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Supreme Court Hands Trump the Power to Fire Independent Regulators — The Fed Barely Survives
Supreme Court Hands Trump the Power to Fire Independent Regulators — The Fed Barely Survives The Supreme Court voted 6-3 on June 29, 2026, to overturn Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 91-year-old precedent that had prevented presidents from dismissing members of independent federal regulatory agencies without a finding of cause. The ruling validates President…
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1,300 Europeans Dead in One Week: The Heatwave Everyone Predicted Finally Arrived and Nobody Was Ready
1,300 Europeans Dead in One Week: The Heatwave Everyone Predicted Finally Arrived and Nobody Was Ready The World Health Organization reported more than 1,300 excess deaths across Europe between June 21 and June 28, 2026, as a prolonged high-pressure heat dome stalled over the continent and drove temperatures to all-time national records across multiple countries…
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1,719 Confirmed Dead, 50,000 Still Missing: Venezuela’s Earthquake Relief Effort Is Collapsing Under Its Own Weight
1,719 Confirmed Dead, 50,000 Still Missing: Venezuela’s Earthquake Relief Effort Is Collapsing Under Its Own Weight Twin earthquakes measuring Mw 7.2 and Mw 7.5, striking 39 seconds apart, hit northwestern and central Venezuela on June 24, 2026, in the strongest seismic event to strike the country since 1900; the confirmed death toll reached 1,719 by…
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Iran Says There’s No Meeting. Trump Says There Is. The Hormuz War Has No Agreed Endgame.
Iran Says There’s No Meeting. Trump Says There Is. The Hormuz War Has No Agreed Endgame. US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner flew to Doha on June 29 for talks aimed at salvaging a disputed memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, after days of exchanged strikes around the Strait of…
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Love Island UK Pulls Contestant on Air After Finding His Name in a Stabbing Case He Was Never Charged In
Love Island UK Pulls Contestant on Air After Finding His Name in a Stabbing Case He Was Never Charged In Gabriel Garland, 24, was removed from ITV2’s “Love Island UK” Season 13 on June 29, 2026, after producers discovered his name appeared in court documents connected to a New Year’s Eve 2019 stabbing in south-east…
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DC’s ‘Supergirl’ Is a $125 Million Box Office Bomb — and the Reboot Might Go Down With It
DC’s ‘Supergirl’ Is a $125 Million Box Office Bomb — and the Reboot Might Go Down With It Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow,” starring Milly Alcock, opened to $37.1 million domestically from 3,600 North American theaters over the June 27–29 weekend, falling well short of pre-release projections of $47 million to…
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The Supreme Court Handed Trump a Deportation Green Light — 350,000 People Are Now Counting the Days
The Supreme Court Handed Trump a Deportation Green Light — 350,000 People Are Now Counting the Days In a 6–3 ruling in Mullin v. Doe on June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court held that the Temporary Protected Status statute bars most judicial review of the Trump administration’s decision to terminate TPS designations, clearing the way…
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Trump Picked an Oklahoma State Trooper to Run ICE — and the Confirmation Fight Is Already a Proxy War Over Deportation Policy
Trump Picked an Oklahoma State Trooper to Run ICE — and the Confirmation Fight Is Already a Proxy War Over Deportation Policy President Trump announced on June 27, 2026 his intention to nominate Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper with more than 29 years of law enforcement experience, to serve as director of Immigration…
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Someone Called CPS on Pete Buttigieg With a Fabricated Abuse Story — and the Fight Over What to Call It Is Just Getting Started
Someone Called CPS on Pete Buttigieg With a Fabricated Abuse Story — and the Fight Over What to Call It Is Just Getting Started Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg disclosed publicly on June 26, 2026 that his family had been targeted by a false report to Michigan Child Protective Services. An anonymous caller had contacted…
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Trump Lost in Court Over Mail-In Voting — And Now He’s Running Out of Time to Fight Back Before the Midterms
Trump Lost in Court Over Mail-In Voting — And Now He’s Running Out of Time to Fight Back Before the Midterms A federal judge in Boston ruled on June 25, 2026 that key provisions of President Trump’s March executive order on elections are unconstitutional, blocking the administration from using federal citizenship lists built by DHS…