WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service shoots person near the White House, bystander also shot, law enforcement official says.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement responding to report of shots fired near White House.

Trump's slush fund isn't required to reveal how it actually works: Decisions made by the admin's handpicked panel members will be irreversible — with no appeal process — and not subject to any judicial oversight.

The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index fell sharply to a new all-time low in May, at 44.8, from 49.8 in April. It plunged to levels not seen in data collected consistently since the late 1970s.

FLAG: The Trump Justice Department is now acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection — calling the information about the prosecutions "partisan propaganda" (it is not).

This is a real AI-generated video just posted by both Trump and the White House online.

Trump's election-security czar — who himself is an election denier — sought last year to ban voting machines used in more than half of U.S. states by asking whether the Commerce Dept. could declare their components national-security risks. He wants a national system of hand-counted paper ballots.

Rep. Jamie Raskin tears into Trump's slush fund: "Every part of this farce is an affront to the Constitution. It usurps both the exclusive power of Congress to legislate programs and spend money and the power of the courts to decide specific cases and controversies. "It is, quite simply, a scam."

Reuters: U.S. JUDGE DISMISSES INDICTMENT AGAINST SALVADORAN MIGRANT KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA - COURT FILING

Trump just announced online that he's not going to his son Don Jr.'s wedding this weekend.

BREAKING: MS NOW confirms: Tulsi Gabbard is resigning as Director of National Intelligence.

Fox poll: 71% of registered voters disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy 76% disapprove of Trump's handling of inflation 61% disapprove of trump's overall job performance 77% say the economy is in bad shape 51% say their family's finances are worse now than two years ago

Two Supreme Court justices — Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh — are at the White House for the swearing in of Trump's new Fed Chair.

Outside the final taping of 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,' New Yorkers protested: "Keep Colbert, fire Trump!" Earlier in the day, a message in chalk was scrawled on the street: "Thank you Stephen and fuck you CBS and Donald Trump."

Jim Acosta is arguing he should be eligible for the Trump DOJ's so-called "anti-weaponization" fund — given Trump revoked his press pass in his first term. "As a result of this sustained government effort to destroy my career, I hereby submit my claim."

The national average for a gallon of gas: $4.56.

FLAG: Federal judges in Maine and Wisconsin just dismissed lawsuits filed by the Trump Justice Department seeking to compel the states to hand over detailed voter registration information.

BREAKING: Mitch McConnell just slammed the Trump slush fund: "So the nation's top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops? Utterly stupid, morally wrong – Take your pick."

The tobacco company Reynolds American donated $5 million to a super PAC backed by Trump last month, about one week before his admin rolled out a new policy that could prove lucrative to the tobacco industry. Days later, a top executive at Reynolds had lunch with Trump at his club.

Trump just said he will "try" to make Don Jr.'s wedding this weekend, but the timing is "not good." "He'd like me to go." "I'm in the midst — I said, 'You know, this is not good timing for me. I have a thing called Iran and other things.'"

BREAKING on MS NOW: Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy say there will NOT be a vote today on the GOP reconciliation bill following a two hour meeting with Acting AG Todd Blanche. This comes after a growing number of Republicans express concern about the Trump slush fund and ballroom funding.

Rep. Jamie Raskin is introducing legislation to block the Trump slush fund. The bill would bar the use of any federal funds to back the settlement and would also create new restrictions on payouts generally — including barring anyone convicted of rioting at the Capitol from receiving funds.

Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick told reporters he "100%" wants to prevent the Trump slush fund from moving forward. "Once we get to the bottom of the source of the funding, we're going to put legislative text together. We got to figure out what we have jurisdiction over."

A federal judge has ordered White House personnel to continue complying with the Presidential Records Act after the Trump Justice Department argued in a legal opinion last month that the law was "unconstitutional" and that Trump has the authority to destroy presidential records from his term.

Quinnipiac poll: Just 33% of voters approve of the way Trump is handling the economy and 64% disapprove — the lowest approval on the economy Trump has received in either of his terms as president.

BREAKING: Sen. Ed Markey calls for Trump's impeachment.

