Author: Nate
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Senate Democrats Blow Up the $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill to Protest a War They Can’t Stop
Senate Democrats Blow Up the $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill to Protest a War They Can’t Stop The Senate failed Tuesday to advance the $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act, with a cloture motion to proceed falling short 50-46, ten votes shy of the 60 needed [1, 2]. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer led opposition to…
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Trump Teases ‘Really Big’ Primetime Speech on Election Security Four Months Before the Midterms
Trump Teases ‘Really Big’ Primetime Speech on Election Security Four Months Before the Midterms President Trump announced Tuesday that he will deliver a rare primetime address Thursday at 9 p.m. ET focused on what he called “free and fair elections,” telling reporters “our country has to shape up” and describing the speech as “really big…
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House Votes to Kill the Clock Change Forever — And Nobody Agrees If That’s a Good Idea
House Votes to Kill the Clock Change Forever — And Nobody Agrees If That’s a Good Idea The House voted 308-117 on Tuesday to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, ending the twice-yearly clock change and locking the country onto the daylight saving time currently observed from March through November, unless a state opts out [1,…
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Trump Tells Congress the Iran War Is Back On — And Starts the Clock All Over Again
Trump Tells Congress the Iran War Is Back On — And Starts the Clock All Over Again President Trump formally notified Congress that the United States had resumed military action against Iran, sending a letter dated July 10 to Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, as required under the War Powers Act within 48…
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China’s Economy Grows Slower Than Expected — And the Cracks Are Showing
China’s Economy Grows Slower Than Expected — And the Cracks Are Showing China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported this week that gross domestic product grew 4.3% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, missing the 4.5% forecast from economists polled by Reuters and cooling from 5.0% growth in the first quarter [1, 2]. The reading…
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Ukraine’s Bloodiest Month Since 2022 Collides With a Stalled US Aid Fight
Ukraine’s Bloodiest Month Since 2022 Collides With a Stalled US Aid Fight The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported this week that June 2026 was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since April 2022, with at least 293 people killed and 1,990 injured [1, 2]. The toll surpassed May 2026, which had…
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ICE Halts Vehicle Stops Nationwide After Agents Kill Two Men Who Weren’t Even the Targets
ICE Halts Vehicle Stops Nationwide After Agents Kill Two Men Who Weren’t Even the Targets Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered its officers to suspend most vehicle stops nationwide after agents fatally shot two men in less than a week, neither of whom was the target of the operation that killed him [1, 2]. In Biddeford,…
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Justin Baldoni Fights Blake Lively’s $8 Million Legal Bill After Losing His Defamation Suit
Justin Baldoni Fights Blake Lively’s $8 Million Legal Bill After Losing His Defamation Suit Blake Lively asked a federal court on June 29 to order Justin Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, to pay $8.04 million in legal fees and more than $539,000 in litigation costs, after a judge dismissed Baldoni’s $400 million defamation…
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Trump Blockades Iran, Bombs It for a Third Night, Then Cancels His Own Toll Plan
Trump Blockades Iran, Bombs It for a Third Night, Then Cancels His Own Toll Plan U.S. forces carried out a third consecutive night of airstrikes on Iran on Tuesday, July 14, described as a “seven-hour wave” that hit dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and along Iran’s coast. The action followed President…
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12 States Sue to Kill Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros. Grab — And the Writers Guild Just Piled On
12 States Sue to Kill Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros. Grab — And the Writers Guild Just Piled On A coalition of 12 state attorneys general, led by California’s Rob Bonta, filed suit Monday in federal court to block Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing the deal would “extinguish competition”…