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JULY 8, 2025
Camper's belongings sit outside one of Camp Mystic's cabins near the Guadalupe River (AP)
With at least 105 dead and two dozen still missing, Friday’s catastrophic flash flooding in Central Texas ranks among the worst natural disasters in the state’s history.
The brunt of the disaster centered in Kerr County, where the torrential rainfall caused the Guadalupe River to burst its banks, taking 84 victims,...
JULY 8, 2025
FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for President Donald Trump's administration to resume its plans to carry out mass job cuts and the restructuring of agencies, elements of his campaign to downsize and reshape...
JULY 8, 2025
Vehicles burn following a Russian strike on Odesa - Reuters
Donald Trump has pledged to send more weapons to Ukraine, reversing a decision to pause shipments to Kyiv days earlier.
Speaking to reporters during a dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, the US president said that Ukraine was “getting hit very, very hard”. He added: “They have to be able to defend...
JULY 4, 2025
The Supreme Court last week sharply curtailed the ability of federal judges to block a presidential action nationwide, even if they find it unconstitutional. That followed its decision last year granting the president broad immunity from prosecution for crimes committed in the course of his core duties.
The Senate several days ago rejected a resolution that would have let Congress decide, under its war...
JULY 1, 2025
Workers with the Service Employees International Union rally outside the US Capitol on June 26 in Washington, DC. - Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Seniors, students, taxpayers, children, parents, low-income Americans and just about everyone else will be affected by the massive tax and spending bill being hashed out in real time on Capitol Hill.
Republicans call it President Donald Trump’s...
JULY 1, 2025
WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES - JUNE 27: United States President Donald Trump (not seen) held a press conference with United States Attorney General Pam Bondi and United States Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (not seen) at the White House Press Briefing room in Washington DC., United States on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty...
JULY 1, 2025
Ray Dalio weighs in on Trump’s economic agenda.
The founder of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, has voiced concern that President Donald Trump’s economic agenda could lead to “something worse than a recession.”
“Right now, we are at a decision-making point and very close to a recession,” billionaire investor Ray Dalio told NBC’s Meet the...
JULY 1, 2025
US National minimum wage
Workers across the United States are getting a raise this week after minimum wage increases took effect across several states and localities Tuesday.
The wage increases are expected to affect more than 880,000 workers this summer as minimum wage laws take effect in areas including Alaska, Oregon, Washington, D.C. and certain cities in California and Washington state, according to...
JULY 1, 2025
Microsoft recently released preview updates for Windows 11 and also announced that Windows 11 25H2 is coming along with the changes it will bring. Some dynamic updates have also been delivered. But on top of all this, Microsoft has quietly “force-installed” another update on Windows 10 and 11 PCs, according to Neowin.
The “secret” patch with update code KB5001716 has already...
JULY 1, 2025
US Congress Tax Cuts. - Mark Schiefelbein
WASHINGTON, D.C — A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, thwarting attempts to insert the measure into President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts.
The Senate voted 99-1 to strike the AI provision from the legislation after weeks...
