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The Merit Systems Protection Board stops calling itself independent, scrubbing the word from its website after the Supreme Court expanded presidential firing power.
Congress created it independent in 1978
Source: Federal News Network
July 21, 2026
Cornyn threatens to sink Kari Lake and Mastriano ambassador nominations unless the administration releases $1.3 billion in appropriated AIDS relief funding.
Trump backed his primary challenger, ended career
Source: Semafor
July 21, 2026
Judge orders Trump to open financial records of 400-plus family trust companies to the BBC in his own defamation suit over Jan. 6 editing.
BBC pressing for deposition under oath
Source: Politico
July 21, 2026
Appeals court rules 2-1 that DOJ can release Biden's private ghostwriter recordings to the Heritage Foundation, pausing until Aug. 3 for appeal.
Recorded at home, criminal probe ended unindicted
Source: UPI
July 21, 2026
Senate Intelligence panel advances Clayton for DNI on a 9-8 vote after he refused to say who won the 2020 election.
Would replace housing regulator running intelligence
Source: The Hill
July 21, 2026
Kennedy declares the cyclosporiasis outbreak "under control" as Mexico disputes the FDA's link to Taylor Farms and no sample has tested positive.
Michigan alone counts 6,571 cases
Source: NBC News
July 21, 2026