A Tennessee man who was jailed for 37 days over a Facebook post he shared after the killing of Charlie Kirk just agreed to a $835,000 settlement with the sheriff's office that detained him. In the posts, Larry Bushart shared memes that accused Turning Point USA of perpetrating hate.

During a Judiciary hearing, Rep. Jamie Raskin moved to subpoena individuals involved in the Trump slush fund: Todd Blanche Associate AG Stanley Woodward Scott Bessent IRS Chief Frank Bisignano Treasury General Counsel Brian Morrissey Jim Jordan said a vote would be held at the end of the hearing.

Trump is now attacking the Senate Parliamentarian — by name — online after she rejected the $1 billion Republicans included in their reconciliation bill for Trump's ballroom.

BREAKING: Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, two law enforcement officers who clashed with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, have sued to block the Trump 'slush fund'. They're asking a federal judge to find the creation of the fund illegal and reverse any transfers that Treasury has made to DOJ to implement it.

Trump's $1.8 billion slush fund just got its first applicant: Ex-Trump admin official Michael Caputo is requesting $2.7 million — claiming he was the target of "political weaponization" after the Justice Department investigated his potential Russia ties.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Democratic nomination for governor in Georgia.

The key House Republican who demanded the Trump Justice Department release the Epstein files just lost his re-election bid after Trump campaigned against him.

The top lawyer at the Treasury Department stepped down in the wake of the creation of that $1.8 billion 'slush fund' that could soon be making payments to Trump's political allies — and reportedly even Jan. 6 insurrectionists, according to three people familiar with the move.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ed Gallrein wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District, beating incumbent Thomas Massie.

Reuters: U.S. SENATE ADVANCES MEASURE THAT WOULD END U.S. IRAN STRIKES UNLESS APPROVED BY CONGRESS

JD Vance just refused to rule out giving IRS slush fund payments to Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

NYT just confirmed: In the one-page document signed by Todd Blanche and quietly posted on DOJ's website, officials vowed not to pursue any matters — including those involving Trump's tax returns — that are currently pending. tinyurl.com/ycy9xpfz

BREAKING: The Trump Justice Department has expanded the just-announced settlement of Trump's IRS lawsuit to include a pledge that the IRS will no longer pursue *any* claims it may have against Trump, his family members, and his companies over unpaid taxes.

BREAKING: Acting AG Todd Blanche dodges multiple questions on who would qualify for the Trump DOJ's $1.8 billion slush fund. Asked specifically about Jan. 6 insurrectionists, Blanche refused to rule them out, only saying: "Anybody in this country is eligible to apply."

LONDON (AP) - Police in the UK say they are investigating two allegations of historic child sex abuse following Epstein file release.

Breaking NOTUS: Trump pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune to fire the Senate parliamentarian after she ruled Republicans could not include funding for the ballroom in a budget bill, two sources familiar with the request told NOTUS.

The New York Times has filed a second lawsuit challenging the Defense Department's effort to restrict the press' access to the Pentagon — arguing a requirement that reporters are accompanied by official escorts inside the building is unconstitutional.

Democrats have now opened up an 11-point lead on the generic congressional ballot, 50% to 39%, on the new NYT/Siena poll.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota prosecutor charges an ICE officer with assault in a nonfatal shooting during Trump's immigration crackdown.

Reuters: U.S. JURY FINDS OPENAI, CEO SAM ALTMAN NOT LIABLE TO ELON MUSK FOR STRAYING FROM CHARITABLE MISSION, BECAUSE MUSK WAITED TOO LONG TO SUE

BREAKING: It's official. The Trump DOJ just confirmed the creation of a $1.776 billion slush fund that can be used to pay Trump allies who claim they've been wrongfully targeted by the Biden admin's ‘weaponization' — including, reportedly, Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

CBS poll: 76% of Americans are concerned about their personal finances 29% say the economy is good 65% say Trump's policies are making the U.S. economy worse in the short term 38% are frustrated with the Trump admin's approach to the economy, another 32% are angry

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump moves to withdraw $10B lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service amid reports of resolution.

James Comey tells NBC he has "complete faith in our judicial system" as he faces a federal case over that seashell photo. "It's the genius of our founders. It's frankly the only leg of our three-legged stool that is still standing in the U.S. government, but it's standing tall and straight."