Trump declines to call for Max Miller’s resignation amid abuse allegations

Trump stopped short of calling on Rep Max Miller to resign Monday, saying he would “let the families figure that out”.

Asked whether the Ohio Republican should step down following allegations of domestic abuse from his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, Trump said he has always known Miller as “a good person” and called the situation “a very sad thing.”

The abuse allegations, which include physical abuse of Moreno and their two-year-old daughter, alleging in police reports that he threw her against a wall, previously held a gun to her head, and threw hot water on her. Miller denies all the claims and is suing his ex-wife for defamation.

The accusations have drawn calls for resignation from Emily Moreno’s father, Republican senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio, as well as several Democratic lawmakers, amid a bitter custody dispute over the couple’s young daughter.

Trump said the matter comes down to “accusations” that the families involved should resolve themselves.

And that brings our live coverage of the second Trump administration to a close for the day. We’ll be back on Tuesday. Here are the latest developments:

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Donald Trump declined to call for Rep Max Miller’s resignation following allegations of domestic abuse from his ex-wife, Emily Moreno. Trump said he has always known Miller as “a good person” and called the situation “a very sad thing.”

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In an 89-4 vote, the Senate voted to take up a measure that would temporarily keep the government funded and help avoid a shutdown in the fall. The measure, known as a continuing resolution, would maintain government funding at current levels through 11 December, with some adjustments for specific programs. The Senate is slated to debate the funding bill and move it closer to a final vote.

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Two Republican senators who threatened to block Todd Blanche’s bid to permanently become US attorney general announced they will advance his nomination after he said in writing that a planned $1.8bn slush fund for Donald Trump’s allies was dead. Legal experts and Democrats said what Blanche announced Sunday was far from ironclad and left room for Trump to resurrect the fund. More here.

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A coalition of 25 US states sued the Trump administration over new tariffs pegged at 10% to 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes struck down by the supreme court in February. The states are asking the US Court of International Trade to halt the tariffs, declare them unlawful and order refunds of duties that have already been paid. More here.

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Trump accused US attorney Jeanine Pirro of having “folded like an umbrella” amid reports that he was considering removing her from her post. Trump criticized Pirro on Monday after she dropped vandalism charges against a former Olympian accused of damaging the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. More here.

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Construction crews building a border wall in New Mexico were ordered to stop drilling new wells after ranchers said that pumping groundwater to produce concrete could threaten their livestock amid a severe drought.

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At a public meeting in July, ranchers said they were noticing unmonitored tapping of border aquifers that threatened the water for those nearby.

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“Whatever they do on that well affects everybody in this basin,” one rancher said in the meeting, adding that, from his conversation with border patrol, he believed that “they really don’t even understand what an aquifer is.”

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A spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection told the AP on Monday that border wall contractors in New Mexico have been instructed to stop drilling new wells.

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“CBP is committed to working collaboratively with local landowners to ensure that construction activities do not adversely impact their water needs,” said CBP in a statement.

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Previously, CBP, which oversees the border wall construction, has said water is needed to produce concrete, build roads, construct barriers and control dust at construction sites. New Mexico’s Office of the State Engineer told NPR last month that it counted at least six wells under development along the border, and that none had the necessary permits required by state law.

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The US House of Representatives ethics committee on Monday recommended that Chuck Edwards, a Republican congressman, face censure after determining he “fostered a hostile work environment and engaged in sexual harassment” by giving gifts and lavishing attention on two young female staffers.

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The bipartisan panel began investigating the second-term North Carolina congressman earlier this year, after receiving complaints about his conduct. In their report, they determined Edwards broke House rules by singling out the two unidentified aides for special treatment that made them uncomfortable and harmed relations with other employees.

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While the investigation uncovered no evidence that Edwards engaged in sexual activity with the staffers or suggested it, his behavior violated provisions in the House code of conduct that prohibit sexual harassment and unwanted advances. The congressman “acknowledged at least some of the behavior at issue could be viewed as inappropriate”, but “has not acknowledged or taken responsibility for the harm he caused”, the committee wrote in its report.

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A group of 25 states sued the Trump administration over a round of tariffs that went into effect last month, arguing that the US president exceeded his legal authority to tax imports after the US supreme court struck down his previous set of global tariffs.

