A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem's personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirements, experts say. read more
The Republicans who sued are asking the Supreme Court to lift restrictions on how much political parties can spend on candidates, saying they violate free-speech protections. read more
Isidro Perez, a 75-year-old Cuban national in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, died at HCA Kendall Florida Hospital on June 26. read more
A growing number of Gen Z and millennial Americans are seeking elected office -- campaigning on the issues that matter most to them and their peers. read more
Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary triggered a wave of Islamophobic attacks -- including from sitting members of Congress -- that once might have disqualified the perpetrators from public office. read more
Canada announced Sunday night it was suspending a tax on U.S. technology firms that had caused President Trump to suspend trade negotiations between the two nations, handing a major victory to the American president. read more
Priscilla Chan opened a school for disadvantaged kids in 2016 with her husband, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The Primary School, in East Palo Alto, CA, offered free tuition, as well as free health care and counseling for students and parents, in an attempt to show that giving kids the right support could lessen gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students. In 2018, Chan, a pediatrician, said she was "in for the long haul." But in April 2025, less than a decade after the Primary School opened, Chan told staff it would shutter its two locations after the 2025-2026 school year. read more
The Trump administration formally accused Harvard on Monday of violating federal civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment, ratcheting up its allegations ... read more
Multiple news agencies are reporting that a father jumped off a Disney Cruise ship after his daughter fell from a railing on the ship's fourth floor. Both were rescued within minutes. read more
"The more they learn about this bill, they hate it just as much," [CNN data chief Harry] Enten said, and showed a poll that found just 23% of Americans think it helps their families, while 49% said it hurts. read more
Richard Rubin, the U.S. tax policy reporter for The Wall Street Journal, writes one of the most amazing ledes: "Republicans are waving a $3.8 trillion magic wand over their tax-and-spending megabill, declaring that their extensions of expiring tax cuts have no effect on the federal budget." read more
To get the votes for Trump's spending and tax cut bill, The Hill writes that the Vice President struck a deal with a group of Senators that were demanding deeper Medicaid cuts in the bill than the version that passed in the U.S. House. read more
Russia hit Ukraine with 537 drones and missiles overnight Sunday in Moscow's largest attack of the war, the Ukrainian Air Force said. read more
If there was such a thing as weather whiplash, Ethan Zoerb would surely have a case. read more
President Trump said that there will be a temporary pass issued for migrants working at farms and in the hospitality industry to allow employers to have more control after the administration sent mixed messages about exceptions in its mass deportation efforts. read more
Idaho Statesman: Pat Riley, Northern Lakes fire chief, said the firefighters were responding to a wildland fire that turned into an "ambush-style active shooter." read more
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