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The Supreme Court checks Trump, Lisa Cook stays at the Fed for now
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled, in a narrow five-to-four vote handed down on June 29, 2026, that Donald Trump

DOJ presses states to probe a possible gasoline cartel
On July 3, 2026, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission sent a joint letter to every state attorney general

Kostiantynivka, the war of announcements between Moscow and Kyiv
On July 3, 2026, the Russian Ministry of Defense proclaimed the capture of Kostiantynivka, a strategic city in the Donbas disputed for

Heatwave forces French summer sales to run until July 28
Facing repeated heatwave episodes that empty commercial streets in favor of air-conditioned shopping malls, the French government has decided to extend the

Avignon's 80 years of theater open with five hours of Maldoror
On July 4, 2026, the Avignon Festival opened its 80th edition in the Cour d'honneur of the Palais des Papes, one of

Pam Bondi's Dismissal, an Epstein Case That Keeps Weighing In
On April 2, 2026, Donald Trump fired his Attorney General, Pam Bondi, immediately replaced by her deputy Todd Blanche, named acting Attorney

Occupied Crimea Plunged Into Darkness as Moscow's Isolation Accelerates
Since late June 2026, Crimea, illegally occupied by Russia since 2014, has been experiencing an uninterrupted series of power outages caused by

Mr. Massie, Keep the Promise You Made to Americans
Mr. Thomas Massie, I write you this open letter just as you have publicly reiterated your intention to reveal new names currently

Sonderling Inherits Labor After His Predecessor's Scandalous Fall
On June 29, 2026, Donald Trump announced on Truth Social the nomination of Keith Sonderling to the permanent post of U.S. Secretary