Judge Blocks Trump Admin's Limits On Public Servant Loan ForgivenessA federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration's efforts to limit a popular student loan forgiveness program created for public servants, just a day before new restrictions were set to begin. U.S. District Judge Myong J. Joun ruled the administration could not enforce new eligibility requirements for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, which cancels the student loan debts of government and nonprofit employees after 10 years of service and 120 monthly payments. Joun wrote in his ruling that the new policy "is contrary to law and promulgated in excess of statutory authority, is arbitrary and capricious, and violates the First Amendment."In changing the eligibility policy, the administration had hoped to give the education secretary the power to disqualify employers from the program if they had a “substantial illegal purpose.”NPR Reporter Explains What Led To False Report About Alito's RetirementVeteran NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg explained what led the outlet to publish an incorrect report claiming that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. Speaking on "All Things Considered" Tuesday, Totenberg said she had misheard a comment about retirement announcements from the court and mistakenly assumed Alito was retiring. "It was the worst professional mistake of my more than 50 years in journalism," Totenberg wrote in an apology note to Alito, which she read aloud on air. "I could go on, but I don't know what else to say, except that I am so, so sorry.""We in the press corps always want people to own up to their mistakes, and they most of the time don't, so I'm not going to do that," she added.Totenberg was joined by NPR editor-in-chief Thomas Evans, who took partial blame for publishing the false report, adding that the outlet was reviewing its processes for posting breaking news. "We are trying to be a nimble news organization during breaking news and still be correct at all times, and this is something that we should learn from and go back and figure out where we could do better and be better," he said. Trump: Republicans Will Hold Midterm Convention In DallasTrump announced Tuesday that Republicans will hold their first-ever midterm convention in Dallas in September."BIG NEWS!" Trump posted on Truth Social. "For the first time ever, the Republican Party will hold a MIDTERM CONVENTION. It will be in Dallas, Texas — One of my favorite places in the World. It will be fantastic! It has never been done before, and will be a truly Historic Event."Rep. Ogles Introduces Bill That Would Prevent Pregnant Migrants From Entering U.S.Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) introduced a new bill Tuesday that would prevent pregnant women who are non-U.S. citizens from entering the country."I will not allow SCOTUS to denigrate American sovereignty," Ogles posted on X. Congress can overrule their decision by passing my Anchors Away Act."Ogles was referring to Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling that upholds birthright citizenship in a blow to President Donald Trump's ongoing quest to make the country less diverse.Under Ogles' bill, pregnant women must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder to enter the U.S."What this bill does, is if you are a pregnant woman, you can't come into this country," Ogles said in an attached video. "You've got to be a citizen to be here, you've got to be a green card holder. So if you're pregnant and you don't have one of those statuses, no admittance allowed."Trump's Mount Rushmore Fireworks Show Could Trigger Fires Amid DroughtExperts have expressed concern that President Donald Trump's Mount Rushmore fireworks celebration for July 4th could start fires amid an ongoing drought.“Fireworks at Mount Rushmore is a terrible idea,” Jay Davis, chair of the Sierra Club’s South Dakota chapter, told Politico. “We are enduring a serious drought.”During his first term in 2020, Trump overturned an 11-year-old National Park Service ban on fireworks at Mount Rushmore. He also plans to launch thousands of fireworks in the nation's capitol.“To conclude the program, and commemorate this Historic Occasion, I will be launching, what will be, the LARGEST FIREWORKS SHOW IN HISTORY, right here in our Nation’s Capital," Trump posted on Truth Social earlier this month.Mike Johnson's 'Save America Act' Plan BackfiresMore than a dozen House Republicans on Tuesday voted against House Speaker Mike Johnson's scheme to pass President Donald Trump's proposed election reforms. Johnson (R-La.) tried attaching the "Save America Act" to a defense bill, but it didn't work, with more than 14 Republicans joining all Democrats in opposing a procedural measure to set up an eventual final vote on the combined bill and other Republican priorities. "We had a handful of Republicans who voted against advancing that. They also, as you know, by consequence, also voted against the Save America Act," Johnson told reporters as he returned to his office from the House floor. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), who has led the opposition among Republicans to Johnson's plan, said she disliked how Johnson was attaching the Save America Act to the defense bill instead of inserting the text of the Save America Act directly into the National Defense Authorization Act. "HOUSE GOP LEADERSHIP SHOULD allow an AMENDMENT to ATTACH VOTER ID + PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP or SAVE America to the ACTUAL TEXT of NDAA," Luna said Tuesday on social media. The thing is, it doesn't really matter how the House passes the Save America Act —there's practically no chance the Senate will accept it. The upper chamber has already voted on the Save America Act twice and it's not come close to the 60 votes it needs. Speaker Johnson met with Trump at the White House last week, prompting the president to ask House Republicans not to vote against procedural measures, but the message was apparently not convincing. The president himself, after all, still insists Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) ought to somehow force the Senate to accept the Save America Act despite the lack of support. "A small group of Republicans don't want the Republican agenda to move forward," Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) told HuffPost. "I don't blame them for being upset at the Senate but their solution is to stop Republican bills from moving forward, which I think is not the right solution." Nevertheless, Johnson said the House would try again to approve his plans for the legislation and then vote on the bills this week instead of sending everybody home in the face of obvious gridlock. FDA Says ZYN Can Market Its Nicotine Pouches As Less Harmful Than CigarettesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced ZYN can market its nicotine pouches as being less harmful than smoking cigarettes.“Using ZYN instead of cigarettes puts you at a lower risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis," the new risk modification claim will read. The FDA announced the change Tuesday, saying that marketing the new claim will "benefit the population as a whole."Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has previously advocated for nicotine pouches, saying it's probably the "safest" way to consume nicotine. NPR Explains How They Mistakenly Reported Justice Alito Was RetiringThomas Evans, NPR's editor-in-chief, explained what happened Tuesday when NPR published an article erroneously reporting that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, before then taking it down.Evans called it a "misunderstanding," saying NPR's Nina Totenberg "incorrectly reported" that Alito had retired. As soon as the error was realized, NPR took down the story from its website and issued an on-air correction.Evans said Totenberg will appear on "All Things Considered" to explain what happened and has reached out to Alito to apologize. Key MomentTrump Says Congress Should End Birthright Citizenship After Supreme Court Ruling“The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary! Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support!”Read more here:SCOTUS Agrees To Hear Argument Over Second Amendment And Semiautomatic WeaponsThe Supreme Court will hear arguments in its next term over whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a semiautomatic gun.The case, Viramontes v. Cook County, was originally filed in 2021 after the plaintiffs weren't allowed to buy AR-15-style weapons because of an ordinance in Cook County. The plaintiffs said they want to purchase semiautomatic weapons for self-defense. Key MomentLeBron James Has Told The Lakers He Will Play Elsewhere: ReportLeBron James will not play for the LA Lakers this season, according to ESPN. After there was speculation of retirement, James, 41, has decided to continue to play. The Golden State Warriors are reportedly looking to add James to their roster for the upcoming season. Tom Kean Finally Explains His Absence From WashingtonWASHINGTON ― Rep. Tom Kean (R-N.J.) on Tuesday finally revealed the health problem that’s kept him from the Capitol for nearly four months: depression.In a speech on the House floor, Kean said he was hospitalized for depression and followed his doctors’ advice to remain hospitalized.Read more here: Sean Astin Delivers Moving Speech About The Dangers Of AI For ActorsActor and SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin spoke out against AI during a House hearing Tuesday, saying it's threatening actors work."Every human being should remain the author of their own existence," Astin said. "Reality should remain verifiable."Astin spoke at a hearing titled "A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40," hosted by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, which is covering AI, piracy, and more. WATCH: Trump's Birthright Plans Busted!The Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional.NPR Retracts Story Falsely Stating Alito Is RetiringNPR has retracted a story it published earlier on Tuesday falsely stating that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring."This story has been taken down. It was published in error," an editor's note posted on the outlet's website reads.The article that was posted on NPR's website at 10:51 a.m. originally attributed the news to an announcement by the Supreme Court. But a spokesperson for the high court made clear the now-deleted story has no merit."NPR's reporting regarding Justice Alito is inaccurate," spokesperson Patricia McCabe said in a statement. "And their reporting that there was any kind of court statement is inaccurate."NAACP Applauds SCOTUS Rejecting Trump 'Assault' On Birthright CitizenshipThe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) welcomed the Supreme Court tossing President Donald Trump's attempts to undermine birthright citizenship.“Trump’s attempted assault on the 14th Amendment was dealt a major blow today,” said Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP. “For over 150 years, the 14th Amendment has guaranteed citizenship to everyone born in this country. Today, the Court rightly rejected efforts to undermine that core protection and instead upheld a principle that is essential to our democracy.”The 14th Amendment states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the States wherein they reside.” WATCH: Why Trans Sports Bans Solve NothingToday's Supreme Court ruling that Title IX permits transgender girls and women to be barred from sports follows a worldwide pattern of exclusion.In March, the International Olympic Committee announced it would block transgender women from competing in future Games. HuffPost spoke with trans athlete and activist Grace McKenzie about the dangers of these kinds of bans.Trump Celebrates SCOTUS Decision On Campaign Finance Rules: 'BIG WIN FOR REPUBLICANS'President Donald Trump celebrated the Supreme Court's ruling to undo a law that limited political parties' spending in coordination with a candidate."The Supreme Court just took restrictions off political spending," Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social. "A BIG WIN FOR REPUBLICANS and, more importantly, The First Amendment!"'BIG WIN': Trump Celebrates SCOTUS Ruling On Trans Sports BanPresident Donald Trump took a victory lap after a Supreme Court ruling that upholds state laws banning trans girls’ and women’s participation in female school sports.“BIG WIN,” he wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday. “The United States Supreme Court just RULED AGAINST MEN PLAYING IN WOMEN’S SPORTS. Wow! That takes that ridiculous situation off the table!!!”Speaker Johnson Reacts To Supreme Court's Decision On Birthright CitizenshipHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) reacted almost immediately to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold birthright citizenship, saying the 14th amendment has been "grossly abused.""I need to read the opinion," Johnson told reporters Tuesday after one of them read the news out loud. "You could say that's a textualist, originalist view. However, I do think this has been grossly abused in recent years."He said "birthing tourism" has become a "trend, where people just come on to the soil and have their child and then they're able to avail themselves of the welfare state and everything else."He added: "I'm very disappointed in that outcome. I think it subjects the country to serious challenges going forward."Attorneys For Trans Student-Athletes Slam SCOTUS Ruling As ‘Deeply Harmful'The Supreme Court's ruling supporting states' bans on transgender athletes is "deeply harmful" and strips equality from all women and girls, attorneys for transgender athletes said in a statement."This ruling is deeply harmful for transgender women and girls who only asked for the ability to participate in sports with their peers," said Sasha Buchert, senior attorney and director of the Non-Binary and Transgender Rights Project, Lambda Legal."This is a heartbreaking ruling for our clients and transgender girls like them who've asked for nothing more than the same opportunities afforded to their peers,” said Joshua Block, senior counsel for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Rights Project. "It is profoundly unfair to deny a young person the benefits of teamwork and dedication because of who they are," Kelly O’Neill, Legal Voice’s Idaho attorney, said . "We should be removing barriers for girls and women in sports, not creating new ones."