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.”

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 …

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 …

In blow to Trump, federal judge blocks DHS from using citizenship database to purge voters  —  A federal judge in Washington D.C. blocked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using its citizenship database to remove voters from registration rolls, striking a significant blow …

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 …

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.

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: 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 …

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.

Patrols and nanobubbles continue at the Reflecting Pool as Trump looks for a renovation do-over  —  National Guard service members and U.S. Park Police were patrolling the deck around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday, as Donald Trump's administration faces a self-imposed deadline …

Why Trump has been attacking the Supreme Court, with 3 key rulings ahead  —  As the court prepares to rule on several of the president's priorities, tensions are running high — even with his own appointees.  —  Summary  —  When Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch hosted a gathering …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 Obama Center Sets a Dangerous Precedent  —  Some of the basic functions of presidential libraries are fading.  —  The Barack Obama Presidential Center opened in Chicago last week to great fanfare.  Following years of construction, and with intense debate about how the project would affect …

America's allies look to declare independence from the US  —  Traditional partners are rethinking their economic ties  —  When the US celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next month, its friends and allies will join in the festivities.

Hegseth to brief House Republicans on White House goals for party-line package  —  The briefing will take place in the House SCIF.

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  —  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, … Such a longing is always destructive even when, like Trump and Hegseth, one has inherited control of a powerful military.

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 …

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.

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 …

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).