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.”

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

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

“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.”

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.

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.

FBI Arrests Two More Men in Washington and Missouri in Connection with Planned Attack on Government Officials at White House UFC event  —  For Immediate Release  —  Washington Defendant Allegedly Conspired with Others to Procure and Fly Explosive-Laden Drones; Missouri Defendant Allegedly Possessed Weapons …

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 …

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 …

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.

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

Medicaid and ACA enrollment falls by more than 5 million, new report finds  —  The decline over the last 12 months stems in part from President Donald Trump's Medicaid cuts and the expired enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. … The decline stems in part from President Donald Trump's …

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.

Dershowitz to sit for questioning in House Epstein probe  —  Alan Dershowitz, a former defense attorney for late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will appear before the House Oversight Committee on July 20 for a transcribed interview, according to two sources familiar with the planning.