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.

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 …

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 …

What Rahm Emanuel's Upcoming Israel Speech Reveals About Democrats … 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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

How Zohran Mamdani Saved the Fourth of July  —  The mayor's fighting patriotism bested Trump's rantings and Obama's evasions.  —  Pocket  —  In normal times, there's nothing more tedious than a Fourth of July speech.  It's an occasion for self-congratulatory nationalist backslapping …

Netanyahu pleads with Trump not to give Turkey F-35s ahead of Ankara NATO summit  —  WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly asked President Trump Monday not to send advanced F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, warning the shipment would “upset the power balance” in the region.

Under Trump, spouses of U.S. citizens face policy changes in the immigration system  —  The Trump administration's sweeping effort to slow down the rate of legal migration has affected a group traditionally immune from such efforts: spouses of U.S. citizens.

Senate hopeful says Texas home to the ‘best drag queens in the nation’ in resurfaced comments  —  Senate hopeful James Talarico is on the defensive after remarks resurfaced in which he lavished praise on Texas drag queens as “some of the best” in the country.