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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to create more House seats favorable to his party, part of a broader effort to help the GOP retain control of the chamber in next year’s midterm elections. The president’s directive signals part of the strategy Trump is likely to …

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are making changes to a $9.4 billion package of spending cuts proposed by President Donald Trump as they race to pass the measure by a Friday deadline. After a lunch meeting Tuesday with White House budget director Russell Vought, they agreed on one significant change: removing about $400 million in cuts to PEPFAR, the Bush-era foreign …

Democrats Broach Potential Walkout to Block Texas Redistricting  The New York Times Trump tells Texas Republicans to redraw the state congressional map to help keep House majority  AP News Gerrymandering: Gov. Gavin Newsom floats redistricting retribution if Texas GOP redraws its maps ahead of midterm elections  ABC7 San Francisco White House eyeing five-seat GOP pickup in Texas in midterms as part of redistricting …

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada may have to accept some tariffs as part of a trade deal with the United States. “There’s not a lot of evidence right now” that the Trump administration would be willing to completely give up on the levies in any agreement, he said on Tuesday, as reported by CBC News. Speaking to journalists ahead …

Former national security adviser Mike Waltz, President Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, attends his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on July 15. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images Former national security adviser Mike Waltz faced tough questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday during his Senate confirmation …

CNN  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that last week’s memo declining to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “speaks for itself,” rejecting questions about making more documents public. “Today our memo speaks for itself, and we will get back to you about anything else,” Bondi told reporters Tuesday, responding to questions about President Donald Trump’s earlier …

Facebook Tweet Email Link (CNN) — Vance Boelter was indicted Tuesday on federal charges related to the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her spouse, and seriously injuring another state lawmaker and his wife. Boelter is accused of killing former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and seriously injuring Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife last …

Johnson breaks with Trump, calls for DOJ to release Epstein files  Politico For Some Republicans, Trump’s Shift on Epstein Is Just the Latest Breach  The New York Times GOP Trump Rival Says Epstein Secrecy Is Why ‘People Don’t Trust Government’  The Daily Beast Democrats demand Pam Bondi and Kash Patel be summoned for Epstein hearing  The Guardian House Republicans block Democratic maneuver to force …

The Rev. John MacArthur, an influential and exacting evangelical preacher, died Monday at the age of 86. He led Grace Community Church in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Sun Valley for more than five decades. His ministry announced his death on social media. On Sunday, Tom Patton, one of the church’s pastors, told the congregation MacArthur had been hospitalized with …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventeen immigration court judges have been fired in recent days, according to the union that represents them, as the Trump administration pushes forward with its mass deportations of immigrants in the country. The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, which represents immigration court judges as well as other professionals, said in a news release that 15 …