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- Stop me, Minnesota shooter wrote. Missed clues sidelined state’s red flag law.Police say no one raised alarms before a shooter opened fire on a Minnesota church. The state’s red flag law could have been used to prevent the attack.
- RFK Jr. faces a trust gap. So do the health agencies he’s aiming to change.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took heated questions on vaccines from members of both parties in a Senate hearing, but many in the public also share his distrust of health agencies.
- Why so many Gen Zers are saying, ‘Play ball!’Americans – especially young adults – are seeking more in-person connection. Board game clubs are all the rage. To create community bonds, more are turning to team sports from softball to kickball.
- Armed troops in US streets? For many, Trump makes that seem normal.Armed troops patrol streets in the nation’s capital, and many residents shrug their shoulders. President Trump’s ability to normalize such dramatic actions is at play – but isn’t the end of the story.
- Here are legal issues raised by Trump’s order for national ‘quick reaction force’President Donald Trump wants to create a national ‘quick reaction force.’ Experts say his order raises legal issues around the military acting as police.
- Are Trump’s gains among Latino voters fading? New Jersey is the first big test.Were Donald Trump’s gains among Hispanic voters an anomaly – or the beginning of a more permanent realignment? The New Jersey governor’s race this year will provide an early test.
- How the National Guard court ruling in LA affects Trump’s plans for other citiesWhen President Trump sent the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles, he violated an 1878 law prohibiting the use of military personnel for domestic law enforcement activities, a judge ruled Tuesday.Â
- Nationalist conservatives from US, Europe gather, touting different view of democracyNational conservatives, or NatCons, elevate tradition and culture over liberal democracy. They gather this week for their annual convention amid growing power in Europe and as a strong part of President Trump’s coalition.
- First LookJudge bars Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan children, for nowThe judge ruled Sunday after their lawyers said the youngsters were loaded onto planes in violation of laws affording protections for migrant kids. The judge, in Washington, says the children need to be taken off the planes while the legal process plays out.
- First LookJudge bars Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan children, for nowThe judge ruled Sunday after their lawyers said the youngsters were loaded onto planes in violation of laws affording protections for migrant kids. The judge, in Washington, says the children need to be taken off the planes while the legal process plays out.
- ‘Doesn’t comport with our reality’: Gun violence shakes Minnesota idealsThe tragic shooting of children at Annunciation Catholic School in Minnesota comes after a political assassination of a state legislator rocked the state earlier this summer. The elevated violence has surfaced divides over how to lower gun violence – and a universal desire to emerge from the turbulence stronger.
- What changes will Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ bring for colleges and students?As classes get started on college campuses across the U.S., schools and students are absorbing the changes that the recent law will bring to everything from educational loans to taxes on endowments.
- Trump sends ships off Venezuela’s coast. What’s behind the show of force?Whether or not sending a U.S. naval force off the coast of Venezuela is mere posturing, it has revived regional anxiety over U.S. militarism. Does the display of power advance U.S. interests, or give China a greater opening to the region?
- Minnesota shooting highlights risks to religious schools, amid push for more securityThe shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis was the third such tragedy involving a º£½Ç´óÉñ school in as many years. Security has long been top of mind at Jewish and Muslim schools; now there are growing efforts within º£½Ç´óÉñ school communities to fortify their institutions.
- First Look‘Absolutely incomprehensible’: Two dead, 17 injured in Minneapolis school shootingA shooting Wednesday at a Minneapolis school has killed two children as they prayed and injured 17 other people, 14 of them kids. The police chief says the shooter also died in the violence Wednesday at the Annunciation Catholic School.
- As campaign spending flows unchecked, some states are trying to impose limitsThe role of outside money in elections has grown exponentially ever since the Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that political spending is a form of speech. Now, some advocates of campaign finance reform hope to impose limits though the states.Â
- ‘We’re set up for success.’ ICE chief defends immigration enforcement practices.ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons talks about the agency’s collaboration with District of Columbia police and its arrest of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, with plans to deport him as an alleged criminal.
- The ExplainerWhy claims of mortgage fraud are central to Trump’s push to influence FedThe standard of Federal Reserve independence is under strain, as President Trump presses for lower interest rates and seeks to oust Lisa Cook from the central bank’s board.
- First LookCourt says Trump lawsuit against Maryland federal judges would ‘offend rule of law’U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against all 15 federal judges in Maryland over an order by the chief judge that stopped the immediate deportation of migrants challenging their removals.Â
- Trump takes on the federal judiciary – of an entire stateA lawsuit by the Trump administration’s Department of Justice is unprecedented in that it sues all the federal District Court judges in Maryland at once. The potentially high-stakes case concerns deportation and the Constitution’s separation of powers.