Trump Administration Live Updates: Johnson Shutting Down House Early to Block Epstein Vote  —  Where Things Stand  — Epstein case: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut the House down early for its summer recess to head off Democratic demands for votes on calling for the release of files …

Trump Goes Full Fascist: 'Whether It's Right or Wrong, It's Time to Go After People'  —  The president is desperate to turn the nation's attention away from his ties to Jeffrey Epstein … He spent the weekend suggesting prominent Democrats should be prosecuted over bogus right-wing conspiracy theories …

GOP Confirms Anti-Abortion Judge With Help From An Independent Senator  —  Senate Republicans handed Trump a win on Tuesday with confirmation of one his first judicial nominees, Joshua Divine.  —  Divine, 35, will now hold a lifetime seat on a U.S. district court in Missouri.

Bypassing Habba, Judges in New Jersey Name New Top Federal Prosecutor  —  Alina Habba's term as interim U.S. attorney was set to expire on Tuesday.  New Jersey's two Democratic senators had accused her of pursuing “frivolous and politically motivated prosecutions.”

Republicans propose naming Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump  —  The House Appropriations committee passed an amendment that would rename the theater, months after President Donald Trump took over the performing arts center.  —  The Kennedy Center's Opera House could soon be called the …

NPR news chief announces she's leaving days after Congress kills federal funding  —  NPR's editor in chief and acting chief content officer Edith Chapin told colleagues Tuesday morning that she has decided to step down.  —  The veteran news leader's announcement comes just days …

Trump's intelligence chiefs try to rewrite the history of the 2016 election  —  Five years ago, Marco Rubio said there was “irrefutable evidence of Russian meddling.”  Now, Tulsi Gabbard says that claim is “treasonous” and should be criminally investigated.

Bari Weiss seeks more than $200mn for media start-up The Free Press  —  ‘Anti-woke’ journalist holds talks with incoming CBS owner David Ellison over sale of new media venture  —  Ivan Levingston and Daniel Thomas in London, James Fontanella-Khan and Anna Nicolaou in New York

‘Those days are over’: Trump books draw lackluster sales … “Everyone is desperately looking for the next Michael Wolff or James Comey for next year, but it's not clear there could ever be one again,” said one concerned publisher, referencing two of the authors with biggest book successes of Trump's first term.

FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response  —  The head of FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.

Hunter Biden Really Needs to Shut It  —  QUIET TIME  —  Why is he talking?  Why is he still talking?  —  OPINION  —  Let's establish a few quick facts about Hunter Biden: He has never been elected to anything, ever.  His business acumen appears to amount, largely, to having the last name “Biden.”

Self-proclaimed Catholic fascist fired after Jubilee appearance  —  The self-proclaimed Catholic fascist who recently appeared on an episode of Surrounded by the popular YouTube channel Jubilee has lost his job following the programme's release.  The debate, which first aired on Sunday …

Rent Prices Are Falling Fast in America's Most Pro-Housing Cities  —  Rental prices in some of the country's largest cities are falling—some by almost 45 percent, according to new data from Five Star Cash Offer, a real estate investment firm that operates as a direct cash homebuyer.

U.S. Olympic Officials Bar Transgender Women From Women's Competitions  —  The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee changed its eligibility rules on Monday to comply with President Trump's executive order on the issue, taking the decision away from national governing bodies for each sport.

A Manhattan Institute Manifesto Would Give this President Sweeping Power to Force University Compliance with Right-Wing Demands  —  Many persons I'd think would know better have affixed their names to a new and highly illiberal set of demands on colleges and universities.

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication  —  As Harvard's feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal.  Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

Trump's WSJ Lawsuit Raises a New Constitutional Question … The president can sue you, but you can't sue him.  —  It seems like an absurd thing to say but that's effectively the reality of our legal system today, one that has become increasingly alarming during Donald Trump's second term.

Military Says It Will ‘Continuously’ Monitor Bathrooms to Comply With Anti-Trans Order  —  This article was primarily reported using public records requests.  We are making it available to all readers as a public service.  FOIA reporting can be expensive, please consider subscribing to 404 Media to support this work.

Experts: Felony rioting charges for journalists covering protests are rare, troubling  — Two journalists were arrested and charged with felony rioting while covering a protest on the Roebling Bridge.  — The journalists' employer, CityBeat, maintains they were performing their duties …

Everything Is a ‘False Flag’ Now  —  Conspiracy theories about so-called false flag attacks have been around for decades.  But as trust in media and public institutions craters, every single major news event is now being labeled as fake.  —  As President Donald Trump struggles to contain …

Zohran's Bronx Science tales  —  MAMDANI PLAYS HOOKY: He's just like us.  He got detention.  He cut class to get lunch.  He says he's bad at math.  —  Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani graduated from the public, test-in, competitive Bronx Science High School in 2010.

Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas  —  “I was shocked at what was happening to me,” Javier Diaz Santana, 32, said of his arrest by immigration agents.  He has no criminal history.  —  He was on his way to wash a car when he glanced up and saw co-workers sprinting off.

U.S. Steel Producers Raise Prices After Tariffs Stymie Imports  —  Steel producers like Cleveland Cliffs and Steel Dynamics both said this week that they raised prices after President Trump imposed a 50 percent tariff on imports.  —  American steel makers are raising prices …

Has Brazil Invented the Future of Money?  —  Last week the House passed the GENIUS Act, which will boost the growth of stablecoins, thereby paving the way for future scams and financial crises.  On Thursday the House also passed a bill that would bar the Federal Reserve from creating …