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House Republican leaders are considering using the Senate’s budget reconciliation process to advance former President Donald Trump’s signature voting proposal, the Save America Act, without needing 60 votes to overcome a…
United States – Saks Global, the parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, officially emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 26, 2026, and rebranded as Exemplar Luxury Group (ELG). The …
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), which supports state insurance regulation across all 50 U.S. states, has confirmed it was compromised in a hacking campaign exploiting an Oracle PeopleSoft zero…
LOS ANGELES, United States – The biographical film "Michael," directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Michael Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson, has become the highest-grossing biopic in box office history. Over the weekend…
In a June 29, 2026 episode of Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, recorded in Los Angeles, actor Kevin Spacey said he felt alienated and targeted by members of the gay community years before sexual misconduct allegations…
A major sewer line failure in Haverhill, Massachusetts is discharging about 8 million gallons of untreated wastewater per day into the Merrimack River, prompting widespread beach and shellfish closures north of Boston. T…
Shell PLC, in its LNG Outlook 2026, warns that global liquefied natural gas trade could stagnate or even contract in 2026 because of severe shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. The chokepoint, vital for exports …
BLUFFDALE, Utah — Police in Bluffdale, Utah, confirmed that officers were contacted at about 10:00 p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2026, by Dakota Mortensen, the ex-partner of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Taylor Fran…
UNITED STATES – A severe and expanding heat wave is affecting large parts of the country, with the National Weather Service placing about 47 million people in the Midwest and Ohio Valley under extreme heat warnings and a…
New York, United States — The New York Liberty will host the Las Vegas Aces in the 2026 WNBA Commissioner's Cup championship game at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. The matchup renews one of the mo…
LONDON — Amanda Anisimova led the American contingent into the Wimbledon second round on Tuesday, easing past Lina Gjorcheska of North Macedonia 6-3, 6-2 under overcast skies at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Cl…
MEMPHIS, Tennessee – International Paper, one of the world’s largest producers of fiber-based packaging and pulp, has announced plans to permanently close four facilities across the United States, resulting in approximat…
The Detroit Lions released cornerback Terrion Arnold on June 29, 2026, hours after a Florida judge set his bond at $1 million in connection with a February kidnapping and armed robbery case in Tampa. Arnold, a 23-year-ol…
United States – Meta has introduced Brain2Qwerty v2, an artificial intelligence system that converts brain activity into text using non-invasive magnetoencephalography (MEG), avoiding the need for surgical brain implants…
BALTIMORE — On Monday night at Camden Yards, Colson Montgomery hit a go-ahead double in the eighth inning and Jacob Gonzalez drove in three runs as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 in the series o…
Chicago officials activated public-health measures this week after the National Weather Service issued an Extreme Heat Warning covering the entire metropolitan area through Thursday evening, and forecasts showed upper-90…
Washington — The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued rulings that place Basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin and Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams in direct conflict over federal trademark right…
A fast-moving wildfire known as the Lyle Hill Fire erupted Sunday afternoon, June 28, 2026, in Klickitat County, Washington, forcing Level 3 "Go Now" evacuations. First reported around 1:40 p.m. west of Lyle, the fire sp…
New Jersey – Milania Giudice, the 20-year-old daughter of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice, has spoken publicly for the first time about her recent brush with the law, addressing both her May 2026 …
At the Computex 2026 technology conference in Taipei, cybersecurity startup Scam.ai announced a partnership with semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm to launch Halo, an on-device deepfake detection model for live video ca…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…