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Top News Stories for Saturday, July 12th 2025
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
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Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump threatened a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods and raised the prospect of increasing levies on most other countries, ramping up his trade rhetoric in comments that weighed on stocks and boosted the US dollar. The tariff level on Canada would take effect from Aug. 1, the president said. The announced rate is an increase from the current 25% tariff that's imposed on US imports from Canada that ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
Legal battles over President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship continued on July 10, 2025, after a New Hampshire federal district judge issued a preliminary injunction that will, if it's not reversed, prevent federal officials from enforcing the order nationally. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante, a George W. Bush appointee , asserts that this policy of "highly ...
Source: theconversation.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
Indian investigators looking into the crash of Air India Flight 171 said that both engines stopped receiving fuel shortly after takeoff in a preliminary report on the nation's worst airline crash in decades. The new information from India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau about the June 12 crash indicates that the switches controlling fuel to both engines entered the cutoff position early into the flight, ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
When xAI's Grok 4 chatbot was launched Wednesday, users and media outlets quickly began pointing out examples of it consulting its owner Elon Musk's views on controversial matters. CNBC was able to confirm that Grok 4's answer-generating process was searching the web and X for Elon Musk's stance in response to potentially contentious questions. Its launch comes just days after a major controversy regarding ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
The Trump administration is backing away from getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency after months of vowing to abolish it. As President Donald Trump headed to Texas to see the brutal effects of the floods firsthand, a senior White House official told The Washington Post the administration is focused on "rebranding" the disaster response agency instead of eliminating it entirely. Trump brushed off ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
With Nvidia hitting a market capitalization of $4 trillion , it's time to wonder if we could be hitting some kind of peak in investor interest in artificial intelligence. But it sure hasn't shown up yet. This week we saw Amazon considering another huge investment in Anthropic — perhaps to help it field an AI agent marketplace reportedly coming next week — as well as a possible billion-dollar funding of ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
The State Department will begin issuing layoff notices to employees via email "in the coming days" as a part of the Trump administration's plans to downsize government , Michael Rigas, the deputy secretary of state for management and resources, told staff on Thursday in a memo obtained by The Washington Post. The memo did not detail the number of employees who would be let go but said "every effort has been made to ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has repeatedly said that he plans to serve out the remainder of his term as chairman A Trump administration official on Friday suggested that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is reportedly considering resigning. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte – a vocal critic of Powell who has backed President Donald Trump's efforts to pressure the central bank into interest rate ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
Cases top 1,297, driven by low immunization, summer travel and vaccine policy shifts under Robert F Kennedy Jr The US is in the midst of the worst measles outbreak in 33 years, according to figures released this week. Driven by an outbreak in Texas , the US has now seen more measles cases in 2025 than in any year since 1992. Experts said they expect the growth in measles cases to continue, spurred on in part by the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
Kash Patel and Dan Bongino are not happy with AG Pam Bondi's handling of the investigation into the convicted sex offender By , The butterfly effect of a disgraced financier and convicted sex offender's death continues to be felt years later, as the highest levels of Donald Trump 's second administration are embroiled in a bitter feud over Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged "client list." "This fight is taking up way ...
Source: rollingstone.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
Stop Taking the Epstein Bait, Dems Democrats don't need conspiracy theories. There are more than enough real Trump scandals. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. MAGA world is melting down over the Justice Department's recent conclusion that Jeffrey Epstein had no client list or history of blackmail, and that he wasn't murdered. But the right isn't alone. Some influential ...
Source: motherjones.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
A week after , authorities and volunteers on the ground Friday as residents in hard-hit areas mourned the dead and President Donald Trump was expected to visit the region. At least 120 people have been recovered since heavy rainfall overwhelmed the Guadalupe River and flowed through homes and summer camps in the . Ninety-six of those killed were in the hardest-hit county in central Texas, Kerr County, where ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
It is the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction Hermès Birkin bags are the most coveted—and valuable—purses in the world. Few accessories have held such a firm grip on pop culture and fashion. As the Sex and the City character Samantha Jones said in an episode with an entire subplot dedicated to her mission to procure one: "It's not a bag, it's a Birkin." This is why it was with much ...
