The GOP Budget Bill Is Unpopular, but Has Yet to Break Through the Noise Data for Progress On May 22, the House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s budget bill, containing the bulk of his domestic agenda. A new Data for Progress survey examined voters’ awareness and perceptions of this legislation. While voters dislike the bill after learning about its specifics, it has yet to break through to most voters in a significant way.
Views of Republicans in Congress Ian Smith, Navigator Research
Americans trust PBS because it’s publicly funded, not in spite of it Christopher Ali, Hilde Van den Bulck and Jonathan Kropko, Nieman Lab
Detroit: The mayoral race 2 months before the primary election Derick Hutchinson, WDIV
Trump aims to build a MAGA judiciary, breaking with traditional conservatives Lawrence Hurley, Sahil Kapur and Katherine Doyle, NBC News Emboldened and out of government, Elon Musk emerges as a problem for the Trump White House Peter Nicholas, Yamiche Alcindor, Gabe Gutierrez and Kristen Welker, NBC News Fearful House Republicans Scramble to Mollify Musk Annie Karni and Theodore Schleifer, New York Times [unlocked] Elon Musk Takes a Chainsaw to Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box This Is the True Danger of Trump’s Tariffs Michael W. McConnell (Stanford), New York Times [unlocked] Republicans Try to Discredit Experts Warning About the Cost of Tax Cuts Tony Romm, New York Times [unlocked] The White House’s disingenuous claim about CBO’s political leanings Glenn Kessler, Washington Post [unlocked] Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data Matt Grossman, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] U.S. Is Trimming Back Its Collection of Consumer Price Data Ben Casselman, New York Times [unlocked] How DOGE's push to amass data could hurt the reliability of future U.S. statistics Hansi Lo Wang, NPR News Trump officials delayed farm trade report over deficit forecast Marcia Brown, Politico The Trump administration is trying to block politically inconvenient government data G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers Centrist Democrats want a fight with the left David Weigel, Semafor New think tank ‘Searchlight’ pushes Democrats toward more popular positions Elena Schneider, Politico Iowa: Joni Ernst Gives Democrats Hope for a Comeback Ed Kilgore, The Democratic Strategist A Look Ahead at the 2026 Midterm Elections Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] The New York mayor’s race shows a badly divided Democratic Party Perry Bacon Jr., Washington Post The Two-Party Face Plant John Halpin, The Liberal Patriot
Invisible No More John Della Volpe, JDV on Gen Z Parents invest so much in youth sports. Then came Trump. Philip Bump, Washington Post [unlocked]
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