.Josh Hawley says he will vote YES on the bill. But he says he's not pleased that it will "take away health care from working people." "This has been an unhappy episode here in Congress, this effort to cut Medicaid. And I think, frankly, my party needs to do some soul searching.

The "Big Beautiful Bill" is going to cut a lot of community college students off from some financial aid nbcnews.com/news/us-news/c… via Deon J. Hampton

‘USSF said the satellites & their instruments in question remain functional and that the data will be sent directly to weather satellite readout terminals across the DOD. Navy FNMOC made the decision to stop processing that data and sharing it publicly.’ nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna2…

NEW: Tucked inside the GOP mega-bill is an excise tax for solar and wind. And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why. "I don't know where it came from." —Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill. Frank Thorp V & me: nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

TWEET STARTS NOW Going to start my tweets from now on with TWEET STARTS NOW, starting now

"The bill would increase debt by 7.6 percent in 10 years, decrease GDP by 0.3 percent in 10 years. The average wage falls by 0.3 percent in 10 years."

Elon Musk has sworn that he’ll create a new political party if the big beautiful bill passes — there will be many hurdles nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk…

It's the twitching hour

Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. We have a great view above the clouds, so

Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" adds about $30 billion to ICE's budget nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

New: Gamblers are fretting over a tax tweak tucked into Trump's BBB As a gaming industry source said: "with this specific provision, we’re disappointed, & we’ll be monitoring its impact and seeking to work with congressional leaders to fix this ..." nbcnews.com/politics/trump…

Our lad from Portugal. Forever ❤️

Full video of President Whitmore’s speech from Area 51 little more than a half hour ago:

As we witness what day 4 of this tragedy brings, a few thoughts on processing the pain of so many from my beloved hometown. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t…

Minnesota state senator wounded in deadly political shootings is out of intensive care nbcnews.com/news/us-news/m… via @nbcnews' Adrienne Broaddus & Debra Jones

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot churns out antisemitic posts days after update nbcnews.com/tech/internet/… via @nbcnews

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot churns out antisemitic posts days after update, via Ben Goggin and Bruna Horvath nbcnews.com/tech/internet/…

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot churns out antisemitic posts days after update “The posts ranged from alleging ‘patterns’ about Jewish people to praising Hitler.” Story by Ben Goggin & Bruna Horvath nbcnews.com/tech/internet/…