Politics

congressional intern, Eric Tarpinian‑Jachym from Granby, Massachusetts, was fatally shot near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

Governor Katie Hobbs signed a $17.6 billion bipartisan budget Friday, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown and marking another year of steady spending increases under her administration. The new fiscal package includes funding increases for K-12 education, Medicaid, border security, and public safety—features that align closely with Hobbs’ original proposal but reflect bipartisan compromises with a Republican-led legislature.

Amazon is on the verge of having more robots than human employees in its massive warehouse network, as automation continues to redefine the future of retail logistics. The company currently operates over one million robots—nearly matching the size of its human workforce—and is expected to surpass that number soon.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass urged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to “go home” amid escalating tension over sanctuary policies.

President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced in Florida Tuesday that they are exploring legal action against CNN for its reporting on ICEBlock, a mobile app that tracks Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, as well as for alleged false reporting on U.S. military operations in Iran.

Dr. Katherine Ramsland, a criminology professor who taught Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger, is confronting a disturbing possibility: that her own academic instruction may have influenced his violent actions. Speaking to NewsNation, Ramsland admitted, “I have to look at the framework of what I taught and wonder, did I inspire him in some way?”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted Argentina’s Defense Minister Luis Petri at the Pentagon on July 2, marking a significant step in deepening U.S.–Argentina military cooperation.

A new AI-powered website called LooksMapping is turning heads in the restaurant world by ranking eateries based on the attractiveness of their customers, not their cuisine. Targeting 9,800 restaurants in major cities like New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, the site rates diners on a scale of 1 to 10 using profile photos pulled from millions of Google reviews.

A California jury has ordered Google to pay $314.6 million after determining the tech giant secretly collected cellular data from Android users without their consent.

The Trump administration is opening applications for a new six-year welfare reform pilot aimed at reducing state reliance on federal programs like Medicaid, SNAP, and TANF. Spearheaded by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the initiative focuses on promoting employment and personal responsibility across five selected states.