Reuters reports: The Jerusalem District Court cancelled this week’s hearings in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running corruption trial, accepting a request the Israeli leader made citing classified diplomatic and security grounds. It was unclear whether a social media post by U.S. President Donald Trump influenced the court’s decision. Trump suggested the trial could interfere with Netanyahu’s ability to join negotiations …

Mint reports: New York City’s 54th annual Pride March steps off today, Sunday, June 29, flooding Manhattan streets with thousands celebrating LGBTQ+ resilience. This year’s theme, “Rise Up: Pride in Protest,” responds to increased political hostility and scaled-back corporate support, with 39% of companies reducing Pride initiatives. The 1.8-mile route begins at 26th Street and 5th Avenue, passing the Stonewall …

Mediaite reports: In an interview on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, anchor Maria Bartiromo asked Trump about a social media post on Thursday in which he wrote: “The Democrats are the ones who leaked the information on the PERFECT FLIGHT to the Nuclear Sites in Iran. They should be prosecuted!” “They should be prosecuted,” Trump said again — in the …

Reuters reports: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called Saturday’s Pride “repulsive and shameful”, accusing the EU of directing opposition politicians to organise the event, which turned into an anti-government protest, local media reported in Sunday. The march in Budapest for LGBTQ+ swelled into one of the largest displays of opposition to Orban in recent years, as an estimated 100,000 participants …

The Hill reports: Tech billionaire Elon Musk again slammed President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” late on Saturday. “Polls show that this bill is political suicide for the Republican Party,” Musk said in a post on the social platform X. In another post on the platform, Musk called the bill “utterly insane and destructive.” On Saturday, Senate Republicans narrowly voted to …

The New York Daily News reports: Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Saturday doubled down in her criticism of the Pride March organizer’s decision to ban the NYPD’s Gay Officers Action League from participating in the annual event in New York City. In a strongly worded letter to the event’s organizer, Heritage of Pride, calling the group hypocrites, Tisch demanded that …

Axios reports: President Trump is pressuring Israel to halt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial, dangling an implicit threat to suspend military assistance if the “witch hunt” continues. U.S. presidents have long treated aid to Israel as a sacrosanct, bipartisan commitment. Trump’s unprecedented intervention appeared to tie the security of 10 million Israelis to the criminal prosecution of one man. …

Politico reports: The cost of Senate Republicans’ tax cuts has grown to $4.45 trillion, congressional forecasters said Saturday night. That’s up more than $200 billion from a previous draft of the plan, and reflects numerous last-minute changes lawmakers have made as they negotiate the details of the domestic policy megabill now before the Senate. Lawmakers in the two chambers have …

Newsweek reports: The Department of Homeland Security has shared an apparently AI-generated meme depicting alligators as ICE agents outside of a Florida detention center. “Alligator Alcatraz” is a new migrant detention center being developed on a remote airstrip in the Everglades. The facility aims to house up to 5,000 detainees and uses the area’s natural isolation and wildlife as part …

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked Sen. Thom Tillis for opposing the party’s sweeping domestic policy bill, threatening to meet with potential primary challengers to the North Carolina Republican. Tillis, who faces re-election next year in a battleground state, was one of two Republicans, along with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, to vote against advancing the “big, …

ABC News reports: The Senate voted to advance the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” kicking off a lengthy process that GOP leadership hopes will end in its final passage. For much of the night, it was believed that Vice President JD Vance would be required to cast a tie-breaking vote. But at the last minute, Sen. Ron Johnson switched his no …

Broadway World reports: Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller has shared a video of “One Gay More,” set to Watch the video above, featuring Seth Rudetsky on the piano. Seller hosted the event alongside Democratic senators including Tammy Baldwin and Elizabeth Warren, Love Is Love featured The participants include Tony winners John Cameron Mitchell, Lisa Kron, and Brandon Uranowitz, as well as …

Politico reports: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told fellow Democrats they will force the out-loud reading of the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” if the Senate votes to start debate Saturday. The maneuver, which was described by a person granted anonymity to describe private plans, is meant to slow down Senate passage of the megabill and give Democrats more time to …

The Independent reports: Elon Musk has slammed the Senate version of President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” as support for the motion to proceed with the legislation in the upper chamber comes down to the wire. “The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!” Musk wrote on X …

Miami’s NPR affiliate reports: A seemingly non-stop stream of dump trucks and semi rigs entering the grounds of what’s now been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” roared past hundreds of sign-waving and chanting protestors Saturday as they lined U.S. 41 east and west of the site in the Big Cypress National Preserve. Cars passing by honked in support as protesters waved signs …

NBC News reports: The Senate on Saturday is eyeing an afternoon procedural vote to advance President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after two key holdouts changed their vote, but the push appears to be on shaky ground as a handful of Republican senators have warned they will vote against the reconciliation package. Montana Republican Sen. Tim Sheehy threatened to vote against …

The New York Times reports: A government ban on Hungary’s annual Pride parade backfired on Saturday when more than 100,000 people marched through the Hungarian capital, far more than have taken part in previous such events. Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday warned people to stay away from the banned parade, threatening “clear legal consequences” for anyone taking part. Government …

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) privately asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to release funding for a Mercedes-Benz plant to convert to the production of electric vehicles, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post. In a two-page letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Mace asked the administration to disburse roughly $285 million for the …

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports: Johnny Noviello, 49, who co-owned Daytona Auto Sales on Mason Avenue, died June 23 while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a release from the agency. The cause of death is under investigation. Noviello, a Port Orange resident, entered the United States from Canada in 1988 with a legal …

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration announced an end to temporary legal protections for Haitian migrants in the United States, leaving hundreds of thousands of people at risk of deportation. The temporary protected status for Haitian nationals in the United States, granted after a 2010 earthquake near Port-au- Prince caused up to 200,000 deaths, will terminate Sept. 2, the …