Alan Greenspan, economist and longtime head of the Federal Reserve, dies at 100  —  The influential economist died Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell.  —  Alan Greenspan, the influential economist …

Iran Cites ‘Major Progress’ After All-Night Talks With US  —  Iran said there had been “major progress” in all-night discussions with the US, as the warring sides try to reach a peace deal within two months.  —  The countries began technical talks in the Swiss resort of Bürgenstock over the weekend …

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 …

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 …

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.

Keir Starmer resigns, as Andy Burnham confirms he will run to replace him as Labour leader and PM  —  Summary  — Keir Starmer resigns, with Andy Burnham confirming he will stand to replace him  — Minutes later, former Health Secretary Wes Streeting says he'll back Burnham's bid to become Labour leader and prime minister

Judge rules DOJ used grand jury subpoeans to coerce Minnesota officials on ICE enforcement during Metro Surge  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  A federal judge has quashed six grand jury subpoenas the Trump administration served against Minnesota state and local government offices …

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 …

Supreme Court allows a ruling that ends a tool to protect minority voters in 7 states  —  By declining to take up a lower court ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has dealt another blow to the Voting Rights Act.  —  The court announced Monday that it will not review an Arkansas-based lawsuit …

Trump Is Melting Down and Threatening Jail Time Over Reflecting Pool Disaster  —  The president is blaming supposed “vandals” for the peeling paint job and abundance of algae plaguing his latest vanity project  —  Donald Trump has once again threatened to prosecute the supposed “vandals” …

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 …

The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s  —  For decades, American roads were steadily getting safer for pedestrians.  But around 2009, the trend reversed.  Since then, the number of pedestrians killed each year has risen by about 75 percent.  —  Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety The New York Times

The money behind a network of sham “progressive” super PACs  —  A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance (APA).

The MAGA stars freaked out by their own movement  —  In 2017, US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) offered what remains one of the most insightful explanations of Donald Trump's rise from any elected official.  Massie, a Tea Party libertarian in the Rand and Ron Paul mode, was wondering …

How MAGA Undermined the Military  —  Ideology, bigotry and cronyism have endangered national security  —  When Donald Trump promised to make America great again, he clearly wanted among other things to start throwing our military weight around.  As Timothy Snyder says,

LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho resigns amid FBI investigation  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Nearly four months after federal agents raided his home and district headquarters, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced his resignation as the head of the Los Angeles Unified School District on Sunday.

Trump plan would increase citizenship application fee by $570  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The Trump administration unveiled a plan Monday that would charge legal immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship $570 more in application fees while eliminating waivers and fee reductions for low-income applicants.

Senate to vote on private equity housing ban  —  The Senate is expected to vote Monday on a bipartisan bill that includes limits on private equity ownership of single-family homes. … - The PE housing “ban” applies to institutions that own at least 350 such homes — and does not require divestitures …

Turek leads Hinson in Iowa Senate poll of likely general election voters  —  Iowa Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek has a narrow lead over GOP rival Ashley Hinson in a new internal poll of likely general-election voters.  Turek leads Hinson 47 percent to 45 percent in the poll …

Republicans Are Dismantling a Key Tool in the War Against Kleptocrats  —  For the past 18 months, nearly all of the efforts to demolish America's anti-corruption architecture have come from one source: the White House.  Under President Trump, it was the White House that announced …

Britain is broken, we need an election.  —  The Prime Minister is finished.  I have to give Starmer some credit: even I couldn't have predicted how quickly he would reveal himself as the most incompetent Prime Minister this country has ever had the misfortune of having.

Democratic turnout is up, even in Republican districts, Post analysis finds  —  More voters are casting ballots for Democrats compared with the numbers in previous midterms, fueling the party's hope for big wins in November.  —  Summary  —  Americans are voting this year for Democrats …

Judge rejects accused WHCA dinner shooter's bid to disqualify Blanche and Pirro  —  A federal judge on Monday rejected an effort by alleged White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooter Cole Tomas Allen to disqualify acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro …

“A Huge Grab of Power”: Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid  —  After the Trump administration upended the world's largest foreign aid provider last year, terminating thousands of programs and firing nearly all of its staff, its plan for the agency was clear: Eliminate it entirely.

DOJ now 0-9 in voter roll cases after Trump-appointed judge tosses its Maryland demand  —  A federal judge threw out the Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit seeking Maryland's statewide, unredacted voter registration list, dealing another blow to President Donald Trump and the department's sweeping campaign …

Congressional Democrats Warn Pulte Against Mass Firings  —  Current and former officials say the acting director of national intelligence is planning to announce major cuts to his office as early as Monday.  —  The new acting director of national intelligence is expected to announce significant cuts …