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Washington lawyer Tom Goldstein was sentenced on Friday, July 24, 2026, to six years in federal prison for tax evasion and mortgage fraud. The sentencing, delivered … Read more
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorsed U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens on July 24, 2026, in a contested Democratic primary for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. Whitmer’s … Read more
The fires, fueled by extreme heat and strong winds, have merged into a single massive blaze west of Madrid, described by Madrid’s emergency management chief, Carlos … Read more
A 25-year-old law student was charged with possessing explosives after Irish police intercepted a car bomb near the Northern Ireland border, citing links to dissident republican … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday issued an executive order requiring the installation of signs outside the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to warn visitors of … Read more
President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on July 21, 2026, to restore trust in the Smithsonian Institution. The order follows a White House report accusing … Read more
Canada inaugurated the $4.7 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge on Friday, July 24, 2026, proceeding with a ceremony in Windsor, Ontario, without U.S. representatives after President … Read more
Chemists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a fundamentally novel strategy that fixes a long-standing limitation in electron-transfer selectivity, bypassing a rule that has constrained … Read more
Former Radio Africa journalist Rose Wanjiku Mbugua was laid to rest on Friday, July 24, 2026, at her family home in Limuru. The burial in Uplands, … Read more
President Donald Trump vowed on Friday to launch a Section 301 trade investigation into the European Union, threatening a substantial tariff and demanding the reversal of … Read more
The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee voted Friday, July 24, 2026, to recommend South Carolina as the first state in the 2028 presidential nominating … Read more
Brent crude futures fell 4.8% to $95.88 on Friday following reports that CNBC is exploring a path toward establishing new peace negotiations between the U.S. and … Read more