Good morning, I'm Dana Taylor, and this is five things you need to know Tuesday, the 25th

of July, 2023.

President Biden's Department of Justice is suing Texas over a floating border barrier.

Israel's parliament passes the law limiting its Supreme Court's power sparking mass protests,

and we go inside Donald Trump's bid to have fake electors overturned the 2020 election.

The Department of Justice filed suit on Monday against the state of Texas after its governor

refused to remove a floating border barrier that the Biden administration says was unlawfully

put into place. White House press secretary Karen Jean-Pierre spoke to the issue during

yesterday's daily briefing.

When we move forward with a plan, right, a plan of deterrence diplomacy and also

enforcement with how we were going to move forward after tie to 42 was lifted,

we actually saw the numbers go down. We actually saw the president's plan working.

And what you see the governor doing is dangerous and unlawful, and it's actually hurting the

process. The Department of Justice claims that the presence of the floating barrier has prompted

diplomatic protests by Mexico and risk damaging U.S. foreign policy. Republican governor Greg

Abbott defied the DOJ's request and told the president he would see the Biden administration

in court. The White House says that Abbott's actions are making it difficult for federal officials

to patrol the area and access the Rio Grande River where four migrants have drowned.

Israel's parliament approved divisive legislation yesterday that remakes part of the country's

justice system. The law weakens the Supreme Court oversight of the government, a move that critics

claim will erode Israel's democracy and threatens the secular character of its state institutions.

It was approved despite months of protests, the biggest in Israel's history that have engulfed

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