July 20, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – July 19, 2026

July 20, 2026 by George Bounacos

JD Vance and Usha Vance holding hands on the set of Storytime with the Second Lady before the birth of their son Alec Neel

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance taped her storytime show weeks before welcoming Alec Neel, the first baby born to a sitting vice president's family since 1870. (Office of the Second Lady photo)

The FBI ordered its agents to stop investigating ICE confrontations. The written order went out Thursday, The New York Times reports, though the Justice Department denies it. The FBI’s role had already shrunk to one question: was the agent attacked before he fired? When ICE killed men in Houston and Maine this month, answering that … Read more