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Raw Story reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson has been accused of using campaign money to pay his rent in what the government watchdog group Campaign Legal Center described as a “clear-cut violation of federal campaign finance laws,” newly filed complaints allege. In two separate complaints filed this week with the Federal Election Commission and the Office of Congressional Conduct, the …

Politico reports: The Texas House gaveled in and out without a quorum again on Friday, as Republicans grew annoyed with Democratic lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting bill that President Donald Trump urged them to pass. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced at Friday’s session that Democrats would be required to collect their monthly …

NBC News reports: Astronaut Jim Lovell, best known as the commander of the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died Thursday in Illinois. He was 97 years old. Lovell was a veteran of four spaceflights: Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. In a statement released Friday, the Lovell family highlighted his “amazing life and career accomplishments” …

The Associated Press reports: Attorney General Pam Bondi named Martin a special prosecutor this week to help conduct mortgage fraud investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James and Democratic U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The Justice Department is separately investigating mortgage fraud allegations against the two Democrats, who have denied …

CBS News reports: The watchdog group Democracy Defenders Fund, led by a former Obama administration ethics official, has formally requested a federal investigation into the Pentagon’s acceptance of a Qatari luxury jet on behalf of President Trump. According to a memo obtained by CBS News, the group asked the Department of Defense’s inspector general and the Government Accountability Office to …

Politico Europe reports: JD Vance is on a summer break in Britain. He’s not always been such a fan. Donald Trump’s second-in-command hasn’t exactly been shy in expressing what he really thinks about the U.K. over the years, branding it an “Islamist” hellhole bent on ending free speech. But apart from that! As he holidays in the idyllic Cotswolds (dubbed …

The Hill reports: Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) introduced a bill to initiate a snap census that counts only American citizens. The brief bill, dubbed the “Correct the Count Act,” directs the secretary of Commerce to immediately conduct a census that will “count in any tabulation of population only individuals who are citizens of the United States.” “The American right to …

CNN reports: The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, CNN has exclusively learned, marking the latest effort by the White House to shape higher education and extract significant concessions from universities. Last week, the Trump administration began freezing millions in funding to UCLA, with the school’s chancellor Julio Frenk saying in …

Fort Lauderdale’s ABC affiliate reports: The Florida Department of Education has identified more than 50 books it says are no longer permitted in public schools across the state, citing inappropriate and pornographic content. But some parents and advocacy groups are questioning whether the state should have the final say over what books are allowed in schools — including in Broward …

The Washington Post reports: Of Trump’s first impeachment, the impeachment display now reads: “On December 18, 2019, the House impeached Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The charges focused on the president’s alleged solicitation of foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election and defiance of Congressional subpoenas. Trump was acquitted in January 2020.” Of his second …