Appeals court rules 2-1 that DOJ can release Biden’s private ghostwriter recordings to the Heritage Foundation, pausing until Aug. 3 for appeal.
Senate Intelligence panel advances Clayton for DNI on a 9-8 vote after he refused to say who won the 2020 election.
Kennedy declares the cyclosporiasis outbreak “under control” as Mexico disputes the FDA’s link to Taylor Farms and no sample has tested positive.
New Jersey Gov. Sherrill discloses a software glitch registered 6,600 noncitizens to vote, with about 400 casting ballots, as she disputes Trump’s larger claims.
Fired U.S. Attorney Rogoff sues Trump, arguing his removal 54 minutes after judges unanimously appointed him to a Seattle vacancy was illegal.
Appeals court unanimously upholds Trump adviser Navarro’s contempt of Congress conviction, ruling he invented an executive privilege claim Trump never actually made.
U.S. measles cases hit 2,295, the most since 1991, passing last year’s record total with more than five months left in the year.
Hegseth tells senators the Iran war will cost $37.5 billion by September as the Pentagon seeks $88 billion, most unrelated to the war.
Federal judge blocks ICE from deporting a witness to agents’ fatal shooting of a Houston man whose family disputes the government’s account.
HHS withholds another $1 billion in Medicaid payments from California and Minnesota over fraud claims, adding to $1.5 billion already frozen from both states.
Canada cancels Friday’s joint ceremony with U.S. officials for the Gordie Howe Bridge opening one day after Trump announced 50% tariffs on Canadian goods.
House passes a stopgap funding bill through Dec. 4 on a mostly party-line vote as Senate Republicans plan a rewrite and Thune threatens reconciliation as backup.
Trump approves a 30-year nuclear deal that may let Saudi Arabia enrich uranium while waging war to stop Iran’s enrichment program, AP sources say.
Michigan Gov. Whitmer signs her final education budget, funding her new Every Child Reads plan with $502 million as the state ranks 44th in literacy.
U.S. bombs Iran for an 11th straight night as the Pentagon says a missing soldier is believed dead, raising the American toll to 18.
Energy Department deletes its entire 1,600-page consumer energy section without explanation, wiping utility-savings guidance drawing 160,000 monthly views during heat waves.
Secret Service investigates a polished Iranian video mapping Trump’s motorcade routes and naming assassination opportunities in Florida and New York.
North Carolina Rep. Edwards gave personalized handguns to two young female staffers now at the center of his House Ethics harassment investigation, Axios reports.
Federal judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuits against Minnesota, its two largest cities, and Hennepin County over sanctuary policies, ruling preemption claims failed.
Trump orders debarment officials to review a judicial science manual over its climate chapter, which the judiciary already withdrew under Republican pressure.
Pentagon casualty database records four soldier deaths and 20 wounded only after CNN reports it lags weeks behind, with nearly 100 injuries undisclosed.
Trump adds a Thomas Jefferson statue to the paved-over Rose Garden, a gift from the sculptor of his own fist-pump Defiance Monument.
Trump declares Netanyahu will not be arrested on U.S. soil after New York’s mayor refuses to rule out honoring the ICC war crimes warrant.
Federal judge pauses Paramount’s $110 billion Warner Bros. takeover for 14 days after 12 states sue, one month after Trump’s Justice Department approved it.
Justice Department seeks phone records of New York Times reporters’ spouses and one reporter’s mother in its hunt for Qatari jet story sources.
Justice Department investigates whether Chinese-funded Harvard scholarships restricted to foreign students illegally discriminate against Americans, its latest front against the university.
Trump imposes 50% tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian goods using a 1930 law never before used for tariffs, after courts struck down two prior schemes.
Army veteran armed with knives and a machete sets off fireworks and fires an airsoft rifle outside Manhattan’s main immigration building, injuring three.
California regulators reject utilities’ plan and bar power shutoffs for unpaid bills when temperatures top 90 degrees, down from 100.
U.S. bombs Iran for a 10th straight night as the Pentagon says nearly 100 Americans have been injured in Iranian strikes this month.
Missouri Senator Hawley says former majority leader McConnell owes voters an explanation for a month-long absence as Republicans hold a slim Senate majority.
FDA admits the lettuce sample it flagged for cyclospora was a false positive, but the Taylor Farms recall stands as cases near 7,000.
FBI tells agents it will stop investigating ICE confrontations, leaving ICE to police itself, despite official denials, the New York Times reports.
Trump says his Qatari-gifted Air Force One needs a month of upgrades after flying it without full anti-missile defenses during the Iran war.
Vance announces the birth of his fourth child, Alec Neel, the first baby born to a sitting vice president’s family since 1870.
Hawaii creates a $3 million program helping dementia patients, families, and caregivers navigate care as cases are expected to double in 25 years.
U.S. bombs Iran for a ninth straight night as a soldier’s death in Iraq raises the American toll to 17 since the war began.
Milwaukee’s city attorney defies a DOJ ultimatum, vowing to prosecute masked federal agents under the city’s law enforcement identification ordinance.
More than 1,000 Mainers march to Sen. Collins’ office after ICE agents killed a Biddeford father DHS admits was not their target.
Venice protesters clash with riot police over U.S. Ambassador Fertitta touring 13 Italian regions on his 117-meter superyacht as 250th anniversary diplomacy.
Space Force swears in 18 Air Force Reservists as the military’s first part-time troops able to shift between duty statuses under one command.
Taylor Farms’ 27-state recall notice hides which brands carry cyclospora-linked lettuce behind internal abbreviations as the outbreak nears 7,000 cases.
Justice Department activates a secret 1996 terrorist deportation court for the first time, filing a sealed, classified case its own judge called insufficiently thought through.
New York Mayor Mamdani reviews whether the city can arrest Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on his ICC war crimes warrant during a September UN visit.
Greensboro, North Carolina commits $1.6 million in rental assistance to keep up to 80 low-income households stably housed for as long as two years.
U.S. targets Revolutionary Guard units in an eighth straight night of strikes after an Iranian attack on a Jordan base kills two American soldiers.
Trump-endorsed Minnesota governor candidate Mike Lindell holds an active Texas voter registration and none in the state he wants to lead.
Seven American Ebola aid workers become the first people quarantined at a Kenya facility a court ordered halted, barred from reentering the U.S. for three weeks.
Taylor Farms pulls all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico a day after FDA linked its Taco Bell supply to the cyclosporiasis outbreak.
Citizens Bank ends lending to ICE detention contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic after months of protests and $300 million in withdrawals.
