POLITICSCrypto Brought Trump a Huge Windfall, Even as Many Investors Lost BigPresident Trump and his family reaped vast financial rewards from a memecoin that generated losses for hundreds of thousands of investors.NY Times·1w ago
POLITICSJD Vance Defends Iran War in Speech to Military MembersThe vice president, a staunch critic of foreign wars, accused the president’s detractors of trying to prolong a conflict the administration was trying to end.NY Times·1w ago
POLITICSU.S. won’t renew USMCA, opening door for negotiations with Canada and MexicoPresident Donald Trump's "primary" issue with USMCA centers on America's trade deficits with Canada and Mexico, a senior administration official said.CNBC·1w ago
POLITICSTrump Remakes Washington, D.C., Into a Maze of Fences and Guard MembersPresident Trump seems to have turned swaths of the city into either a construction zone or an armed camp as he seeks to prove that he alone can improve it.NY Times·1w ago
POLITICSAnthropic Added a New Security Measure to Get Back Into the Trump Administration’s Good GracesThe government has removed restrictions on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models—but there were strings attached.Wired·1w ago
POLITICSArts degrees to cost $50,000 until at least 2028 as measures to lower Australian university fees put on hold<p>Barney Glover, head of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission, says he will provide advice about degree funding to the government next year</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/02/australia-politics-live-defence-aukus-conroy-national-press-club-antThe Guardian·1w ago
POLITICSVenezuelan police officers arrested over alleged looting after earthquakes<p>Anger at authorities and government grows as local people, volunteers and rescue teams continue search for survivors </p><p>Four Venezuelan police officers have been arrested and are facing dismissal after being accused of looting cash from the rubble of a building that collapsed during <a href="The Guardian·1w ago
POLITICSA federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret itThere's a ban on most states systematically purging voter rolls within 90 days before Election Day. Republicans are pushing courts to reinterpret that longstanding protection for eligible voters.NPR·1w ago
POLITICSCreatives sound alarm on copyright as Pocock calls $50bn datacentre proposal ‘ultimate dirty deal’<p>Proposal has been put to cabinet to allow AI companies to mine content, in exchange for investment and $350m fund to compensate artists, sources say </p><p>Creatives are demanding fresh assurances from the Albanese government that it won’t water down copyright laws under a potential deal with tecThe Guardian·1w ago
POLITICSDemocratic socialist Melat Kiros poised to become the first Gen Z woman in CongressKiros, a political newcomer, topped 15-term-incumbent Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary in Colorado's 1st Congressional District, a reliably blue House seat.NPR·1w ago
POLITICSTalarico Seizes on Paxton Tabloid Story to Test Corruption Attacks in Texas Senate RaceAfter a salacious report about Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas, his Democratic rival, James Talarico, seized on the news — but focused on corruption and affordability.NY Times·1w ago
POLITICSTrump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in officeThe president's crypto income far outpaces his earnings from real estate and Trump-themed items such as watches.BBC News·2w ago