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“President Trump is so intent on raising the cost of living for Americans that he is willing to break law after law after law to do so,” said California attorney general Rob Bonta in a statement. “Tariffs are taxes, and the American people cannot and should not shoulder the extra costs that come from the President’s failed and illegal economic policy — no matter how much the President wants them to.”

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The lawsuit challenges tariffs of 10% to 12.5% imposed on dozens of countries, including the UK, Mexico, Canada, Australia, India, China and the 27 countries that make up the European Union, which took effect on 24 July.

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The Trump administration said it imposed the tariffs in an effort to stop exports of goods produced with forced labor. But states argue the latest measures are an unlawful attempt to replace tariffs the courts have repeatedly rejected.

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In February, the US supreme court declared many of Trump’s tariffs illegal in a 6-3 ruling, deciding that a 1977 law designed to address national emergencies did not provide the legal justification for most of the Trump administration’s tariffs. In May, the US court of international trade ruled in favor of small businesses that challenged the tariffs.

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Senate judiciary committee chair Chuck Grassley has asked Jack Smith, the former special counsel behind the criminal cases against Donald Trump, to appear before the committee on 22 September, according to an invitation reviewed by Politico. The request follows months of scrutiny from Grassley’s team into Smith and the investigations he oversaw.

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Smith is the former federal prosecutor tapped by the justice department to lead inquiries into Trump’s handling of classified documents and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, cases that were dropped after Trump’s 2024 election win. He testified before the House judiciary committee back in January.

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Representative Daniel Goldman, who was absolutely crushed in his re-election bid for his New York seat by Brad Lander, said representative Ro Khanna from California’s opinion was “wrong” that an “unfair political and economy system” is what drove progressive victories in House democratic primaries.

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“All three of us who lost in NYC had very progressive records (including supporting Medicare for All) and we all had the overwhelming support of actual working families — labor unions, public housing residents and immigrant communities,” Goldman wrote. “That’s because we all have gone to battle for those communities and offered practical and meaningful solutions that could actually get passed in a system that requires bipartisanship.”

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“The voters in my district prioritized a different issue, and I respect their decision,” Goldman wrote, implying that his pro-Israel stance had been his electoral downfall.

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In the most contentious part of the press conference, Trump lashed out at US Attorney Jeanine Pirro for dropping charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, who was accused of vandalizing the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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“I was disappointed with Jeanine Pirro. Really disappointed with Jeanine Pirro. She folded like an umbrella, and people get away with things. It’s a disgrace,” Trump said.

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Pirro’s office had determined the damage stemmed from a “botched installation” rather than vandalism. Trump also blamed the judge overseeing the case for being “extremely unfriendly” to Pirro.

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When a reporter asked if she was on the chopping block, Trump said: “you’re fake news. Don’t ever talk again.”

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Trump said leaks detailing the severity of a planned US attack on Iran ended up helping the Iranian government.

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“Leakers should be put in jail,” Trump said, adding officials should “strengthen up the laws” against them. “Leakers helped [Iran] because they said the severity of the attack, and Iran knew it.”

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Trump claimed the strike “was going to come last night” and would have continued “for a long time”, warning there would have been “essentially very little left” of Iran’s capabilities, adding, “there’d be nothing left.”

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Trump used the same exchange to press the UK to expand North Sea drilling, telling reporters, “You’re sitting on top of gold, better than gold, and you don’t do anything with it.” He said the UK “could give away free energy” if it reopened the fields, calling them “good for another 500 years, maybe more, probably 1,000 years.”

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Trump said he had personally spoken with prime minister Andy Burnham (whom he didn’t actually name, aside from “your new prime minister”) about the issue, telling reporters “I spoke to him, and he sounded terrific on this subject,” and that the leader “sort of indicated to me” support for opening up drilling.

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Trump argued Britain faces a stark choice, “you can be a wealthy country or a bankrupt country.” He also blamed past governments for scaling back Aberdeen’s oil industry, saying “then one day the liberals got in and they closed it,” which he linked to the UK’s reliance on Norwegian gas imports and prices that have “quadrupled”.

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North Sea production has actually been running continuously since the 1970s and has never been shut down, though output has fallen well past its 1990s peak.

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Asked whether European nations writ large should use their militaries to stop migrant crossings over waterways, following Nigel Farage’s proposal to deploy the Royal Navy against migrant boats, Trump said bluntly: “You have to stop illegal immigration in Europe.” He added, “I know Europe better than anybody, better than the people that run it, and have great relationships.”

