A federal judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s latest executive order limiting birthright citizenship. The judge cited the Supreme Court’s June ruling that children in the certified class are citizens at birth under the 14th Amendment.
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Multiple people, including two police officers, were injured in a downtown Minneapolis shooting near 15 East Grant Street. Officials urged the public to avoid a broad area as local, state and federal law enforcement responded.
The NBA fined the Clippers $30 million, suspended owner Steve Ballmer for one year and stripped the franchise of five first-round draft picks after finding salary cap violations tied to Kawhi Leonard endorsement deals. Leonard was fined $700,000, while the team rejected the findings and said it will challenge the penalties.
Upper Pottsgrove Police Cpl. Sean Farrell faces a voluntary manslaughter charge after prosecutors said he shot and killed Glenwood Earl Pysher IV, an unarmed 22-year-old who had gone to the wrong house. Investigators said body-camera video showed Pysher had his hands raised and was 17 to 20 feet away when Farrell fired.
The House voted 212-206 against a GOP constitutional amendment that would have permanently fixed the Supreme Court at nine justices. Republicans cast the measure as a barrier to court expansion, while Democratic leaders said it would surrender a constitutional power held by Congress.
The Justice Department issued a new legal opinion requiring states that accept TANF or SSI funds to report undocumented immigrants across state government. The change reverses a 1998 Clinton-era interpretation and is expected to face legal challenges.
Vice President JD Vance said in a faith-focused podcast interview that he would not be shocked if the world were in the end times and described some uses of AI as “kind of satanic.” He also defended President Donald Trump over an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus.
A Maltese jury acquitted businessman Yorgen Fenech of charges that he masterminded the 2017 car bomb killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Her family said the verdict denied her justice and left institutional failures unaddressed.