Witnesses in Gaza testified to international investigators that Hamas militants deliberately opened fire on ordinary Gazan civilians as they attempted to collect humanitarian aid.
Former President Trump intensified his feud with Elon Musk amid fierce debate over his massive tax-and-spending package, dubbed the "One Big Beautiful Bill."
In a new book, former Congressman Jason Chaffetz alleges that the non-profit group VOT-ER partnered with hospitals across the country to register sedated and even psychiatric patients to vote ahead of the 2024 election. Speaking on The Drill Down podcast, Chaffetz called it a “dark money-driven” effort bankrolled by the Tides Foundation, Open Society Foundation, and the Gates Foundation.
Comedian Rosie O’Donnell launched a scathing poetic attack against billionaire Jeff Bezos, his new wife Lauren Sánchez, and Oprah Winfrey following the couple’s lavish $50 million wedding in Venice. O’Donnell, writing from her self-imposed exile in Ireland, condemned the star-studded celebration as “gross excess” and accused the A-list attendees of “worthless performative nonsense.”
Leonardo DiCaprio, longtime Democrat supporter and vocal climate activist, attended Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding in Venice, Italy—joining a host of Hollywood elites who arrived via private jet or superyacht for the luxury event. The three-day celebration drew criticism as over 90 private jets flew into Venice, a city slowly sinking and often cited by climate activists as a symbol of environmental urgency.
A pivotal legal battle over Illinois’ ban on semi-automatic firearms is now on track to reach the U.S. Supreme Court, with a possible final decision expected by mid-2026. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled oral arguments for September 22 in a case that could determine whether any state can legally prohibit commonly owned firearms.
New Hampshire’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state’s current K-12 education funding system is unconstitutional, ordering Governor Kelly Ayotte and the legislature to address major shortfalls. The decision affirms a six-year legal challenge by school districts that argued the state has failed to meet its constitutional obligation to fund an adequate public education.
President Donald Trump’s newly introduced “One Big Beautiful Bill” aims to permanently secure the southern U.S. border, delivering what top officials call the most significant border security legislation in American history. The bill includes $146.5 billion in total funding—$46.5 billion to finish the border wall and expand surveillance, plus another $100 billion to detain illegal immigrants and bolster immigration enforcement agencies.
