World Politics
Trump abandoned a proposed 20% fee on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz and ordered the US naval blockade of Iranian ports reinstated, as fresh strikes and Iranian counterattacks left the June ceasefire in doubt.
Business
The largest US hospital chain lowered its 2026 profit forecast, saying more patients arrived uninsured after dropping ACA coverage when enhanced subsidies lapsed. HCA now expects a $1 billion to $1.2 billion hit.
Health
The FTC settled its lawsuit accusing CVS Caremark of using a rebate system that inflated insulin list prices. The agency says the changes could save Americans up to $8.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs over a decade.
Health
A summer cyclospora outbreak has exceeded the previous US record of about 4,700 cases, with Michigan hardest hit. State officials point to lettuce as a likely source while the FDA runs traceback investigations.
U.S. Politics
President Trump paid writer E. Jean Carroll about $5.6 million in the sexual-abuse and defamation case, three years after a jury found him liable. The payment came after he exhausted appeals and the Supreme Court declined to intervene.
U.S. Politics
Senate Democrats voted 50-46 to deny debate on the $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act, short of the 60 votes needed to advance it. Objections centered on Trump's ongoing military operations against Iran and on provisions deepening U.S.-Israel weapons and intelligence integration.
World Politics
An Israeli drone strike on a police station in Jabalia in northern Gaza killed at least eight people, most of them police, according to Gaza's interior ministry. The attack is among continuing Israeli strikes since the October 2025 ceasefire, under which more than 1,100 people have been killed.
U.S. Politics
Immigration and Customs Enforcement halted most non-urgent vehicle stops following two fatal shootings within days — one in which an agent killed a Colombian man in Maine, and an earlier killing in Houston. The pause marks a rare operational retreat as scrutiny of enforcement tactics grows.
Business
Warren Buffett directed nearly $6 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock to four foundations tied to his own family this year and gave nothing to the Gates Foundation — the first such exclusion since he began the gifts in 2006. The move follows a review of the foundation's past links to Jeffrey Epstein.
World Politics
Yemen's Houthis launched missiles at Saudi Arabia in response to airstrikes on Sanaa's airport, and threatened a wider campaign against the kingdom, opening a new front in the escalating Iran-linked conflict in the region.
Health
A WHO official said most new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo are emerging outside known transmission chains and that the true size of the outbreak may be about double the reported tally, with many people dying in their communities before reaching care.
Business
Annual US inflation slowed to 3.5% in June, helped by falling gasoline prices, though economists cautioned that renewed Iran-related tensions could push energy costs back up.
World Politics
A court in Port Sudan sentenced Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, and 15 other senior RSF figures to death in absentia for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in West Darfur.
Science
Scientists have repurposed a bacterial CRISPR enzyme that shreds DNA as a self-destruct mechanism, using it to selectively kill cancer cells in early laboratory experiments.
Business
De Beers said it will suspend production for two years at its flagship Venetia mine in South Africa, which employs more than 4,000 people, citing a prolonged slump in demand for natural diamonds.
Business
California is leading a coalition of a dozen states in a lawsuit to stop the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros, arguing the combination of two major Hollywood studios would harm competition.
Health
Biogen's experimental drug diranersen, an antisense therapy aimed at tau protein, slowed cognitive decline in a Phase 2 Alzheimer's trial at rates roughly comparable to approved medicines, supporting a move to a larger pivotal study.
World Politics
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US Central Command bombed Iranian coastal military sites for a third straight night, and Iran's Revolutionary Guard struck back across the Gulf, hitting two UAE tankers and killing an Indian crew member. Washington said it would reinstate a naval blockade of Iran's southern ports.
Tech
PsiQuantum is pursuing a photonic quantum computer that uses individual photons as qubits, aiming for a million-qubit, fault-tolerant machine. It is now running three connected cabinets of chips and building fabs in Chicago and Australia.
Tech
New York is set to pause construction of new large data centers for up to a year while regulators write rules on their energy, water and environmental impact — the first statewide moratorium of its kind in the US.