The New York Times reports: President Trump’s political team is encouraging Republican leaders in Texas to examine how House district lines in the state could be redrawn ahead of next year’s midterm elections to try to save the party’s endangered majority. The push from Washington has unnerved some Texas Republicans, who worry that reworking the boundaries of Texas House seats …

The Guardian reports: Anthony Albanese says footage of the Nine correspondent Lauren Tomasi being shot by a rubber bullet live on air is “horrific” and he has expressed his concern to the US government. Tomasi was shot while reporting on protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, with the incident caught live on camera. Footage showed an officer taking aim …

The Associated Press reports: Another 2,000 National Guard troops along with 700 Marines are headed to Los Angeles on orders Monday from President Donald Trump, escalating a military presence local officials and Gov. Gavin Newsom don’t want and the police chief says creates logistical challenges for safely handling protests. An initial 2,000 Guard troops ordered by Trump started arriving Sunday, …

Variety reports: A judge on Monday dismissed Justin Baldoni‘s $400 million defamation claim against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, finding that her accusations of sexual harassment were legally protected and therefore immune from suit. Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed Baldoni’s entire lawsuit — which also alleged extortion and other claims — but allowed him to amend and refile a couple …

The Hill reports: Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) on Monday said he plans to resign from Congress after the House holds a final vote on the party’s “big, beautiful bill,” giving up his seat as well as his leadership post on the House Homeland Security Committee. Green said he has already lined up a job outside of Congress. “It is with …

“It was heading in the wrong direction. It’s now heading in the right direction, and we hope to have the support of Gavin, because Gavin’s the big beneficiary as we straighten out his problems. I mean, his state is a mess. And I’d like to get somebody involved in the rail because look, personally, it should’ve never been built because …

Via press release from Washington DC police: Increased local security measures will be in place in the days leading up to, during, and immediately following the Army’s 250th Birthday Parade on June 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The Army’s 250th Birthday Parade is designated a National Special Security Event by the Department of Homeland Security, a designation that is based …

CBS News reports: A top California union official was charged with interfering with law enforcement operations after he was arrested during anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, according to court documents filed Monday. David Huerta, the president of the California division of the Service Employees International Union, is set to appear in court for an initial appearance on one felony charge …

“‘If they spit, we will hit.’ This is a statement from the President of the United States concerning the catastrophic Gavin Newscum inspired Riots going on in Los Angeles. The Insurrectionists have a tendency to spit in the face of the National Guardsmen/women, and others. These Patriots are told to accept this, it’s just the way life runs. But not …

ABC News reports: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday he is removing all 17 sitting members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee and replacing them with new members. The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) makes recommendations on the safety, efficacy and clinical need of vaccines. “Today we are …

“You have a governor who let the city burn down, didn’t want water to be sent down to him. I mean, I sent billions of gallons of water. [This is a lie.] I wanted to do it in the first term. He wouldn’t do it over. I don’t know, they have environmental reasons, but there were no environmental reasons. It’s, …

Axios reports: Senate Republican leadership is urging senators to double down on condemning the chaotic protests that erupted over the weekend in Los Angeles, Axios has learned. Republicans are convinced they have a winning issue. “This gives us an opportunity to remind Americans how extreme the Democratic party is on immigration,” Sen. Tom Cotton’s office wrote to communications staff on …

CNN reports: Roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, according to three people familiar with the matter, and will join the National Guard troops that were activated by Trump over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or the city’s …

Pitchfork reports: The legendary singer, songwriter, and musician Sly Stone has died due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other health issues. The leader of Sly and the Family Stone was 82 years old. Sly and the Family Stone were known for wearing flamboyant stage attire, as well as their adventurous blend of funk, R&B, soul, and Motown arrangements. …

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: President Donald Trump’s rush to deploy California National Guard troops to Los Angeles has left dozens of soldiers without adequate sleeping arrangements, forced to pack together in one or more federal buildings, resting on the floors of what appear to be basements or loading docks, the Chronicle has learned. The state troops federalized by the …

NBC News reports: Bradley Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, lost his bid for president of the D.C. Bar, receiving 3,490 votes compared with opponent Diane Seltzer’s 34,982. Seltzer, an employment lawyer who ran a campaign focused on supporting members of the organization at a time of “governmental chaos,” said after the results were announced Monday that she …

“They all hate Christendom. They hate Western civilization. They hate what we have built. This is a global movement of freaks and misanthropes. Anti-Israel, anti-West, anti-America, anti-capitalism, anti-law, anti-order, and it all comes together. “The same people that are doing the Gaza encampments are the same people that are now waving the La Raza Mexican flag. It is order versus …

NOTUS reports: The reconciliation bill has given Republicans a way to target abortion access in states that legally protect it: threatening their federal health care funding. House Republicans added a last-minute provision to their reconciliation bill via a manager’s amendment that would block certain Affordable Care Act funds from going to state health plans that cover abortion services. There are …

The Washington Post reports: California sued the Trump administration Monday over its deployment of 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles, a move with little precedent that has dramatically increased tensions between the federal government and America’s largest Democratic-led state. The lawsuit argues that Trump overstepped his authority when he called up by the National Guard in defiance of …

Jackson, Tennessee’s ABC affiliate reports: In June 2024, then 39-year-old Ryan McElrath, a former youth pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Jackson, was booked into the Madison County jail on charges involving inappropriate sexual conduct with a minor. In February 2025, McElrath pled guilty to “use of a facility and means of interstate commerce to persuade, induce, entice a minor …