Justice Dept. Sues Texas Over Migrant Barrier

The Justice Department sued Tex. Gov Greg Abbott on Monday over a floating barrier on the Rio Grande designed to block migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.

The lawsuit seeks to force Texas to remove a roughly 1,000-foot line of bright orange wrecking-ball-sized buoys that the Biden administration calls dangerous both to people and the environment.

Abbott has refused to back down and, in tweets leading up to the lawsuit, said Biden would “face the consequences” if Texas were sued. The governor says the state’s efforts have helped it seize nearly 400,000 illegal migrants and 422 million doses of fentanyl.

Witness: Biden Joined Hunter on Money Calls

Hunter Biden’s former best friend Devon Archer is expected to testify in Congress this week that he saw Hunter put his father, then-VP Joe Biden, on speakerphone in meetings with overseas business partners.

President Biden has denied participating in business calls with his son. However, congressional investigators say Archer will testify he witnessed Joe Biden joining the calls as many as two dozen times.

One such incident came in 2017 during a WhatsApp discussion with the CEO of a Chinese financial firm.

Asked if he was with Hunter during that session, Biden shouted “No!” to a reporter. But new reports show a photo taken that day of Hunter sitting with two women in the president’s 1967 Corvette in front of Biden’s house.

US News Ranks Top Cities for Retirement

A new ranking of Top 10 U.S. cities for retirees by U.S. News & World Report leans heavily on towns in Pennsylvania and Florida. The ranking is part of a full analysis of 150 cities and how they meet retirees’ needs.

The criteria used by the publication are mainly economic, weighing factors such as housing, healthcare, taxes, and the job market. The list is designed to quickly research a wide range of retirement options. 

No. 1 on the U.S. News Top 10 list was Lancaster, PA. Florida first shows up with Pensacola at No. 3.  See the full list analyzing all 150 cities for their retirement potential. 

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➤ House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is struggling to avoid a collision between GOP conservatives who want to expunge the impeachments of former President Trump and centrist Republicans who say they oppose the move. (More) 

➤ A House panel is eyeing a Thursday vote to hold Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt for not cooperating with an investigation into whether social media platforms have taken direction from the White House. (More) 

➤ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ranks as the politician with the highest “net approval” score in a new Harvard CAPS Harris poll, followed by Vivek Ramaswamy and Tim Scott. The poll measured favorable ratings against unfavorable to produce a “net approval” score. (Full Poll Here) 

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➤ Soccer legend Lionel Messi scored the game-winning goal on a penalty shot in his first game for Inter Miami, and the crowd went wild. (See Photos) 

➤ Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France bicycle race for the 2nd straight year. The race lasted three weeks across five mountain ranges. (More) 

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➤ Big Stock Move: AMC Entertainment stock jumped 33 percent after a Delaware judge blocked its controversial plan to convert its APE preferred units into stock. If allowed, the move would have diluted investors’ holdings. (More) 

➤ As Elon Musk promised, Twitter changed its name and logo to “X” on Monday. Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino e-mailed the staff that the company now wanted to be involved in video, audio, messaging, and banking. (See E-Mail) 

➤ Microsoft has created a pizza-scented Xbox controller for a marketing campaign for the new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film. The controllers, featuring special scent diffusers, are part of a sweepstakes giveaway. (More) 

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➤ Whole Foods plans to roll out its new palm-recognition payment system across all 400 stores by year’s end. Customers who opt-in can hover their palms over a payment device to charge their credit card. (More) 

➤ Researchers have discovered the oldest 3D-preserved microfossils on Earth in minerals from a quartz mine in Ukraine. Scientists say that the fossilized micro-organisms date back to 1.5 billion years ago. (More)

➤ Marine scientists completed the world’s biggest release of endangered seahorses, helping the creatures find their way underwater into natural seagrass or an artificial “seahorse hotel.” (See Video) 

➤ Bob Dylan’s sprawling Scottish Highland estate has gone on the market for $3.9 million. Dylan has owned the 18,347 square-foot manor, known as Aultmore House, for 17 years. (See Photos) 

➤ A group of 41 skydivers in Nottinghamshire created the largest-ever sequential formation dive in the U.K. The jumpers took hold of one another to create shapes while falling at speeds of 120 mph. (See Video) 

➤ A white-bearded Wisconsin man won this year’s Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West. More than 140 Hemingways competed this weekend at Sloppy Joe’s Bar, a regular hangout for the real Ernest Hemingway. (More)

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