Category: US

Trump Hands Zelensky a Win, Lets Ukraine Build Its Own Patriot Missiles President Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday that the United States will grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot air defense interceptors domestically, announced during a bilateral meeting at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. Ukrainian officials have pressed for the…

White House’s ‘Freedom Fuel’ Gas Stations Spark Instant Backlash The White House on Wednesday touted the launch of 25 “Freedom Fuel” gas stations, a network it says will offer Americans cheaper gasoline, with the first station opening in Philadelphia at a price of $3.47 per gallon. Of the 25 locations, 20 are in Pennsylvania and…

Judge Forces Trump to Finally Pay E. Jean Carroll $5.8 Million U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday ordered the release of more than $5 million owed to writer E. Jean Carroll, rejecting President Trump’s bid to keep the money in a court-controlled escrow account any longer. The order covers the bulk of a $5.8…

Maine Senate Hopeful Graham Platner Quits After Assault Allegation Sinks Campaign Graham Platner suspended his Democratic campaign for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat on Wednesday, two days after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. In an 11-minute video posted to social media, Platner announced he was “suspending campaign operations” and intends to…

Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire Dead, Defies Congress’s War Powers Vote President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the ceasefire with Iran is “over,” and U.S. Central Command carried out a second consecutive day of strikes against Iranian targets, hitting more than 80 sites including air defense systems, coastal radar installations, and small boats used to threaten…

Maryland Democrats Call an August Emergency Session to Rewrite the State Constitution — and Clear a Path to an 8-0 Congressional Map Maryland House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk and Senate President Bill Ferguson announced July 7 that the Democratic-led General Assembly will convene a special legislative session August 3–5 to consider a proposed constitutional amendment governing…

Supreme Court Clears Texas to Force Parental Permission Before Any Minor Downloads Any App The Supreme Court on Monday declined to block Texas’s App Store Accountability Act from going into effect while legal challenges continue in the lower courts, allowing the state to begin enforcing the 2025 law immediately. The law requires app stores to…

Senate Democrats Abandon Maine’s Platner After Rape Allegation — But He Won’t Go Quietly Politico published a report on Monday in which Maine resident Jenny Racicot, 41, alleged that Graham Platner — the Democratic Senate nominee challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins — came to her home drunk and uninvited one night in 2021 and…

Lawsuit: The Trump Administration Has Been Feeding Iranian Asylum Seekers’ Secrets Directly to Tehran The Iranian Legal Defense Fund and the Public Citizen Litigation Group filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that the Trump administration has been sharing confidential information from the asylum applications of Iranians held in ICE detention directly with the Iranian government since…

One Year of the “Big Beautiful Bill” — and Democrats Are Running on It Harder Than Republicans Are The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the sweeping Republican megabill signed into law approximately one year ago, is now a defining flashpoint of the 2026 midterm campaign — and in a striking reversal, congressional Democrats are invoking…