A day of dual diplomacy and national mourning converges on the Capitol and the Cathedral
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President Trump held separate Oval Office meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 28, 2026, the...
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Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, sent a July 23, 2026 letter demanding DHS and ICE account for a $2 million sole-source contract giving ICE access to Graphite, a commercial spyware...
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As of 12:01 a.m. EDT on July 24, 2026, the U.S. Trade Representative has imposed new Section 301 duties of 10% or 12.5% on imports from 60 economies, citing their failure to adequately ban goods made with...
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Gabriel Perez, President Trump's teleprompter operator since 2016 and officially serving as a deputy assistant to the president and technical advisor, has been placed on unpaid leave amid a federal insider-trading investigation.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission...
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AI-generated videos and memes mocking Donald Trump and the U.S.-Iran war are circulating widely on Chinese platforms, an unusual development in a media environment known for aggressive political censorship.
One of the most-shared clips, reportedly traced to...
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Kathryn Ruemmler, the former Goldman Sachs general counsel and Obama-era White House counsel, sat for closed-door questioning before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, July 15, becoming the 17th witness called in Congress's sprawling, bipartisan investigation...
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Andy Burnham secured Labour's leadership uncontested, backed by roughly 379 MPs — over 80% of the parliamentary party — after nominations closed, making him the sole candidate to replace Keir Starmer.
Labour will formally confirm Burnham as...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) died Saturday night, July 11, 2026, at age 71, hours after returning from his 10th wartime visit to Kyiv, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
His office and the D.C. Medical Examiner's...
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The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act (H.R. 139) by a lopsided 308–117 vote on July 14, 2026, which would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide and end the twice-yearly clock change.
States could opt out and...
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President Trump hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi at the White House on July 14, 2026, framing the visit as a pivot from military relations to economic partnership.
Al-Zaidi confirmed U.S. forces are due to leave Iraq...
