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1 Supreme Court Allows Immigration Stops In Los Angeles To Resume
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to resume sweeping immigration enforcement stops in the Los Angeles area, lifting a district court's temporary restraining order that had blocked such operations. The high court froze the order that prevented federal immigration authorities from stopping people without reasonable suspicion that they are in the U.S. unlawfully. The restraining order had specifically barred officials from relying solely on factors like race, speaking Spanish, being at certain locations like bus stops, or the type of work as grounds for detention. The legal challenge originated when three men in the U.S. illegally were arrested while working as day laborers at a donut shop in Pasadena in mid-June. They, along with two U.S. citizens and four organizations, sued claiming Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents violated Fourth Amendment rights by conducting "indiscriminate immigration operations." U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong had found a "mountain of evidence" that roving patrols were stopping people without reasonable suspicion. The Trump administration estimates 2 million of the greater LA area's nearly 20 million residents are in the country illegally.
2 House Oversight Committee Says It Has Epstein Documents
The GOP-led House Oversight Committee says it has obtained documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, including the controversial "birthday book" that allegedly contains a letter from President Trump for Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003. Ranking Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia posted a photo on social media that Democrats claim shows Trump's page from the birthday book. Trump has denied writing the letter, calling it "fake," and has filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal for reporting on the letter's existence. The White House is denying that the signature shown in the image is Trump's. White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich and press secretary Karoline Leavitt both rejected the authenticity of the signature, with Leavitt saying Trump's legal team will continue pursuing litigation against the Wall Street Journal. Vice President JD Vance called the document release "another fake scandal" and compared it to "Russiagate," claiming Democrats don't actually care about Epstein's victims but only want to smear Trump.
3 Economists Expected A Major Jobs Revision Downward Today
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will publish its annual benchmark revision today, and it could reveal the economy added nearly 800,000 fewer jobs over the past year than previously reported. That drops average monthly job growth to around 100,000 instead of 165,000. Many economists say the labor market has been slowing thanks to rising tariff costs and the adoption of AI to replace workers, and this revision may confirm the trend. The weaker data may prompt the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates next week, perhaps by half a point, to support the economy.