Trump Says He Has No Plans to Call Walz After Shootings in Minnesota  —  “I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out, I'm not calling him,” the president told reporters.  —  President Trump said that he had no plans to call Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota after a man assassinated …

Trump signals escalation in Israel-Iran conflict as he leaves G7 summit early … U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his early departure from the Group of Seven summit was owed to “much bigger” things than planning a ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Tehran, after urging Iranians to “immediately evacuate Tehran.”

Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids  —  ICE agents have been advised to continue conducting workforce enforcement operations on agricultural businesses despite concerns the raids will negatively affect the food industry.  —  Summary21

GOP budget bill faces nearly 2-to-1 opposition with many unaware: Poll  —  A plurality of voters oppose the sweeping tax-and-spending legislation, with mixed opinions on specific provisions, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll conducted earlier this month.

The Trump Mobile T1 Phone looks both bad and impossible  —  It's supposedly made in the US, cheap, and coming this fall.  I doubt it all. … It costs $499, and you can reserve one now with a $100 down payment.  It is, according to the website, coming in September.  —  That's about all I feel confident saying.

NAACP won't invite Trump to convention, breaking a 116-year tradition  —  The civil rights group condemned what it said was President Donald Trump's attempt to undermine democracy.  It has invited sitting presidents since 1909.  —  Summary191  —  The NAACP will not invite President Donald Trump …

Jury finds MyPillow founder defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company  —  A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation's most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company …

A Senator's Fall From Grace Ends in a Grim Federal Lockup  —  For decades, Robert Menendez, 71, was one of New Jersey's most influential Democrats.  He is expected to start serving an 11-year sentence on Tuesday.  —  For decades, Robert Menendez had the ear of presidents and prime ministers.

FIFA drops anti-racism, anti-discrimination messages for Club World Cup  —  FIFA has decided not to show any videos, signage or marketing assets in venues hosting the Club World Cup in the United States which explicitly mention challenging racism or discrimination.

Return of the American assassin  —  The right has no monopoly on violent fantasy, but liberals are far less likely to own guns  —  People are not always what they seem.  Vance Luther Boelter is a Christian preacher with a residential security company.  Last weekend he is suspected of killing …

How Ivermectin Became Right-Wing Aspirin  —  Once a suspect COVID treatment, now a cure for everything  —  Remember ivermectin?  The animal-deworming medication was used so avidly as an off-label COVID treatment during the pandemic that some feed stores ended up going out of stock.

Israel kills 45 in latest shooting of Gazans seeking food, say local officials  —  Soldiers shot Gazans who were expecting aid trucks, according to the local health ministry  —  Israeli soldiers killed 45 Palestinians who had gathered in the hope of receiving aid near Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis …

Central Pa. sheriff criticized over Facebook meme showing blood-covered ‘Protester Edition’ truck  —  An image apparently shared on the Facebook page for the Adams County sheriff depicting a blood-covered truck with the words “Protester Edition,” is going viral and prompting outrage.

Trump ‘Reamed Out’ Hegseth for Flop Birthday Parade: Author  —  P***ED OFF  —  The president wanted a “menacing” military parade but got the opposite instead, Michael Wolff tells The Daily Beast Podcast.  —  President Donald Trump was unhappy with his sparsely attended military parade …

White House Eyes Rarely Used Power to Override Congress on Spending  —  The president's top aides have signaled they may seize on a timing quirk in law to cancel enacted funds, setting up a clash over the power of the purse.  —  The White House is signaling it may soon invoke a little-known …

FIFA Club World Cup Ticket Sales TANK After DHS Says Agents Will Be At Stadium  —  Tickets to the opening match that were once $349 (and up) could be had for just $4.  —  Turns out authoritarianism can be bad for business.  —  Sales for the FIFA Club World Cup, a series of precursor games ahead …

WHO receiving reports of another mass casualty event in Gaza near food site  —  World Health Organization officials said that it had received reports of a mass casualty incident on Tuesday that affected people waiting for food supplies, saying that initial reports point to at least 20 fatalities.

Deadliest Russian strike on Kyiv this year kills at least 15, officials say  —  A U.S. citizen was found dead near the destroyed residential building in Kyiv.  Russia attacked multiple cities across Ukraine with 440 drones and 32 missiles.  —  Scenes of devastation after deadly Russian attack on Kyiv

Trump is deporting way fewer people than Obama did.  Why?  —  President Donald Trump promised his supporters “the largest deportation program in American history” — but he's nowhere close.  —  That distinction belongs to an early 20th-century program that likely saw 2 million people deported.