The Hound | July 1

Hi there,

It’s Wednesday. The Trump administration has now suspended federal Medicaid fraud funding for New York — the second such suspension this year, following Hawaii — accusing the state of producing too few convictions. The pattern here is not subtle. The Trump administration has withheld Medicaid funding from Minnesota, California, Hawaii, and New York — all Democratic-led states.

🖊️ Sign the petition to call on the media to cover Trump's targeted defunding of blue state Medicaid programs not as a legitimate anti-fraud campaign, but as a politically motivated punishment. The public deserves reporting that connects the dots and calls out corruption dressed up as reform.

In addition, the Supreme Court destroyed one of the last campaign finance rules, allowing parties and candidates to spend unlimited amounts in coordination with each other. And the heatwave striking Europe has led to mortuaries in Paris being overwhelmed.

Read about this, and more, with today’s stories:

Trump administration suspends funding for New York's Medicaid fraud unit over low performance (PBS)

The Roberts Court Knocks Down One of the Last Campaign Finance Rules (Mother Jones)

Venezuelans deported from the U.S. were killed hours later in powerful quakes (NPR)

San Francisco Archdiocese agrees to pay $395 million to settle child sex abuse lawsuits (AP News)

Paris mortuaries overwhelmed amid Europe's record heat (PBS)

Bible stories could soon be required reading in Texas public schools (The 19th News)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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