Washington senators challenge Trump over $1.3 billion crypto earnings

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leading Senate Democrats issued a joint statement on July 10, 2026, sharply criticizing President Donald Trump over financial disclosure reports showing approximately $1.3 billion in earnings from cryptocurrency investments and digital asset ventures during 2025. The statement, first shared with the outlet Semafor, was co-signed by the...

Washington lawmakers seek briefing on DHS network hack

 

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security has formally requested a detailed briefing from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on a major cyberattack that compromised the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN). The July 10, 2026 request follows public revelations that unauthorized cyber intruders successfully breached the...

United States president removes entire election commission leadership

 

President Donald Trump has removed the remaining leadership of the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC), leaving the bipartisan agency without any commissioners months before the November 2026 midterm elections. On Friday afternoon, July 10, 2026, the White House presidential personnel office notified Democratic commissioners Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland by...

DOJ Ends Race-Based Admissions At Jersey City High School

 

Jersey City — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it reached a voluntary settlement with the Jersey City Board of Education to end race- and national-origin-based admissions practices at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, resolving a Civil Rights Division probe into the school's use of seat...

Georgia vote, Florida credits, Indiana tax amnesty announced

 

DEMOREST, Ga. The Demorest City Council unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement Thursday authorizing Mayor Jerry Harkness to sign support for a proposed countywide one-cent sales tax under House Bill 581 and Senate Bill 33, moving Habersham County closer to placing the measure on the Nov. 3 ballot to reduce property...

DOJ Files Suit Challenging Maryland's Community Trust Act

 

Washington. The U.S. Department of Justice sued the state of Maryland on Thursday, July 9, challenging the Community Trust Act and asking a federal court to bar the state from enforcing provisions that limit local police cooperation with federal immigration agents. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court...

United States launches major airstrikes across southern Iran

 

The United States military conducted extensive airstrikes overnight on roughly 90 military targets across southern Iran, in what U.S. Central Command described as an effort to degrade Iran’s capability to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The operation, the largest since a temporary ceasefire memorandum agreed on June...

VA Secretary, Congressman Visit Eaton Rapids For Roundtable

 

Eaton Rapids, Michigan. U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett and Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins met Thursday at the Lansing VA community-based outpatient clinic and the VFW National Home for a roundtable with veterans focused on improving VA services; Collins highlighted the department's transition to a standardized electronic health record...

Political Wire Promotes Ground News Blindspot Feed Discount

 

United States. Taegan Goddard's Political Wire this week recommended the Ground News app and website, highlighting its aggregation of global news, bias and factuality indicators, and its Blindspot Feed which tracks asymmetrical coverage. The posts state that the service surfaces stories under-covered on one side and direct readers to a...

Georgia election board adopts two confidence-boosting rules

 

ATLANTA — Georgia's State Election Board adopted two rules Wednesday aimed at bolstering public confidence in the state's voting system, banning one vote-counting method not in imminent use and adopting a second regulation that Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr warned could be a constitutional overreach, affecting touchscreen-to-paper tabulation procedures statewide. State...