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The Michigan Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate will take place on August 4, 2026, with the state’s open Class II seat up for grabs after incumbent Senator Gary Peters announced he wil...
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On July 30‑31 2026, more than 50,000 migrants surged into Ceuta, Spain’s North‑African enclave, forcing the government to mobilize the military and triggering a sharp diplomatic backla...
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On August 1 2026, the Chilean lithium giant Sociedad Química y Minerá (SQM) saw its shares fall 2 % to US$67.06 after investors reacted to a new partnership framework with state‑owned Co...
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage at the National Urban League Conference in Nashville on Friday, offering a glimpse of the agenda she might pursue if she decides to run for...
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Lindsey Graham, the long‑time Republican senator from South Carolina, died on July 11, 2026, at age 71. The former U.S. Representative and Senate Judiciary Committee chair had served the s...
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On Friday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was not invited to speak at the funeral of Army Staff Sergeant Angel Sarah Rampersad, a 28‑year‑old Queens soldier who was killed in an Iran...
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The UAW’s online presidential forum on July 30 turned into a battlefield, exposing rifts that mirror a union in crisis. Six candidates—incumbent President Shawn Fain, Vice President Rich...
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On July 27, 2026, Detroit hosted the final showdown between two of Michigan’s most prominent Democratic Senate hopefuls: Rep. Haley Stevens and former Wayne County health director Abdul El...
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is engulfed in a severe political crisis as protests organized by the banned Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) have erupted into violence. The un...
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On July 31, 2026, President Donald J. Trump opened the first live‑televised Cabinet meeting at the historic Camp David in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains. The session marked the 13th gathe...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) unveiled a 24‑page proposal on July 28, 2026 that would let the agency waive 13 federal statutes for every commercial launch and reentry license, ...
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On July 9, 2026, the United National Movement’s (UNM) political council gathered in Tbilisi for a two‑hour session, but its acting chair, Tinatin “Tina” Bokuchava, was absent. The me...
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A striking photograph of Lebanese businessman and banker Antoun Sehnaoui seated beside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, D.C., sparked a legal firestorm in Beirut. The...
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On July 3, 2026, just before the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that Israel had become “a burden that humanity can no longer bear.” The remark was repor...
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On July 24, 2026, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel in Columbia issued a decisive order that will bring a long‑delayed stream of federal funding back into the hands of communities that ha...
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In a move that prioritizes commercial interest over politics, Israeli oil and gas company Navitas Petroleum has signed an agreement to acquire a 37.5 % operating interest in Block 1 CBK, an ...
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Palmetto Publishing has released The Sixth Generation, an autobiography by former U.S. Representative and former Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director Melvin L. Watt. The book chart...
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The United Nations is in the midst of a high‑stakes search for its next secretary‑general, a process that began on 25 November 2025 and will run until António Guterres’s second term e...
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup— the first men’s tournament to feature 48 national teams and the first to be jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico— ended with Spain defeating ...
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The opinion piece titled Three Jews, One Omission: Surveying Some Self‑Pitying Semitic Solipsism has sparked debate after it set out a sharp critique of how Jewish communities view immigra...
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On Wednesday morning, former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right and declined to answer questions from the Sena...
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Vinita Prabhakar, an English professor at South Florida State College’s Avon Park campus, filed a lawsuit on July 29, 2026 after the college dismissed her for teaching a contemporary short...
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On July 14, the U.S. Department of the Interior unveiled a revised version of a plan that would hand more authority over grizzly bears to state governments in the Northern Rockies. The tweak...
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From a modest 6,000‑member organization in 2015 to a 120,000‑strong force in July 2026, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is rewriting the playbook for left‑wing politics in t...
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