Trump Administration Overstepped In Effort To Ban Soda From Nutrition Program, Judge RulesA federal judge determined that Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and the department she oversees do not have the authority to implement changes to the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program that would ban recipients from using it to buy soda.Judge Amy Berman Jackson noted in her ruling that the statute Rollins cited as giving her the authority to make the change does nothing of the sort.As a result, Jackson mused, “the Secretary purports to waive not just a mere administrative or technical obstacle, but the very definition of ‘food’ as it was laid down by Congress.”The judge also observed that Rollins failed to give proper notice of the program changes. Regulations require a minimum of 30 days' notice before implementation, which Rollins did not do.However, Jackson also went out of her way to emphasize the ruling doesn’t concern the merits of the policy.“The Court’s analysis should not be taken as a comment on whether the pilot projects are a good idea or not,” Jackson wrote. “That is a question of policy that is not before the Court.”Regardless of the government’s intent, “what they cannot do is violate the law and their own regulations along the way," Jackson said.Latest Live UpdatesAuthorities Arrest 2 More Suspects In Alleged Planned Attack On Trump's UFC FightTwo more people in Missouri and Washington state have been arrested in connection with what authorities say was a planned attack targeting President Donald Trump’s UFC cage-fighting show at the White House earlier this month.Law enforcement officials disrupted the plan a few days before the June 14 White House event, according to court documents.Read more from The Associated Press:Newest Trump Excuse For Reflecting Pool Disaster Is By Far His Wildest YetWith the paint peeling and the water turning green, President Donald Trump has been on the defensive lately over his $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.Over the weekend, he attempted to redirect the increasingly spiraling media narrative surrounding the renovations by claiming the woes befalling the Reflecting Pool were the result of “vandalism.” Trump made this assertion without evidence, and on Monday doubled down on the rhetoric, while taking some pot shots at his predecessor’s handling of the monument.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump claimed that the supposed vandals “went in there with a knife.” “We have 100, and we have a, I think, 290, 300-foot slit right through it, probably a box cutter or a knife of some kind. We had people lifting up the basic, some of the bays. It’s not a lot of damage, but we’ll probably have to let the water out and re-fix it,” Trump said. “They went in there with a knife. I was just told by the, by the people over at Parks (National Park Service), they have five people are arrested and five people are under investigation right now, and it’s a sad thing.”Read more here: Pulte Starts Making Cuts At Office Of Director Of National Intelligence: ReportsBill Pulte, the new Acting Director of National Intelligence, has begun firing staffers in the office, according to reports from CNN and NBC, which respectively cited an anonymous source familiar with the matter. “The deep state firings have begun,” a source told both outlets without specifying how many cuts were being made. Previously, President Donald Trump had urged Pulte to conduct the firings, arguing that the office was too large. According to The New York Times, current and former officials have said that the cuts could affect as many as several hundred employees. Earlier Monday, two Democrats warned Pulte against proceeding with the firings and raised concerns that they could make the U.S. more vulnerable to national security risks. Read more from CNN: Americans Aboard Cruise Ship With Hantavirus Outbreak Finish 6-Week Quarantine In NebraskaAll Americans who were aboard a cruise ship linked to a Hantavirus outbreak have finished a 6-week quarantine with no additional cases in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 18 U.S. passengers disembarked from the M/V Hondius cruise ship in May and were flown to the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for a 42-day monitoring period.Several American passengers disembarked and returned to the U.S. before the outbreak was identified. They were monitored by their state and local health departments for a 42-day period that ended on June 6, and no cases were detected, the CDC reported.The Andes virus, the Hantavirus type responsible for the outbreak, can cause Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which may be life-threatening.Second Nancy Guthrie Note Said She Had Died: ReportsA second note regarding Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance said that the 84-year-old had died, per ABC and NBC News, which cited anonymous sources. The message, delivered to media outlets following Guthrie’s disappearance this past winter, differed significantly from another ransom note sent earlier, according to Jessica Bobula, the news director at a local TV station that received both messages.The second note said that Guthrie had died after her abduction and was buried in nature, sources told ABC News. It did not ask for payment or provide an apology, NBC reported.Read more from NBC News:A Cold Storage Warehouse Fire In Los Angeles Has Been Burning For 6 DaysLos Angeles firefighters are on their sixth day of battling a fire at a massive warehouse near downtown that stores frozen food.Smoke has billowed from the warehouse, which was covered in solar panels and insulated like a freezer, filling the air surrounding the roughly 500,000-square-foot facility.Read more from The Associated Press:Coast Guard Helicopter Crashes On A Training Mission In Alaska, Injuring 4 Crew MembersFour crew members were injured Monday when a Coast Guard helicopter crashed during a routine training flight in Alaska.It wasn’t immediately clear how seriously they were hurt, but no one died in the crash, the Coast Guard said in a statement.Read more from The Associated Press:See Photos Of Kennedy Center Facade After Trump's Name Was Removed: Washington PostImages obtained by The Washington Post offer a glimpse of the Kennedy Center’s facade after President Donald Trump’s name was taken down roughly a week ago.Crews removed the letters following a court order directing the performing arts facility to do so, but tarps and scaffolding have obscured the view of the change for days. See the photos from The Washington Post here: Senate Passes Bipartisan Housing Bill Aimed At Increasing Supply And Lowering PricesThe Senate passed a bipartisan housing bill on Monday that aims to reduce federal regulations and expand local control, one of the most sweeping efforts in recent decades to increase supply and bring down prices.The bill, which passed 85-5 and now heads to the House, has been the focus of intense negotiations in recent weeks as lawmakers in both parties try to address housing costs in an election year. The final version of the legislation bans corporate investors from buying single-family homes but doesn’t include a Senate provision that would have required investors to sell newly constructed homes within seven years.Read more from The Associated Press:FDA: 11,000+ Bottles Of Prescription Blood Pressure Medicine Recalled NationwideMore than 11,000 bottles of a popular prescription blood pressure medication have been recalled nationwide, according to an FDA report. India-based drug manufacturer Inventia Healthcare Limited issued a recall for Chlorthalidone tablets, which are used to treat high blood pressure and reduce fluid retention. The FDA report lists "a dissolution failure" as the reason for the recall, meaning the medication failed to break down properly, which could affect absorption. The June 5 recall applies to 11,460 bottles distributed nationwide.See All Updates