The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington has ruled that federal courts generally lack authority to review decisions by the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate or terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for foreign nationals. In a 6–3 decision along ideological lines in Mullin v. Doe and Mullin v. Al Otro...
Edward "Jake" Lang, who was previously pardoned for his role in the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, was involved in a confrontation outside the 2026 BET Awards at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, June 28, 2026. Witnesses and photos indicate Lang arrived to protest, holding...
Georgia officials this week reported a 15.2% SNAP error rate and are preparing to cover increased administrative fees and potential benefit repayments under the One Big Beautiful Bill enacted July 4, 2025; the state flagged 651,073 active SNAP cases as of May 31 and included $5.9 million in the FY2027...
BOSTON, United States – A federal judge in Boston has temporarily blocked key parts of a Trump administration executive order that sought to restrict who could vote by mail in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. In a preliminary injunction issued on June 25, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani barred the...
Iran and the United States have resumed technical-level negotiations in Switzerland despite escalating military tensions near the Strait of Hormuz. Talks began Monday, June 29, at the Burgenstock resort, under a June 17 memorandum of understanding, Iranian officials said. Delegations, led on the Iranian side by deputy foreign minister Kazem...
Israel – Iranian cyberattacks on Israeli systems have tripled over the past year, Israel’s National Cyber Directorate chief Yossi Karadi said in a June 29, 2026 interview with German newspaper Die Welt. Karadi reported that authorities recorded about 4,800 hostile cyber incidents in June 2026, compared with roughly 1,600 in...
A federal appeals court in Washington has rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s bid under the Trump administration to abandon a 2024 rule that tightens limits on fine particulate, or soot, pollution across the United States. The regulation, adopted in 2024, was designed to reduce toxic industrial emissions and protect public...
Trenton — Lawmakers passed a $60.7 billion fiscal year 2027 budget and approved a supplemental spending bill late Sunday, June 28, and advanced an increase to the child tax credit; the supplemental package reportedly contains about $359 million in targeted projects that lawmakers moved into the 2026 budget period before...
The U.S. Supreme Court is nearing the end of its current term, expected to conclude in early July, with several major rulings pending on presidential authority and election rules. Justices are set to decide challenges to former President Donald Trump’s efforts to expand removal power over officials in independent agencies...
The Trump administration supported a major mining agreement granting an American company access to one of the world’s largest undeveloped tungsten deposits in Kazakhstan, a metal critical for missile systems, fighter jets, and semiconductors. Before the agreement was finalized, U.S. agencies signaled up to $1.6 billion in potential federal financing....
