Two Trump SCOTUS Wins

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THE LATEST

A pair of 6-3 Supreme Court rulings this morning enable components of Trump’s immigration agenda. The administration can now end temporary protections, putting hundreds of thousands at risk of deportation. Immigrants who appear at ports of entry at the Mexico-U.S. border cannot apply for asylum.

• The court also ruled 7-2 to effectively end a legal pathway for people who say they were harmed by products the government declined to adequately regulate.

Trump’s vision for a national voter database may be faltering after courts today undermined a Postal Service proposal to refuse mail-in ballot delivery for states that don’t submit voter lists to the government.

THE ADMINISTRATION

The U.S. military will reinstate the flu vaccine requirement – just months after Pete Hegseth called having the choice a matter of “simple medical autonomy.”

THE HILL

The House canceled tomorrow’s votes and is heading home early after GOP hardliners effectively froze floor action over the SAVE America Act’s stagnancy in the Senate.

• Mike Johnson spoke with Trump at the White House this afternoon about a plan to pass SAVE.
• Tom Emmer, who says he’s a John Thune fan, criticized the Senate majority leader on a radio show today: “In this case, what he’s doing is he’s allowing three or four U.S. senators, Republicans, to impress their will on the American people.”

Markwayne Mullin’s testimony in front of the House Appropriations Committee quickly turned testy: Homeland Security subcommittee Chair Mark Amodei (R-Nevada) rebuked the DHS secretary over his heated exchanges with other members.

• “This is not ‘Meet the Press’ or Fox News or whatever, for anybody involved — it’s, ‘What’s the question, what’s the answer?’” Amodei told Mullin.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) disclosed that her husband, Paul Pelosi, recently purchased up to $5 million in Intel stock call options and up to $1 million in Uber stock call options.

THE COURTS

A federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump rule restricting federal student loan access for some health-care and graduate degree programs. The administration’s sweeping borrowing limits were due to take effect July 1.

The DOJ failed to curb a lawsuit challenging Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund after Judge Leonie Brinkema said she didn’t trust officials’ previous assertions that the fund would not move forward.

I HEAR THE BLUES A’CALLIN

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