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Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Blocks Executive Order

Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 30, 2025, struck down President Donald Trump's executive order that sought to deny citizenship to children born in the United States to parents present unlawfully or te…

Major Egg Producers Settle Over Alleged Price Manipulation

Baltimore — On Tuesday the U.S. Department of Justice, joined by 17 state attorneys general, announced settlements and a lawsuit alleging that Cal‑Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch coordinated bidding…

Supreme Court Upholds State Bans on Trans Athletes

Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld laws in Idaho and West Virginia that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls' and women's public school and college sports teams, with Justice Brett Kava…

DeSantis signs budget, trims spending, advances priorities

Tampa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $117.6 billion fiscal 2027 budget Monday at Hillsborough Community College, issuing approximately $810 million in line-item vetoes and rejecting a $750 million transfer. The ena…

States enact multiple policy changes as deadlines loom

Delaware — As the General Assembly met June 30, legislators sought final-session votes on measures including House Bill 444, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which passed the House and awaited Senate committee review, a…

Kean Returns Amid Disclosure of Treatment for Depression

Washington, D.C. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. returned to the U.S. Capitol this week and delivered a floor speech explaining a months-long absence from the House after missing more than 100 votes since March 5; he said doctors trea…

United States gold prices suffer steep June collapse

United States – Gold prices fell sharply on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, putting the precious metal on track for its steepest monthly drop since the October 2008 global financial crisis. Spot gold traded at $3,985.57 per ounc…

Washington Supreme Court upholds mail-ballot grace periods

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a Republican-backed challenge to invalidate mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, allowing 14 states to keep counting ballots postmarked by Election Day but delivered later. The…

Colorado incumbents face progressive primary challenges Tuesday

Washington — On June 30, incumbent Colorado Democrats faced progressive primary challenges as voters prepared to decide intra-party nominations. Representative Diana DeGette was challenged by Melat Kiros, and Senator Joh…

Chicago news crew attacked near Adler Planetarium

A CBS News Chicago reporter and photographer were attacked Monday afternoon while preparing for a live broadcast near Adler Planetarium, according to witnesses and Chicago police. The incident occurred just before 4:30 p…

Monaco blast injures Ukrainian tycoon, suspect flees

An explosion at the entrance of a residential building in Monaco on Monday night seriously injured at least two adults and a child, according to local authorities. The blast occurred around 9 p.m. near the French border,…

California partners with Anthropic to deploy Claude statewide

SACRAMENTO, California — Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a statewide partnership with artificial intelligence company Anthropic to deploy its Claude assistant across all California state agencies, cities, and countie…

San Francisco Archdiocese Agrees $395M Sexual Abuse Settlement

San Francisco — The Archdiocese of San Francisco announced on Monday, June 29 that it reached a $395 million settlement with more than 500 people who say they were sexually abused by clergy, many as minors, following ext…

Supreme Court Clears Way to End Haitian TPS

United States. The U.S. Supreme Court this week cleared the way for the Department of Homeland Security to move forward with terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Haitian and Syrian nationals, a d…

United States index move drives massive SpaceX inflows

SpaceX is being added to MSCI’s standard and large-cap global indexes effective June 29, following its record-setting initial public offering on June 12, 2026. MSCI previously indicated that SpaceX would comfortably exce…

Communities Announce Fourth of July Events and Restrictions

Auburn, Calif. County officials and local organizers announced schedules and safety measures for Fourth of July events this week, stating that all fireworks remain illegal in unincorporated Placer County and that alcohol…

Utah forecasts: cooler start, critical fire danger returns

SALT LAKE CITY. This week Utah experienced below-average temperatures early Monday and Tuesday, with daytime highs ranging from the upper 60s to low 90s depending on region, and persistent smoke from western wildfires in…

California begins hazardous cleanup at aerospace facility

California authorities are launching a multi‑day hazardous materials cleanup at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove following a major chemical emergency involving methyl methacrylate (MMA). The operation, schedule…

Philadelphia-based Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal, Sky

Comcast, headquartered in Philadelphia, announced on Monday that it will split into two publicly traded companies by spinning off its NBCUniversal and Sky media assets. The move will create a standalone media and enterta…

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 …

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 Work…

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…

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…

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,…

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. T…

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