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Trump went on to argue that immigration and energy are the two forces “killing” the continent, saying: “Your two things are killing Europe. Number one is immigration. Number two is energy.”

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Trump stopped short of calling on Rep Max Miller to resign Monday, saying he would “let the families figure that out”.

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Trump said the matter comes down to “accusations” that the families involved should resolve themselves.

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On immigration, Trump said “we had an open border a year and a half ago. We had the worst border in the history of our country. Now we have the best border.”

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He also went so far as to say “not one person has come in through our southern border illegally,” saying he’s seen charts about it. “Now that’s pretty amazing,” he quipped.

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Trump said Monday that talks with Iran are “going on right now,” despite earlier denials from Tehran (and US officials, according to CBS) that any negotiations were taking place.

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Trump said the US had been “set to go” on a strike “harder than any attack” since World War Two, but held off after Iran, along with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, requested talks. “This is a last chance,” Trump said, adding the negotiations center on “the denuclearization of Iran,” a goal he argued previous administrations failed to pursue for “50 years”.

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The executive order Donald Trump is set to sign momentarily is on establishing a new President’s Military Spouse Commission, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

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The commission would “advise the president on policies affecting military spouses and families and provide annual recommendations to improve their quality of life while strengthening military readiness” Leavitt wrote in a post on social media.

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Michigan’s health department said on Monday that two people have died after contracting cyclosporiasis, marking the first fatalities in what has become the largest US outbreak of the parasitic illness.

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An FDA investigation has linked the outbreak, now spanning nine states, to iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms operations in central Mexico, though officials are still probing other possible sources. Officials noted both patients were already dealing with serious health issues that the infection and resulting dehydration may have made worse

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Michigan reported 11,234 outbreak-linked cases as of Monday, up 461 since Friday, with 193 hospitalizations. Wayne county has the most infections, and adults aged 30 to 39 have been hit hardest.

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Despite Trump insisting that talks with Iran begin on Monday afternoon, officials tell CBS News there’s nothing new to announce after all, just the same negotiations, run through mediators by envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

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This morning, Trump posted on social media that Iran asks “for a meeting, some would say ‘beg’ talks begin, with more scheduled n the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly they’re not having any discussions.”

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Later in that post, he said “Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished.”

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Senate leaders have reached a bipartisan agreement to fund the government through 11 December, avoiding a shutdown that would otherwise begin 1 October.

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The deal, announced by appropriations committee chair Susan Collins, a Republican, and vice-chair Patty Murray, a Democrat, buys Congress time to negotiate a longer-term funding package after the midterm elections. A Senate procedural vote is scheduled today, with leaders aiming to pass the bill before the August recess.

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Something to note: the house has already passed its own version funding the government through 4 December, leaving the two chambers to reconcile the difference when they return in September.

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After Iran’s leaders insisted that Tehran was not planning any talks with Washington – contradicting Trump’s own comments on Sunday – the US president has said that the country’s leadership is “unbelievably duplicitous”.

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“They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg’, talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with ‘Oman’,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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He went on to reject Iran’s claims that the country is ultimately in control of the strait of Hormuz. “Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a deal, or total surrender, is accomplished,” Trump added.

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My colleague Lucy Campbell has more here.

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Republican senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, two key holdouts on Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination – now say they will vote to advance him to the full Senate.

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The outgoing lawmakers, who have repeatedly clashed with Trump over the past year, said their concerns were resolved after “successful negotiation of a legally enforceable document” that formally ends the $1.8bn “anti‑weaponization fund” and makes clear that Trump and his family will not receive indefinite protection from audits of future tax filings. Both issues had been deal‑breakers for Cornyn and Tillis. In the document Blanche released on Sunday, the acting attorney general did say that the sweeping immunity offered to the president and his family for their past conduct does not change.

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“We are pleased that the Department of Justice has issued a formal order terminating the anti-weaponization fund. Additionally, the department has acknowledged in a binding written order that the audit settlement is limited to the plaintiffs and the scope does not extend beyond the defendants in the lawsuit, the IRS and the Treasury, addressing concerns that multiple of our Republican colleagues share,” the pair wrote in a statement. “We look forward to voting to advance his nomination out of the Senate judiciary committee soon.”

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The panel is set to vote on Blanche’s nomination on Tuesday.

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On Tuesday, we’ll bring you the latest from Michigan where voters will head to the polls for competitive primaries in Senate and House races.

