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Zendaya wore 3,000 year old earrings to The Odyssey London photocall. The earrings featured ancient gold medallion plaques believed to originate from the Ziwiye Hoard in present day Iran, dating to the 1st millennium BC. Many cited the timing of the active U.S.-Iran conflict.
The FDA continues to point to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms in Central Mexico. No samples from the facility yet testing positive for the cyclosporiasis parasite. The announcement follows a larger outbreak with cases that date back to May. More than 10,000 people across five states have reported feeling ill after eating Taco Bell meals.
The architecture for either China or Russia to expand cooperation with Saudi Arabia is already in place. "The Saudi threat to turn to Russia and China as an alternative to U.S. nuclear assistance is more of a negotiating ploy than a realistic alternative," says Peter Bergen. "Saudi won't normalize with Israel until there is real progress toward establishing a Palestinian state, which obviously is not likely to happen soon"
RI joins states suing Trump administration for linking disaster funds to election changes. DHS plans to withhold 20% of certain FEMA grants unless states adopt hand-marked paper ballots and other security measures. DHS announced on July 10 that it would withhold 20 per cent of Federal Emergency Management Agency grant awards until those states submit proposals.
The U.S. will open a formal investigation into the European Union's trade practices, President Donald Trump says. Trump claims the bloc has unfairly levied billions of dollars of fines against Google, Apple and other tech giants. The Republican president made the announcement a day after the EU hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros, or $1 billion.
Fitzpatrick initially voted against a resolution to restrict Trump's war powers in Iran in March. In May, after Trump pushed past the 60-day deadline established under the War Powers Resolution of 1973, he voted in favor of a resolution. In June, the Senate approved its own resolution calling for restricting war powers for the first time.
Houthi attacks on Saudi shipping risk adding a new front to the Iran war. Around 12 percent of global trade passes through Bab el-Mandeb, the strategic route. The attack forced the market to consider what happens if Saudi barrels cannot move freely through either Hormuz or the Red Sea.
Liberal Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court is not a rubber stamp for Trump. Kagan: At significant times, on some big issues, “the court has checked the executive branch.” The court has sided with the Trump administration in the vast majority of cases to come before it so far.
A coalition of more than 20 technology companies, including Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, and Palantir, released a joint letter on Friday. The letter argues that such models expand access to the AI economy, strengthen competition, and give organizations greater control over the technology they use. It comes amid a wider debate over Chinese open-weight AI models.
An AI agent got loose, broke into Hugging Face's repository of AI models and datasets. The "attacker" was an AI system acting on its own, not a human-led hacker team. The implications of the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident go beyond simple credential theft.
The U.S. imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners. The EU and China were among those hit with new tariffs. The new tariffs were imposed just as a temporary 10% global tariff expired. Australia and Brazil described the new tariffs as unjustified and said they would seek to have them removed.
Oxy's stock could rise about 20% to a new 52-week high of $70. Even at $70, Oxy would still be a bargain at 18 times next year's earnings. WTI crude oil hasn't traded below $45 per barrel since the worst days of the pandemic in 2020.
The U.S. eliminated local measles spread in 2000 by maintaining high vaccination rates. The nation had 2,289 cases in 2025, the worst year for measles in more than three decades. In Utah, where public health officials have fought measles for more than a year, the virus has sickened more than 700 people.
Trump is threatening to raise tariffs on a wide range of Canadian imports, including wine, cement and even hockey sticks. Canada scratched a joint gathering after President Donald Trump this week suddenly announced 50% tariffs on Canadian goods. He continued: "Ontario will be ready to respond to any new American tariffs"
Donald Trump has imposed a new round of tariffs on more than 80 countries. The move is meant to replace an expiring global duty introduced earlier this year. The new tariffs are expected to cost the US economy an estimated $1.2 billion. The White House says the move is necessary to protect American workers.
Large forest fires burn out of control in southwestern France and central Spain. Government declares national emergency for wildfires for the first time. More than 20,000 people evacuated from towns and vacation resorts on Thursday. Firefighters still trying to extinguish Spain’s second-largest ever fire in Guadalajara province.
On Wednesday, the Pentagon reported on its casualties website that a total of 18 American service members had been killed during the war in Iran. However, on Thursday, four troops’ deaths were removed, and the total deaths listed on the website decreased to 14. That said, as of this writing, the Defense Casualty Analysis System, which tracks war casualties, continues to show atotal of 14 fatalities, not 18.
Iran claims new drone strikes Friday against U.S. military facilities in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait. Explosions heard near military base in northern Iraq and video showed dramatic drone interceptions. Iran did not immediately specify which bases or facilities were struck or provide details on the extent of the alleged damage. Iranian Army said its drones targeted US military installations in Kuwait.
The U.S. and Saudi governments have signed a commercial nuclear deal. The deal could allow Saudi Arabia to have a civilian nuclear program on its soil. President Trump said a newly-signed nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia is dependent on the kingdom joining the Abraham Accords, a pact to normalize relations with Israel.
The U.S. war with Iran escalated again Thursday as Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen attacked two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea. The attack caused global oil prices to surge amid fears of yet another vital energy corridor being choked off by the conflict. Saudi Arabia had maintained daily communication with Iranian diplomats throughout the war. The Houthis’ actions could also prompt “the U.s. to double down on its own military operations, while the naval blockade further strains Iran’s already battered economy”
Yemen's Houthis attack two Saudi oil tankers with missiles and drones. The Houthis have accused Saudi Arabia of imposing a blockade on airports and seaports. The attack causes global oil prices to surge amid fears of yet another energy corridor being choked. The U.S. war with Iran escalated again Thursday as Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen attacked two Saudi Arabian oil tanker in the Red Sea.
U.S. issues sanctions against notorious Iranian billionaire for enabling regime. Babak Zanjani was sentenced to death for allegedly embezzling millions from the National Iranian Oil Company. That sentence was commuted in 2024 and he emerged as a major backer of the regime last year, according to the Treasury Department.
Mamdani said he could not, as promised, order Netanyahu’s arrest on war crime charges when he came to New York. His core recommendation: conduct a thorough legal analysis, and if and when it finds that the mayor can’t do this, “lay out the moral and legal case against Netanyahu and call in the federal government”
Trump said his administration's agreement to provide Saudi Arabia with a civilian nuclear program is contingent on the kingdom normalizing relations with Israel. "This deal's origins are in the Biden Administration, which held out nuclear cooperation as a reward if the Saudis were to join the Abraham Accords," the Journal's editorial board wrote Thursday.