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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...
JUNE 27, 2025
Question: “My parents own a flat in a large city in the United States. They have tenants and the property is worth over $500,000. I want to buy the property from my parents, but they were initially concerned about the rehab costs and would feel guilty if I went into massive debt repairing it. Now they’ve changed their...
JUNE 27, 2025
People protest in support of birthright citizenship outside the supreme court in Washington in May. - Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
The US supreme court has supported Donald Trump’s attempt to limit lower-court orders that have so far blocked his administration’s ban on birthright citizenship, in a ruling that could strips federal judges of a power they’ve used to obstruct...
JUNE 27, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping speeches during Russian-Chinese talks at the Grand Kremlin Palace, May 8, 2025 in Moscow, Russia. - Contributor/Getty Images
China confirmed that it had agreed with the U.S. to approve the accelerated export of rare earths after President Donald Trump said he had signed a trade deal with Beijing, and said Washington will also lift some of its...
