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Atlanta, Georgia. State lawmakers this week adjusted rules on vote tabulation by voting to delay a planned July 1 ban on QR-code-based counting and to retain the existing QR-code system for the upcoming midterm elections…
New York City. A Brooklyn cafe posted on social media Sunday that it would not serve US Rep. Dan Goldman, published a photo of him at the counter and said it refunded his $9.82 purchase, calling him a 'genocide enabler' …
Richmond, Va. — On Monday, June 22, Virginia's General Assembly approved a two-year state budget that imposes a temporary electricity consumption tax on qualifying data centers, establishes a framework for regulated adul…
Washington, United States — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 22, 2026, declined to review a legal challenge to an Arkansas law that makes it a crime to assist more than six voters at the polls. By denying a petition for a …
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, approved the first reading on Monday of a one-year moratorium on new data centers in a special called session, following a June 15 directive ordering county attorneys and managers to d…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that he is resigning as the United Kingdom’s leader after a series of heavy losses in nationwide local elections and a critical by-election defeat backed by interna…
San Antonio. Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones this week urged cancellation of Ye's scheduled July 4 concert at the Alamodome, saying the city should not host an artist with a record of antisemitic comments in a city-funded facilit…
China’s Ministry of Commerce on June 22, 2026 announced sanctions on 10 American defense-related companies, escalating trade and technology tensions with the United States. The sanctioned firms include major military dro…
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Monday that Israel should reject any ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, declaring that the neighboring Arab country "should be Israel's playground," according to an…
High-level peace talks between the United States and Iran in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, collapsed after U.S. President Donald Trump issued explicit military threats against Tehran, according to the described account. The …
The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a 39-page Office of Legal Counsel memorandum concluding that state governments have no federal legal obligation to provide community-based services to individuals with developmen…
Switzerland – President Donald Trump has publicly threatened to launch “harder” military strikes on Iran than those carried out “last week” if Tehran does not immediately curb its proxies in Lebanon, according to a Truth…
Switzerland is hosting high-level peace talks between the United States and Iran after US Vice President JD Vance arrived at Emmen Air Base near Lucerne early Sunday, June 21, 2026. Vance is leading a delegation for seve…
Democratic-led states including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, and Washington are advancing a coordinated set of laws to restrict federal access to election systems and polling places ahead of the November …
Washington, DC – President Donald Trump said on June 20, 2026, that his administration would likely have to drain the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again, only sixteen days after the federal government began refilling…
Israel is experiencing widespread unrest and political backlash after the United States and Iran concluded a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the current conflict. Residents of Rehovot and other areas voiced a…
Pacific Ocean – The U.S. military said Friday that its forces killed three people during a maritime operation in international waters in the Pacific Ocean, after a small vessel showed what officials described as “hostile…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is preparing to define specific verification steps for implementing the newly signed U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding on Iran’s nuclear program, Director General Rafael …
Fernandina Beach, Fla. City commissioners on Tuesday advanced a revised ordinance regulating e-bikes, scooters and personal mobility devices on a second reading, with a third reading scheduled for July 7; Police Chief Je…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced Wednesday night that petitioners have collected more than the roughly 875,000 signatures required to place a proposed one-time 5% tax on individuals with net …
Meeting in Evian-les-Bains, France, G7 leaders on Wednesday demanded an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and endorsed an interim memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran. Signed earlier this week and …
ATLANTA — Georgia's Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday rejected Governor Brian Kemp's call to redraw congressional and state legislative maps during a special session convened after the U.S. Supreme Court decisi…
Atlanta — Businessman Rick Jackson defeated Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in Georgia’s Republican runoff Tuesday, securing roughly 52–53% of the vote and the party’s gubernatorial nomination to face Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms o…
Washington, D.C. voters went to the polls Tuesday in a primary selecting nominees for mayor, D.C. delegate, attorney general and multiple council seats. Polls were open at 75 locations until 8 p.m., and the city used ran…
RICHMOND, Va. On Tuesday, June 16, Governor Abigail Spanberger and state lawmakers announced a budget compromise to create a regulated recreational cannabis market in Virginia, setting retail sales to begin July 1, 2027.…