No walking allowed in heart of Midtown for Monday's Knicks game … Sorry, Knicks fans: No Madison Square Garden watch party tonight.  —  You won't even be able to walk close.  —  The NYPD and U.S. Secret Service announced another spate of street closures and security measures in anticipation …

Progressive Nithya Raman advances to November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass  —  Progressive city council member Nithya Raman has advanced to a November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, setting up an unexpected matchup between two Democrats and former political allies …

Court blocks Trump's $100K visa fee  —  It's a significant victory for states who sued Trump over the proclamation, saying the $100,000 fee had damaged their ability to hire workers … The Clinton appointee's ruling was rooted in two Supreme Court precedents: the ruling that upheld Obamacare …

Second Capitol Staffer Confirms Past Relationship With Talarico  —  The revelation comes as the Democrat Senate candidate faces scrutiny over a separate relationship with a former chief of staff.  —  A former Capitol staffer has publicly confirmed that she was previously in a romantic relationship …

Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator's Coal Companies  —  Trump administration officials earlier this year killed a federal criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice, a Republican from West Virginia and a close ally of the president's.

Trump Nominates Blanche for Attorney General, Setting Up Confirmation Fight  —  As acting attorney general, Todd Blanche has shown a willingness to execute the president's maximalist demands.  Whether the Senate will confirm him remains unclear.  —  President Trump on Monday nominated …

Trump administration launches largest-ever effort to denaturalize U.S. citizens accused of fraud or other crimes  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The Trump administration on Monday plans to announce it is seeking to revoke the citizenship of 17 U.S. citizens accused of immigration fraud …

Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92  —  In a Pulitzer-winning book, “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” he wrote that the colonists rose up against an entire worldview, not just against taxation.  —  Gordon S. Wood, a historian whose decades of research …

On campaign promises about foreign wars, Trump rewrites recent history  —  The candidate who promised not to launch a war has been reduced to “I didn't guarantee ‘no war,’” as if we don't remember the events of two years ago.  —  Before Donald Trump abruptly ended his latest “Meet the Press” …

AP-NORC America 250 Poll  —  Only a third believe the American Dream still exists. … This July 4th will mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.  As America approaches this milestone, only a third of the public feel the American Dream, the belief that if you work hard …

Behind the scenes: How Israel and Iran nearly pulled Trump back to war  —  The past 24 hours underscored the risk of the U.S. once again becoming ensnared in major combat operations in the Middle East, despite President Trump clearly wanting out. … - Trump found himself in a dilemma.

Trump calls on Thune to fire Senate parliamentarian to pass SAVE America Act  —  President Trump on Monday called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to “immediately fire” Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough to clear the way for Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act …

Medical school organizations sign on to RFK Jr.'s nutrition requirements  —  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday that numerous medical school accrediting organizations and assessors have agreed to increase nutrition requirements for U.S. medical education.

Bill Introduced in Congress To Codify the First Amendment Right To Film the Feds and Sue for Violations  —  Two Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill in Congress today that would create a right to sue federal law enforcement officers who stop someone from filming or observing police activity.

Clerical error inadvertently exposes shady donations to Jim Jordan and MAGA groups: report  —  A clerical error inadvertently revealed a campaign contribution to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) that's now the subject of complaint with the Federal Election Commission.

Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried applies for pardon … Bankman-Fried said in an interview from prison with Fox Business, which earlier reported the pardon application, that he would “absolutely” want a pardon.  He said he hasn't personally had any conversations with the White House …

Strongest earthquake in nearly 150 years hits off Cuba, shakes Mexico, Florida  —  A historically strong earthquake struck off Cuba's northwest coast on Monday, according to official reports, shaking parts of Cuba, Mexico and Florida that are typically not prone to quakes.

A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park.  The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead  —  In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas city to use as a park.  The city sold to a data center developer for $10 million.  —  Almost 30 years ago a farming family deeded land …

Ken Paxton's Impeachment Defense Lawyer Endorses James Talarico  —  A Texas lawyer who helped lead Republican Ken Paxton's defense during a 2023 impeachment trial said Paxton “has lost sight of his core mission.”  — Copy  —  A Texas lawyer who helped lead Republican Ken Paxton's defense during …

Putin Restricted the Internet.  It Has Not Gone to Plan.  —  Over the past year, Russian authorities have been blocking popular messaging apps and coercing citizens to migrate to MAX, a new state-endorsed messenger platform.  The messages there are presumed to be fully accessible to the F.S.B. …

The Delaney Hall Strike Is Exposing a Massive Thirteenth Amendment Crisis  —  For the past several weeks, hundreds of detainees at Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a labor and hunger strike.  Participants in the strike are refusing to perform …

Pentagon walks back Latter-day Saints Church classification after pushback from Utah lawmakers … “This decrease in religious affiliation codes is not designed to make any claims on the legitimacy of any faith or religious belief, nor is it intended to provide a list of ‘officially approved’ religions …

6 people hurt in stabbings at New York's Penn Station with a suspect in custody, authorities says  —  Six people were injured in a stabbing inside New York's Penn Station on Sunday evening, authorities said, less than a day before thousands of fans are expected to descend on neighboring Madison Square Garden …