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No President Has Ever Had Something Like Trump’s Megabill

 The most sweeping single piece of legislation ever will fundamentally alter the U.S. and he’s not done yet. By Ed Kilgore
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Theme of America’s 250th Birthday Bash Is (Probably) Trump

 By Margaret Hartmann This week, Trump kicks off a yearlong celebration that’s mean to be unifying and nonpartisan. But that’s not really his style.
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Jeffries Delays MAGA Megabill With Record-Breaking Speech

 By Nia Prater The House minority leader made history as he spoke for eight hours and 44 minutes in opposition to the Republicans’ massive bill.
THE FEED
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Poll Shows Public Knows Little About Trump’s Ugly Megabill
By Ed Kilgore
The battle to define this incredibly significant legislation has just begun, particularly for Democrats.
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early and often
Trump Betrayed His Base With the Big Beautiful Bill, and the GOP Will Regret It
By Ross Barkan
It won’t just hurt the country; it will devastate Republicans next year.
early and often
early and often
No President Has Ever Had Something Like Trump’s Megabill
By Ed Kilgore
The most sweeping single piece of legislation ever will fundamentally alter the U.S. and he’s not done yet.

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By Margaret Hartmann
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Jeffries Delays MAGA Megabill With Record-Breaking Speech
By Nia Prater
The House minority leader made history as he spoke for eight hours and 44 minutes in opposition to the Republicans’ massive bill.
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We found your bag! And everyone else’s lost luggage.
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Elon Musk’s Third Party Is Pure Fantasy
By Ed Kilgore
Musk’s latest political idea has little chance of success. But fringe figures from Andrew Yang to the Libertarians are eager to take his money.
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There’s No Plan B If Republicans Sink Trump’s Megabill
By Ed Kilgore
He tried to jam the House with a Senate bill, but the House is jamming him instead.
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Trump Turned ‘Lewinsky Room’ Into Oval Office Gift Shop
By Margaret Hartmann
The Clinton-scandal landmark has long been a staple of Trump’s White House tour. Now he’s using it to store MAGA merch.
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Convinced He Can Buy the Future
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Or, at least, that he can gut OpenAI.
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How the Prosecution Blew Its Case Against Diddy
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The only thing it could prove was that Sean Combs is a horrible person, and that’s not what it had charged him with.
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Trump Ramps Up Threats to Arrest Mamdani
By Nia Prater
President Trump threatened to arrest Zohran Mamdani if he refuses to cooperate with ICE, and he kept up the rhetoric on social media.
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Will Trump Pardon Diddy After the Guilty Verdict (And Can He)?
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Trump Demands House Rubber-Stamp Senate’s (Not So) ‘Beautiful Bill’
By Ed Kilgore
The Senate crossed all of the lower chamber’s red lines in its revisions to the megabill. Trump plans to make House members pass it anyway.
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If police turn on him like they did Bill de Blasio, it could cripple his time in City Hall.
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The Black Americans Gentrifying Ghana
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By moving there, they are driving up the cost of living for everyone around them.
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Official Results Show Mamdani Crushed Cuomo
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Senate Approves Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill by the Smallest Margin Possible
By Ed Kilgore
Now it’s on to the House, which the Senate and the White House hope to “jam” into rubber-stamping their work.
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Do Democrats Need or Want a Centrist ‘Project 2029’?
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A group of centrist wonks is planning to emulate what MAGA wonks did for a yet-to-be-identified Democratic candidate.
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Lisa Murkowski Holds the Big Beautiful Bill in Her Hands
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A sweet deal for her vote got blown up.
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Elon Musk Is Not Done Fighting With Trump
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Musk is back attacking the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” as Trump threatens to have DOGE look into Musk’s lucrative government contracts.
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By Sarah Jones
When supporting Israel is a matter of religious faith.