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#10 Senate Republicans Seek Tougher Medicaid Cuts and Lower Salt Deduction in Trump’s Big Bill - Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking for AP News, The Washington Times, Ann Finley, WanderinWoodsman, Ty Buchanan, and Sahil Kapur on X
Senate Republicans on Monday proposed deeper Medicaid cuts, including new work requirements for parents of teens, as a way to offset the costs of making President Donald Trump’s tax breaks more permanent in draft legislation unveiled for his “big, beautiful bill.” The proposals from Republicans keep in place the current $10,000 deduction of state and local taxes, called SALT, drawing quick blowback from GOP lawmakers from New York and other high-tax states, who fought for a $40,000 cap in the House-passed bill. Senators insisted negotiations continue. The Senate draft also enhances Trump’s proposed new tax break for seniors, with a bigger $6,000 deduction for low- to moderate-income senior households earning no more than $75,000 a year for singles, $150,000 for couples...
#9 Growing Calls for Justice Department to Clean Up Corrupt State Bar of Arizona - Rachel Alexander for UncoverDC, Rj Simon, Melanie Conroy, and Rasmussen Reports/DOGEai on X
Readers of UncoverDC know that for years, Arizona has been a notorious hotbed of corruption and anti-MAGA shenanigans by open-border elites. In a past article on these pages, I shared the backstory of how the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, a quintessential group of establishment RINOs in the greater Phoenix area, blocked legitimate investigations into the 2020 elections. They were able to take these shameless actions because they had succeeded years before in stopping legitimate criminal investigations and indictments of themselves by a former county prosecutor, effectively retaliating against law enforcement. Now, at last, the key agency that has enabled this corruption, the State Bar of Arizona, may finally face a reckoning for its years of targeting conservative prosecutors and destroying the rule of law in the state...#8 Former Coast Guard Officer Arrested After Allegedly Threatening to Assassinate Trump: FBI - Andrea Margolis and Jake Gibson for Fox News, Libs of TikTok, amuse, Ben Owen, Ford Fischer, and Matt Gregory on X
A former Coast Guard lieutenant was recently arrested for allegedly making threats to kill President Donald Trump, according to court documents obtained by Fox News. The suspect, Virginia resident Peter Stinson, served as an officer in the United States Coast Guard from 1988 to 2021. He was a sharpshooter as well as a FEMA instructor during that time. In an affidavit filed on Friday, a task force officer from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed details about the myriad of online threats that Stinson allegedly made. In one instance, Stinson reportedly wrote that Trump needed to be "[L]uigied" on May 9. The post was a reference to Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year.
#7 Trump Leaves G7 Summit Early to Focus On Conflict in Middle East - Zoë Richards for NBC News, ABC11 EyewitnessNews, Dhanesh Kumar, Aulix Media, CTV News Vancouver Island, and Fox Baltimore on X
President Donald Trump arrived back in Washington early Tuesday after cutting short his attendance at the Group of Seven summit in Canada, citing the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote Monday on X that “because of what’s going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State.” “I have to be back as soon as I can,” Trump told reporters in response to a question Monday night about his plans to leave the summit at the Canadian Rocky Mountain resort of Kananaskis in Alberta. “We’re gonna have dinner with these wonderful leaders, and then I get on a plane. I have to be back early for obvious reasons.”
#6 Syrian General Says Missing US Journalist Austin Tice Was Killed - Marina Dunbar for The Guardian, UnbiasedPoliticalNews, Pawel Wojcik/Medhi Hasan, CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN FIGHTERS, Eye on Syria, and Steven I Szabo on X
A high-ranking Syrian general under former president Bashar al-Assad who is now in Lebanon has reportedly told US investigators that the American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in 2012, is dead. Bassam Hassan was a top security adviser once accused of facilitating chemical attacks on civilians. In a recent meeting with the FBI and CIA, he claimed that Assad, who was ousted in December and has since fled to Moscow, ordered Tice’s execution, according to the New York Times and the BBC, which first reported the allegation. Each media organization cited sources familiar with the matter. Hassan’s claims remain unverified...
