The tension between the state of Texas and the federal government over the border escalated on Thursday when the Texas National Guard seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, denying entry to federal authorities. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/texas-national-guard-shelby-park-eagle-pass-border-patrol-1234945639/

NEW: The Supreme Court will decide whether states can choose what kind of emergency medical care women can receive — and if they can block hospitals from providing life-saving abortions to patients in danger. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/supreme-court-states-emergency-abortion-1234945425/

Texas Governor Greg Abbott lamented that Texas can’t shoot migrants trying to cross the border illegally because “the Biden administration would charge us with murder.” https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/greg-abbott-murder-charges-shooting-migrants-1234945121/

BREAKING: Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to nine charges in a Los Angeles federal court. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/hunter-biden-appears-court-tax-evasion-1234944565/

During a break in the closing arguments of his New York civil fraud trial, Donald Trump claimed that Attorney General Letitia James was responsible for forcing the oil and gas conglomerate ExxonMobil to leave the state and move to Texas. There is one small problem with the former president’s accusation: ExxonMobile left New York in 1989, three decades before James assumed the role of attorney general. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-blames-new-york-ag-exxon-moving-texas-1234944871/

Trump launched into an unauthorized tirade in court after being barred from personally delivering closing arguments in his New York civil fraud trial. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-rehearsed-fraud-trial-closing-argument-denied-1234944721/

Trump “rehearsed” the closing tirade he would deliver at his New York fraud trial for days before getting denied the opportunity. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-rehearsed-fraud-trial-closing-argument-denied-1234944721/

A bomb threat was made against the home of Arthur Engoron just hours before the New York judge is scheduled to hear closing arguments in the state’s civil fraud trial against Donald Trump. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/judge-engoron-swatted-hours-before-trump-closing-arguments-1234944593/

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump and his lawyers are planning to turn his Jan. 6 trial into a “MAGA freak show” laced with conspiracy theories, Fox News-style talking points and raging innuendo, sources tell Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-plot-to-turn-jan-6-trial-into-maga-freak-show-1234938951/

Donald Trump spent his Sunday morning posting on Truth Social about former White House staffers who testified before the Jan. 6 committee. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-targets-former-staffers-threat-democracy-1234938665/