As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas  —  Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters' ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.  —  Crucial positions at the local offices of the National Weather Service …

Musk forms new political party after split with Trump over president's signature tax cuts law  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Elon Musk said he's carrying out his threat to form a new political party after his fissure with President Donald Trump, announcing the America Party in response to the president's sweeping tax cuts law.

‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained over immigration status  —  Family of Cynthia Olivera reconsiders support for president after Ice detained her at green card interview  —  The family of a Canadian national who supported Donald Trump's plans …

Tariffs return to April rates on August 1 without deals, Bessent says  —  Countries that don't make trade deals with the U.S. by August 1 can expect tariff rates to return to the levels announced in April, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday.

Can Democrats Find Their Way on Immigration?  —  The party's leftward shift in the Biden administration arguably laid the groundwork for President Trump's aggressive approach.  Deciding the next move won't be easy.  —  Many Democratic presidential candidates in 2019 supported decriminalizing …

Don't look away from what's happening in Iran  —  Now that a ceasefire is in place with Israel, the Islamic Republic again has turned its attention to cracking down on dissent at home.  —  Roxana Saberi is a journalist and author of “Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran.”

Thailand to Offer US More Trade Concessions to Avert 36% Tariff  —  Thailand is making a last-ditch effort to avert a punitive 36% export levy threatened by the Trump administration with offers of greater market access for US farm and industrial goods, along with increased purchases of energy and Boeing jets.

Things Worth Remembering: Lady Liberty's Open Arms  —  It was a poet who transformed America's favorite statue from a celebration of independence to a symbol of welcome.  —  Upgrade to Listen … My grandfather, Lorenzo Nocera, immigrated to America in 1904 from a small town south of Naples, Italy.

Tony Blair's staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG  —  Former UK prime minister's institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub  —  The Tony Blair Institute participated in a project to develop a postwar Gaza plan that envisaged kick-starting …

Trump Is Gutting Every Source of America's Greatness  —  The most lasting and catastrophic legacy of Donald Trump's presidency might well be the loss of America's strength and standing in the world—and with it, the liberal international order that has preserved global peace and security …

Inside Trump's supercharged version of Bush's “War on Terror”  —  Mass surveillance. … Citing national security to hide information from the courts.  Labeling people as “terrorists” as a political and legal strategy. … But now Trump is supercharging many of the post-9/11 legal, tactical and political strategies Bush used.

‘The American system is being destroyed’: academics on leaving US for ‘scientific asylum’ in France  —  Almost 300 researchers have applied for positions at Aix-Marseille University after Trump unleashed his attack on academia  —  It was on a US-bound flight in March, as Brian Sandberg stressed …

From lumber to lighting: How Trump's tariffs drive up home construction costs  —  NBC News modeled out a 3-bedroom home and found tariffs added more than $4,000 to total costs.  —  Lumber from Canada?  That will be another $534.  —  Major appliances from China?  Add a cool $445.

An increasing share of American adults are going hungry  —  More Americans are going hungry, per new data from Morning Consult. … - The rise is like a slow-moving train wreck, says John Leer, chief economist at Morning Consult. … - In May, 15.6% of adults were food insecure, almost double the rate in 2021.

‘Tears My Heart to Pieces’: North Carolina Braces for Medicaid Cuts  —  President Trump's domestic policy law jeopardizes plans to reopen one rural county's hospital — and health coverage for hundreds of thousands of state residents.  —  The only hospital in Martin County, N.C., closed in 2023, but the electricity is still on inside.

How Trump's policies are reshaping immigration enforcement in Puerto Rico  —  Residents have decried the “aggressiveness” of immigration raids in a U.S. territory without permanent detention centers, as immigrants are flown across the ocean to the mainland.  —  In Barrio Obrero …

Trump's economy remains pretty strong, but some warning signs are flashing  —  Stock markets are up and tax cuts are coming for some, but consumer spending is slowing and the full effects of tariffs have not yet hit.  —  Summary  —  Nearly six months into his second term …