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The U.S. stock market saw significant losses Monday after opening with sharp declines that did not bounce back.

Two recent cases prosecuted by the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas highlight how business owners made millions of dollars orchestrating elaborate human smuggling and stash house operations in south Texas.

Tensions rose Saturday after U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death penalty cases.

The United States triggered a highly accurate recession indicator as recession fears led to the largest stock selloff since December 2022. California, the nation’s largest economy, triggered the same indicator in late 2023.

United States Customs and Border Protection agents just announced their largest fentanyl seizure ever.

Texas has won another lawsuit against the Biden administration, this time one that requires it to finish building the border wall.

Two illegal Jordanian migrants who were charged with illegally entering the Marine Corps Base in Quantico in May were released from federal custody after posting bail, according to the NY Post.

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday told a group of Black journalists that he didn’t know Vice President Kamala Harris was Black.

Military officials cut a pre-trial deal with three men accused of helping plan the Sept. 11 terror attacks, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Biden administration can’t implement its Title IX rules in an additional four states, bringing the total number of statewide injunctions to 26.

The United States Senate on Tuesday (July 30) voted overwhelmingly to approve bipartisan legislation intended to protect children from dangerous online content and hold tech companies to better account for harm suffered by minors on the internet, CBS News reports.

Former President Donald Trump blasted Facebook and Google Tuesday after Facebook admitted it had censored photos of Trump’s assassination attempt, images widely seen as a major moment and rallying point for the Trump campaign.

The devastation Hurricane Beryl left in its wake is estimated to cost taxpayers nationwide between $28 billion and $32 billion, according to an AccuWeather analysis. The losses to Texas, which was hardest hit, are estimated to be several billion.

The US national debt has officially surpassed a massive $35 trillion, having increased by nearly $5 billion every day so far in 2025, Yahoo Finance reports.
The debt increased by nearly $8 trillion during the Republican administration of former President Donald Trump and is set to see a similar rise under the Democratic administration of current President Joe Biden.

President Biden has officially proposed changes to the Supreme Court of the United States, including a constitutional amendment, marking a shift in his position on court reform over the years.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ kickstart to her presidential campaign last week immediately faced a flurry of her most controversial stances and statements, not the least of which was her support of the “defund the police” movement in 2020.

President Joe Biden published an op-ed in the Washington Post Monday explaining his proposal to make major changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, calling for a Constitutional amendment to “ensure no president is above the law.”

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have opposing views on a wide array of issues, among them Americans’ Second Amendment rights to own firearms.

During President Joe Biden’s address to the American public Wednesday night, he said his administration secured the border.

Ronny Jackson, the former physician to the president for Donald Trump and a U.S. representative from Texas, wrote a letter to Congress admonishing FBI Director Christopher Wray for suggesting Trump wasn’t hit by a bullet.