Heavily armed immigration agents descend on MacArthur Park in L.A.  —  Dozens of immigration agents, some on horseback, others carrying rifles in armored vehicles, swept through MacArthur Park on Monday in an extraordinary show of force at the heart of Los Angeles' immigrant community.

FEMA response to deadly Texas floods delayed & deficient with Noem in charge  —  Staffers sound the alarm. … Disaster struck in Texas on July 4th when the Guadalupe River rapidly overflowed, resulting in lethal flash floods.  As of Monday, local officials said at least 104 were confirmed dead across six counties.

I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit  —  In a court filing, the tax agency said a decades-old ban on campaigning by tax-exempt groups should not apply to houses of worship speaking to their own members.  —  The I.R.S. said on Monday that churches and other houses …

Ted Cruz Kept Sightseeing as Desperate Rescue Crews Searched for Missing Kids in Texas Floods  —  GREEK TRAGEDY  —  The Texas senator was visiting the Parthenon in Athens while a massive rescue mission was under way to find flood victims, our must-read newsletter, The Swamp, reveals.  —  EXCLUSIVE

US offers EU 10 percent tariff deal — with caveats  —  Negotiations are still fluid, with any trade agreement subject to final approval by Donald Trump.  —  The United States has offered an agreement to the European Union that would keep a 10 percent baseline tariff on all EU goods …

Four Fears about ICE, Trump's New Masked Monster  —  We're about to pour $200 billion into immigration enforcement—but understanding specifically why this is a bad idea is important. … There are many reasons Trump's new giant domestic agenda, the so-called one big beautiful bill …

VA on track to cut nearly 30K jobs by end of fiscal 2025, eliminating need for RIF  —  The Department of Veterans Affairs says it's on track to cut nearly 30,000 positions by the end of the fiscal year — a significantly smaller workforce cut than the department's previous estimates.

Planned Parenthood Wins a Temporary Injunction Over Medicaid Funding  —  The nonprofit is challenging a new law that bars its clinics from receiving federal money for any treatment, including birth control and checkups.  —  Planned Parenthood won a temporary injunction on Monday that allows …

Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday told President Donald Trump he had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, handing Trump a nomination letter during a meeting at the White House.  —  Speaking to reporters at the beginning …

The sad, sad state of the New York Times  —  The sad fact is that there is nothing terribly out of character about the New York Times's decision to publish a deceptive hit piece about New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, based on hacked data supplied by a noted eugenicist to whom they granted anonymity.

Trump Administration Acknowledges Lack of Evidence From Epstein Documents  —  After Attorney General Pam Bondi promised big revelations for months, the Justice Department noted a lack of evidence for conspiracy theories, including a “client list” and a jailhouse murder.

Bombshell report alleges El Salvador disclaimed responsibility for those U.S. sent to CECOT  —  Challengers filed the document, from a U.N. investigation, in court on Monday.  An update on the rule of law: Alien Enemies Act, birthright citizenship, and law firm litigation.

Trump Told Zelensky He Wasn't Responsible for Weapons Holdup  —  The assurance in a call last week keeps open the option that Trump will continue military aid to Kyiv  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he wasn't responsible for a halt …

Trump says US must send more weapons to Ukraine, days after ordering pause in deliveries  —  President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. will have to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after ordering a pause in critical weapons deliveries to Kyiv.  —  The comments by Trump appeared …

Scoop: Waltz finally gets Senate hearing for UN post  —  President Trump's former national security adviser Mike Waltz is scheduled to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee next Tuesday or Wednesday for his confirmation hearing to be ambassador to the UN, Axios has learned.

After Mamdani's Win, Some Democrats Are Determined to Stop Him  —  Though Zohran Mamdani scored a resounding victory in New York City's Democratic primary, some in his own party are strategizing about how to defeat him in November.  —  The race for mayor in New York City took an unusual …

As Trump Fails to Deliver, Russia Looks to Musk's America Party for Leverage  —  Elon Musk recently announced the formation of the America Party, and online commentators have been quick to share hot takes about its meaning and prospects.  Rather than join that chorus, and following …

Medicaid's many different names may cause confusion about who's losing coverage  —  Medicaid programs go by so many different names across the country that advocates and experts warn people may not know they're losing their coverage until it's too late.  —  MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: