United States

The House of Representatives voted to pass a bill directing the Justice Department to release all files related to its investigation into the Epstein case with the exception of one vote; Senate agreed via unanimous consent, without a formal vote

Unless rescinded, Trump's executive order greenlighting deep-sea mining in direct violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea will unleash a gold rush among major powers that concerns Pacific nations, fearing armed conflict as consequence

Google must share data with rivals to open up competition in online search, a Washington court ruled after a 5-year legal fight, rejecting a prosecutors' effort to make it sell its Chrome browser, the worst-case scenario faced by Alphabet, owner of Google

Over 6.000 international student visas have been revoked right before start of academic year because of overstay or violations of US law, the "vast majority" reportedly being assault, driving under the influence of drugs, burglary, "support for terrorism"

$30-million have been allocated to controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, delivering aid at 'secure' food distribution sites in Gaza where hundreds are actually being killed; it is the first known US government financial contribution to the GHF

Rock icon Bruce Springsteen, on his Land of Hope and Dreams tour in Europe, declared he will use his shows to address the “current situation” in the United States, which he defined an "American tragedy" in the latest back-and-forth with President Trump

Systematic federal immigration raids that resulted in dozens of people reported to be taken into custody across Los Angeles have led to mass protests and tense confrontation with riot police, now joined by the National Guard

Supreme Court ruled the administration's ban on transgender troops can be enforced while legal challenges move forward; the ruling was unsigned and it offered no reasoning, which is typical when the court acts on emergency applications

More US residents will turn 65 in 2025 to 2027 than at any other time in history: almost 12.000 will be reaching retirement age every day; the US Council on Ageing reported that nearly half are subsisting on an income that can’t sustain their basic needs