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‘We all are going to die’: GOP senator defends proposed Medicaid cuts
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, was repeatedly pressed on cuts to Medicaid in the House’s budget bill at a town hall and pushed back on an attendee who said the cuts would lead to deaths. “People are not — well, we all are going to die, so, for heaven’s sakes,” she said, prompting resounding jeers. The…
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‘Could explain something’: Nicolle Wallace on Elon Musk’s reportedly intense drug use
Megan Twohey, New York Times Investigative Reporter joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss her reporting in the New York Times detailing potential drug use by Elon Musk on the 2024 campaign trail while supporting Donald Trump, NBC News has not been able to independently verify the New York Times reporting. For more…
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Trump goes on a reality TV-style pardon spree
Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. There’s a new legal process in America. It used to be that a guilty verdict or plea was followed by years of appeals and, perhaps years after that, a prayerful pardon application. This week showcased a new playbook: skirt your tax obligations by millions of dollars to fund a…
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Why the White House decided even the conservative Federalist Society isn’t good enough
Donald Trump’s agenda on trade tariffs has long rested on a shaky legal foundation, predicated in part on the idea that there’s an “emergency” that allows the president to unilaterally impose economic penalties based on nothing but his whims. This week, that dubious foundation started to shake when two separate courts — a three-judge panel…
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‘Humiliated by Putin’: Trump frustrated with Putin amid stalled peace negotiations
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is accusing Russia of stalling the peace negotiations. President Trump has ramped up his rhetoric against Russian President Putin as Russia continues to attack Ukraine. Staff Writers at The Atlantic Ashley Parker and Tom Nichols join Katy Tur to discuss the latest on the conflict. For more context and news coverage of…
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Tim Miller: ‘He wants to feel powerful and the tariff card allows him to do that’
Tim Miller, former RNC Spokesperson, Justin Wolfers Economics Professor at the University of Michigan join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to Donald Trump’s continued blame game for the impact that his tariffs are having on the global economy, with the President accusing China of breaking their trade agreement. For more context and…
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For many Americans, Trump’s mass deportation efforts are starting to hit close to home
This is an adapted excerpt from the May 29 episode of “The Briefing with Jen Psaki.” On Thursday night, the United Federation of Teachers joined state and local officials at the Tweed Courthouse in lower Manhattan to protest for the release of Dylan Lopez Contreras, a Bronx high schooler. Contreras is an asylum-seeking migrant from…
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Trump says he’d like bigger tax cuts in Senate version of ‘big, beautiful bill’
In an Oval Office event with Elon Musk, President Donald Trump said he would like to see a “bigger cut in taxes” in the Senate’s version of the House GOP’s budget bill. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.msnbc.com/ » Subscribe to MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/msnbc »…
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Trump appears to be building an unprecedented spy machine that could track Americans
As Donald Trump and his administration pursue crippling austerity measures across the country, they’re plunging millions of dollars into the president’s pet projects. And that includes reportedly giving hundreds of millions of dollars to a company that’s expanding the government’s ability to spy on its own citizens. The New York Times has a new report…
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Biden on cancer diagnosis: ‘I feel good’
Former president Joe Biden told reporters that he feels “good” and “all the folks are very optimistic” about his prostate cancer diagnosis, which he announced earlier this month. Biden shared that he has begun treatment and “it’s all a matter of taking a pill.” The former president’s remarks came after he delivered a speech at…
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