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7:15 AM ET, July 5, 2025

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Reuters:
Trump signs controversial spending bill during White House 4th of July celebrations  —  The president pushed Congress to get the bill passed before the holiday.  —  President Donald Trump presents a sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” …
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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
Brian Faler / Politico:   GOP megabill littered with special tax breaks
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
It's Official: The GOP Is Not A Working-Class Party
Discussion: Alternet.org and New York Times
Punchbowl News:
Doctor readies run against Valadao
Uriel J. García / Associated Press:
Multiple deaths reported in Hill Country, rescue efforts underway as flash flooding threatens communities  —  Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said rescuers are searching for survivors, including 23 girls missing from a Christian camp along the Guadalupe River.  —  Officials said as many as 13 bodies …
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New York Times:
Frantic Search for the Missing After At Least Six Killed in Texas Flood  —  The authorities confirmed that people had died as a result of the flooding along the Guadalupe River, but the scope of the disaster was not immediately clear.  —  At least six people were killed and frantic searches …
Maydeen Merino / Washington Examiner:
Twenty-three girls missing from Texas summer camp after flash floods devastate area
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russia Hits Ukraine With Large Air Barrage Hours After Trump-Putin Call  —  It was the latest in a series of almost weekly large-scale missile and drone attacks.  President Trump said he “didn't make any progress” with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump speaks with Zelenskyy after he was ‘disappointed’ in call with Putin
Reuters:
Trump, Zelenskiy discuss weapons, escalating Russian strikes
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Judge transfers new case challenging South Sudan deportations  —  An administrative stay issued Friday morning will last until 4:30 p.m. Further action would have to come from Massachusetts.  Read the new claims at Law Dork.  —  After a hearing on Friday, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss transferred …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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Politico:
Judge clears way for U.S. to deport eight men to South Sudan … “This Court interprets these Supreme Court orders as binding on this new petition,” Murphy said in a brief order, “as Petitioners are now raising substantially similar claims, and therefore Petitioners motion is denied.”
Kathryn Carlson / Politico:
3 Turkish mayors reported arrested as Erdoğan continues crackdown on opposition  —  The mayors of three Turkish cities were arrested Saturday morning, according to media reports, as Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues his crackdown on the political opposition.
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 …
Carl Gibson / Alternet.org:
China sees Trump's new law as ‘one of the greatest acts of strategic self-harm’: analyst  —  According to one analyst, only two groups are celebrating H.R. 1 — President Donald Trump's massive new budget law — on July 4: Republicans, and the Chinese Communist Party.
Discussion: New York Times
Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
AOC Warns of ICE ‘Explosion’ After ‘Big Beautiful’ Bill Passes  —  THE WORST HAS YET TO COME  —  “It is setting up to make what's happening now look like child's play,” said the Democratic representative.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned that the effects of President Donald Trump's …
NBC News:
Patel and Ratcliffe try to bolster claims that FBI and CIA conspired against Trump  —  The release of formerly classified documents this week shows how Trump appointees are using their power to try to prop up his allegations about both agencies.  —  The release of formerly classified FBI …
Discussion: LewRockwell
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Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:   Trump's FBI Deputy Director Is A Podcaster Who Thinks The Election Was Stolen
Stephen Foley / Financial Times:
BCG modelled plan to ‘relocate’ Palestinians from Gaza  —  Consulting firm had multimillion-dollar role in contentious new aid scheme for shattered enclave  —  Unlock the Editor's Digest for free  —  Boston Consulting Group modelled the costs of “relocating” Palestinians from Gaza and entered …
James Faris / Business Insider:
The Bulwark's top editor shares how the anti-Trump site tripled its subscriber base in a year — and why it's betting on YouTube  — The Bulwark, a news website that's fiercely critical of President Donald Trump, has grown rapidly.  — Since the 2024 election, The Bulwark has roughly doubled its paid subscriber base.
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Felisha Bull / GOA:
GOA to File “One Big Beautiful Lawsuit” Against NFA Registry as “One Big Beautiful Bill” Heads to President's Desk  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington, D.C. -Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), alongside our allies Palmetto State Armory (PSA) …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 federal prosecutor fired by Pam Bondi quotes Theodore Roosevelt in passionate farewell letter  —  The email came amid the continued targeting of career Justice Department and FBI officials disfavored by the Trump administration.  —  WASHINGTON — One of three career federal prosecutors fired …
Discussion: Raw Story and Lawfare
 
 
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Adrianna Tomasello / Democrats:
Trump is Putting the American Dream Out of Reach
Discussion: RedState and NewsMax.com
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Lawler nears decision on NY governor bid
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Greg Grandin / New York Times:
In Trump's America, Who Gets to Call Themselves American?
Dan Primack / Axios:
Elon Musk floats strategy for new political party
Spencer Kimball / NBC News:
Trump megabill gives the oil industry everything it wants and ends key support for solar and wind
Discussion: Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Sara Dorn / Forbes:
Trump's Pardons Cost At Least $1.5 Billion In Restitution
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Ken White / The Popehat Report:
The Fourth Of July, Rethought
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump says he didn't know an offensive term he used in a speech is considered antisemitic
Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
US expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy
Discussion: Associated Press
 

 
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