#5 Trump Administration Proposes Iran Talks for Nuclear Deal, Ceasefire - Paul Bois for Breitbart, Steve Ferguson, DustyBC-Crypto, amsterdam_bill, IranMilitaryNews/Barak Ravid, and Bob Hafer on X
Four sources confirmed to Axios that the White House proposed a meeting between U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The meeting would focus on a nuclear deal and ending the war between Israel and Iran. “A meeting with the Iranians this week is under consideration,” a U.S. official told Axios. The meeting has only been proposed as part of President Trump’s desire to make a deal, although it has not been officially finalized. Per Axios...
#4 Mike Lee Confronted by Minnesota Colleague Over Shooting Comments - Jordain Carney and Calen Razor for Politico, Mike Lee, aka, Tara Bull, Jamie Dupree, and The Intellectualist on X
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah was confronted by a Senate colleague Monday over his social media posts that blamed the Minnesota shootings over the weekend that killed a former Democratic legislative leader on “Marxists.” Democratic Sen. Tina Smith, a friend of murdered state Rep. Melissa Hortman, spoke to the Utah Republican in a hallway off the Senate floor during evening votes. “I wanted him to know how much pain that caused me and the other people in my state, and I think around the country, who think that this was a brutal attack,” Smith told reporters afterward. “I don’t know whether Senator Lee thought fully through what it was — you have to ask him — but I needed him to hear from me directly what impact I think his cruel statement had on me, his colleague.”
#3 List of Companies Laying Off Employees in June - Nick Mordowanec for Newsweek, Ultimatejobs.com, the Layoff Lady, Garrison Fathom, and Amanda Goodall on X
Thousands of employees across various industries are expected to be laid off in June. Companies are required to send out a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice before implementing mass layoffs. Roughly 138 employers plan to lay off workers in June, according to WARNTracker.com. American workers and businesses have feared economic turmoil, due in part to the fallout from tariffs imposed on virtually every other nation, as well as on unique industries such as steel and aluminum, and foreign automobiles...
#2 National Anthem Singer Claims Dodgers Said She Couldn’t Perform in Spanish, but She Did It Anyway - Austin Turner for CBS News, Collin Rugg, valerie/Martha Lopez, Fabian Ardaya, I Meme Therefore I Am, and Not the Bee on X
Amid an ongoing, controversial push to increase immigration enforcement in Los Angeles, the woman who sang the national anthem before Saturday night's Dodgers game said she felt like she "needed" to do something different for her performance. In a post to her TikTok account Saturday night, singer Nezza tearfully explained how she decided to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" in Spanish prior to the matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. "I've sang the national anthem many times in my life. But today, out of all days, I could not," she said. Nezza said she couldn't believe it when a representative from the Dodgers told her she couldn't sing the anthem in Spanish. Ultimately, she chose to ignore the wishes of the team. "I just felt like I needed to do it," she said. "I'm proud of myself for doing that today."
#1 NC GOP Calls on Democrat Lawmaker to Resign Over Image of Guillotine Sign From ‘No Kings’ Protest - CBS 17 News, Libs of TikTok, Rep. Brenden Jones, Michele Lee, Margo, and Bryan Anderson on X
The North Carolina Republican Party on Monday called for the resignation of a state House representative who posted and then removed from social media a “No Kings” protest beheading sign photo over the weekend.Representative Julie von Haefen (D-36) posted a photo of a woman holding a sign of a guillotine flanked by two life-sized heads, one of which resembled President Donald Trump. The photo, which appeared to insinuate the beheading of President Trump, was included in a video along with several other photos from “No Kings” protests. Under the guillotine, the sign said, “In these difficult times, some cuts may be necessary.” The other head dangling from a pole was a man with a Nazi symbol carved into his forehead...
