Today's Top Headlines:
- Ken Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to expel 13 House Democrats over redistricting standoff (The Texas Tribune): https://tinyurl.com/272cb3r9
- Texas AG says he's filed suit to remove 13 absent state Democrats from office in redistricting fight (ABC News): https://tinyurl.com/2ax6vrtw
- UC says Trump demand for $1-billion fine would ‘completely devastate’ university system (Los Angeles Times): https://tinyurl.com/29d3wbcn
- Get ready for an active mid-August in the Atlantic (Yale Climate Connections): https://tinyurl.com/2a3rqbag
- Trump fires IRS commissioner, Bessent named acting head (CNBC): https://tinyurl.com/23wgdppl
- Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 mission, dies at 97 (ABC News): https://tinyurl.com/28jr67aq
- President Trump taps federal law enforcement agencies to police Washington, D.C. (NPR): https://tinyurl.com/2cnj6gcf
- Trump fires IRS commissioner, Bessent named acting head (Reuters): https://tinyurl.com/256tk5fn
- Which members of Congress are at risk from redistricting (Axios): https://tinyurl.com/2bm9eebm
- James A. Lovell Jr., Commander of Apollo 13, Is Dead at 97 (The New York Times): https://tinyurl.com/29ormh6u