Source: theartnewspaper.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
The retailer has received three reports of consumers who were "injured when struck in the face" after opening the 64-ounce Ozark Trail stainless steel bottles. , Reporter Updated 1 min read Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: CPSC.gov Walmart has recalled approximately 850,000 Ozark Trail water bottles after multiple customers reported being struck in the face by the screw cap lids when opening them, including ...
Source: yahoo.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
The Texas county where nearly 100 people were killed and more than 160 remain missing had the technology to turn every cellphone in the river valley into a blaring alarm, but local officials did not do so before or during the early-morning hours of July 4 as river levels rose to record heights, inundating campsites and homes, a Washington Post examination found. Kerr County officials, who have come under increasing ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — The United States is selling weapons to its NATO allies in Europe so they can provide them to Ukraine as it struggles to fend off a recent escalation in Russia's drone and missile attacks, President Donald Trump and his chief diplomat said. "We're sending weapons to NATO, and NATO is paying for those weapons, 100%," Trump said in an interview with NBC late Thursday. "So what we're doing is, the ...
Source: military.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
Americans' support for immigration in the United States is at a record high despite the fact that American voters mere months ago elected a president who ran on enacting the largest deportation operation in the country's history. A new poll from Gallup shows that 79% of Americans think that immigration is a good thing for the country, which is the highest number ever recorded in Gallup's 24-year history of ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will restrict immigrants in the country illegally from enrolling in Head Start , a federally funded preschool program, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday. The move is part of a broad effort to limit access to federal benefits for immigrants who lack legal status. People in the country illegally are largely ineligible for federal public ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
July 11 (UPI) -- Glassdoor and Indeed will cut about 1,300 jobs as their sites intertwine and the parent company pushes for more use of artificial intelligence. Recruit Holdings owns the two sites. The Japanese company said more Glassdoor operations will fold into Indeed , and the companies will use more AI. The company said in a statement it is focusing on "simplifying hiring by building a better job seeker and ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
WIMBLEDON, England — The park where Wimbledon hosts the Queue was a madhouse on Day 1 this year. The famous line in which fans can wait for inexpensive tickets to the tournament has a storied history, thanks mostly to the tent village the die-hards set up a few days in advance to ensure a good spot. The previous few years, it had been lively but not so crowded, thinned partly in the wake of some of the ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trip to Washington this week netted President Donald Trump another nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize he covets, but the ceasefire the U.S. leader sought for the war in Gaza didn't emerge. Despite Trump throwing his weight behind a push for a 60-day truce between Israel and Hamas, no breakthrough was announced during Netanyahu's visit, a ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
A son of the infamous Mexican drug cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is expected to plead guilty in a wide-ranging United States drug trafficking case at a court hearing in Chicago. Court records for Ovidio Guzman Lopez indicate he intends to change his not-guilty plea as part of a deal with federal prosecutors at the hearing on Friday. If confirmed, it would be the first time one of El Chapo's sons has struck ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
Ford is recalling 850,000 of its cars in the United States to fix defective fuel pumps in its pickup trucks and sports-utility vehicles. Affected vehicles include the 2021-2023 Bronco, Explorer, Aviator and some F-series pickup trucks, according to a filing from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The 2022 Expedition and 2021 to 2022 Mustang and Navigator were also listed as part of the recall. ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
A Donald Trump-backed effort to gerrymander Texas would boost the GOP's attempts to cling to its razor-thin House majority in next year's midterms — but it also runs a serious risk of backfiring. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked the state legislature to redraw the map during its special session this summer, following a push from the White House and the Justice Department. Ohio is also required by state law to ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
Business groups had lobbied hard for law's repeal, but voters could have a chance to reinstate it next year Eight months after voters approved it , Missouri's governor, Mike Kehoe, signed the repeal of a law on Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflation-linked adjustments to the minimum wage . The move marked a major victory for the state's largest business group and a frustrating defeat ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
LUSAKA, July 11 (Reuters) - Copper miners remain bullish on the metal's future prospects even as a looming 50% U.S. tariff creates short-term price volatility, Barrick Mining Corp (ABX.TO) CEO Mark Bristow said in Zambia, where the company is expanding its operations. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would impose the new copper tariff from August 1 to promote domestic development of an industry ...
