Washington judges split on voter citizenship database access

 

Washington, United States – Federal courts in two different jurisdictions have issued conflicting rulings on whether states may use a federal immigration database to verify the citizenship status of registered voters ahead of the November 2026 U.S. midterm elections. The dispute centers on the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)...

Washington narrows Endangered Species Act habitat protections

 

Washington, United States – The Trump administration on Friday, July 10, 2026, finalized a sweeping regulatory change that significantly narrows how federal agencies enforce the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The rule, issued jointly by the Departments of the Interior and Commerce, alters the long‑standing federal definition of “harm,” which had...

Washington: Questions mount over Mitch McConnell hospitalization

 

Uncertainty over Senator Mitch McConnell’s health has intensified as Congress prepares to return from recess next week and his office continues to release only limited information. The 84-year-old Republican leader from Kentucky has not appeared in public since he was admitted to a Washington-area hospital on 14 June. His staff...

New York Times countersues EEOC in Manhattan diversity case

 

New York-based The New York Times Company has filed a countersuit against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the Southern District of New York, escalating a dispute over its editorial hiring practices. The move follows an EEOC lawsuit alleging the newspaper discriminated against a white male candidate for a...

Washington: Trump says Iran ceasefire over, talks continue

 

On July 10, 2026, President Donald Trump said the United States would continue negotiations with Iran but declared that the ceasefire between the two countries is over. His comments followed a week of heavy U.S.-Iran military exchanges that effectively collapsed a preliminary truce reached less than three weeks earlier. Posting...

Washington lawmakers press WNBA on Caitlin Clark safety

 

Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sent an official letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert demanding stronger accountability and safety measures to protect Indiana Fever rookie guard Caitlin Clark. Led by Representative August Pfluger of Texas and co-signed by 11 other House Republicans, including several from Indiana,...

Washington backs tariffs targeting Russian oil buyers

 

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has signaled support for a bipartisan Senate bill that would impose heavy financial penalties on purchasers of Russian oil and natural gas, according to lawmakers and a Ukrainian official cited by CBS News. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal...

Ohio County Seeks Aid After Sixteen Siblings Rescued

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio — County officials this week reported the discovery of 16 siblings held for years in a rural home in Vinton County, found in squalid conditions. Prosecutors have charged the children's parents and two grandparents, and local authorities moved to change one defendant's bond to allow hospital care rather...

Shah launches Maine Senate bid amid public-health scrutiny

 

Maine: Dr. Nirav Shah declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on July 9, 2026, seeking to replace Graham Platner after Platner withdrew. This week, Senator Tammy Duckworth publicly urged Maine Democrats to reject Shah, citing his handling of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak while he led Illinois' public health department. Shah...

Washington: Trump refuses to sign bipartisan housing bill

 

Washington, United States — President Donald Trump said on Friday, July 10, 2026, that he will not sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a sweeping bipartisan housing affordability bill, in protest over the Senate’s failure to pass his preferred voter identification and election security legislation, known as the...