United States plans rival 250th anniversary celebrations

 

The United States is preparing for its 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, with two separate, politically divided federal celebrations developing on opposite coasts. On the East Coast, the Trump administration’s "Freedom 250" committee is organizing a large National Mall event in Washington, D.C., framed heavily around President Donald Trump,...

Texas: JPMorgan cuts fraud jobs amid strong profits

 

JPMorgan Chase is eliminating 244 positions at its large corporate campus in Plano, Texas, primarily within its Consumer & Community Banking Fraud and Customer Protection Services inbound call center, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. Employees were informed of the decision on...

Washington court bolsters White House power over TPS

 

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington has ruled that federal courts generally lack authority to review decisions by the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate or terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for foreign nationals. In a 6–3 decision along ideological lines in Mullin v. Doe and Mullin v. Al Otro...

United States weighs Apple bid for Chinese chips

 

Washington, United States – Apple is lobbying the Trump administration for permission to buy memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), a Chinese firm that the U.S. Defense Department has designated a Chinese military company and that an interagency committee has approved for addition to the Commerce Department’s Entity List,...

Los Angeles protester chased from 2026 BET Awards

 

Edward "Jake" Lang, who was previously pardoned for his role in the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, was involved in a confrontation outside the 2026 BET Awards at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, June 28, 2026. Witnesses and photos indicate Lang arrived to protest, holding...

Boston stuns New York, completes extra-innings sweep

 

BOSTON — Sonny Gray carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning and recorded his 2,000th career strikeout as the Boston Red Sox edged the New York Yankees 5-4 in 10 innings at Fenway Park on Sunday night, June 28, 2026. The win completed a four-game sweep of New York, Boston’s...

States Confront New SNAP Costs After Error Reports

 

Georgia officials this week reported a 15.2% SNAP error rate and are preparing to cover increased administrative fees and potential benefit repayments under the One Big Beautiful Bill enacted July 4, 2025; the state flagged 651,073 active SNAP cases as of May 31 and included $5.9 million in the FY2027...

Boston judge blocks Trump mail voting restrictions

 

BOSTON, United States – A federal judge in Boston has temporarily blocked key parts of a Trump administration executive order that sought to restrict who could vote by mail in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. In a preliminary injunction issued on June 25, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani barred the...

Chicago artists Ed Sheeran, Martin Garrix crash wedding

 

In Chicago on Saturday, June 27, 2026, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and Dutch DJ Martin Garrix made an unannounced appearance at a wedding reception at the Adler Planetarium. The surprise visit was arranged after the bride’s brother, Mike Kindelin, sent Garrix a direct message on Instagram asking him to visit because...

Switzerland hosts renewed Iran-US technical ceasefire talks

 

Iran and the United States have resumed technical-level negotiations in Switzerland despite escalating military tensions near the Strait of Hormuz. Talks began Monday, June 29, at the Burgenstock resort, under a June 17 memorandum of understanding, Iranian officials said. Delegations, led on the Iranian side by deputy foreign minister Kazem...