America United States The last of the country’s declared chemical weapons stockpile has been destroyed, President Joe Biden said, thus ending a decades-long effort to eliminate the deadly weapons first used on a large scale in WWI
America United States National Guard troops will not be deployed in Illinois following a Supreme Court decision that left in place a ruling by a federal judge in Chicago: the justices turned down government’s request in what is its second loss before a court in four days
America 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
America United States Unless rescinded, Trump's executive order greenlighting deep-sea mining in direct violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea will unleash a gold rush among major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
America United States A temporary halt of some of the US government services came as funding has been cut off following Republican Party failure to agree with opposition Democrats on a way forward on a spending bill; it's the 10th halt since 1976