Dena Karari, a US citizen detained in Iran in December 2024 on bogus charges, has been released. She is traveling back to the United States. There are at least two other US citizens being wrongfully detained in the country, according to the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation.
Argentina beat England 2-1 in the World Cup semifinal. Enzo Fernandez and substitute Lautaro Martinez scored the goals. Argentina will play Spain in the final on Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey. England lost to Germany in 1990, Croatia in 2018 and to Italy in 2021.
The U.S. Treasury last year swelled with revenue from President Donald Trump’s double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country on earth. The Supreme Court struck down the biggest and boldest of Trump's tariffs in February, so the money dried up. The administration has to replace the lost revenue with bigger Section 301 tariffs by the July 24 deadline.
More than half of House Democrats voted to strip $3.3 billion in US aid from Israel. The vote tally was 104-314, but it was not enough to attach the amendment to a broader national security spending bill. The House's Democratic leadership split over the issue in what was largely seen as a test vote ahead of the US midterm elections. The deepening divide over Israel threatens to upend the Democratic Party.
Trump is scheduled to give a primetime speech reviving his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. The president has a record-low job approval rating and an escalating war with Iran. Some of his allies question the wisdom of focusing his message on relitigating 2020 election.
Trump's approval rating with the American public has taken another downward turn. Trump's worst issues are Iran and the economy. For the first time, the Pew Research Center’s global survey finds that China and President Xi Jinping are seen more favorably than Trump.
Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student, has filed a lawsuit against conservative activist groups and several members of the Trump administration. The lawsuit accuses them of a conspiracy to deprive Khalil of his rights. Khalil has become the face of the administration’s push to weaponize the government against liberals.
After the war with Iran, Israel and the U.S. failed to achieve a quick and decisive victory. This has strained the relationship between the two countries. Türkiye was excluded from the F-35 program and the CAATSA sanctions were applied to it in 2020. Israel was responsible for both the removal from the project and the implementation of the sanctions.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul wants to use AI to review outdated laws in the state. New York became the first state to put a moratorium on new hyperscale data centers for up to a year this week. The state lawmakers plan to come up with regulations to protect residents from the rising utility costs and the threat to natural resources posed by massive data centers.
President Donald Trump announced nearly $10 billion in investments into the defense industry in Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon at Sen. Dave McCormick’s (R-PA) Defense and Innovation Summit. The investments will create more than 4,000 jobs in the state. Trump has overseen $19.2 trillion in investments in the United States since he returned to office in January 2025.
Dena Karari, a US citizen detained in Iran in December 2024 on bogus charges, has been released. She is traveling back to the United States. There are at least two other US citizens being wrongfully detained in the country, according to the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation.
Argentina beat England 2-1 in the World Cup semifinal. Enzo Fernandez and substitute Lautaro Martinez scored the goals. Argentina will play Spain in the final on Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey. England lost to Germany in 1990, Croatia in 2018 and to Italy in 2021.
The U.S. Treasury last year swelled with revenue from President Donald Trump’s double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country on earth. The Supreme Court struck down the biggest and boldest of Trump's tariffs in February, so the money dried up. The administration has to replace the lost revenue with bigger Section 301 tariffs by the July 24 deadline.
More than half of House Democrats voted to strip $3.3 billion in US aid from Israel. The vote tally was 104-314, but it was not enough to attach the amendment to a broader national security spending bill. The House's Democratic leadership split over the issue in what was largely seen as a test vote ahead of the US midterm elections. The deepening divide over Israel threatens to upend the Democratic Party.
Trump is scheduled to give a primetime speech reviving his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. The president has a record-low job approval rating and an escalating war with Iran. Some of his allies question the wisdom of focusing his message on relitigating 2020 election.
Trump's approval rating with the American public has taken another downward turn. Trump's worst issues are Iran and the economy. For the first time, the Pew Research Center’s global survey finds that China and President Xi Jinping are seen more favorably than Trump.
Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student, has filed a lawsuit against conservative activist groups and several members of the Trump administration. The lawsuit accuses them of a conspiracy to deprive Khalil of his rights. Khalil has become the face of the administration’s push to weaponize the government against liberals.
After the war with Iran, Israel and the U.S. failed to achieve a quick and decisive victory. This has strained the relationship between the two countries. Türkiye was excluded from the F-35 program and the CAATSA sanctions were applied to it in 2020. Israel was responsible for both the removal from the project and the implementation of the sanctions.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul wants to use AI to review outdated laws in the state. New York became the first state to put a moratorium on new hyperscale data centers for up to a year this week. The state lawmakers plan to come up with regulations to protect residents from the rising utility costs and the threat to natural resources posed by massive data centers.
President Donald Trump announced nearly $10 billion in investments into the defense industry in Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon at Sen. Dave McCormick’s (R-PA) Defense and Innovation Summit. The investments will create more than 4,000 jobs in the state. Trump has overseen $19.2 trillion in investments in the United States since he returned to office in January 2025.