Belgian federation to challenge FIFA's decision to let Folarin Balogun play in World Cup match  —  The Belgian soccer federation wants explanation from FIFA about a decision to let U.S forward Folarin Balogun play at the World Cup despite getting a red card in his previous game.

Graham Platner postpones multiple events this week  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner has postponed a string of events Sunday and Monday as rumors circulate among Maine Democrats and over social media …

ICE's Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics  —  The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees.  —  Voting was already underway when the ICE agents arrived …

Mitch McConnell's Office Won't Confirm If He's Conscious  —  A spokesperson for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) would not say Monday whether he is conscious in the hospital, where he's been since June 14 after someone at his house was reportedly found unconscious and received CPR for cardiac arrest.

The Results Are In On Trump's Boat Strikes Campaign  —  They haven't stopped the drugs, but that may not be the point.  —  The official line remains the same: The 10-month campaign of strikes on small boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific has nearly stopped the flow of drugs by sea into the United States.

Rahm Emanuel's Israel Speech Shows Where American Politics Is Headed … Rahm Emanuel is in Israel this week to deliver a speech designed to be a thunderclap.  The combination of message and messenger should produce a loud echo.  —  The message is that the war in Gaza and shifts in American …

Trump speeds up helipad project ahead of Xi visit, adding $875K, records show  —  The contractor has sought to shave off more than a month of the planned timeline, requiring 24/7 work, documents show.  —  Summary  —  The White House sped up construction of a new helipad and related work …

Trump's Deranged ‘Lewinsky Room’ Offer to World Leader Revealed  —  GOODIE BAGS  —  He also tried to offload a few pairs of his favorite dress shoes.  —  Donald Trump tried to foist tacky MAGA freebies onto an official delegation from Europe and told his visitors that their wives could sell …

White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism’  —  A scathing report released on the Fourth of July says the National Museum of American History downplays the role of the founders while emphasizing social justice.  —  In a broadside posted to its website …

How Kalshi infects the news  —  This is a special collaboration between Public Notice and Judd Legum of Popular Information.  For more news and analysis from Judd and his team, subscribe to Popular Information HERE.  —  In December 2025, CNN and CNBC struck landmark deals with Kalshi, a leading prediction market.

In Trump's Second Midterm, Democrats Are Looking for Fighters  —  Attitudes in the party have shifted, Democrats say, with a growing appetite for outsider candidates vowing to overhaul the system.  Some worry that the trend could be costly in November.  —  With President Trump's second term …

Supreme Court Allows Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores, for Now  —  The law would require Apple and Google to verify the age of app store users to give parents more control over the content their children download.  —  The Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for Texas to enforce …

Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her  —  A woman who dated Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner says he forced her to have sex with him nearly five years ago despite her repeated objections, an allegation Platner denies.

Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital kills at least 12  —  Russia launched waves of missiles and drones at Kyiv early Monday, killing at least 12 people in an attack that exposed widening gaps in Ukraine's air defenses, authorities said.  All of the ballistic missiles launched …

Trump denied latest bid to delay $5.8m judgment payment to E Jean Carroll  —  Carroll was awarded damages after New York jury concluded Trump sexually abused her, then defamed her after she publicly described the attack  —  Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay payment of a $5.8m judgment …

AI altering meaning of users' drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds  —  Researchers say small changes in drafting could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinion  —  AI tools are twisting online messages on sensitive political topics about everything …

There Are Many Things That Could Increase the Birth Rate.  This Major One Is Usually Ignored.  —  Conservatives often lay the blame for declining fertility at women's feet.  They're wrong.  —  The summer I turned 39, my husband and I moved from Brooklyn to a darling little village in upstate New York.

China test-fires long-range missile into Pacific, rattling U.S. allies  —  The unprecedented test of a nuclear-capable submarine-launched missile highlights Beijing's growing force in the region.  —  China fired a long-range missile from a nuclear-powered submarine deep into the Pacific Ocean on Monday …

In good sign for voters, court won't fast-track Trump DOJ voter roll appeals  —  A federal appeals court declined Monday to put three Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) voter roll appeals on the emergency timeline the department requested, slowing its push for sensitive voter data from Maine …

Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Ten Democratic lawmakers told …

Big Tech Has Suddenly Flipped on the AI Jobs Wipeout Scenario  —  As public opinion of AI shifts into negative, warnings of mass employment reductions diminish  —  A year ago, the message from many business leaders was that AI was going to wipe out jobs.  For the past month or so, tech CEOs have been striking a more optimistic tone.

Treasury Has an Internal Report Warning About the Dangers of an AI Bubble  —  A draft report inside the Treasury Department is set to warn of the risks posed by the artificial intelligence market, likening key aspects of it to the dotcom bubble that upended the U.S. economy when it burst in the early 2000s.