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The most closely watched competition is the Democratic primary for the US Senate, where congresswoman Haley Stevens is up against former public health official Abdul El-Sayed. They’re vying to ultimately win the seat of outgoing senator Gary Peters in November. The race has now turned into a proxy battle for the future of the Democratic party. Establishment-backed Stevens has received support from party leaders and her race has been buoyed by millions from the pro-Israel lobby. Meanwhile the insurgent El-Sayed has built a strong grassroots movement and is endorsed by progressives lawmakers in the Democratic caucus.

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There are also several competitive House primaries tomorrow –mirroring the same choice in the Senate race – where more moderate Democratic candidates will face off against progressives who reflect the changing face of the party.

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Kay Granger, a former Republican representative, who was the first woman to win a US House seat from Texas, has died at age 83.

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Granger served in the house from 1997-2025, and was the first female chair of the House appropriations committee. Before her role in federal office, she was the first woman elected mayor of Fort Worth, Texas.

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In a tribute on social media, Republican House speaker Mike Johnson said that Granger “broke barriers for women in public service”.

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My colleague Ramon Antonio Vargas previously reported that Granger largely disappeared from the public eye after she announced her plans to retire when her term ended in early 2025.

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Granger’s son later reportedly told the Dallas Morning News that Granger was “having some dementia issues” and had moved into an independent senior living center with a memory care community on the same property. However, he disputed that she was being treated at the memory care community and said she was a resident of the independent living side of the property.

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Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, on Sunday told American parents that they should get their children vaccinated against measles, as the surge in infections has reached numbers not seen in the past 35 years.

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Kennedy, a leading vaccination skeptic who has spent years amplifying misinformation about vaccines, including the shot that protects against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), made his call in the course of a contentious interview with CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning.

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His remark came as the incidence of measles crossed a milestone – the US has now officially recorded 2,371 confirmed infections so far this year, surpassing the total tally in 2025 of 2,289.

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Taken together, the past two years have seen more measles infections in the US than the rest of the 21st century combined. The last time a greater number of measles cases were recorded in a single year was in 1991.

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Kennedy’s statement was extracted from him by Dana Bash, CNN’s host, who invited him to use his “bully pulpit” to talk directly to parents as the new school year approached. She urged him to tell families that they should vaccinate for measles “because it is safe and it will help them save their children’s lives”.

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Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog.

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Acting US attorney general Todd Blanche issued a formal order late on Sunday terminating Donald Trump’s $1.8bn “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies.

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The move follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination to become attorney general.

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While Blanche has repeatedly said publicly that the fund was dead, the justice department had resisted formally confirming that in writing. That had drawn concern from lawmakers that it could be revived in some form, especially after Trump expressed continued support for the idea.

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A spokesperson for Texas Senator John Cornyn, one of the senators holding up Blanche’s nomination, confirmed the agreement. The other GOP senator, North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, did not have immediate comment.

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The announcement comes ahead of a Senate judiciary committee vote on Blanche, which is scheduled for Tuesday.

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“My team and I have met with committee members and Senators over the past several weeks and addressed any concerns or outstanding questions,” Blanche said in a post on X. “We have enjoyed good faith discussions, and as a result issue the following order.”

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The order says that “although the acting attorney general has repeatedly advised Congress through testimony, including under oath, as well as in written responses, that the Fund is not moving forward, and the Department has repeatedly represented to district courts that the Fund is not moving forward, today’s Order officially rescinds the May 18, 2026 Order.”

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The document released by Blanche on Sunday night also limits the scope of another provision of the settlement that provided broad immunity for Trump and members of his family from tax audits. It clarifies that the tax audit immunity agreement “applies only retroactively” to claims open at the time of the settlement and does not protect the president from examination of future tax filings.

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Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, on Sunday told American parents that they should get their children vaccinated against measles, as the surge in infections has reached numbers not seen in the past 35 years. Kennedy, a leading vaccination skeptic who has spent years amplifying misinformation about vaccines, including the shot that protects against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), made his call in the course of a contentious interview with CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning.

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Donald Trump has said he cancelled planned military strikes against Iran on the basis of “rapidly” reaching a deal on its nuclear programme and the full reopening of the strait of Hormuz. The president paused the strikes in expectation of a breakthrough and in response to requests from Iran and other countries in the region, he claimed on his Truth Social platform on Saturday.