Source: reuters.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
Due to go into effect on July 14, the Negative Option Rule has been struck down by the Eighth Circuit. Our Consumer Protection/FTC Group examines the Federal Trade Commission's options going forward. The FTC broke its own rules by failing to provide a preliminary analysis that would allow comments before the rule was finalized The FTC could still appeal the ruling, start the rulemaking process over, or simply walk ...
Source: jdsupra.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
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Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
July 11 (UPI) -- The Kurdish militant group PKK took its first step toward peace with Turkey as it burned weapons after 40 years of conflict. The group of 30 PKK members went to a cave near Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, and put their weapons into a fire . It was the first ceremony of its kind for the organization, and more are expected to happen all summer. The Turkish government has said the ceremony is crossing a "critical ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
Heavy rains on Thursday flooded sections of Interstate 93, shut down the Red Line, and prompted flash flood warnings south of Boston. A year earlier, a rain-packed storm caused severe flooding in Vermont. And the year before that, flash floods destroyed dozens of homes in Leominster. So, you might be asking yourself, "Should I get flood insurance?" More people are asking that question these days — even if ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
There is a "high probability" that US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet this year, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday. "The odds are high," Rubio told journalists gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday. "I think both sides want to see it happen." Rubio said he was unable to provide a date for any potential meeting but said there was a "strong desire on both sides to do ...
Source: cnn.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
Federal immigration agents were met with a strong show of resistance Thursday when they raided two farms in Southern California—with hundreds of community members protesting the arrests of migrants at the facilities growing cannabis and vegetables. Los Angeles-based independent journalist Mel Buer reported that hundreds of community members gathered to protest the raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
A divided federal appeals court has thrown out a plea agreement that would have allowed accused "9/11 mastermind" Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other co-defendants to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty, US media report. Judges in Washington DC rejected the agreement, which would have given Mohammed and the other defendants a life sentence without parole, in a 2-1 decision on Friday. Mohammed is ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry David will bring his grumbly sensibility to U.S. history in a team-up with Barack and Michelle Obama for an HBO sketch show, the network announced Thursday. The "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator and "Seinfeld" co-creator will act as executive producer, writer and star of the limited series consisting of six half-hour episodes, produced by the Obamas' company, Higher Ground. The show ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
By Launched in 2006 amid the chain's attempts to reach more drive-thru customers, the McDonald's ( MCD ) Snack Wrap spent 10 years on the menu before eventually getting discontinued in 2016. At the time, the fast-food giant's corporate team wanted to speed up back-of-house operations and felt that the time it took employees to assemble the chicken, lettuce, shredded cheddar and Monterrey cheese and choice of ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to a New York gun nuisance law that imposes liability for injuries stemming from misconduct in the sale or marketing of firearms. In a , the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New York affirmed dismissal of the lawsuit filed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation and 14 of its members. The 2021 state law is not preempted by federal law, it does not violate ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
The billionaire's latest venture into U.S. politics points to cracks in the two-party system—even if it might flop. For this week's Fault Lines column, Jon Allsop is filling in for Jay Caspian Kang. There have been several political groupings called the American Party, or something similar, in U.S. history. Perhaps most famously, this was the official name of the Know Nothings, the once secret society ...
