New Jersey Gov. Sherrill refuses DOJ’s demand for personal data on 6,600 mistakenly registered noncitizens the administration has threatened to deport.
Trump administration kills the $3.6 billion subsidy holding down Medicare drug premiums, raising 2027 costs for most of 25 million Part D enrollees.
DOJ brings first known charges against a citizen for giving border agents a duress passcode that wiped his phone during a warrantless airport search.
Air Force orders Joint Base Charleston renamed Joint Base Lindsey Graham as the senator lies in the Capitol Rotunda, 17 days after his death.
Trump asks the Supreme Court to void E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 million defamation award, arguing presidential immunity covers his denials of sexually abusing her.
Florida executes two men hours apart, its first same-day executions since 1964, putting to death an 80-year-old and a former police officer.
New federal rule cancels asylum interviews for up to 444,000 cases, sending applicants who entered legally straight to deportation proceedings.
Appeals panel declines to block Trump’s mail voting order on procedural grounds one day after he asked the Supreme Court to revive it in a separate blocked case.
Energy Department names Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah as potential nuclear waste hosts while seeking to scrap the law requiring Yucca Mountain storage.
Trump and Netanyahu call their first meeting since launching the Iran war productive, hours after Trump publicly scoffed at Netanyahu’s Iranian nuclear site warnings.
Zelenskyy presses Trump for Patriot missile production licenses in closed-door White House talks after Ukraine’s deadliest civilian month since April 2022.
Trump eulogizes Graham as a force of nature at Washington National Cathedral, calling the senator’s sister and appointed successor his proudest legacy.
Kentucky Gov. Beshear demands McConnell prove he can serve or resign after 43 days without a vote, asking Senate leader Thune to investigate his condition.
Senate confirms Manhattan prosecutor Jay Clayton as intelligence director hours after the acting chief announced a fifth round of staff cuts since June.
St. Petersburg opens hurricane recovery programs offering buyers up to $80,000 and purchasing flood-prone homes to permanently convert into open space.
U.S. and Saudi jets strike Iran-backed militias across Iraq hours after Iran’s surprise missile barrage at American forces ends a four-day pause in fighting.
West Virginia Del. Elliott Pritt submits a one-sentence resignation after federal charges he sexually abused a student he met teaching public school.
FCC exempts Musk’s Starlink from its ban on foreign-made routers, clearing until 2028 the sale of its Vietnam-built devices.
DHS statistics chief Marc Rosenblum resigns citing wars on immigrants, federal workers and facts, a rare public rebuke from inside the department.
House Ethics Committee opens a review of Texas Rep. Lance Gooden over what he says are spending allegations, its fifth Texas Republican probe.
Trump claims boat strikes cut ocean drug smuggling 98% while his own DEA finds 67 strikes killing 221 people never dented cocaine supply.
Ex-FBI Director Comey moves to dismiss the felony case over his seashell photo, arguing 86 means eject in every dictionary and the prosecution itself punishes speech.
Trump-appointed judge upholds the makeup of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission after interfaith groups sued over its exclusion of non-Judeo-Christian faiths.
Wildfires force Oregon to close 70 miles of I-84 with no alternate route as three fires near Huntington push go-now evacuation orders.
Sen. McConnell remains medically uncleared to leave rehab six weeks after his fall as the Capitol physician’s office issues an update naming no doctor.
U.S. diplomats walk out on France at the U.N. after its mission says America now stands with North Korea and Russia on human rights.
Trump asks the Supreme Court to revive his blocked mail-voting restrictions two days after an appeals court warned of mass disenfranchisement.
Trump campaigns in Michigan on an economic revival claim while dismissing gas prices that hit $4.11, up 23 cents in a month.
Judge orders ICE to free a witness to its fatal Houston shooting, ruling his detention without a hearing violates due process.
New York’s MTA finishes replacing the 133-year-old Park Avenue Viaduct five years ahead of schedule and $195 million under budget.
Trump threatens to resume strikes on Iran without a quick deal as Tehran denies any direct talks with Washington.
GOP Sen. Cassidy, who voted to confirm Kennedy, calls the CDC website’s claim linking vaccines and autism almost an insult to Americans.
Trump posts more than 40 AI images over six hours, mixing depictions of strikes on Kharg Island and seized Iranian tankers with mockeries of comedians and a CNN anchor.
Acting intelligence director Pulte announces a fourth round of ODNI layoffs in five weeks while releasing declassified documents questioning 2020 voting technology.
Pentagon restarts its Iran war casualty count under a new Overseas Operations category, days after cutting four dead troops from the official toll.
Border czar Homan says ICE is reviewing its vetting after the agent who killed a legal Colombian resident in Maine allegedly had a domestic abuse record barring him from firearms.
Gordie Howe bridge opens to traffic after Canada disinvites U.S. officials over new 50% tariffs and rejects Trump’s claim the 2012 deal no longer stands.
Delaware Gov. Meyer signs three laws mandating free hospital care under 300% of the poverty line, limiting hospital prices, and blocking private equity buyouts.
Iran halts retaliatory strikes on U.S. allies after a second night without American bombing, as Oman talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz progress.
McConnell’s spokesman tells the Washington Post the senator works from rehab, responding to transparency demands six weeks into his absence from the Senate.
Hawaii grand jury indicts Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke on bribery and conspiracy charges tied to a 2022 payoff probe, along with four others.
Brazil denies visas to State Department officials who planned to cast doubt on its election system ahead of Lula’s October race against Jair Bolsonaro’s son.
Appeals court blocks Trump’s order directing the Postal Service to refuse mail ballots to voters missing from federal citizenship lists, keeping it out of November’s elections.
Madison enters a fourth day of protests over the police killing of Corey Ruiz, forcing the city to cancel festivals and postpone a market opening.
California awards $109.6 million to build 278 supportive housing units in four communities, with 103 reserved for homeless veterans with behavioral health needs.
U.S. halts bombing of Iran after 13 straight nights as regional sources say the pause protects Oman-Iran talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Refugee agency moves to interview 800 Afghans about household immigration status in a wellbeing initiative advocates fear will fuel deportations, with answers kept 15 years.
ICE officer linked to Maine’s fatal shooting was ruled not credible by a judge last year, and records contradict his claimed police employment, the Washington Post reports.
Energy Department admits in court it canceled $7.5 billion in clean energy grants based solely on whether states voted Democratic, contradicting sworn testimony denying politics.
USDA will resume limited Mexican cattle imports through one Arizona port starting Aug. 24, ending a yearlong closure as 41 of 42 U.S. screwworm cases hit Texas.
