Friends say Minnesota shooting suspect was deeply religious and conservative  —  The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where most churches didn't oppose abortion.

Trump directs ICE to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities, undeterred by protests  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities, a move that comes after large protests erupted in Los Angeles …

Playbook: 10 years of Trump  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Monday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  —  A DECADE LIKE NO OTHER: It's 10 years to the day that Trump descended that famous golden elevator in New York's Trump Tower and announced he was running for president.

Randi Weingarten Quits D.N.C. Post in Dispute With Chairman  —  In a letter to the party's chairman, Ken Martin, Ms. Weingarten wrote, “I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging.”  —  Randi Weingarten, the longtime leader of one of the nation's most influential labor unions …

Trump says 'it's possible' US gets involved in Israel-Iran conflict  —  No U.S. involvement at this point, says Trump, who's open to Putin as mediator.  —  President Donald Trump looks on from the stage during a parade to honor the Army's 250th anniversary, coinciding with Trump's 79th birthday, June 14, 2025, in Washington.

When Rights Erode for Some of Us, Something Corrodes in All of Us  —  The Trump administration is often most shocking when it disregards rights many Americans have blithely assumed to be universal.  Of course you can't be punished for writing an opinion essay, because the United States …

New poll: Trump and deportations unpopular with voters, Dems up 8 in House vote  —  More: 60% see ethics/corruption problems in Trump administration, and the “Abundance Agenda” is popular (except zoning reform)  —  Summary:  —  Americans broadly disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing …

Marcher wounded in Salt Lake City ‘No Kings’ protest shooting dies  —  Police chief says the victim was not shot by the suspect, who is in jail.  —  Note to readers  •The Salt Lake Tribune has made this story free to all.  —  A marcher critically wounded in a shooting …

Poll: Americans overwhelmingly want Trump to obey court rulings, but MAGA Republicans are split  —  Eight in 10 respondents believe the Trump administration shouldn't ignore a federal court ruling the White House doesn't like, per the new NBC News Decision Desk Poll.

Tim Scott's video attacking CBO: Nine errors in 60 seconds  —  Every claim made by the Republican senator to ridicule the nonpartisan agency turns out to be false. … — Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), in a video posted on social media, June 12  —  As part of the GOP campaign attacking …

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans  —  Department of Veterans Affairs says the changes come in response to a Trump executive order ‘defending women’  —  Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) …

‘Golden Share’ in U.S. Steel Gives Trump Extraordinary Control  —  Administration officials secured a deal that will give the president unusual influence over a private company, and could serve as a model for other deals.  —  To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan's Nippon Steel agreed …

How Progressive Government Set the Stage for the L.A. Riots  —  The city's failed policies on crime, economics and schools hurt immigrants more than anyone else.  —  Click for Sound  —  On Saturday night before Memorial Day, more than 1,000 revelers took over an abandoned warehouse just south of downtown Los Angeles.

The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE's Chaotic Takeover of Social Security … Elon Musk stood before a giant American flag at a Wisconsin political rally in March and rolled out an eye-popping allegation of rampant fraud at the Social Security Administration.

Israeli strikes could cause regime change in Iran, Netanyahu says; Iran fires more missiles at Israel  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that regime change in Iran “could certainly be the result” of Israel's military campaign.  “Because the Iran regime is very weak,” he said in an interview with Fox News.