Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
Supreme Court ended limits on L.A. immigration stopsThe Supreme Court announced today that it had lifted a federal judge’s order prohibiting government agents from making indiscriminate immigration-related stops in the Los Angeles area. The judge had ordered the Trump administration not to rely on factors such as race, language or presence at a day-labor site in deciding whom to stop and question. The Supreme Court did not explain its rationale for halting the order, though Justice Brett Kavanaugh argued that while a factor like ethnicity is not by itself a permissible reason to stop someone, it can be a consideration in combination with other factors. All three of the court’s liberal members dissented. “We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish and appears to work a low-wage job,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote. The ruling is not the last word in the case, which is pending before a federal appeals court and may again reach the justices. For more on immigration: Local sheriffs are turning their jails into ICE detention centers. In other Trump administration news:
The government of France collapsedThe government of François Bayrou, France’s centrist prime minister, collapsed today after just nine months. Once unusual, the collapse of French governments has become close to mundane. Bayrou was the country’s fourth prime minister in 20 months. He lost a confidence motion in Parliament that he had called to confront France’s ballooning debt. The far right party led by Marine Le Pen and a group of left and far-left parties rejected Bayrou’s ideas, including a freeze on welfare payments and the elimination of two national holidays. Le Pen suggested cutting spending on immigrants instead.
States are battling over abortion shield lawsThe attorneys general of New York and Texas have entered a constitutional showdown over a deeply fraught issue of states’ rights: Whether states must honor one another’s abortion laws. At the center of the fight are abortion shield laws, which protect health care providers who prescribe abortion pills by telemedicine and send them to patients in states with bans. Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, announced today that she would defend the state’s shield law against a lawsuit filed by Texas against a New York doctor. The challenge is expected to wind up in the Supreme Court.
The Murdoch succession fight is overThe family of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch announced today that the eldest son, Lachlan Murdoch, had completed a deal to secure control of the family’s empire for decades to come. Under the agreement, three of Lachlan’s siblings, Prue, Liz and James, are set to each receive $1.1 billion for their shares in the family business. The deal will ensure that the media outlets controlled by the family, including Fox News, The New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, will remain conservative after Rupert’s death. More top news
Inside Iran Over 12 days of war in June, more than 1,000 Iranians were killed in Israeli attacks. Now, a fragile calm has returned. My colleagues Declan Walsh and Nanna Heitmann were granted rare journalist visas and spent a week reporting from Tehran. In the video above, Declan gives us a look inside the capital.
It’s football seasonA new N.F.L. season is underway, which for millions of Americans means that almost every weekend between now and February will include a hefty dose of football. With Week 1 wrapping up tonight in Chicago and one classic in the books — the Bills’ exciting comeback against the Ravens last night — here’s what we’ve learned. To receive the latest football news throughout the season, sign up for The Athletic's Scoop City newsletter. For more: See how Carrie Underwood customizes each week’s rendition of “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night.”
Will audiences turn out for ‘One Battle After Another’?With Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” Warner Bros. is making an expensive bet on an auteur project that touches on white supremacy and countercultural Black revolution. The film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Regina Hall, arrives in theaters later this month. Our Hollywood reporter Kyle Buchanan talked to the cast about how they expected audiences to react to such a politically charged movie.
Dinner table topics
Cook: These corn quesadillas are a satisfying meal for the end of summer. Watch: Here are the best movies and TV shows coming to Netflix this month. Read: Answer these four questions, and leave with a thriller picked for you. Snack: Greek yogurt is loaded with nutrients. |
