Vol. 1, No. 60
As VP Vance met Iranian officials in Switzerland, Trump threatened to 'hit Iran very hard again' and 'bomb the hell out of' Tehran if it breaks the deal — war threats running alongside his own peace talks.
Accenture is the world's biggest seller of AI transformation. Its own guidance cut, and the selloff it set off in India, suggest the technology it's pitching is hollowing out the work it sells.
Federal enforcers blocked the JetBlue-Spirit merger to protect flyers from higher fares. Spirit died anyway, fares are at a four-year high, and the lesson is bigger than one airline.
A leaked DHS document reveals the ICE Task Force Module, a face-scanning app already in local police hands that runs images against 250 million records.
It began with an Ohio mother calling the FBI about her 19-year-old son. Five men now face federal charges in a plot to bomb and then shoot the crowd at Trump's White House UFC event.
Trump-endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones lost Georgia's GOP runoff for governor to political newcomer Rick Jackson, who spent over $100 million of his own money. On a busy primary night, he wasn't the only favorite to fall.
President Trump says he'll put a 100% tariff on all French wine and champagne unless Paris scraps the 3% digital tax it levies on Apple, Amazon, Meta and Google — raising the stakes days before the G7.
For the first time, the warrantless spy law known as Section 702 expired at midnight — collapsing in a fight over Trump's spy-chief pick. A secret court order keeps the eavesdropping running into 2027 anyway.
Accenture trimmed its annual revenue outlook and warned of cautious client spending. The next day, Indian IT stocks fell as much as 7%, with AI fears compounding the damage.
The U.S. average for regular gas slipped below $4 a gallon for the first time since March after the Iran deal eased oil markets — but drivers are still paying far more than they were before the war.
Yum Brands is selling Pizza Hut for about $2.7 billion, handing the once-dominant pizza chain to a private-equity firm and Yum China as it bets its future on KFC and Taco Bell.
The Education Department is quadrupling its autopay discount to a full point starting July 1 — but borrowers must enroll by September 30 to lock it in.
BMW slashed its 2026 profit outlook this week, halving its automotive margin target as China's car market collapses and the Iran war lifts costs. Shares fell to a five-year low and dragged Europe's carmakers down.
In a meeting he called 'historic,' JD Vance sat across from Iran's top officials in Switzerland on Sunday, opening a 60-day push over Iran's nuclear program — as Iran threatened to shut the Strait of Hormuz.
Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election with nearly 55% of the vote, returning to Parliament and clearing his path to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership.
Days after signing a truce, Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz shut and warned ships off. U.S. Central Command's reply was blunt: 55 merchant ships and 17 million barrels of oil moved straight through on Saturday.
As the U.S. lifted its blockade of Iran and Israel raged at being cut out, JD Vance bluntly warned America's closest Mideast ally to fall in line — and reminded it the U.S. is the only powerful friend it has left.
Italy scrapped a planned U.S. visit by its foreign minister after President Trump claimed Giorgia Meloni 'begged' him for a photo, a rare public rupture with the European leader long seen as his closest ally.
On July 1, a new rule lets the Education Secretary strip loan forgiveness from workers whose employers have a 'substantial illegal purpose.' The vague standard is a tool every future administration inherits.
A new Justice Department opinion says federal law doesn't require states to fund community-based care for disabled Americans. It changes no law, and that's exactly why it's dangerous.
For two years the message to households carrying debt or waiting to borrow was simple: hold on, the cuts are coming. On June 17 the Fed quietly retired that promise. Plan for higher-for-longer instead.
Three babies were hospitalized with botulism before Nara Organics pulled its formula. The recall came after the harm, on the company's say-so — because Congress left infant formula out of the FDA's recall hammer.
The State Department plans to fold nearly 50 African visa-processing posts into 20 hubs. Officials call it efficiency. For students, families, and businesses across a continent, it's a barrier dressed as paperwork.
The U.S. men beat Australia 2-0 in Seattle without the injured Christian Pulisic, won Group D, and reached the World Cup knockout round — their first back-to-back World Cup wins since 1930.
James Burrows, who co-created 'Cheers' and directed more than 1,000 sitcom episodes from 'Taxi' to 'Will & Grace,' has died at 85, taking with him the craft of the network comedy era.
Pixar's Toy Story 5 opens in theaters Friday and is tracking to set a franchise record and post the biggest domestic debut of 2026, as Hollywood leans harder than ever on family blockbusters.
Viral images of empty sections at World Cup matches have collided with FIFA's claims of record demand, turning the tournament's first week into a fight over what 'sold out' actually means.
David Hockney, the British painter who turned Los Angeles swimming pools into some of the most recognizable images in modern art, has died at 88, drawing tributes from King Charles and across the art world.
