Politics
- by: EMMA BURROWS and ILLIA NOVIKOV
- Source:
AP News
- 07/21/2025
Russia launches a major aerial attack on Kyiv hours before high-level talks on support for Ukraine
Russia unleashed one of its largest aerial assaults on Ukraine in recent months, only hours before the U.K. and Germany chaired a meeting to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for NATO allies to provide Ukraine with weapons.
- by: MARY CLARE JALONICK, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ALAN SUDERMAN
- Source:
Dayton Daily News
- 07/18/2025
House sends bill regulating stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency, to Trump
The House has passed two bills intended to boost the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency industry with new regulations as President Donald Trump has pushed to make the U_S_ the “crypto capital of the world.”
- by: ASHRAF KHALIL
- Source:
AP News
- 07/17/2025
Despite scandal and a looming corruption trial, Trayon White wins vote to return to the DC Council
A former Washington, D.C., Council member is returning to his seat, five months after he was kicked out for his involvement in a federal bribery investigation.
- by: ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Source:
Daily Mail
- 07/14/2025
Trump to meet NATO secretary-general as plan takes shape for Ukraine weapons sales
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Donald Trump this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that they can then pass on to Ukraine.
- by: Koh Ewe, Woongbee Lee
- Source:
BBC
- 07/11/2025
North Korean defector to sue Kim Jong Un for abuse
A North Korean defector is filing civil and criminal charges against the country's leader Kim Jong Un for abuses she faced while detained in the country.
- by: The Associated Press
- Source:
ctv news
- 07/10/2025
Rubio says U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia Thursday.
- by: Jacob Wendler
- Source:
Politico
- 07/10/2025
Supreme Court declines to lift hold on Florida’s tough immigration law
A Florida immigration law can’t be enforced while it’s facing a legal challenge, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The court issued a one-sentence order denying Florida’s request to carry out enforcement of a law that bars people from entering the state if they don’t have legal authorization to be in the U.S.
- by: Filip Timotija
- Source:
The Hill
- 07/07/2025
Zelensky: Trump conversation ‘very important and fruitful’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a “very important and fruitful” conversation with President Trump on Friday during which the two leaders discussed the developments on the front lines in Eastern Europe, air defense systems and mutual investments.
- by: Greta Cross
- Source:
USA TODAY
- 07/03/2025
Trump has big plans for Fourth of July 2026. What we know about America’s 250th
As Americans gear up for Fourth of July 2025 festivities, some are already looking to 2026, the celebration of the country's 250th birthday.
- by: Ronny Reyes
- Source:
NY Post
- 07/02/2025
Ukrainian drone hits weapons plant 800 miles deep in Russia, killing at least 3
A Ukrainian drone struck an anti-aircraft missile plant 800 miles deep into Russia on Tuesday — as Kyiv ramps up and prioritizes its UAV production to match Moscow’s bombardments.
- by: Steven Nelson
- Source:
NY Post
- 07/01/2025
Trump formally lifts Syria sanctions after meeting with ex-Al Qaeda fighter prez in Saudi Arabia
President Trump gave his final sign-off Monday to lifting longstanding US sanctions on Syria after pledging to do so last month during a trip to Saudi Arabia – in spite of the fact that the country’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is a former leader of al Qaeda.
- by: Associated Press
- Source:
Daily Kos
- 06/30/2025
Trump's tax and spending cuts bill clears key Senate vote as Republicans race to pass it by July 4
Senate Republicans voting in a dramatic late Saturday session narrowly cleared a key procedural step as they race to advance President Donald Trump's package of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline.
- Source:
aljazeera
- 06/26/2025
‘Witch-hunt’: Trump calls for cancellation of Netanyahu’s corruption trial
President Trump extolls Israeli leader as a ‘warrior’, says the US will be the one that ‘saves Bibi Netanyahu’ amid corruption trial.
- by: Elizabeth Elkind
- Source:
Fox News
- 06/25/2025
128 Democrats join House GOP to block progressive's bid to impeach Trump
The House of Representatives voted along bipartisan lines to quash a lone progressive lawmaker's bid to impeach President Donald Trump Tuesday afternoon.
- by: April Rubin
- Source:
Axios
- 06/25/2025
Andrew Cuomo concedes to Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral primary
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded to state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday night.
- by: MIKE CORDER, SYLVIE CORBET, MOLLY QUELL and LORNE COOK
- Source:
AP News
- 06/25/2025
NATO leaders agree to hike military spending and restate ‘ironclad commitment’ to collective defense
NATO leaders agreed on Wednesday on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked.