JUSTTHENEWS (Amanda Head) - America’s unpopularity contest: Why the 2026 midterms are a contest of flaws, not favorites
Race to the bottom: "Who do you dislike more" replaces "whose vision of the future do you choose" as essential polling question.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Senate prepares for contempt vote against Fauci, as Florida Sen. Rick Scott supports punishment
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to hold a vote Wednesday.
JUSTTHENEWS (Greg Piper) - 'Every red flag': School district's gender identity mandate on teachers risks second SCOTUS rebuke
High court overturned Maryland district's no-exceptions policy for LGBTQ "storybooks" a year ago. Legal scholars, states, parental rights activists say no-exceptions pronouns and secrecy policies have same problems.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ashe Short) - ICE faults Biden-era policies for third illegal entry by man convicted in Marine's 2017 killing
Does deportation work? A man convicted in the death of a 21-year-old Marine was removed from the country twice before and retruned anyway, only to go and kill a U.S, Marine.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Trump heads to LA for RNC fundraiser but with sights on Gov Newsom, a top 2028 Democrat hopeful
The president is set to embark on a two-day trip to the West Coast on Tuesday, where he will tout his administration's economic successes ahead of the midterm elections. He will deliver remarks Wednesday in Las Vegas.
JUSTTHENEWS (Just the News Contributor) - Dispute over Biden pardon, Fauci's Fifth rooted in 1800s case law, likely will be decided by courts
Whether Fauci was legally entitled to invoke Fifth Amendment may ultimately depend on how courts balance broad immunity conferred in Biden pardon against remaining risk of post-pardon criminal exposure.
STRIPES - Navy christens future destroyer named for Korean War veteran, Medal of Honor recipient | Stars and Stripes
Future USS William Charette was christened in Maine, honors a Navy corpsman and Medal of Honor recipient for his heroism during the Korean War.
STRIPES (Matthew Adams) - Navy commands commence monthly facial hair accountability reports in August | Stars and Stripes
Commanding officers are instructed to maintain a log of personnel requiring medical facial hair treatment plans.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Massachusetts bill legalizing abortion through whole pregnancy awaits governor’s signature
Opponents call it “extreme” legislation that will force taxpayers to fund abortions even late in a pregnancy.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Bruce Willis' wife advocates for passage of dementia bill
Bill would require the California Department of Public Health to collect data on frontotemporal degeneration.