Daily Briefing: Minnesota assassination suspect arrested

Good morning!🙋🏼‍♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert. I am a FIFA Club World Cup fan this month.

Start the week with Monday's news:

• The man suspected of shooting two Democratic lawmakers was taken into custody, authorities announced Sunday night.
• Saturday's "No Kings" rallies were deliberately local and light on policy prescriptions.
• Is there such a thing as the "safest seat" on the plane?

Assassination suspect arrested after fatal attack on Minnesota lawmakers

The man suspected of shooting two Democratic lawmakers, killing one, in what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called a “politically motivated assassination," was taken into custody, authorities announced Sunday night.

The suspect, identified by authorities as Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was arrested after state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed, and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot multiple times and wounded in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, two neighboring suburban cities 10 to 20 miles outside Minneapolis.

• Local police chief: "The largest manhunt in the state's history." 20 different SWAT teams participated in the search over an "extremely large area," officials said.
• Many unanswered questions surround Boelter. Authorities say Boelter impersonated law enforcement to gain access to the victims' homes, exchanged gunfire with police and fled on foot outside Minneapolis.
• "A tireless, devoted public servant": Hortman, 55, was an attorney and mother of two children serving her 11th term on the Minnesota House of Representatives. Her husband, Mark Hortman, was also killed in the shooting.

Trump's parade may have been less consequential than 'No Kings'

After an aggressive start by the 47th president that has shaken up the federal government and the nation's global alliances, June 14 may have signaled the start of a new chapter of his tenure — that is, a new chapter of pushback amid a sense of growing peril. In the biggest and broadest protests of his second term, millions of Americans in about 2,000 communities across the country gathered Saturday to object to his assertion of unprecedented presidential powers that opponents say violate the Constitution. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump's June 14 military parade turned out to be a damp and relatively low-key affair. 

• Poll: Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's second term.
• "Not a big fan": A GOP senator criticized the Trump military parade, saying it "glorified weapons."

More news to know now

• An "innocent bystander" was fatally shot at a "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City, police say.
• The Karen Read trial is in the hands of the jury.
• How families are reflecting on the Charleston church massacre a decade later.
• Passengers stuck on a 32-hour flight with multiple diversions never made it to their destination.
• Kids are ditching traditional college. Parents are concerned.

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Sen. Tim Kaine moves to limit Trump's war powers on Iran

A Democratic senator introduced legislation Monday to prevent President Trump from using military force against Iran without Congress's authorization, as an escalating battle between Israel and Iran raised fears of broader conflict. Tim Kaine of Virginia said his latest war powers resolution underscores that the U.S. Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the sole power to declare war and requires that any hostility with Iran be explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific authorization for the use of military force. During Trump's first term, in 2020, Kaine introduced a similar resolution that passed in both the House and Senate.

• Mike Pence said Trump shouldn't take advice from Putin on the Iran-Israel conflict.
• Photos: Israel launched strikes against Iranian nuclear program targets.

Flash floods leave more than a dozen dead in San Antonio

Residents in San Antonio are recovering after a month's worth of rain swamped parts of the city, trapping drivers, triggering treacherous water rescues and leaving more than a dozen people dead. The city, which forecasters said typically gets about 3 inches of rain in June, was inundated with nearly 10 inches of rain the night of June 11 and into the morning of June 12. Residents described harrowing calls from loved ones trapped by the rising waters on area roadways.

Today's talkers

• Coastal Carolina is the first team in the College World Series to punch its ticket to the semifinals.
• Foster care split 5 sisters. Their journey speaks for millions of others.
• Follow the Cowboy Carter tour's international leg with Paste BN Network's Beyoncé reporter.
• Caitlin Clark dominated in her return to the court.
• In celebration of Pride Month, these are the books that raised Paste BN's LGBTQ+ journalists. 

The 'safest seat' on the plane — doesn't exist

When plane crashes happen, like the tragic event Thursday in India, people often wonder if there's a safest seat onboard. On Air India flight 171, the safest seat appeared to be 11A, because its occupant, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, was the sole known survivor of the crash. But that doesn't mean there's a magic seat on every flight. While there is no "safest seat," there is "less chance of compression of the fuselage which means more survivable space as far as damage is concerned" by the plane's rear, according to Keith Cianfrani, an aviation safety consultant told Paste BN. However, airplane crashes are dynamic events, and surviving one depends on a combination of luck, external factors and the airplane's engineering.

Photo of the day: J.J. Spaun wins first career golf major 

J.J. Spaun managed the rain and tough course at the challenging Oakmont Country Club to win the 2025 U.S. Open, the first major victory for the California native. The scores weren’t pretty in the final round as the majority of the field shot over par as the worst weather of the weekend came up for championship Sunday.

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