Belgian federation to challenge FIFA's decision to let Folarin Balogun play in World Cup match  —  The Belgian soccer federation wants explanation from FIFA about a decision to let U.S forward Folarin Balogun play at the World Cup despite getting a red card in his previous game.

ICE's Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics  —  The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees.  —  Voting was already underway when the ICE agents arrived …

Trump's Deranged ‘Lewinsky Room’ Offer to World Leader Revealed  —  GOODIE BAGS  —  He also tried to offload a few pairs of his favorite dress shoes.  —  Donald Trump tried to foist tacky MAGA freebies onto an official delegation from Europe and told his visitors that their wives could sell …

In Trump's Second Midterm, Democrats Are Looking for Fighters  —  Attitudes in the party have shifted, Democrats say, with a growing appetite for outsider candidates vowing to overhaul the system.  Some worry that the trend could be costly in November.  —  With President Trump's second term …

What Rahm Emanuel's Upcoming Israel Speech Reveals About Democrats … Rahm Emanuel is in Israel this week to deliver a speech designed to be a thunderclap.  The combination of message and messenger should produce a loud echo.  —  The message is that the war in Gaza and shifts in American …

White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism’  —  A scathing report released on the Fourth of July says the National Museum of American History downplays the role of the founders while emphasizing social justice.  —  In a broadside posted to its website …

How Kalshi infects the news  —  This is a special collaboration between Public Notice and Judd Legum of Popular Information.  For more news and analysis from Judd and his team, subscribe to Popular Information HERE.  —  In December 2025, CNN and CNBC struck landmark deals with Kalshi, a leading prediction market.

There Are Many Things That Could Increase the Birth Rate.  This Major One Is Usually Ignored.  —  Conservatives often lay the blame for declining fertility at women's feet.  They're wrong.  —  The summer I turned 39, my husband and I moved from Brooklyn to a darling little village in upstate New York.

What's inside the one bill Trump most desperately wants to become law  —  President Donald Trump has been on a single-minded, months-long quest to try and get one particular bill — the SAVE America Act — through Congress.  —  It's a bill that would transform voting registration …

Trump speeds up helipad project ahead of Xi visit, adding $875K, records show  —  The contractor has sought to shave off more than a month of the planned timeline, requiring 24/7 work, documents show.  —  Summary  —  The White House sped up construction of a new helipad and related work …

Big Tech Has Suddenly Flipped on the AI Jobs Wipeout Scenario  —  As public opinion of AI shifts into negative, warnings of mass employment reductions diminish  —  A year ago, the message from many business leaders was that AI was going to wipe out jobs.  For the past month or so, tech CEOs have been striking a more optimistic tone.

Trump denied latest bid to delay $5.8m judgment payment to E Jean Carroll  —  Carroll was awarded damages after New York jury concluded Trump sexually abused her, then defamed her after she publicly described the attack  —  Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay payment of a $5.8m judgment …

Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital kills at least 12  —  Russia launched waves of missiles and drones at Kyiv early Monday, killing at least 12 people in an attack that exposed widening gaps in Ukraine's air defenses, authorities said.  All of the ballistic missiles launched …

NASA Leader Flew His Vintage Jet at DC Air Show Over FAA Objections  —  The regulator initially denied Jared Isaacman's request to fly in the Freedom 250 celebration, calling the aircraft too dangerous for densely populated areas  —  NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew a vintage jet fighter …

Research Universities Are Admitting Fewer Ph.D.s, a Bad Sign for Science  —  Some of the nation's top research universities are shrinking doctoral programs because of uncertain federal funding.  —  The number of students admitted to Ph.D. programs this fall dropped 15 percent from the previous year …

Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Ten Democratic lawmakers told …

How Zohran Mamdani Saved the Fourth of July  —  The mayor's fighting patriotism bested Trump's rantings and Obama's evasions.  —  Pocket  —  In normal times, there's nothing more tedious than a Fourth of July speech.  It's an occasion for self-congratulatory nationalist backslapping …

German Defense Spending to Climb to Third of Budget by 2030  —  Germany will ramp up spending on defense and security to more than €200 billion ($228 billion) by the end of the decade, amounting to a third of the federal budget as Europe's No. 1 economy pushes to rearm.

Biden's illegal immigration surge triggered 30% rise in home prices, $ 20% in rents, Fed paper finds  —  A new Federal Reserve working paper found the record surge in illegal immigration during the Biden administration triggered higher home prices and rents.  —  The findings arrive as immigration remains a polarizing political issue.