Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player's Suspension.  Now He's Eligible to Play.  —  The reversal of Folarin Balogun's World Cup suspension is highly unusual.  It was the first time since 1962 that FIFA has nullified a suspension for a red card received during the World Cup.  — 1.5k

Mallory McMorrow ends her U.S. Senate campaign  —  Lansing — State Sen. Mallory McMorrow dropped out of Michigan's high-stakes U.S. Senate race Sunday, leaving a one-on-one battle with 30 days to go before the Aug. 4 Democratic primary election.  —  McMorrow of Royal Oak informed multiple supporters …

White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted  —  A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, especially at the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who cannot be trusted, indicating …

Trump's administration won't seek new bids to repair the Reflecting Pool  —  The Trump administration will not seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Sunday as he faced new questions about the troubled project and the taxpayer money involved.

National Guard troops fatally shoot a man in downtown Memphis  —  Memphis police say National Guard troops fired their weapons in the early morning hours Sunday, killing a man who was armed with a handgun.  —  Police say officers were responding to calls of shots fired in downtown Memphis …

Speaker Johnson says House will pass Trump's voter ID bill through arduous process after GOP revolt  —  Donald Trump House leadership Congressional news Voting rights  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to move quickly to advance President Donald Trump's signature voter ID legislation through …

‘The View’ throttles back political candidate bookings following FCC inquiry  —  The Scoop  —  The Federal Communications Commission has already changed the programming of one of television's last remaining relevant daytime talk shows — before even making any formal demands.

Centrist Democrats must not let ‘democratic socialists’ take over their party without a fight  —  Donald Trump remade the Republican Party in his own image, and those GOP incumbents who've attempted to stand in his way or haven't been exuberantly supportive enough for his liking nearly always …

NASA Leader Flew His Vintage Jet at DC Air Show Over FAA Objections  —  The regulator initially denied Jared Isaacman's request to fly in the Freedom 250 celebration, calling the aircraft too dangerous for densely populated areas  —  NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew a vintage jet fighter …

Funny This Month  —  If June were a book, it would be titled “War and Peace and War and Peace and Whatever.”  There'd also be chapters about the N.B.A. Finals and the World Cup because sports are just war with a referee.  More macho stuff later.  In the meantime, other things happened.

Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal  —  The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals  —  At 6.36pm on June 16, a black-tinted Range Rover crept down an empty backstreet a short walk from Buckingham Palace.

Obama's influence shadows Democrats' race to 2028  —  The Democratic Party is divided.  But almost all Democratic voters still agree on one thing: They really like Barack Obama. … - Most of the top Democrats eyeing runs for the White House in 2028, along with several up-and-coming leaders in the party …

Former CDC chief medical officer says RFK Jr. caused ‘irreparable harm’  —  Dr. Debra Houry, the former chief medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), decried the direction of the agency under Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.