The House of Representatives voted to memorialize a young girl from Texas killed by illegal immigrants last year. The Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, now named the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge, will be permanent.

Severe storms swept through New Jersey and New York on Monday, unleashing torrential rains that caused flash flooding, closed subways, and turned deadly for the second time this month. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency, warning residents to stay indoors as rainfall reached more than two inches per hour in some areas.

A California State University professor has been arrested for allegedly assaulting federal agents during a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on a cannabis farm suspected of exploiting illegal labor and children. Jonathan Anthony Caravello, a math professor at CSU Channel Islands, is accused of throwing a tear gas canister at ICE agents in the middle of a violent protest.

Apple has announced a deal with MP Minerals to support the production of rare-earth minerals to be used in smartphones and other devices.

A Colorado district attorney is facing backlash and an active recall effort after announcing plans to drop attempted kidnapping charges against a convicted sex offender deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial. The case centers on Solomon Galligan, 33, who was arrested in April for allegedly trying to abduct an 11-year-old boy from Black Forest Hills Elementary School in Aurora.

A New York county clerk has again rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to enforce a $113,000 civil judgment against a New York doctor accused of violating Texas abortion laws. The move highlights a growing legal standoff between red and blue states in the post-Roe era.

U.S. dairy farms have pledged to remove artificial dyes from their products by the beginning of 2028.

North Carolina could lose nearly 1,000 education jobs and over $165 million in federal funding as the Trump administration reviews $6 billion in grants for alignment with new executive priorities. Attorney General Jeff Jackson, alongside Gov. Josh Stein and Superintendent Mo Green, joined a multistate lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration to stop the review, calling it disruptive and politically motivated.