CONFLICT

Prediction markets have repeatedly pushed back expectations for normal Strait of Hormuz traffic, raising questions over whether traders are underestimating a permanent shift in Gulf shipping.

The Republican Party is planning to spend $8 million in negative ads on whoever the Democrats decide should replace embattled Senate candidate Graham Platner if he ends up dropping out of Maine's Senate race.

Mexico is investigating whether the U.S. violated its sovereignty in 2024 while conducting an operation to capture a drug lord.

Embattled Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is reportedly attempting to influence who would replace him on the ballot in Maine.

The move follows a series of attacks on commercial tankers in and around the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. officials blamed on Iran, marking a sharp reversal in Washington's approach toward the Islamic Republic.

Maine Senate Democratic candidate Graham Platner is facing calls to drop out of the race following an accusation of sexual assault.

India has threatened legal action against Meta after a report found that the company allowed the running of ads promoting child sexual abuse.

Three sons of the Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed next to his coffin Sunday, but the son who was anointed as his successor, Mojtaba, was absent.

The U.S. government is investigating yet another significant cybersecurity breach after hackers infiltrated a key Department of Homeland Security (DHS) information-sharing platform used by thousands of government agencies and private sector partners.

President Trump and his advisors are looking for ways to prevent "birth tourism" following a Supreme Court ruling that upholds birthright citizenship.

A United Nations panel has warned that artificial intelligence is moving to quickly and poses the potential to cause catastrophic harm.

TikTok has settled a lawsuit brought by a Florida 15-year-old who claimed the platform contributed to serious mental health problems.

Americans lost an estimated $68 billion to scams in 2025, with 15 million people (about 6 percent of U.S. adults) personally falling victim, according to a new report from Gallup and the Stop Scams Alliance.

Dozens of Venezuelans who were deported on June 24 were killed when successive earthquakes hit the country just hours after they landed.

Arizona Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego is facing a Justice Department investigation into campaign finance despite being cleared by a Senate Committee of any wrongdoing.

Two weeks before ICE posted a notice that it planned to buy $220 million worth of tasers, President Trump's trust managers made a major stock purchase in a company that provides the weapon.

A new poll has found that most Americans want federal safety standards for AI, including a human controlled "off" switch.

Someone has been stealing truckloads of Tesla batteries from the company's factory loading docks in Nevada, according to a new report.

Gambling disorders have been on the rise across the U.S., according to a new study.

President Trump is refusing to sign a bill designed to lower housing costs for Americans unless Congress passes the SAVE Act which critics say will disenfranchise millions of voters.

President Donald Trump's administration has asked Congress to approve an $87.6 billion emergency spending package, with the overwhelming majority of the money earmarked for military operations tied to the ongoing conflict with Iran.

Most Americans do not want to live near data centers and are concerned that they are bad for the environment and will be a drain on local resources, according to a new poll.

Former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that is done with supporting the Republican Party.

A Jewish Congressman who has said he supports the existence of the state of Israel was publicly banned by a Brooklyn coffee shop after stopping by for coffee.

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, one of the most influential voices in the U.S.'s political conversation, said that he is done with the Republican Party and will no longer support it.

Most Americans want the conflict with Iran over and believe the U.S. has not accomplished much in the campaign.

The federal government failed to seize thousands of fentanyl pills in New Mexico that it was monitoring between 2023 and 2025, according to a whistleblower complaint.

Vice President JD Vance said Iran has agreed to invite the International Atomic Energy Agency to conduct inspections in the country after talks with the U.S.

The US president has been flaunting the US dominance in the Western Hemisphere in his second term. Cuba's Ambassador to the US Lianys Torres Rivera said earlier in June that recent sanctions against the country's leadership are a "pretext" to conduct a military intervention.