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Because the screaming about Medicaid wasn’t enough: Senate Republicans are eyeing possible Medicare provisions to help offset the cost of their megabill as they try to appease budget hawks who want more spending cuts embedded in the legislation. Making changes to Medicare, the federal health insurance program primarily serving seniors, would be a political longshot: It would face fierce backlash …

The Huffington Post reports: Women who miscarry in West Virginia should be prepared to face potential criminal charges, a county prosecutor warned a local news outlet last week, saying other law enforcers have raised the possibility with him. Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Tom Truman told WVNS 59News that while he would not take any such action, a number of other …

NOTUS reports: As the GOP tries to retain control of the House and Senate, Republicans in the White House and on both sides of the Capitol have a simple message for Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga: Don’t run for Senate. Huizenga hasn’t announced whether he plans to actually jump into the Michigan Senate race, but Republicans are worried he could complicate …

CNBC reports: Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Wednesday blasted President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” as “immoral” and “grotesque,” and reiterated that he will vote against it unless his GOP colleagues make major changes. “This is immoral, what us old farts doing to our young people,” Johnson said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” after sounding alarms that the massive tax-and-spending-cut …

Axios reports: House Republicans are expanding their investigation into President Biden’s health with a new tranche of requests to interview top White House aides, including former Chief of Staff Ron Klain and senior advisor Anita Dunn. In addition to Klain and Dunn, Comer sent letters requesting testimony from former deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed, senior advisor Mike Donilon and …

“I testified recently to the House Judiciary Committee. I began by reading the names of 14 people who were the judges who were eliminated by Jefferson in the Judiciary Act of 1802. They didn’t impeach them. They just wiped out their courts. “These district judges are unconstitutional, what they are doing is a complete violation of the Constitution, and if …

“The family was God’s plan and his ways are perfect. That’s what it says in Psalm 18. Sadly, the left hijacked June to present perversion, cause gender confusion, and basically to give license for individuals to be indecent to in public. And I’m taking it back for the American family. We want to lay out for people that God’s ways …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump’s big bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.7 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The CBO also estimates an increase of 10.9 million people without health insurance under the bill, including …

NBC News reports: The Missoula City Council approved a resolution recognizing the pride flag as the only official flag of the city of Missoula at Monday’s meeting. Ryan Sudbury, the city attorney for the City of Missoula, verified that the pride flag is the only official flag of the city of Missoula after the adoption at Monday night’s evening. “Currently, …

The Ohio Capital Journal reports: Kent State University is closing its LGBTQ+ Center, Women’s Center and Student Multicultural Center because of a new state law banning diversity efforts that is set to take effect at the end of the month. Kent State’s LBGTQ+ Living-Learning Community will cease to exist because of Senate Bill 1 going into effect, according to a …

The Associated Press reports: The White House on Tuesday officially asked Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in already approved spending, taking funding away from programs targeted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. It’s a process known as “rescission,” which requires President Donald Trump to get approval from Congress to return money that had previously been appropriated. Trump’s aides …

The Daily Beast reports: Elon Musk continued his rampage against Donald Trump’s spending bill on Tuesday night, setting the stage for an ugly showdown with the president’s faithful. “Mammoth spending bills are bankrupting America!” he wrote, sharing a graphic depicting rising national debt over the past three decades. “ENOUGH,” he added. He also responded with a “100″ emoji to an …

Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire reports: Republican Illinois Congresswoman Mary Miller introduced a resolution on Tuesday declaring June as “Family Month,” a bid to reclaim the first month of summer from LGBTQ ideology, The Daily Wire can first report. The resolution is supported by a number of parental rights advocacy groups, including Moms for America, the American Family Project, the Family …

Mediaite reports: While railing against the bill on Tuesday, Musk shared a post from an X user slamming the GOP and replied, “In November next year, we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people.” The Tesla billionaire’s call to remove the entire House GOP, except for Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Warren Davidson (R-OH), came after he called the …

Bangor’s ABC affiliate reports: Sen. Susan Collins, Maine’s only Republican lawmaker in Congress, says she is still considering how she will vote on the budget bill narrowly passed by Republicans in the House of Representatives. “I’m still looking at it because it kept changing up until literally the very minute it passed,” Collins said. Collins specifically expressed concern with the …

Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Rand Paul, a libertarian Republican from Kentucky, calling his ideas “actually crazy” over his criticism of the big tax bill for its potential impact on the bloating U.S. debt pile. “Rand Paul has very little understanding of the BBB, especially the tremendous GROWTH that is coming,” Trump posted to Truth Social …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump on Monday implored voters in New Jersey’s primary for governor to support Republican Jack Ciattarelli when early in-person voting begins Tuesday and said the state was ready for a change after years of Democratic control. The president, who has golf clubs around the state and frequently stays at his Bedminster property, announced his …

Raw Story reports: A Texas bill that could slap warning labels on popular snack foods like Doritos and M&Ms is one step away from becoming law – and is poised to be among “the most substantive victories yet for the Make America Healthy Again movement.” Texas Senate Bill 25 would require that packaged foods sold in the Lone Star State …

Politico reports: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who has been vocal in opposing what he sees as major cuts to Medicaid, spoke with President Donald Trump on Monday about the issue, he said in a social media post. “Just had a great talk with President Trump about the Big, Beautiful Bill. He said again, NO MEDICAID BENEFIT CUTS,” Hawley wrote on …

“Congressman Randy Fine of Florida. And he said this the other day on Fox News last week, quote: ‘In World War II, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis. We did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese. We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender. That needs to be the same here in Gaza. …