Mission, Texas. Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to immediately investigate Mission Regional Medical Center after media and social media posts showed billboards in Mexico advertising 'birth packages' for foreign nationals seeking to give birth in Texas, and after reports that the hospital...
WASHINGTON — Maine’s 2026 U.S. Senate race was thrown into turmoil on July 8, 2026, when Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders withdrew his endorsement of Democratic nominee Graham Platner following the publication of a sexual assault allegation. Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats and had been one of Platner’s most...
ATLANTA — A federal judge has rejected a U.S. Department of Justice effort to obtain the names and contact information of 2020 election workers and county employees in Fulton County, Georgia. In a ruling issued on Tuesday, the court quashed an April grand jury subpoena that sought the identities and...
Ankara, Turkey – At the opening of the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an immediate halt to all U.S. trade with Spain, issuing the directive in a televised confrontation that underscored deepening rifts within the alliance. Speaking during a bilateral session...
Baton Rouge — State Sen. Larry Selders, a Democrat representing Baton Rouge, died Tuesday at age 44 after collapsing at an event, according to media reports and his office. Elected to the State Senate in February 2025 to fill the seat vacated by Cleo Fields, Selders had served five years...
United States: State and local officials from Colorado to Virginia faced intensified local debates this week as proposed and existing data center projects prompted moratoriums, planning votes and policy reviews. Gov. Jared Polis defended data centers at the Aspen Ideas Festival, while Inver Grove Heights enacted a moratorium on June...
Annapolis, Maryland — State legislative leaders announced this week that the General Assembly will convene a three-day special session Aug. 3–5 to consider placing a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would change the rules for drawing congressional districts. Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk issued...
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday outlined five recommendations to President Donald Trump for U.S. engagement with Greenland, proposing expanded shipping links, a stronger diplomatic and military presence, a State Partnership Program approval, a U.S.-Greenland investment fund and increased cultural exchanges while Trump reiterated interest in Greenland during a NATO...
Former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels has dismissed her wrongful termination lawsuit against President Donald Trump, acknowledging that a recent Supreme Court ruling leaves her without a viable legal claim. On July 7, 2026, Samuels formally ended the case, days after the Court’s June 29, 2026 decision...
WASHINGTON — More than 20 union affiliates representing tens of thousands of civilian employees at the U.S. Department of Defense have filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against the department and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The complaint, filed on Monday, July 6,...
