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The Harvard Crimson:
Trump Admin Revokes Harvard's Authorization To Enroll International Students  —  The Trump administration revoked Harvard's ability to enroll international students on Thursday, dramatically escalating the administration's fight with the University and threatening thousands of current students.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Republican Party's Populist Betrayal  —  There were lots of last-minute tweaks to the Big, Beautiful Bill the House passed this morning, but here, per the New York Times, is the most openly stupid one: … Happy Thursday.  —  Another Win for the Plutocrats  —  by Andrew Egger
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New York Times:
Here are some of the changes to the House bill that passed on Thursday morning.  —  The early-morning vote was 215 to 214, mostly along party lines.  It was a crucial victory for what President Trump and Republicans are calling the “big, beautiful bill.”  —  A victory for House Republican …
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
The Deficit Is Unsettling Bond Traders.  Here's How That Affects the Economy.  —  The trade war has calmed down, but rising government borrowing costs pose a new worry  —  An economy facing possible indigestion from big increases in tariffs now is contending with a second headwind …
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
House Republicans pass ‘big, beautiful bill’ after weeks of division
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Two House Republicans missed the big vote
New York Times:
Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky Were Israeli Embassy Workers Killed in D.C. Shooting  —  Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky met while working at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, her father said.  Mr. Lischinsky had just bought an engagement ring, an official said.
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The Guardian:
Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum  —  Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum  —  Joseph Gedeon in Washington and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem  —  A suspect is in custody after shooting dead two Israeli embassy staff outside …
Maya Sweedler / Associated Press:
2 staff members of Israeli Embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC
Politico:
Judge blocks Trump bid to dismantle Department of Education  —  The judge said the administration's planned reductions were clearly aimed at carrying out Trump's campaign-trail promise to eliminate the department altogether.  —  A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration …
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Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Judge blocks Trump's orders to dismantle the Education Department and fire employees
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court deadlock leaves in place ruling blocking nation's first religious charter school  —  The Supreme Court split evenly Thursday in a high-profile challenge over the nation's first religious charter school, leaving in place a ruling from Oklahoma's top court that found the proposed Catholic school unconstitutional.
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ABC News:
Supreme Court says Oklahoma can't launch taxpayer-funded religious charter school
Discussion: New York Times
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court sidesteps major ruling on religious public charter schools
Discussion: CBS News, The Hill, UPI and Advocate
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Woman shot at CIA headquarters after crashing into gate … A woman was shot and wounded at CIA headquarters after crashing into a gate there early Thursday morning, NBC News reported.  —  The woman has been preliminarily identified as 27-year-old Monia Spadaro, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the incident told NBC.
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Rudy Chinchilla / NBC News:
Two Israeli Embassy staffers shot dead outside D.C.'s Capital Jewish Museum  —  The gunman shouted “Free Palestine” as he was being arrested, law enforcement officials said.  —  Two staff members of Israel's embassy in Washington, D.C., were shot dead outside the district's Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night, officials said.
Paul Krugman:
Gaming Out a Sudden Stop  —  What happens if investors lose faith in America?  —  I used to be an economics ambulance-chaser — someone who raced around the world to wherever there was an interesting economic calamity.  And this international experience probably made me more sensitive …
ProPublica:
More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump's Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging  —  The week before President Donald Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that sent the stock market plummeting, a key official in the agency that shapes his administration's trade policy sold off as much as $30,000 of stock.
Discussion: Fox News, New Republic and Axios
New York Times:25 minutes ago
Regulators Are Investigating Whether Media Matters Colluded With Advertisers  —  Elon Musk previously sued the advocacy group over critical research on his social media platform X over claims it drove away advertisers.  —  The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday opened an investigation into Media Matters …
New York Times:
Trump Claimed a Social Media Video Showed ‘Burial Sites’ of White Farmers.  It Didn't.  —  During a meeting with South Africa's president, President Trump played the video as evidence of racial persecution.  A Times analysis found he misrepresented the contents of the video.
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New York Times:
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades  —  The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years.  —  The funding decreases touch virtually every area …
Oyin Adedoyin / Wall Street Journal:
Treasury Sounds Death Knell for Penny Production  —  One-cent coins are expected to stop entering circulation early next year.  Businesses will need to round prices up or down.  —  The U.S. government is phasing out the penny, whose use has spanned more than two centuries.
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Associated Press:
Stop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny
Discussion: The Hill
Nancy Cordes / CBS News:NEW!
Hoping to get Trump's attention, small business buys millions in cryptocurrency: “We thought it was worth it”  —  When President Trump's new tariffs started throttling freight traffic, the leader of trucking logistics firm Freight Technologies used an unorthodox method to try and get the president's attention.
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Julie Watson / Associated Press:
Multiple people on private plane that crashed into San Diego neighborhood are dead, authorities say  —  A private jet crashed into military housing in San Diego during foggy weather early Thursday, igniting cars parked along a suburban neighborhood block and killing multiple people on board the plane, authorities said.
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Mahmoud Khalil permitted to hold newborn son for the first time despite objections from government  —  Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time Thursday after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration's efforts to keep …
U.S. Government Accountability Office:30 minutes ago
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration—Application of the Impoundment Control Act to Memorandum Suspending Approval of State Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans  —  B-337137  —  Highlights  —  The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
What Sam Altman Told OpenAI About the Secret Device He's Making With Jony Ive  —  Idea is a 'chance to do the biggest thing we've ever done as a company here,' Altman told OpenAI employees Wednesday  —  OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman gave his staff a preview Wednesday of the devices …
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal Data  —  The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people. … The U.S. intelligence community is now buying up vast volumes …
Financial Times:
BYD sells more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla for first time  —  Chinese car group has been pushing to expand into overseas markets for past few years  —  Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.  —  BYD has sold more electric vehicles …
Bloomberg:
Trump Family Turns Presidency Into Most Lucrative Venture Yet  —  Since he launched his campaign, the family has put dealmaking in overdrive — with memecoins, guns and new hotels abroad.
 
 
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Washington Post:
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Organizations sue Justice Department to reverse hundreds of grant cancellations
Sarah D. Wire / USA Today:
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Brandon Morse / RedState:
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Daniel Engber / The Atlantic:
Now PBS Is Censoring a Film About Free Speech
Robert Reich:
The hidden provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king
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New York Times:
Republicans Will Use Paperwork to Kick Americans Off Health Care
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Nick Judin / Mississippi Free Press:
ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing, Threatening Deportation
Discussion: The Independent