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New York — Donald Trump Jr. is facing renewed criticism after an old video of him making a widely described "weird" remark about his 17-year-old daughter, Kai Trump, resurfaced online following her appearance at the 2026…
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is preparing a series of rulings that could affect Walt Disney Company’s ABC television operations, according to people familiar with the process. The FCC, led by Chairman Brend…
New York, United States – New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order imposing a one-year, statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers, making New York the first U.S. state to halt development of…
Hawaii Governor Josh Green has signed two laws, Acts 247 and 248, that create some of the most restrictive state-level rules on deepfakes and AI chatbots in the United States. At a ceremony in Honolulu on Tuesday, July 1…
President Donald Trump removed Roger Rogoff as the top federal prosecutor in Seattle on Thursday, less than an hour after Rogoff was unanimously appointed and sworn in by federal judges in the Western District of Washing…
Texas, United States, has enacted a new state law requiring minors to obtain verifiable parental approval before downloading apps from digital app stores, affecting major platforms such as Apple’s App Store and Google Pl…
Texas officials opened investigations this week after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, with Gov. Greg Abbott directing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to ask the state attorney general…
At a defense summit held Wednesday at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump focused on rebuilding U.S. weapon stockpiles strained by ongoing military operations in Iran. Organized by…
The U.S. Treasury Department has frozen more than $130 million in cryptocurrency assets linked to the Central Bank of Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced. Officials said the funds were distributed across mul…
Houston. Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said Tuesday his office is conducting an independent investigation and is "more than prepared" to prosecute federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents if eviden…
New York. Maine Democrats criticized Republican Sen. Susan Collins after a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a motorist just south of Maine’s largest city on Monday; officials said the agents…
Springfield, Illinois. The Illinois Department of Revenue on July 10 published proposed amendments to multiple local tax rules, consolidating sourcing provisions for Home Rule Municipal Service Occupation Tax, Regional T…
Los Angeles — Former Vice President Kamala Harris faced criticism after delivering a motivational speech to the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks over the weekend in Los Angeles. Harris told the players they were making an “incr…
The U.S. State Department has unveiled a comprehensive campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court (ICC), arguing the Hague-based tribunal threatens American sovereignty and could target U.S. military and offi…
McALLEN — Last week, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, prompting Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday to announce that Mexico will file complaints wi…
Ganderbal — On July 13, Deputy Commissioner Jatin Kishore chaired the District Level Implementation Committee meeting under Mission YUVA, reviewing the pace of sanctioning and disbursement for the flagship self-employmen…
North Bennington, Vermont; Fresno County, California; and Westerly, Rhode Island each moved this week on local ordinances: on July 7 North Bennington Village Trustees adopted an open burning and waste incineration ordina…
Madison, Wisconsin — Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez fired her campaign manager late Sunday after an internal review found inaccurate and incomplete campaign finance filings, campaign officials said. The review identified double…
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — The St. Charles County Council unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on new data center development Monday night, pausing any new project approvals while officials study potential impacts.…
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has appointed Darlene Graham Nordone to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the unexpected death of Senator Lindsey Graham. The move, announced recently in Columbia…
The United States has reinstated a naval blockade on Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and is demanding a 20% reimbursement on all other cargo passing through the waterway, according to a Central Command stat…
Frankfort, Kentucky. Rocky Adkins, who was appointed senior adviser to Governor Andy Beshear in 2019, left his post with the Beshear administration and served his last day on Friday, July 10, the governor's office announ…
Harrisburg — Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a $50.8 billion Pennsylvania state budget on Sunday after the General Assembly passed the spending plan nearly two weeks after the June 30 deadline; the measure includes historic inv…
Washington, DC — President Donald Trump has removed all remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), leaving the independent federal agency without any commissioners just months before the 2026 mid…
In Washington on July 13, 2026, a coalition of 57 patient advocacy organizations operating as "United for Cures" sent a joint letter to top congressional leaders urging them to halt a proposed Trump administration Office…