Trump's Election Claims and SAVE Act Push Find Muted Response From G.O.P. Lawmakers  —  Most G.O.P. lawmakers had little to say about the president's claims of election vulnerabilities, and he did not appear to move the needle on the voting restriction bill he championed.

‘Insane’: Republicans Push To Punish Canada For Wildfires  —  “We will not tolerate this incompetence,” vowed Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno, who may not understand how climate change works.  —  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and other Republicans on Friday threatened to punish Canada as smoke …

They Were Charged With Assaulting ICE Agents.  The Cases Are Crumbling.  —  The Trump administration has lost or abandoned hundreds of criminal cases against protesters and immigrants, a Times investigation found.  —  In its nationwide immigration crackdown, the Trump administration …

Top Tax Official Pushed Out After Clashes With Trump Administration: Report  —  Assistant Treasury Secretary Kenneth Kies will be leaving the administration after reportedly warning that it might be breaking the law.  —  Assistant Treasury Secretary Kenneth Kies has been ousted after warning …

Employee of Aurora ICE Processing Center arrested, accused of shooting Colorado protester  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  An employee of a group that operates a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainment center in Aurora, Colorado, was arrested after police said he shot and wounded a woman Thursday night.

ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir  —  After Medicaid officials improperly shared data about millions of people in January with immigration officials, ICE then shared that data with the data analytics firm Palantir, according to new court filings.

Todd Blanche meeting leaves Epstein survivors stunned and angry  —  On Thursday morning, during the second day of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., dropped an unexpected ultimatum: While he acknowledged he was leaning toward supporting Blanche …

AIPAC drops online donations to Dems who backed Israel aid cut  —  The campaign finance arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is curtailing online contributions to House Democrats who voted to cut Israel aid this week, in the latest rift between the party and the influential advocacy group.

We Went to a Yacht Party for the Most Pro-Deportation People in DC … It was, they believed, time to party. … “Ahoy!  This is the captain speaking,” piped a cheery voice, not emanating from an actual captain, but rather a video of a former DHS staffer in a captain's hat.  “Where are we going on this boat?

Taylor Farms Recalls Iceberg Lettuce Traced To Farm In Mexico Amid Cyclosporiasis Outbreak  —  Topline  —  Taco Bell said Friday it removed Taylor Farms lettuce from its restaurants, hours after the popular salad producer—which has been identified as the possible source of a cyclosporiasis outbreak …

Judge rules OMB can't retroactively nix grants based on new rules  —  A federal judge declared Friday that the Trump administration can't cancel grants based on new rules or goals established after the fact — in a blow to its efforts to terminate billions of dollars already promised.

The most important thing about the big new federal housing law  —  Physicists have longed for a theory of everything, a single framework that would explain every force in the universe.  After the better part of a century, they're still looking.  But social science, improbably, may have beaten them to it.

How the Michigan Senate primary became a battle for Democrats' soul  —  The Democratic Party is at war with itself, and nowhere is the fight clearer than the Michigan Senate primary.  On one side: Rep. Haley Stevens, backed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the establishment …

ICE makes arrests at NYC immigration court despite court ban  —  The agency has made at least six arrests in Manhattan immigration courts since a federal judge restricted the practice in May.  —  MANHATTAN (CN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement has made yet another arrest …

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatens states over elections  —  The secretary's comments come as the Trump administration is increasingly using government agencies to sow doubts about the nation's electoral system.  —  WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin …

July 17, 2026  —  Yesterday President Donald J. Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller all threw the weight of the U.S. government behind a far-right conspiracy theory that says Trump and his loyalists are defending the United States of America against a communist takeover.

Trump's War on Journalists  —  The recent subpoenas of reporters make clear that the President is trying to threaten the press.  Few protections are in place to stop him.  —  For years now, in office and out, Donald Trump has been unabashed about his desire to see reporters behind bars.

Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars  —  Like his predecessors, President Trump has struggled to turn battlefield successes into long-term victories.  —  President Trump has held fast to one belief over the course of the nearly five-month war with Iran …

How a Man Once Ordered to Pay Libel Damages Helped Launch an Investigation Into Islamic Private Schools  —  Nearly a decade ago, a British court ordered a man named Sam Westrop to pay the equivalent of more than $173,000 in libel damages after he published an article on his website calling …

Anti-Trans Activists Know What the Supreme Court Will Let Them Do Next  —  In the paragraph that follows, I am going to briefly subject you to something that, if I were not writing a newsletter, I would not ask my worst enemy to read: insights from the mind of Riley Gaines …