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Trump weighs a Diddy pardon, a symbol of clemency with shifting rules
According to CBS News, citing anonymous sources, PresidentDonald Trump is reportedly considering clemency for rapper and mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, convicted last

25 states sue Trump over Medicaid work-requirement cuts
In late June 2026, a coalition of 25 states led by Democratic governors, joined by Washington D.C., filed a lawsuit against the

EU Toughens Its Tone on China as Deindustrialization Fears Grow
It took years of diplomatic patience and cautious statements before the European Union finally decided to say out loud what its industrialists

The heatwave is killing our birds and nobody wants to see it
There are numbers that hit harder than a thunderclap. Three hundred and twenty-four. That's the number of wild animals taken in over

Bulgaria's veto threat is putting Western unity on sanctions at risk
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev reaffirmed, on July 3, 2026, his determination to block the 21st sanctions package from the European Union

In Texas, Greg Abbott turns on the AI data centers he once courted
Texas Governor Greg Abbott caused a stir on June 30, 2026, during a campaign stop in Bullard, by calling for an outright

"Foamy" Immune Cells May Be Making Multiple Sclerosis Worse
A team of researchers in the Netherlands, bringing together the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Leiden University, and Utrecht University, has just published

Trump's economy holds up on paper, collapses in people's minds
There are now two economic narratives in the United States, and they almost never intersect. On one side, official labor market statistics,

The EU Finally Shuts Its Doors to Russian War Veterans
It took more than four years of war for the European Union to finally cross this symbolic threshold: banning entry into its