Axios: “Efforts to arrest and remove unauthorized immigrants appear most aggressive in five southern states with Democratic-leaning cities, while deeply red, rural states are seeing less activity, according to an Axios analysis. Why it matters: Our review of removal orders, pending deportation cases and agreements between immigration officials and local law enforcement agencies sheds light on where the Trump administration is…

Reuters: “Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation. The remark was made during a briefing by David Richardson, who has led FEMA…

WaPo: “For decades, this storied American city has watched companies come but mostly go, its vacant storefronts and blighted buildings a reminder of its days as a thriving manufacturing hub and the painful decline that followed as those jobs vanished. As Paul Young, the city’s mayor, puts it, Memphis has been “the city people forgot…

Politico: “Six months out from November, Virginia Democrats believe the governor’s race is Abigail Spanberger’s to lose. There’s a risk the former member of Congress could get bogged down by national malaise toward the Democratic Party, and her margins could end up being tight because of the negative Democratic brand…. A sweeping Democratic victory this…

Political Wire: “Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) called for an “end all U.S. military aid to Israel now.” Said Massie: “Nothing can justify the number of civilian casualties (tens of thousands of women and children) inflicted by Israel in Gaza in the last two years.””

Politico: ““Gone are the days when we are the party of bureaucracy, multi-year studies, panels and college debate club rules,” Moore said in a speech before party insiders at the South Carolina Democrats Blue Palmetto Dinner. “We must be the party of action.” South Carolina has a track record of vaulting Democratic primary winners to…

Futurism: “Needless to say, that’s wildly inappropriate and unacceptable. As 404 Media reports, Stone has now resigned from his position after a damning letter aired the allegations, which involved — apologies in advance — a phallic asteroid used as a sexual implement, like some sort of grotesque riff on a Chuck Tingle book. According to a letter sent by Texas’ first assistant attorney…

Politico: “A congressional watchdog office has found reason to believe that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick requested community project funding, also known as earmarks, on behalf of a for-profit entity — a potential violation of House rules. The findings of a new report made public Thursday by the Office of Congressional Conduct — which reviews outside ethics complaints against House members,…

Clarion Ledger: “What else can we expect from a man who said in 2021 that he was glad he was elected president because now “I have so many rich friends and nobody knows who they are”? We need to make clear how a man like this has become the American President: the aristocratic impulse has…

TX Tribune: “A bill that would ban all products containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk after the Senate late Sunday approved the House version of the bill advanced by the lower chamber last week. If the measure avoids Abbott’s veto pen, Texas’ $8 billion hemp industry and its estimated 50,000 jobs would be…