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Supreme Court ends Trump's birthright citizenship change
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday wiped out President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to redefine birthright citizenship, an effort to restrict American citizenship without Congress that cut against more than a century of legal precedent.
The 6-3 decision, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing a five-justice majority...Read more
Colorado wildfires: Uncontained fires scorch nearly 85,000 acres, 'critical fire weather' forecast
DENVER — Large wildfires burning across southern and western Colorado continued to spread on Tuesday, together scorching nearly 85,000 acres — roughly 133 square miles.
“Critical fire weather” — hot, dry and windy — is expected each day this week and could spur the growth of existing and new wildfires across the state, according to ...Read more
Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Slaughter turbocharges presidential power
The U.S. Supreme Court – with its six conservative justices, three of whom were nominated by President Donald Trump – has recently reversed landmark decisions that have long guided American government and society. Over the last few years, the court has stripped federal protection of abortion rights, affirmative action, gun control, and a ...Read more
Maryland will receive more than 2 million eggs. Here's why
BALTIMORE — Maryland will receive more than 2 million eggs for food banks and community organizations as part of a multistate settlement accusing three major egg producers of illegally coordinating to drive up prices, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced Tuesday.
The settlement, reached by Brown and a bipartisan coalition of state ...Read more
Supreme Court rejects Trump's plan to limit birthright citizenship
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Constitution’s promise that all those born here are citizens of the United States, regardless of the status of their parents.
In a 6-3 decision, the justices rejected President Donald Trump’s plan to revise the Constitution by executive order and to end citizenship at birth for ...Read more
Hurricane center keeps track of Atlantic system off US coast
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to give just a small chance a system in the Atlantic off the southeastern U.S. coast could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, limited showers and thunderstorms had moved farther offshore of the southeast ...Read more
Analysis: Inside the fraught Israel-Lebanon accord that critics say was built to fail
BEIRUT — Lebanon and Israel last week forged a framework agreement aimed at ending hostilities between the long-time enemies. But the U.S.-engineered deal hinges on what has been a non-starter for the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah: Disarmament.
The 14-point trilateral agreement, hailed by U.S. officials as a landmark step toward a...Read more
Drug-spiked water jug caused teens to overdose in LA juvenile hall, lawsuit alleges
LOS ANGELES — Several teens overdosed at a Los Angeles County juvenile hall last year after they drank from a water jug spiked with a "dangerous narcotic" that was passed around in a classroom, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit filed this month.
The April 2025 incident at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey sent three teenagers to ...Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul to send $19 million to fund 8 NYC childcare construction projects
NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul is continuing to bankroll New York City’s major childcare expansion, with $19 million in capital grants awarded on Tuesday to eight “shovel-ready” childcare projects.
It’s part of a total of $106 million for 37 childcare projects statewide, according to data shared with the Daily News ahead of its public ...Read more
Squeezed UK defense plan leaves many hard choices to Burnham
The U.K.’s defense spending plan leaves several hard choices for Andy Burnham to make on the future security of the nation.
The government rejected calls to boost defense spending to 3% of economic output in 2030 — the year NATO has said the block must be prepared for a Russian attack — instead promising to spend 2.7% by the end of the ...Read more
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Speaker Julie Menin reach handshake deal on $125 billion NYC budget
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin announced a handshake deal on the city budget Tuesday morning that includes an additional $300 million on the contentious issue of housing vouchers, bringing a tense budget saga to a close on the last day of the fiscal year.
The two sides were locked in a dispute over the city’...Read more
Supreme Court rules your cellphone location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment
Law enforcement officials frequently draw virtual fences around areas of interest and require Google to identify every cellphone in the area using cell location history. Dubbed a “geofence search,” officers obtain a warrant that permits a multistep, give-and-take information sharing process between officers and tech employees that winnows...Read more
500 years ago, the first New Testament in English was published – and stirred up a hornet’s nest
In 1526, books appeared in England that no one had seen before: printed New Testaments in the English language. The public snapped them up. For the first time, people read now-common phrases such as “the powers that be” and “the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” But religious authorities condemned the English Bible and burned ...Read more
Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began
In the 1520s and 1530s, a man named Esteban de Dorantes, known as Estevanico, walked across the deserts of what is now Texas, New Mexico and Arizona – decades before the English founded Jamestown in 1607 and a full century before the Pilgrims reached Plymouth in 1620.
Born in Azemmour, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, he had been ...Read more
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which the Trump administration seeks to limit
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common sense to first get a detailed picture of who they are and where they are. My research shows what can be gained – by policymakers and the broader public – from detailed environmental data and highlights what is lost when it’s not collected.
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Starmer says defense plan allows Burnham to counter UK threats
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was confident his likely successor, Andy Burnham, would maintain the U.K.’s commitment to defense, as he laid out plans to invest an extra £15 billion ($20 billion) to modernize the British military.
Starmer said the character of modern warfare was “changing before our eyes,” as he detailed proposals ...Read more
Lebanon-Israel pact fragile after Hezbollah's vow of disruption
Israel and Lebanon’s latest peace deal faces an uncertain future after Hezbollah, Iran’s most powerful proxy militant group, this week vowed to derail its implementation.
The framework agreement — signed in Washington — lays out a plan for the gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon, pending “the verified ...Read more
'Please help us': Families dig through rubble for survivors after Venezuela quakes
Days after back-to-back earthquakes hit the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, desperate family members are digging through the dirt in hopes of rescuing loved ones trapped under buildings.
They are still waiting – and pleading – for rescue teams and machines capable of moving the debris.
“Rescuers are arriving at wealthier buildings with ...Read more
After bold pledge, EPA shelves microplastics testing in US drinking water
LOS ANGELES — For the next five years, the Environmental Protection Agency has indicated it will not require public water utilities to test for microplastics or pharmaceuticals in drinking water, according to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register.
On Friday, the EPA submitted a list of chemicals it plans to test for under the ...Read more
Venezuela quake's damage to airport risks return to isolation
Just as Venezuela was leaving behind years of international pariah status, catastrophic earthquakes have devastated its main international airport — and many of the skilled hands who worked there.
Ground zero for the devastation from the twin quakes on June 24 is the coastal state of La Guaira, home to Simón Bolívar International Airport in...Read more
Popular Stories
- Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began
- Supreme Court rules your cellphone location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment
- 500 years ago, the first New Testament in English was published – and stirred up a hornet’s nest
- After bold pledge, EPA shelves microplastics testing in US drinking water
- Lebanon-Israel pact fragile after Hezbollah's vow of disruption