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Marcy Kaptur is being treated ⁠for non-life-threatening injuries after a car crash in Toledo, ⁠Ohio, on Sunday, ⁠the Democratic US representative’s office said. Kaptur, 80, was a passenger ⁠in the vehicle and on her way to church, her office ⁠said. Toledo police did not respond to ‌a request from Reuters for ‌comment.

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Republican senator Bernie Moreno on Sunday publicly called for Representative Max Miller, his ex son-in-law, to step down from Congress amid allegations of domestic and child abuse. As recently as Friday, the Ohio senator had avoided giving his opinion directly on accusations made by his daughter, Emily Moreno, against the congressman.

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The family of a Haitian immigrant who froze to death in early March at a bus shelter in Pittsburgh after she was dropped off in the city by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is poised to file a lawsuit this month against the United States and “multiple other governmental and non-governmental entities”, the Guardian has learned.

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Key events

Closing summary

And that brings our live coverage of the second Trump administration to a close for the day. We’ll be back on Tuesday. Here are the latest developments:

Donald Trump declined to call for Rep Max Miller’s resignation following allegations of domestic abuse from his ex-wife, Emily Moreno. Trump said he has always known Miller as “a good person” and called the situation “a very sad thing.”
In an 89-4 vote, the Senate voted to take up a measure that would temporarily keep the government funded and help avoid a shutdown in the fall. The measure, known as a continuing resolution, would maintain government funding at current levels through 11 December, with some adjustments for specific programs. The Senate is slated to debate the funding bill and move it closer to a final vote.
Two Republican senators who threatened to block Todd Blanche’s bid to permanently become US attorney general announced they will advance his nomination after he said in writing that a planned $1.8bn slush fund for Donald Trump’s allies was dead. Legal experts and Democrats said what Blanche announced Sunday was far from ironclad and left room for Trump to resurrect the fund. More here.
A coalition of 25 US states sued the Trump administration over new tariffs pegged at 10% to 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes struck down by the supreme court in February. The states are asking the US Court of International Trade to halt the tariffs, declare them unlawful and order refunds of duties that have already been paid. More here.
Trump accused US attorney Jeanine Pirro of having “folded like an umbrella” amid reports that he was considering removing her from her post. Trump criticized Pirro on Monday after she dropped vandalism charges against a former Olympian accused of damaging the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. More here.

Richard Luscombe

A far-right Republican candidate in Florida’s governor’s race has been accused of stiffing a high school debate champion over the better part of $11,000 in scholarship money she won from a company he founded.

Student Briana Whatley landed the awards as regional and national champion of Incubate Debate, a league-style competition set up by the candidate, James Fishback, to encourage youth to engage in political discourse.

A recording posted to Substack by Fishback in May 2024 shows Whatley, now a second-year history student at Florida State University, accepting a $10,000 check for besting seven other finalists in the 2024 Incubate Debate national championship, adding to two $500 area awards she previously won.

According to Florida Politics, Whatley is suing Fishback for not delivering $8,000 of the money that a letter from the company promised would be paid to her in full on the day she graduated high school in May last year.

Trump administration halts border wall well drilling in New Mexico amid ranchers’ concerns

At a public meeting in July, ranchers said they were noticing unmonitored tapping of border aquifers that threatened the water for those nearby.

A spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection told the AP on Monday that border wall contractors in New Mexico have been instructed to stop drilling new wells.

“CBP is committed to working collaboratively with local landowners to ensure that construction activities do not adversely impact their water needs,” said CBP in a statement.

The US state department is planning to close five foreign missions, reducing its diplomatic footprint in the Caribbean, Asia, Africa and North America, Reuters reports.

According to a notice obtained by the outlet, the department said it plans to close its posts in St. George’s, Grenada; ⁠Nagoya, Japan; Medan, Indonesia; Douala, Cameroon; and Winnipeg, Canada.

The notice, sent to several congressional committees last week, follows similar moves at the beginning of Trump’s second term, when the administration announced plans to close a dozen foreign missions to align with his “America first” agenda.

In an 89-4 vote, the Senate voted to take up a measure that would temporarily keep the government funded and help avoid a shutdown in the fall.

The measure, known as a continuing resolution, would maintain government funding at current levels through 11 December, with some adjustments for specific programs. The Senate is slated to debate the funding bill and move it closer to a final vote.

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A compromise between Todd Blanche and two Republican senators that potentially cleared the way for Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general is weak, Democrats and several experts said, as it makes promises Donald Trump can easily reverse.

