's Pardons Cost At Least $1.5 Billion In Restitution  —  Topline  —  President Donald Trump's pardons and commutations have cost more than $100 million in fines owed to the federal government and another $1.5 billion in restitution to victims.  —  Key Facts
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Gateway Pundit
Maydeen Merino / Washington Examiner:
23 girls missing from Texas summer camp after flash floods devastate area  —  At least six people are dead and 23 children are unaccounted for from a girls' summer camp after heavy rainfall caused the Gaudalupe River in Texas to flood on Friday.  —  Overnight, residents in central Kerr County witnessed …
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Concentration Camp Labor  —  With the passage of Trump's death bill, we face the prospect of many great harms, including an archipelago of concentration camps across the United States.  —  Concentration camps are sites of tempting slave labor.  Among many other aims, the Soviets used …
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump to host UFC fight at White House as part of “America250” celebrations  —  President Trump will host a UFC fight at the White House as part of celebrations marking 250 years since the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, he announced at a Thursday rally in Iowa.
Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Law used to kick out Nazis could be used to strip citizenship from many more Americans  —  For decades, the US Department of Justice has used a tool to sniff out former Nazis who lied their way into becoming American citizens: a law that allowed the department to denaturalize, or strip …
Discussion: Raw Story, Alternet.org and Slate
Dan Primack / Axios:
Elon Musk floats strategy for new political party  —  Elon Musk on Friday floated an electoral strategy for his hypothetical political party, via a post on X. … - Most recently, Musk has been an outspoken critic of Trump's signature legislation, which the Tesla CEO believes is fiscally irresponsible …
 
 
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Greg Grandin / New York Times:
In Trump's America, Who Gets to Call Themselves American?
Spencer Kimball / NBC News:
Trump megabill gives the oil industry everything it wants and ends key support for solar and wind
Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
US expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy
Discussion: Associated Press
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Trump's FBI Deputy Director Is A Podcaster Who Thinks The Election Was Stolen
Melina Walling / Associated Press:
EPA puts on leave 139 employees who spoke out against policies under Trump
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Ramble On: How Are You? (video)  —  Fourth of July thoughts on the Bigly Bad Bill …
Discussion: The Five 8 on YouTube
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The Founders put God at the center of the Declaration of Independence
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Trump's tariffs deadline is looming for Europe. Here's where things stand
Reece Rogers / Wired:
Trump Officials Want to Prosecute Over the ICEBlock App. Lawyers Say That's Unconstitutional
 

 
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