Trending: * On August 11, 2025, President Donald J. Trump invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to assume federal control over the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, the first such action since the Civil War period. This decision was part of a broader initiative to
Trending: * On August 8, 2025, the Trump administration increased the reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from $25 million to $50 million, marking the highest U.S. bounty ever offered for a foreign leader. This step followed allegations of Maduro's
Trending: * On August 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against three high-ranking members and one prominent associate of the Cartel del Noreste (CDN), a violent Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) formerly known as Los Zetas, for their roles
Trending: * On August 6, 2025, United Airlines experienced a widespread system outage due to an unidentified technology issue, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a ground stop for the airline's mainline flights at multiple U.S. airports. The glitch affected departures, holding aircraft at gates and leading
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Trending: * Ernesto Vázquez Reyna, the delegate of Mexico's Federal Prosecutor's Office (FGR) in Tamaulipas, was killed on August 4, 2025, in a violent attack in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Reports indicate that Vázquez was traveling in a vehicle with his driver and an escort when assailants targeted it
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Economics & Markets: * Yesterday, July 30, 2025, the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)—a 12-member body of governors and regional bank presidents that meets eight times a year to set rates for economic stability—announced it would hold the federal funds rate at 4.25%-4.
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’s commodity market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: * On July 28, 2025, Thailand and Cambodia reached an agreement for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire after five days of border clashes, with the truce taking effect at midnight
Trending: * Yesterday, July 28, 2025, a shooting occurred in New York City where a high-rise building housed offices for Blackstone, the NFL headquarters, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, and the Consulate General of Ireland. The suspect, identified as 27-year-old Shane Tamura from Las Vegas, Nevada, was armed with an AR-15-style assault
Trending: * Yesterday, July 27, 2025, a regional passenger train operated by Deutsche Bahn derailed in the Biberach district of Baden-Württemberg state, southwestern Germany, between the towns of Riedlingen and Munderkingen. The train, designated RE55 and traveling a roughly 90 km route from Sigmaringen to Ulm with about 100 passengers on