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Supreme Court to Take Up Case on Transgender Athletes
“The Supreme Court is diving back into the culture war issue of transgender rights, adding a potentially blockbuster case on transgender athletes to its next term,” USA Today reports. “The…
Jeffries Has His Moment in Hourslong Speech
“Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic leader, passed the four-hour mark on Thursday morning in a marathon speech in the House opposing Republicans’ signature legislation carrying out President…
Droughts Worldwide Push Millions Towards Starvation
“Drought is pushing tens of millions of people to the edge of starvation around the world, in a foretaste of a global crisis that is rapidly deepening with climate breakdown,”…
How Hunter Biden Helped Derail His Father’s Re-Election
Wall Street Journal: “On June 3, Hunter Biden reported to a federal courthouse in Wilmington, Del., to face three felony charges for lying on a federal firearms application and possessing…
Pentagon Admits Iran’s Nuclear Program Not Obliterated
The Bulwark: “Last week, the White House insisted Iran’s nuclear program had been totally ‘obliterated’ and went to war against a low-confidence preliminary intelligence assessment that the program had only…
White House Planning Signing Ceremony for Megabill
The White House is planning a Friday 9 a.m. ET signing ceremony for the budget reconciliation bill, Punchbowl News reports. Save to Favorites
Trump’s Big Beautiful Debt Bomb
Paul Krugman: “And that’s why I was a deficit dove in, say, 2011. America needed to run substantial deficits to recover from the 2008 financial crisis. But I didn’t think…
Hiring Defied Expectations Last Month
The U.S. added 147,000 jobs in June, the Labor Department reported Thursday, above the gain of 110,000 jobs economists had expected, the Wall Street Journal reports. The unemployment rate fell…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“I suppose I don’t like being called ugly by Donald Trump, but not everybody can live up to his exquisite levels of handsomeness and personal physical grace. I would consider…
Trump’s Power on Full Display
House Republican leaders kept the vote open well into the night, twisting arms and applying pressure to advance President Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill.” It wasn’t about legislative horse-trading or…
Trump Was Oblivious About His Own Bill
NOTUS: “Trump hosted a meeting with some moderates and some members of the Main Street Caucus on Wednesday, where he listened to concerns and touted the wins in the legislation.”…
Louisiana Girds for Megabill Fallout
Politico: “Louisiana is poorer, sicker and hungrier than most states, and the deep cuts to Medicaid have a growing number of Republicans in Louisiana worried that Congress and the White…
Inside Trump’s West Wing
In his second term, a “freewheeling” President Trump likens the Oval Office to New York’s Grand Central Station, full of people coming and going (regardless of their security clearances), NBC…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“I’m going to take my time.” — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), quoted by Politico, using his “magic minute” before the final House vote on President Trump’s megabill. Save…
Congress Folds
Playbook points out that Thursday’s vote on President Trump’s megabill may give rise to a new phrase: “Congress always chickens out.” Save to Favorites
Sherrod Brown Weighs His Next Move
Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is still weighing where he wants his political career to take him next: to the governor’s mansion or back to the Senate, Semafor reports. Said…
One in Five Americans Prefer a King
Playbook: “Polling and strategy firm JL Partners asked 1,000 U.S. voters if they support or oppose replacing the current president of the United States with the British monarch. The survey…
Quote of the Day
“This is the kind of opportunity, once lost, where people look back centuries later and ask how the moment to save civilization was allowed to pass by.” — Stephen Miller,…
House Freedom Caucus Caves Again
Punchbowl News: “What makes this so remarkable is that Harris, Roy and Self spent a huge chunk of this week dumping all over the bill, only to vote for it…
House Clears Procedural Hurdle on Trump’s Agenda
“House Republican leaders overcame a critical hurdle Thursday to advance President Donald Trump’s massive tax and immigration legislation, paving the way to pass the legislation in the morning,” the Washington…
