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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

On the banks of the Loire, the party finally learned to eat well
For a long time, the riverside guinguette along the Loire boiled down to a fairly simple image: string lights, an accordion or

West Nile Virus Hits Earlier This Year, Should We Actually Worry
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States have sounded the alarm: the West Nile virus season began

Mamdani vs Trump, Two Irreconcilable Visions of America
On July 3, 2026, on the eve of the 250th anniversary celebrations of American independence, two men delivered speeches that alone sum

More Than 7,000 North Korean Soldiers Reportedly Died in Kursk, Kyiv Says
Ukrainian military intelligence, known by its acronym HUR, claims that more than 7,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in

At Mount Rushmore, Trump Trades National Unity for a Partisan Attack
On July 3, 2026, the eve of the 250th anniversary of American independence, Donald Trump chose Mount Rushmore, in South Dakota, to

200,000 redacted Epstein documents — the promised transparency doesn't exist
The Public Integrity Project, a public-interest organization specializing in government accountability, estimates that roughly 200,000 documents tied to the Jeffrey Epstein case

Wayve Wants to Teach Cars to Drive Like a Human
Introduction: the British startup charming all of Detroit and Tokyo

Keiko Fujimori and the return of a dynasty after a decade of Peruvian chaos
Introduction: a victory decided in the dead of election night