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-- David Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic and New York Times bestselling author, joins David to discuss his new book "The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America"

-- The Senate passes Trump’s tax-cut bill by gutting Medicaid and the ACA, stripping health coverage from at least 17 million people

-- Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski votes yes on Trump's spending bill after securing Alaska funding, then freezes when asked about selling out national healthcare

-- The Trump spending bill passes easily despite grassroots resistance, showing how power and pressure remain firmly in Republican hands

-- Private sector jobs decline for the first time in over two years, raising fears that Trump’s tariffs will deepen the slowdown

-- Maria Bartiromo abruptly changes the subject on-air after reporting Trump-era job losses, dodging the bad economic news

-- Trump rambles about washing machines, plastic straws, and heavenly water in a series of confused public appearances

-- Trump calls for deporting natural-born US citizens he considers undesirable, embracing open authoritarian rhetoric

-- Trump threatens to prosecute CNN employees and critics, cheered on by allies like Kristi Noem as he escalates attacks on free speech

-- On the Bonus Show: Most Americans think ICE is going "too far," American pride at a new low, Trump's 60 Minutes lawsuit settled, and much more...

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