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.

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

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 …

NYC Real-Estate Execs Throw Money Behind Adams to Counter Rise of Mamdani  —  Developers turn their backs on former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and host fundraisers for incumbent mayor  —  New York City real-estate executives are throwing support and money behind incumbent Mayor Eric Adams in their fight …

A Marco Rubio impostor is using AI voice to call high-level officials  —  The unknown individual contacted at least five government officials, including three foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress, according to a State Department cable.  —  Summary167

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.

The Tariff Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves  —  The video above has nothing to do with the subject of this post.  A big red-headed woodpecker got to work right in front of me yesterday, and I thought I'd give him a few seconds before getting to the dreary subject of tariffs.  —  Yes, tariffs.

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.

The Republican Strategy to Win Without Trump on the Ballot  —  GOP group's new strategy tries to rally ‘prosperity’ voters to keep House in 2026  —  WASHINGTON—A political organization tied to House Republican leadership is pouring millions of dollars into polling and advertising in a new effort …

The Republican budget is a climate horror  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers make Public Notice possible.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us.  👇  —  Standing on a balcony at the White House on July 4 to celebrate …

FIFA opens office in Trump Tower  —  World football governing body FIFA has boosted its ties with U.S. President Donald Trump by opening an office in New York's Trump Tower.  —  The move comes a year ahead of the men's World Cup — which is being hosted across North America — and a year after FIFA opened an office in Miami.

US adults want the government to focus on child care costs, not birth rates, AP-NORC poll finds  —  While the Trump administration explores ways to encourage Americans to have more babies and reverse the United States' falling birth rate, a new poll finds that relatively few U.S. adults …

TSA to Allow Shoes to Stay On for Airport Security Screening  —  Change follows nearly two decades of travelers being required to remove footwear, after 2001 ‘shoe bomber’ incident  —  After nearly 20 years of passengers having to take off their shoes while going through airport security, they might soon get a break.

Texas state leaders didn't prioritize flood management  —  As Texas state leaders have prioritized spending on border security and property tax cuts, they have been far more reluctant to fund flood management efforts. … - More than 1,000 people died in Texas floods from 1959 to 2019 …

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 Effect’ website takes credit for US investment made under Biden  —  Within hours of taking office in January, President Donald Trump boasted about attracting $3 trillion in new corporate investments to the United States.  Since then, Trump has said the investments have swelled to $14 trillion …

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 …

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 …

Is the New York Times trying to wreck Zohran Mamdani's mayoral bid?  —  With their made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it's on a crusade against Mamdani  —  A recent New York Times news story immediately drew fire from readers - and for very good reason.

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 …

Trump Fired Them.  Now They're Plotting to Stop Him.  —  Former USAID and State Department officials worried about the future of democracy in America say they're actively organizing to resist Trump, inside and outside of government.  — Copy  —  Some of the democracy-building experts …

Words & Phrases We Can Do Without  —  DHS is a human rights monstrosity  —  The Department of Homeland Security sounds so innocuous.  Who could be opposed to affording America “freedom from danger” or “freedom from fear or anxiety,” as Merriam-Webster defines “security”?

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 …

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 …

Watch live: Trump officials, GOP governors roll out agriculture security plan  —  U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are set to announce a new National Farm Security Action Plan on Tuesday morning.

RFK Jr. promoted a food company he says will make Americans healthy.  Their meals are ultraprocessed  —  Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday praised a company that makes $7-a-pop meals that are delivered directly to the homes of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees.

Ukraine's ambassador to the US to be dismissed, source says  —  Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S. has been informed by President Volodymyr Zelensky that she is to be dismissed, a source in the President's Office confirmed to the Kyiv Independent on July 8.  —  Oksana Markarova has held …

Texas county deflects mounting questions over actions before deadly flood  —  As deaths from catastrophic Texas flooding surpassed 100 on Monday, local officials in one of the hardest-hit counties have still revealed little about what, if any, actions they took to safeguard residents …

Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza's population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’  —  Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza  —  Israel's defence minister has laid out plans …