Judge Blocks Virginia’s Assault Weapons Ban Days Before It Was To Take Effect
The law has been highly controversial in the state, with some county prosecutors saying they would refuse to enforce it.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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John Bolton Faces Up to Five Years in Prison on Guilty Plea in Classified Documents Case
The former Trump administration adviser will pay a $2.5 million fine as part of the agreement.
By LUKE FUNK
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Paris Bans Drinking Alcohol in Public as Heatwave Taxes Hospitals
The ban goes into effect hours before France plays Norway in the World Cup.
By LUKE FUNK
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In Major Cities, Stubborn Crime Forces Leftist Mayors To Reverse Policies on Policing
From Seattle to New York, one-time champions of the ‘defund the police’ movement are looking for ways to put more officers on the street.
By DANIEL EDWARD ROSEN
|Dominion Voting Systems Agrees To Drop $1.3 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against Mike Lindell
The MyPillow CEO says he is not planning to stop claiming the voting machine companies altered the results of the 2020 election.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
|Pop Lyrics Really Have Grown Darker Over Six Decades, Study Finds
The researchers cite an increase in moral vices such as harm and cheating and a decline in expressions of moral virtues such as care and purity.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Musk Loses Trillionaire Title as SpaceX Shares Tumble
A 16 percent drop in a single day erased an estimated $240 billion from CEO’s balance sheet.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Trump Installs AI Cameras, Deploys National Guard To Patrol Algae-Filled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Mr. Trump has repeatedly blamed the deterioration on vandals, offering no evidence to support the claim.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Despite Protests, Rainbow Flags Will Fly Inside Seattle Stadium During High-Stakes Game Between Two Anti-LGBTQ+ Nations
The game is also a chance for Iran to make history, having never reached the knockout round in six previous World Cup appearances.
By GEORGE WILLIS
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Britain Proposes Ban on Conversion Therapy With Five-Year Prison Sentences and Unlimited Fines
Critics of the legislation argue that modern-day conversion therapy is simply talk therapy that has not harmed anyone.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
|Iran Reportedly Attacks Cargo Ship Passing Through the Strait of Hormuz
The strike poses a test of the deal that led to a pause in the conflict.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
|Trump’s Attempt To Make Erdogan ‘Very Happy’ Rankles Members of Congress
The president claims he prevented the Ankara strongman from joining the war on Iran’s side, but Turks don’t know ‘what he was talking about,’ a source there tells the Sun.
By BENNY AVNI
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Why Rwanda Is Threatening To Stop Fighting ISIS — And What Happens if It Follows Through
As European funding lapses and U.S. sanctions bite, Rwanda’s ultimatum over its Mozambique deployment puts a fragile counter-terrorism mission on the line.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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USGS Warns Venezuela Death Toll Could Rise Into Thousands After Twin Earthquakes
President Trump says America ‘stands ready, willing, and able to help’ and that his administration ‘will be there for our new and great friends.’
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Moscow Loses Its Grip as Ukrainian Drones Change the Regional Balance of Power
Former Soviet Union states are going their own way.
By JAMES BROOKE
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Hochul Goes After Blakeman for ‘Absolutely Despicable’ Comment About Brad Lander
The Republican nominee for New York governor said that a Jewish Democratic congressional candidate would have been a concentration camp guard.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Bruce Blakeman Says Brad Lander Would Have Been Concentration Camp Guard If Given the Chance
Lander, like Blakeman, is Jewish.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Congress Leaves Town for Two Weeks After Trump, Conservatives Blow Up Legislative Agenda
The president and his hardline Republican allies on the Hill say nothing is going to get done until the SAVE America Act is passed.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Congress Stalled After Trump Throws Out Demand for Passage of Voter ID Bill
The president and his allies are threatening to stop up both the House and Senate floors.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Trump Requests Nearly $88 Billion in Additional Funds Following Conflict With Iran
The vast majority of the funds would be sent to the Pentagon.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Jack Schlossberg Ran as a Mamdani, Not a Kennedy — and Lost
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, Pivoting From Spat With Trump, Will Take Leading Role at July’s NATO Summit
By ROSARIO IACONIS
Spirit of Alexis de Tocqueville Is Afoot as World Cup Visitors Get a Glimpse of American Exceptionalism
By SALENA ZITO
Antisemitism Is the Root of Mamdani Socialism, and It’s Destroying New York City
By LAWRENCE KUDLOW
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Michelangelo and Rodin Rendezvous at the Louvre To Celebrate the Human Body in Stone and Chalk
The world’s most popular art museum gathers two of the most sublime sculptors to ever wield a chisel.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
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At 250, America Is Still Writing and Rewriting its Presidents
The range of approaches taken by the first presidential biographers persists today but the respectful distance, once maintained, has been broken.
By CARL ROLLYSON
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Wyndham Clark, Golf’s Winning Villain, Seeks To Be a Crowd Favorite Again
After enduring massive heckling at Shinnecock, the two-time U.S. Open champ keeps his head held high.
By GEORGE WILLIS
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Economy
Warsh Sets Up Five Task Forces To Make Changes to Federal Reserve Operations
As interest rates hold steady, the newly installed chairman said he is not committing to holding post-meeting press conferences.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
|Warsh’s First Press Conference as Fed Chairman Could Offer Clues About His Promised Reforms
With interest rate cuts expected to be off the table for at least the near-term, the markets will look for signs of guidance for future rate decisions.
By LUKE FUNK
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Failed to Revive Manufacturing, New Report Finds
The report by Mike Pence’s think tank says the aggressive trade policy wiped out 89,000 manufacturing jobs in the 10 months following its announcement.
By JOSEPH CURL
|Trump Administration Cites Forced Labor For New Tariffs on Dozens of Countries
A U.S. Trade Representative investigation finds 54 countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia in violation of laws banning goods produced with forced labor.
By LUKE FUNK
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White Students Are Now a Minority in American Schools, New Analysis Finds
atino students have seen the sharpest rise in numbers since 2000, growing to 18.4 million enrolled students from 10.2 million.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Spanberger Removes Virginia Tech Rector for Alleged Ethics Violations as She Moves To Reshape University’s Governing Body
The shake-up comes amid a search for a new president of the public university.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Harvard Faculty Vote to Cap A Grades Despite Strong Student Opposition
The dean of undergraduate education described the result as ‘consequential.’
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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Luigi Plea Deal Has Been Discussed With Federal Prosecutors, Reports Say
Experts say an early conviction of Mangione in the federal stalking case could stymie the state’s murder prosecution under New York’s double jeopardy laws.
By MARIE POHL
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‘This Is a Good Day for Harvey’: Prosecution Dismisses Actress’s Rape Case After Failing To Convict Weinstein Three Times
The prosecution notes that this decision is not ‘a reflection of any diminished confidence in the case.’
By MARIE POHL
|Supreme Court Overturns Onerous Hawaii Gun Law
The conservative majority on the court says the law making it nearly impossible to go anywhere in public with a gun is unconstitutional.
By LUKE FUNK
|Supreme Court Hands Trump Big Wins on Immigration Policies
The court overturned lower court decisions, ending protections for thousands of Haitians and Syrians and allowing limits on the number of people who apply for asylum at the border.
By LUKE FUNK
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