A newly declassified CIA review has found that the agency’s 2016 assessment of Russian election interference suffered from significant tradecraft flaws and political pressure during its creation. The review does not challenge the conclusion that Russia favored Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. election but criticizes the way analysts reached that finding. What did the […]
The House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s tax and budget package in a vote of 218-214 on Thursday, July 3, after an all-night voting process that started Wednesday afternoon. The entire Republican leadership team worked to convince the final holdouts to vote “yes,” the president made personal phone calls, and assurances were given about […]
The Supreme Court agreed to hear challenges to laws in West Virginia and Idaho that ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. This is the first time the justices will rule on the controversial matter that has been the subject of nationwide debate and dozens of lawsuits. When does SCOTUS plan to look at […]
Teri Peterson’s recycling bin sat on the side of her quiet Houston street for one extra day. Then two. Two weeks. Four. On June 24 — 29 days since she’d rolled out her 96-gallon bin for its biweekly pickup — she joined thousands of her neighbors across the largest city in Texas, and called Houston’s […]
Professional gamblers say President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” is a bad bet. Deep inside the fiscal measure adopted Thursday, July 3, is a provision that limits income-tax write-offs for gambling losses. “Yikes,” professional poker player Phil Galford wrote on X. “Senate amendment to the Big Beautiful Bill=you get taxes on more than you earned […]
A member of a white supremacist online group has been indicted after creating a hit list of federal officials designated as “high value targets,” including a senator and federal judge, according to an announcement on Wednesday, July 2, from the U.S. Justice Department. Noah Lamb, 24, of California, has been charged with eight federal crimes, […]
The Colombian navy said on Wednesday, July 2, that it seized an unmanned narco-submarine for the first time in South American waters. Authorities said they found the vessel off the country’s Caribbean coast as part of a larger crackdown on drug trafficking involving 62 countries called “Multinational Strategy Orion.” Colombian officials told AFP the narco-sub […]
Berlin, July 3, 2025—After almost 14 years of civil war, the lightning overthrow of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in December has unleashed the possibility of returning home for hundreds of exiled journalists. For Ahmad Primo, who was arrested by the government for reporting that the 2011 protests were a revolution and then jailed by Islamic […]
The Pentagon halted shipments of missiles and ammunition to Ukraine on Tuesday, July 1, under orders from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to NBC News. Officials claim the move stems from concerns about remaining U.S. stockpiles. Hegseth ordered a formal review of U.S. munitions levels weeks ago as the Pentagon faces increasing strain from ongoing […]
An Independence Day fireworks display at Big Bear Lake in California is threatening the safety of a famous eagle family, according to wildlife officials. Now a local nonprofit is calling for the show to be canceled. Local community interests, however, are pushing back, noting that the city relies on the tourism that surrounds the July […]
