Exclusive: Trump administration plans to use homeland security funds to force states into election changes  —  Donald Trump National security Federal agencies  —  The Trump administration is threatening to withhold tens of millions of dollars in federal homeland security funds from states unless …

Federal judge halts Trump administration effort to subpoena Walz in immigration enforcement probe  —  A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials, calling it an effort to “harass and retaliate against them.”

Firings now underway at Office of Director of National Intelligence, source says  —  National security Donald Trump Federal agencies Congressional news  —  The large-scale cuts that President Donald Trump's acting director of national intelligence had been considering imposing …

“I'm out”: Tucker Carlson says he's done with the GOP  —  Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson says he's “out” of the Republican party moving forward, arguing the GOP no longer reflects his views. … - “And if I'm out, then I think a lot of other people are out.”

At least five people arrested in alleged tampering of Reflecting Pool, official says  —  “Please remember that there is a 10-year prison sentence for the destruction, or even the attempted destruction, of such things — Which will be fully enforced!”  Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social.

Woman Allegedly Cited After Dipping Hand Into Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  CAUGHT IN THE ACT  —  The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is getting treated like the Mona Lisa these days ... and one woman got a ticket to prove it.  —  Check out the footage Charlie captured Monday …

The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week  —  When the pandemic came to an end, many people who had been working from home assumed they would be allowed to maintain that habit at least a few days a week.  But today in the U.S., a third of companies …

A new ABC campaign urges viewers to push back against FCC pressure  —  The federal regulator is investigating the Disney-owned television company on two fronts, with “The View” and ABC's local stations targeted.  —  Summary  —  ABC viewers across the country are getting a message from the network …

Exclusive / ‘The president seems to revel in chaos’: Cornyn goes his own way  —  A few days after losing his Senate runoff, John Cornyn did something unusual for him: He used his leverage against his own party.  —  The Texas Republican was frustrated by a nearly year-long delay in getting …

‘Broadview Six’ damage spreads with review of 20 years of one prosecutor's cases  —  Ten defendants in three cases have now seen their federal criminal charges permanently dropped as a result of the grand jury controversy in Andrew Boutros' office, and questions remain about who redacted alleged misconduct …

Transcript: Krugman on Trump Mental Breakdown and a Nation in Decline  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 22 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

Alan Greenspan, Fed Chairman Through Prosperity and Crisis, Dies at 100 … Alan Greenspan in 1987.  After overseeing a period of immense wealth creation, he was often portrayed as among those responsible for the 2008 crisis and the economic and political shocks that followed it.George Tames/The New York Times

DHS proposes 75% increase in fees for US citizenship paperwork  —  The proposed rule says current fees do not cover the costs of applications.  —  A participant wears flags on their coat during a naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens at Seattle Center on July 4, 2025 in Seattle, Washington.

Trump supporter's company pledges $1 million to fix White House lawn after UFC event  —  Ohio-based ScottsMiracle-Gro said it is donating “a combination of monetary and product support.”  A government watchdog said the arrangement raises ethics questions.  —  Summary

Greg Dolezal, GOP nominee for Georgia Lt. Gov., said he submitted fake mail ballot applications to test system  —  Georgia state Sen. Greg Dolezal, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, has built his campaign around distrust of the state's elections and demands for stricter voting rules.

There's Major Unrest at Michael Flynn's Nonprofit  —  And we have painfully few clues as to why, beyond a cryptic post about a “drunk night between grown adults.”  —  ∙ Paid  —  SINCE TAKING OVER THE STORIED conservative group America's Future in 2021, retired general Michael Flynn has turned it into a real rogue's gallery.

The Supreme Court Is About to Decide Four Cases Defining Trump's Power  —  Decisions involving immigration and power to fire government officials will help shape president's relationship with the court  —  WASHINGTON—Ever since President Trump returned to office last January …

Democrats are struggling with a growing mess in Maine  —  House Democrats' campaign arm and main super PAC are stopping short of saying they will pull out all the stops to hold onto Maine's lone swing district after failing to get their preferred nominee.

Judge scraps SNAP junk food rules, dealing a blow to MAHA … Jackson's ruling could jeopardize one of the biggest policy achievements of the Make America Healthy Again agenda.  Rollins and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have urged states to submit food restriction plans …

House Republicans slam Trump's ‘risky and uncoordinated’ military funding strategy  —  House Republican appropriators are publicly rebuking the Trump administration for seeking must-have military cash through a party-line reconciliation bill that's not guaranteed to clear Congress.

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show  —  Even as it battled the deadliest drug epidemic in American history, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico between 2023 …

Congress is on the brink of a rare bipartisan victory: From the Politics Desk  —  Plus, the latest on the talks to end the Iran war. … The GOP-led Congress is on the brink of a rare win on costs  —  Analysis by Sahil Kapur … The Senate is slated to pass the legislation this evening after voting 87-8 to advance it last week.

Trump Audit Immunity Deal ‘Illegal,’ Ex-IRS Official Tells Judge  —  The US Justice Department made an illegal deal with President Donald Trump to immunize him, his family and his businesses from audits or other federal probes related to past filings, a group of tax experts and former Internal Revenue Service officials told a judge.