At the Ankara NATO summit, Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen told leaders Greenland "is of course not for sale" after President Trump revived calls for U.S. control. The row clouded a meeting meant to show rising European defense spending.

Karla Silvestre declared victory in a razor‑thin Montgomery County at‑large primary, edging Fatmata Barrie by roughly 1,175 votes in a race decided as mail‑in and provisional ballots were tallied.

Chicago's ethics committee advanced an ordinance to bar city employees and elected officials from using nonpublic information to bet on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.

A D.C. lawsuit alleges U.S. officials shared confidential asylum applications for Iranians with Tehran; plaintiffs want the practice stopped and an independent monitor appointed.

The D.C. Council meets Tuesday at 11 a.m. to take up the season’s final budget votes; agenda and livestream details are posted by the Council.

At a Trump Accounts rollout the president joked that nominating Sen. Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court would win unanimous Senate support because senators want him out.

CME swapped out Jenner & Block after the firm moved to withdraw from its D.C. lawsuit against the CFTC, and Zuckerman Spaeder’s Aitan Goelman has appeared for CME. The change comes as the case targets the agency’s approval of perpetual crypto futures.

Salem says new DHS/FEMA grant terms that bar DEI and demand immigration cooperation threaten more than $1M in storm-recovery funding and could stall urgent repairs.

Michael Alfonso, Secretary Sean Duffy’s son-in-law, has Trump’s endorsement and seven-figure outside support, but longtime northern Wisconsin Republicans are publicly split.

A small lunchtime protest in Madison used a decommissioned ambulance to dramatize what organizers say are early harms from H.R.1 to BadgerCare and FoodShare.

Trump posted photos calling the Lincoln Reflecting Pool “crystal clear” and pushed for arrests as federal investigators move on alleged vandalism and NPS prepares repairs.

As DOGE sunsets, OMB says no final tally — leaving a disputed $215B claim, sweeping workforce cuts and a messy legal hangover for agencies and communities.

The Justice Department told a Brooklyn federal judge its May decision to abandon the Adani indictment was legally sound, listing jurisdictional and evidentiary reasons. The court has asked prosecutors for a fuller explanation by July 13.