Blanche, the acting attorney general, posted two documents on Sunday evening showing he was withdrawing an 18 May order allowing for the creation of a $1.8bn weaponization fund and clarifying that broad tax immunity the justice department granted to Trump only applied retroactively to the president, his sons, and businesses.

The agreement stemmed from a deal worked out with senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, two Republicans who had threatened to block Blanche’s nomination. Cornyn and Tillis said on Monday they would support Blanche when his vote comes up for the Senate judiciary committee Tuesday.

“We are pleased that the Department of Justice has issued a formal order terminating the anti-weaponization fund,” Cornyn and Tillis said. “Additionally, the department has acknowledged in a binding written order that the audit settlement is limited to the plaintiffs and the scope does not extend beyond the defendants in the lawsuit, the IRS and the treasury, addressing concerns that multiple of our Republican colleagues share.”

But legal experts and Democrats said what Blanche announced Sunday was far from ironclad and left room for Trump to resurrect the fund.

“These assurances are not worth the paper they’re written on,” Brandon DeBot, policy director at the Tax Law Center at NYU, said in a statement. “They don’t pull back on the ongoing attempts to give the president, his family, and his affiliates unauthorized immunity from tax audits. They don’t do anything new to stop the president from trying to bring back the fund, as he threatened to this weekend. It’s abundantly clear we need congressional action.”

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Ahead of a vote by the senate judiciary committee on whether to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination to become US attorney general, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer attacked Blanche, saying he has “no intention of stopping Trump’s corruption,” adding that he has instead “spent his career enabling it.”

Amid threats from two Republican senators to block Blanche’s confirmation, Blanche rescinded his establishment of Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund.” John Cornyn and Thom Tillis said they would advance with their nomination.

Addressing this, Schumer said: “Instead of seeing Todd Blanche’s so-called deal for the sham that it is, Senate Republicans are once again taking Trump’s personal attorney at his word.”

“Blanche is still perfectly fine giving Trump a permission slip to commit tax fraud to the tune of millions of dollars,” Schumer added. “Is the GOP willing to go along with it?”

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“The voters in my district prioritized a different issue, and I respect their decision,” Goldman wrote, implying that his pro-Israel stance had been his electoral downfall.

On Sunday, Max Miller’s ex father-in-law and Ohio senator Bernie Moreno issued a public statement against Miller, calling for his resignation.

In his statement, Moreno said that the “last two years have been pure hell for my wife Bridget, our daughter Emily, me, and our entire family in the aftermath of Emily’s divorce.”

Addressing reports of the abuse allegations as well as the public scrunity, Moreno said: “It has been horrific to watch this play out in full public view, all while knowing an innocent two-year-old girl is caught in the middle… Out of concern for the safety of my family, I hoped to keep this matter private but Max Miller’s increasingly erratic and dangerous behavior has made that impossible.”

He went on to join calls of resignation against Miller, saying: “If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them. He should not serve in the House of Representatives. I believe Max Miller needs to seek professional help to end the clear pattern of abuse he has left in his wake. I believe he should not be free to continue endangering others until he does.”

Trump’s refusal to call for Max Miller’s resignation comes amid heightened scrutiny into the Ohio representative’s abuse allegations.

The Republican congressman, 37, who represents Ohio’s seventh congressional district, has denied accusations made by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, and former girlfriend Stephanie Grisham, as he campaigns for re-election. On Sunday, Miller doubled down on his denial, saying: “I’m not getting out of this race, and I’m winning in November.”

Moreno, a conservative policy adviser, shares a two-year-old daughter with Miller. The pair have been engaged in a legal battle over custody of their child since 2024.

In one alleged incident, Miller “took hot water from a pan he had just cooked eggs in and threw it at me”, Moreno testified earlier this year amid a defamation lawsuit Miller filed against her. Moreno has also accused Miller of holding a gun to her head, the New York Times reported. The pair married in 2022.

Separately, Miller’s former girlfriend Grisham, who served as White House press secretary during Donald Trump’s first administration, has also accused him of abuse, an allegation he has denied. Grisham and Miller dated from 2019 to 2020.

In a 2021 Washington Post op-ed, Grisham – without naming Miller – wrote about a relationship that “turned abusive”, and of a former partner who was “physical” with her. Although she did not identify Miller in the article, he said it was widely understood that the op-ed referred to him. She later confirmed she was talking about Miller, according to the Times.

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