June 30 1600 UTC Brief

In U.S. politics House Speaker Mike Johnson said the Supreme Court’s ruling against the Trump administration’s birthright citizenship restrictions creates, in his words, “serious challenges.” On Capitol Hill, House Republicans are also trying to tie the annual defense bill to the Trump-backed SAVE Act, while hard-line members continue to threaten floor business unless GOP leaders move on the stalled elections measure. Trump is still pitching the bill as essential to Republican victories, which is a lot of pressure to place on one voting measure, even by Washington standards. In Europe Italian police arrested four suspects over an attack involving an explosive device in a public place targeting a journalist. The group also faces charges including criminal damage and threats. In Hungary, a lawyer for seven Ukrainians detained after a cash convoy raid says former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and three other officials should have been detained as well, and suggested prosecutors may be shielding him from scrutiny. President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, acknowledged that Ukrainian long-range strikes are contributing to fuel shortages inside Russia, while insisting the situation is still “not critical.” That is a notably less breezy line than the Kremlin usually prefers on the subject. In Britain Former defence secretary John Healey says Labour still needs a bigger defence budget, even after recent increases. He told MPs the extra money is welcome but not enough, and argued the government needs a clearer plan to reach 3 percent of GDP and meet NATO’s 3.5 percent target by 2035.