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ICE Arrests Hit 1,400 a Day as Officials Warned of Dangerous Overcrowding
ICE Arrests Hit 1,400 a Day as Officials Warned of Dangerous Overcrowding Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests accelerated to a daily average of more than 1,400 during the first eleven days of July, according to Bloomberg reporting published Wednesday, July 22, 2026, up from a daily average above 1,300 in June, when the monthly total…
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Trump Weighs Strikes on an Eighth Country Without a Vote From Congress
Trump Weighs Strikes on an Eighth Country Without a Vote From Congress The Trump administration is weighing military strikes in Mali against JNIM, an al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group that has expanded its control across the Sahel, according to current and former U.S. officials briefed on the internal discussions and reported by the Washington Post on Wednesday,…
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U.S. Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia Opens a Door to Uranium Enrichment
U.S. Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia Opens a Door to Uranium Enrichment The Trump administration signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, giving American companies priority access to build reactors and supply fuel for the kingdom’s nuclear energy program. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Energy Minister Prince…
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House Bans Lawmakers From Buying Stocks — But Lets Them Keep What They Already Own
House Bans Lawmakers From Buying Stocks — But Lets Them Keep What They Already Own The House passed the Stop Insider Trading Act 232-198 on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, with 13 Democrats joining nearly all Republicans in favor. The bill would bar sitting members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from purchasing individual…
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House GOP Rams Through $95 Billion Iran War Package by a Single Vote
House GOP Rams Through $95 Billion Iran War Package by a Single Vote On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, the House voted 216-214 to adopt a Republican-only budget resolution funding the ongoing U.S. war with Iran alongside other White House priorities. The $95 billion package includes $73 billion for war-related Pentagon operations, $12 billion in farm…
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France Bans Social Media for Kids Under 15 in First-of-Its-Kind EU Law
France Bans Social Media for Kids Under 15 in First-of-Its-Kind EU Law France’s National Assembly and Senate voted Tuesday to approve a nationwide ban on social media access for children under 15, becoming the first European Union country to enact a blanket ban of its kind [1, 2]. The law, a flagship initiative of President…
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Zelenskyy Fires His Top General to Quiet Kyiv’s Streets
Zelenskyy Fires His Top General to Quiet Kyiv’s Streets President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces on Tuesday after six days of street protests in Kyiv and other cities, replacing him with 43-year-old Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi [1, 2]. The protests erupted after Zelenskyy removed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov,…
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Trump Asks Congress for $67 Billion More as Iran War Spreads to the Red Sea
Trump Asks Congress for $67 Billion More as Iran War Spreads to the Red Sea Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine told the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday that the air war against Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, as the Trump administration formally requested $87.6 billion in supplemental funding…
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FCC Chairman Ties ABC’s License Renewal to Its Refusal to Air Trump’s Speech
FCC Chairman Ties ABC’s License Renewal to Its Refusal to Air Trump’s Speech President Donald Trump delivered a White House address on election security on July 16, during which he declassified intelligence he said showed Chinese interference in U.S. elections. ABC, NBC and CNN did not air the speech live on their main broadcast channels;…
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Disney’s Third Layoff Wave of 2026 Guts Pixar, ESPN and National Geographic
Disney’s Third Layoff Wave of 2026 Guts Pixar, ESPN and National Geographic The Walt Disney Company on July 21 notified employees across Pixar Animation Studios, National Geographic, ESPN and ABC News that hundreds of positions were being eliminated, marking the company’s third major layoff round of 2026 under CEO Josh D’Amaro, following a January marketing…