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Mississippi Today reports: A federal judge has temporarily paused enforcement of the state law that prohibits diversity, equity and inclusion programs from Mississippi public schools and universities. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate approved the request for a temporary restraining order sought by a coalition of civil rights and legal organizations on behalf of students, parents and educators. The American Civil …

The Hill reports: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Monday that he is open to President Trump’s call to cancel the August recess as part of the GOP’s push to quickly confirm his nominees. “We’re thinking about it. We want to get as many [nominations] through the pipeline as we can,” Thune said at the Capitol, adding that …

The Texas Tribune reports: Two years after a district court declared that a new state law diluting the policy-making power of blue urban areas was unconstitutional, an appeals court on Friday overruled that decision. Texas lawmakers in 2023 passed House Bill 2127, dubbed the “Death Star” bill by opponents, which aims to overturn cities’ progressive policies and prevent them from enacting …

CBS News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson said there will not be a vote before Congress’ August recess on a resolution that calls on the Trump administration to release more files related to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “My belief is we need the administration to have the space to do what it is doing, and if further congressional action …

The Miami Herald reports: Last month, Jordin Castillo was arrested for habitually driving without a license, court records show. He was taken to Alligator Alcatraz on July 3. Six days later, Castillo said, he was handcuffed and left outdoors in the sun as a punishment for attempting to go on a hunger strike inside the detention center, he said in …

Axios reports: Key to the marketing ploy underpinning Florida’s detention camp in the Everglades is the alligator, portrayed by Republican leaders as a blood-thirsty prison guard ready to attack anyone who escapes. Nothing about the portrayal is accurate, experts in alligator biology and history tell Axios. What’s more, the idea of the alligator lusting for human flesh is rooted in racism, …

Fox News reports: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is referring Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal charges, accusing him of two specific instances of lying under oath. Luna is accusing Powell of perjury on two occasions, according to a letter to the DOJ first obtained by Fox News Digital. It comes as conservative …

NOTUS reports: Trump administration officials insist there will be “no amnesty” while carrying out mass deportations, but some Republicans told NOTUS that behind the scenes, they’re advocating for some immigrants to stay. Rep. Chip Roy, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told NOTUS he’s “going to bat for” one immigrant he knows because he deemed him “a good guy.” …

“There were some even nominees in the Biden administration — their paperwork was signed with the autopen at a time when the President’s mental fitness is in question. This raises an issue whether these pardons, whether these judicial appointments and whether these executive orders are legal. “I believe if this investigation goes in the way that it is going, it …

“I’ve got enough challenges on my plate now. I mean, I think we have 23.5 million people here. We’ve got things happening all the time. I mean, the idea that I’m going to be worrying about things down the line. That’s just not how I roll. I’ve got to get the most out of my opportunity here to lead, and …

The Washington Post reports: Today kicks off what will probably be a particularly contentious and closely watched special session of the Texas legislature. Republicans want to redraw the state’s congressional districts to create new Republican seats — five more, if President Donald Trump gets his way. Democrats at the national level say they won’t sit out this fight. The Democratic …

NewsNation reports: Rep. Don Bacon (Neb.), a moderate Republican, suggested in a Sunday interview that first lady Melania Trump deserves some credit for President Trump’s apparent pivot against Russia in its war against Ukraine. “Well, I’m glad that the president has pivoted on Ukraine,” Bacon said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.” “I think we owe Melania some …

Rachel Wells reports at Substack: Last Thursday, at a town hall in Jonesborough, Tennessee, a 35-year-old woman shared her story: she was denied prenatal care by her physician because they objected to the fact that she wasn’t married, nor did she plan to be. She’d been with her partner for 15 years, and they have a 13-year-old child. While going …

The Hill reports: After President Trump was diagnosed with a chronic vein condition, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) suggested the president’s health condition could be a result of his efforts in “fighting the radicals.” “The pressure on somebody like President Trump right now, not just from outside entities … all over the world but also fighting the radicals in this country,” …

Newsweek reports: In a Truth Social post on Saturday afternoon, President Donald Trump urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, to cancel the Senate’s summer recess and its long weekend breaks to push through his nominee confirmations. Trump’s push reflects his continued strategy to reshape the federal judiciary, a defining feature of his first term, during which …

Mediaite reports: Border czar and former ICE chief Tom Homan said Democrats are “encouraging” violent attacks on federal law enforcement in a furious response to a clip of New York Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler that went viral over the weekend. Correspondent Johnny Belisario conducted the street and hallway interviews for Jesse Watters Primetime and asked Nadler whether he condemns those …

NBC News reports: The New York Times described Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson as Trump’s successor as the Republican Party’s “foremost amplifier of conspiracy theories and disinformation.” The senator has seemed a little too eager to prove his critics right, peddling bizarre and easily discredited nonsense about Covid-19. And the Jan. 6 attack. And vaccines. And climate change. And the 2020 …

NPR reports: Health insurance premiums are going way up next year for people who buy their insurance on Healthcare.gov or the state-based marketplaces, according to an analysis out Friday. The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group. Summer is …

NBC News reports: Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, one of the Republican Party’s top inquisitors in Congress, is expected to be deposed Friday about allegations that he failed to protect the wrestlers he once coached at Ohio State University from a sexual predator, four plaintiffs in lawsuits against the university told NBC News. Jordan, who was the assistant wrestling coach …

CBS News reports: House Republicans approved a package after midnight Friday to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding, sending it to President Trump’s desk. Congress beat a Friday end-of-day deadline to pass the bill, which is known as a rescissions request, after which the money would have had to be spent as originally intended. Efforts …