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, 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...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed on July 10, 2026, that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has deported Tou Lue Vang, a Lao national convicted in Minnesota of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a 10-year-old girl. Vang, who entered the United States in 1994 and became a lawful permanent resident,...
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...
A federal judge in Washington, DC, on Friday dismissed the remaining seditious conspiracy case against four Proud Boys members involved in the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack, after the Justice Department under President Donald Trump requested that their convictions be vacated. US District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee,...
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...
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...
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, United States – The U.S. Department of War has released its fourth collection of declassified records on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), extending a government transparency campaign launched under an executive order by former President Donald Trump. Announced on Friday, July 10, 2026, the latest tranche adds 40 newly declassified...
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...
