The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it is expanding efforts to build the “Golden Dome” missile defense system, actively exploring partnerships with Amazon’s Project Kuiper and major defense contractors as tensions with Elon Musk threaten SpaceX’s leadership
House Republicans advanced a measure on July 22, 2025, to rename the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., as the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.”
OpenAI and the United Kingdom have entered into a strategic partnership to "expand AI security research collaborations, explore investing in UK AI infrastructure like data centres, and find new ways for taxpayer funded services like security and education to make best use of the latest tech," the UK government announced.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that Louisville, Kentucky, dropped its sanctuary city policy after the Department of Justice threatened to sue the city.
A Chinese dual citizen, Chenguang Gong, pleaded guilty to stealing trade secret technology developed for the United States government for nuclear missile launches, tracking missiles, and allowing fighter planes to evade missiles.
A Washington state woman has filed a wrongful death suit against a group of major fossil fuel corporations—including ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Shell, and state-based Olympic Pipeline Company—alleging that their contributions to global warming led directly to her mother’s death during the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome.
