Here's The Biggest News You Missed This Weekend

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said President Donald Trump wants nan Federal Emergency Management Agency “remade” alternatively than dismantled entirely.

“I deliberation nan president recognizes that FEMA should not beryllium nan measurement that it ever has been. It needs to beryllium redeployed successful a caller way, and that’s what we did during this response,” Noem said successful an question and reply connected NBC News’ “Meet nan Press,” referring to nan national government’s consequence to nan Texas floods that devastated nan region and near much than 120 dead.

Trump has antecedently slammed FEMA, which is portion of nan Department of Homeland Security, and mused astir perchance “getting rid” of nan agency, which administers emergency relief. Noem, too, has antecedently said that nan management would destruct FEMA.

Asked connected “Meet nan Press” a 2nd clip whether Trump nary longer wanted to extremity nan agency, Noem reiterated that she believed nan president “wants it to beryllium remade truthful that it’s an agency that is caller successful really it deploys and supports states.”

Noem besides brushed disconnected disapproval of nan administration’s flood consequence from immoderate Democrats aft Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., called for her resignation.

“I don’t attraction what she thinks,” Noem said, adding location was “no” chance she would resign.

Trump says he will deed E.U. and Mexico pinch a 30% tariff

President Donald Trump connected Saturday threatened a important tariff hike connected nan European Union and Mexico, 2 of nan largest U.S. waste and acquisition partners.

In abstracted letters published connected Truth Social, nan president wrote that each state will look a broad tariff complaint of 30% connected each equipment exported to nan U.S. starting Aug. 1, and threatened moreover higher tariffs if either nan E.U. aliases Mexico retaliates against his caller levies.

On Sunday, nan E.U. said it would suspend retaliatory tariffs scheduled to return effect Monday successful hopes of reaching a waste and acquisition woody by nan extremity of nan month.

Trump spent past week bringing his waste and acquisition warfare backmost to a roaring boil. He kicked it disconnected by issuing dozens of letters announcing unilateral tariffs, past said he planned to enforce 50% duties connected copper goods, sending prices of nan earthy metallic to all-time highs. Late Thursday, he announced he would use a broad tariff of up to 20% connected each imports, arsenic good as a 35% tariff connected some, and possibly all, Canadian imports starting adjacent month.

The letters travel arsenic nan galore waste and acquisition deals that Trump management officials had said would beryllium signed person grounded to materialize, leaving nan president pinch small to show for weeks of negotiations.

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Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., would not norm retired moving for president successful 2028, telling “Meet nan Press” moderator Kristen Welker that he whitethorn “take a look” astatine launching a bid.

“I would person ne'er considered this a mates years ago, but I will not time off a surgery state to my kids aliases to anyone else’s,” Beshear said. “And truthful if I’m personification that astatine that point, that I judge that I tin heal nan country, past then I’ll return a look astatine it.”

Beshear, who was first elected politician successful 2019, won re-election successful 2023, becoming a uncommon Democrat to govern a ruby-red state, wherever 64.5% of voters formed ballots for President Donald Trump successful 2024.

Asked whether he was moving for president, Beshear said, “What I’m doing correct now is trying to beryllium a reasonable sound retired location that hopefully doesn’t conscionable bring Democrats backmost together, but Democrats, Republicans and independents.”

Politics successful little

• One twelvemonth aft Butler: A caller Senate study into nan attempted assassination of Trump astatine a run rally successful Pennsylvania has revealed “multiple, unacceptable failures” successful nan U.S. Secret Service’s readying and response.
• Just for illustration aged times: Trump threatened to return distant comedian Rosie O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship, thing that he cannot legally do, reigniting a decadeslong feud betwixt nan pair.

• Trump vs. MAGA: Trump faces a revolt from his MAGA guidelines as nan Jeffrey Epstein files — and calls for Attorney General Pam Bondi to beryllium fired — dominated a blimpish convention successful Tampa this weekend.
• Georgia connected Trump’s mind: How midterm voters respond successful Georgia, which has taken halfway shape successful nan Trump era arsenic a cardinal battleground state, could thief find really nan last 2 years of his presidency go.

Wimbledon crowns its men’s and women’s champions

Jannik Sinner kisses nan Wimbledon men’s singles trophy Sunday pursuing his triumph complete Carlos Alcaraz successful London.Julian Finney / Getty Images

Jannik Sinner won his first Wimbledon title Sunday, defeating rival Carlos Alcaraz successful 4 sets to capture his 4th Grand Slam trophy.

In a rematch of June’s French Open last — which Alcaraz won aft dropping nan first 2 sets — this clip it was Sinner who came from down for nan victory. Sinner mislaid nan first group earlier yet winning 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

“It’s truthful special,” Sinner said aft nan lucifer during an on-court interview. “I had a very reliable nonaccomplishment successful Paris, astatine nan extremity of nan time it doesn’t matter really you triumph aliases lose, you person to understand what you did wrong. That’s what we did.”

• Put a cork successful it: An ill-timed vessel popular from nan crowd resulted successful a cork landing connected nan court. “Ladies and gentlemen,” nan umpire said connected nan loudspeaker, “as a courtesy to some players, please do not popular Champagne corks conscionable arsenic nan players are astir to serve.”

Iga Swiatek kisses nan Wimbledon women’s singles trophy Saturday pursuing her triumph complete Amanda Anisimova successful London.Susan Mullane/Susan Mullane-Imagn Images

On Saturday, nan women’s last was almost complete earlier you saw it.

Clocking successful astatine conscionable 57 minutes, nan lucifer was a lopsided matter arsenic No. 8 Iga Swiatek dominated No. 13 Amanda Anisimova, 6-0, 6-0, to triumph her sixth Grand Slam title and first astatine Wimbledon.

The Pole, 24, became nan first female since 1911 to triumph nan Wimbledon last without losing a azygous game. She has now won each Grand Slam isolated from nan Australian Open.

“Honestly, I didn’t moreover dream [of this], because for me, it was just, like, measurement excessively far, you know?” Swiatek said. “I consciousness for illustration I’m already an knowledgeable subordinate aft winning nan Slams before, but I ne'er really expected this one.”

• A star-studded affair: While nan on-court play garnered headlines, truthful excessively did nan action disconnected of it. Countless celebrities and athletes were successful attendance for nan tournament.

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I don’t cognize really you dainty group this way. I really don’t.

More than 1,300 labor were forced retired of nan State Department connected Friday, taking pinch them decades of specialized skills and on-the-job training arsenic portion of nan United States negotiated corps. Several profession labor who unexpectedly recovered themselves pinch pinkish slips told NBC News they were baffled by nan monolithic overhaul.

In lawsuit you missed it

• Two group were killed and astatine slightest 3 others, including a authorities trooper, were injured successful what authorities described arsenic a series of incidents successful Lexington, Kentucky, aft a fishy first changeable astatine nan trooper.
• A historical lodge connected nan Grand Canyon’s North Rim was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire, nan parkland said.
• A 20-year-old American from Florida was beaten to decease by Israeli settlers while visiting relatives successful nan occupied West Bank, according to his family and nan Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• The family of a Northwestern intelligence questioned for China ties sued nan university, alleging it discriminated against her moreover though she was cleared of wronging, forcing her into a psychiatric installation against her will and yet starring to her suicide.

• Music icon Dolly Parton opened up astir her struggles pinch songwriting pursuing her husband’s death.
• The national authorities dropped charges against a Utah doctor accused of destroying $28,000 successful Covid vaccines.
• A California farmworker who was critically injured during a chaotic national migration ambush has died, according to his family.