In Spending Talks, Senators Clash Over Immigration Crackdown
Democrats’ push to rein in federal agents, and Republican opposition, reflect opposite views of whether the deportation drive should be bound by standard law enforcement rules. Source: Original News
Supreme Court Clears Way for California Voting Map
The state’s Republican Party had asked the justices to step in and block the new congressional maps, which give an advantage to Democrats, before the midterms. Source: Original News
F.T.C. Settles With Express Scripts Over High Insulin Prices
The Trump administration announced that the company, a pharmacy benefit manager, had agreed to make significant changes to its practices. Source: Original News
Bessent Says Fed Lacks Accountability and Has Lost Public Trust
In a House committee hearing, the Treasury secretary declined to say if the president has the power to fire a member of the central bank’s board. Source: Original News
France’s Raid on X Escalates Trans-Atlantic Showdown Over Social Media
The French investigation into Elon Musk’s X illustrated a fundamental divide between European and American leaders about how to regulate social media — or whether to restrict it at all. Source: Original News
Prosecutor Fired After Voicing Frustration With Immigration Caseload
The prosecutor, Julie T. Le, told a judge that she and her colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office were overwhelmed by the White House’s immigration operation in Minnesota. Source: Original News
Fulton County in Georgia Challenges the F.B.I.’s Seizure of 2020 Ballots
The county filed a motion demanding the return of ballots and other election materials that were seized by the F.B.I. in a highly unusual move by the Trump administration. Source: Original News
Trump’s Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections Adds to State Officials’ Alarm
Some top state election officials, who run voting across the country, worry that the federal government has become hostile to them and their work. Source: Original News
Lee H. Hamilton, a Foreign Policy Power in Congress, Dies at 94
A moderate Democrat from Indiana for 34 years, he led the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees and helped investigate the Iran-contra scandal and the Sept. 11 attacks. Source: Original News
Border Czar Says He Is Pulling 700 Immigration Agents Out of Minneapolis
About 2,000 personnel will be left in the city, where the killings of two protesters against President Trump’s immigration crackdown by federal officers have generated outrage. Source: Original News
