The Senate passed President Donald Trump’s tax and budget package after Vice President JD Vance voted to break a tie. The final approval came after approximately 27 hours of voting on amendments that started the morning of Monday, June 30 and lasted until noon Tuesday, July 1. Fifty Republicans voted in favor of the package, […]
If your Independence Day plans involve watching fireworks light up the night sky, you may want to check your city’s schedule. Some California communities are skipping the sparkle this year, not just because of fire danger, but also growing immigration enforcement operations and political tension. Latino neighborhoods postpone celebrations In Los Angeles, the Boyle Heights […]
Around 170 charities and humanitarian aid groups want the U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) out of the enclave. In a joint statement published Monday, June 30, they accuse Israeli and other armed forces of “routinely” opening fire on Gazans seeking aid. What are the groups involved? The call came from some of the […]
Google wants to buy power that doesn’t exist yet from a technology that may not work. The tech giant announced plans Monday, June 30, to purchase 200 megawatts of electricity produced through nuclear fusion from Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a startup spun off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fusion energy promises to replicate the same […]
Federal officials have stalled billions in education funding, leaving school districts across the country facing uncertainty as the new school year approaches. The U.S. Department of Education missed the July 1 deadline to release about $6.2 billion tied to five key programs. Estimates suggest the total amount of delayed funding nationwide ranges from $5 billion […]
Danish intelligence officers arrested a Danish national of Afghan origin in Aarhus under a German arrest warrant. German authorities have accused him of spying for Iranian intelligence. The arrest followed intelligence provided by Germany’s domestic security agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV). According to the prosecutor’s statement, the suspect, identified […]
The top military commander overseeing National Guard forces in Los Angeles has asked the Trump administration to return 200 troops to California’s wildfire unit, Joint Task Force Rattlesnake. Gen. Gregory Guillot, head of U.S. Northern Command, submitted the request to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke anonymously. About 4,000 California […]
As he considered military strikes against Iran, President Donald Trump publicly mused about killing the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Now, a senior Iranian cleric has made Trump a target. Grand Ayatollah Naser Makeram Shirazi issued a fatwa against Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing them as “warlords” and “enemies of […]
As of July 1, Iowa is now the first state to strip gender identity protections from its civil rights code. The move means transgender and nonbinary residents are no longer considered part of a protected class, opening the door to potential discrimination in housing, employment, and other areas of life. Iowa’s Republican governor and supporters […]
President Donald Trump says he’s open to giving undocumented immigrants working in agriculture and other essential industries a temporary pass from deportation, as long as they pay taxes and have no criminal records. During a Fox News interview, Trump said that removing long-time workers from farms could hurt American farmers and agricultural operations. “I’m the […]