Source: newyorker.com
Friday, Jul 11th, 2025 -
The millions of Americans with student loans, who have already experienced whiplash in federal policy since the pandemic, must again brace for change. The "big, beautiful bill" that President Trump signed into law on July 4 overhauls the federal student loan system by reducing the number of repayment plan options down to two from seven and capping the amount individuals can borrow for higher education. Here's ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Jul 10th, 2025 -
On Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the most senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced a new wrinkle for President Donald Trump's latest federal appeals court nominee, Emil Bove. Shortly before Bove's confirmation hearing last month, a former Justice Department immigration lawyer, Erez Reuveni, submitted a whistleblower report , claiming, among other damning allegations, that in a March ...
Source: msnbc.com
Thursday, Jul 10th, 2025 -
Houthi rebels in Yemen attempted to strike Israel's Ben Gurion airport after sinking two vessels in the Red Sea this week, as the group ramps up its military pressure in support of Palestinians under Israeli fire in its bid to bring the war in Gaza to an end. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on Thursday that the group had carried out a "qualitative military operation" with a ballistic missile after the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Jul 10th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Palestinian student activist accuses administration of carrying out targeted arrests designed to 'terrorize' him and his family Mahmoud Khalil is seeking $20 million in damages from Donald Trump's administration after the Columbia University graduate was locked up in an immigration detention center for ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Jul 10th, 2025 -
The UN Human Rights Council's special rapporteur released a report earlier this month which claimed US companies were aiding what she described as Israel's occupation and war on Gaza. UN expert Francesca Albanese has been sanctioned by the Trump Administration days after telling Sky News that several large US companies were involved in an "economy of genocide" in Gaza. Ms Albanese, the UN Human Rights Council's ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Jul 10th, 2025 -
The European data regulator has opened another investigation into social media platform TikTok. The Data Protection Commission said the video sharing platform admitted to holding "limited" personal data of European users on servers in China. TikTok told AFP in May that it had notified the regulator of an issue regarding personal data transfers. Social media giant TikTok is being investigated by European regulators ...
Source: abc.net.au
Thursday, Jul 10th, 2025 -
Four people have been arrested by police investigating the cyber-attacks that have caused havoc at M&S and the Co-op. The National Crime Agency (NCA) says a 20-year-old woman was arrested in Staffordshire, and three males - aged between 17 and 19 - were detained in London and the West Midlands. They were apprehended on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences, blackmail, money laundering and participating in the ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Jul 10th, 2025 -
By & NASA is under new management after an announcement from President Trump late Wednesday evening named current Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as the agency's interim administrator. The announcement, posted on the President's Truth Social platform on July 9, credits Duffy for doing a "TREMENDOUS job" in his role as transportation secretary, which it seems he will maintain as he also oversees the space ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Thursday, Jul 10th, 2025 -
The robot was said to have operated with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers in the US. A robot has performed realistic surgery on its own with 100% accuracy, researchers have announced. Warning: Graphic images of the surgery below In a "major leap" towards using more robots in operating theatres, a machine trained on the videos of surgeries was able to remove ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Jul 10th, 2025 -
Twenty-seven industrial workers were rescued from a collapsed municipal wastewater management tunnel that was under construction in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening, the city's fire department said. No visible injuries were reported. More than 100 emergency responders scrambled to join in the rescue effort, with the Los Angeles Fire Department first alerting that it was responding to the collapse at about 7:58 p.m. ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Thursday, Jul 10th, 2025 -
Italian confectioner Ferrero, known for brands like Nutella and Kinder, is buying the century-old US cereal company WK Kellogg in an effort to expand its North American sales. The Ferrero Group said Thursday it will pay $23 for each Kellogg share, or approximately $3.1 billion. The transaction includes WK Kellogg Co.'s six manufacturing plants and the marketing and distribution of its breakfast cereals across the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Jul 10th, 2025 -
AI video generation is quickly getting better, and you can play with it even if you're not a professional. Google said Wednesday that its Gemini AI app will now let paying users make eight-second videos out of still images. Upload a photo and describe what you want to happen (including sound effects) and Google's video generator Veo 3 will spit out a short scene. People say they're using the tech to animate old ...
Source: washingtonpost.com