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A federal judge on Monday nullified an agreement the government reached with Donald Trump and his sons over the leak of his tax returns. The judge lambasted the government and president’s lawyers for using the judicial process to try to concoct a beneficial arrangement for the president. The ruling from US district judge Kathleen Williams in the southern district of Florida blocks a widely criticized arrangement the government and the president’s attorneys reached earlier this year to resolve a $10bn lawsuit by Trump and his sons over the leak of the president’s tax returns. The government never responded to the...

On the other end of the line, Javed sounds worried and tired. "Our situation here is getting worse every day," he shares with The New Arab. "Some of my comrades have been locked up here for eight months, others for ten. This situation is generating a lot of stress and tension." His voice trails off for a moment, then he adds, "There have already been several suicide attempts in this camp." Like Javed, dozens of Afghan refugees are currently being held in closed centres in Poland. Most were arrested by Polish police after irregularly crossing the Belarusian border; others were...

US Capitol Police arrest an armed man at the North Barricade of the U.S. Capitol Building (screenshot via CNN) The US Capitol Police arrested an armed man on the US Capitol grounds on Monday. The US Capitol Police said in an alert that they were responding to “potential security concern at the North Barricade of the U.S. Capitol Building” and urged staff and other personnel to avoid the area. They later announced that they had arrested a man carrying a firearm, and an investigation remains ongoing. More from Fox: US Capitol Police Arrest Armed Man Video from the scene shows...

Poland has resumed deportations to Afghanistan despite protective measures ordered by the European Court of Human Rights, local media reported on Monday. According to daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, three Afghan nationals were taken from a guarded detention center to the military section of Krakow-Balice airport in April. They were flown on a military aircraft, accompanied by more than a dozen Polish Border Guard officers to Tashkent via Tbilisi. Poland’s Commissioner for Human Rights has been investigating the deportation. The Border Guard knew that interim measures had been issued in the cases of at least two of the three men who...

Lacks the rich. New York’s share of US millionaires dramatically declined in recent years, causing a nearly $11 billion loss in much-needed tax revenue in just one year, according to a bombshell new analysis. The study released Monday by the Citizen Budget Commisison showed the Empire State’s share of the nation’s millionaires dipped from 12.7% to 8.7% between 2010 and 2022 – the largest decline of any state. “New York’s declining share of high-income taxpayers has meaningful consequences,” the analysis states. “Had New York maintained its share of the nation’s millionaires over the past decade, personal income tax collections would...

Explanation: What do auroras look like from above? Behold! From the ground, auroras dance high above clouds, frequently causing spectacular displays. From space, they look a bit different. As the International Space Station (ISS) circles the Earth every 90 minutes, it sometimes sees auroras below that are active on the night side. A one-hour time-lapse video showing auroras from above was captured about two weeks ago from the orbiting ISS. The ISS -- and all objects in low Earth orbit -- will pass well above green auroras but just a bit above red glowing auroras. The auroras' electron and proton...

CNBC’s ranking of the 10 worst states to live in 2026—all of them Republican-led—has drawn criticism from conservatives. The broadcaster gave each state a Quality of Life score based on factors including crime rates, air quality, healthcare access, worker protections and civil rights laws. The Quality of Life category was one of 10 in the outlet’s annual America’s Top States for Business study. Tennessee was ranked the worst state to live in after receiving a score of just 64 out of 290. CNBC noted that Tennessee had one of the highest violent-crime rates in the nation, citing FBI statistics, as...

Summarise the video This video provides an analysis of the recent escalation in the conflict between the United States and Iran, following the collapse of a ceasefire (1:54). The presenter argues that recent U.S. strikes represent a strategic effort to dismantle Iran's infrastructure rather than a simple retaliatory measure (1:12). Key areas targeted include: Chabahar Port: The destruction of the maritime control tower at Iran's only deep-water port with Indian Ocean access, which served as a critical bypass for the Strait of Hormuz (0:12-0:37, 3:25-4:09). Rail Corridor: Strikes on railway bridges in Golestan province that facilitate trade connections between Iran,...

13 July 2026 Monday of week 15 in Ordinary Time St. Henry Catholic Church - Nashville, Tennessee Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 1:10-17Take your wrongdoing out of my sightHear the word of the Lord,you rulers of Sodom;listen to the command of our God,you people of Gomorrah.‘What are your endless sacrifices to me?says the Lord.I am sick of holocausts of ramsand the fat of calves.The blood of bulls and of goats revolts me.When you come to present yourselves before me,who asked you to trample over my courts?Bring me your worthless offerings no more,the smoke of them fills...

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been put under house arrest by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after intelligence authorities uncovered his secret dealings with Israel, The New York Times has claimed. For years, Israel conducted a covert operation aimed at grooming Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset who could be installed as Iran's new leader, American and Iranian sources told the newspaper. Israel even secretly transferred money to Ahmadinejad for housing and travel, while operatives met him abroad on several occasions. The discovery of the secret relationship is shocking given that Ahmadinejad was known for accelerating Tehran's nuclear programme, calling regularly...

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The Trump administration on Monday announced sweeping new banking rules aimed at cracking down on lending to illegal immigrants, requiring lenders to consider that borrowers without legal work authorization may pose “elevated credit risk,” a move that supporters say could improve housing affordability for Americans. The rules require banks and credit unions to account for the possibility that an illegal immigrant borrower could lose his job, be unable to find lawful work, or be removed from the country before repaying a mortgage, auto loan, credit-card balance, or other debt. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit...

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A detailed view of Halley's Comet in the Bayeux Tapestry. Image credit: Unknown author via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) ============================================================================ The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most famous textile works in the world, and for the first time in more than 900 years it has returned to England to be exhibited at the British Museum. The work of art depicts the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings of 1066 and the Norman conquest of England. It also depicts an important astronomical event, the return of Halley’s comet. Although not in the right place. First of all, despite...

Did Sen. Lindsey Graham Die Yesterday in a Russian Airstrike While He Was Visiting a Secret Kamikaze Drone Factory? Researchers are examining the timeline to discover whether or not Graham, who was reportedly still in Ukraine in the early afternoon, would have been able to make it back to DC where he reportedly died of “cardiac arrest” before midnight. Sen. Graham is widely seen as one of the top architects of the NATO/NeoCon strategy to use Ukraine as a pawn to trigger a larger war between Russia and the West. His death is a major blow to warhawks in London...

U.S. Navy reposted U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM·3h Yesterday, using multiple one-way attack surface drones, CENTCOM forces successfully struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran. Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea drones in combat operations. Last night’s strikes degraded Iran’s ability to continue attacking commercial shipping. July 13, 2026

Trump DOJ has secured about two dozen noncitizen voting arrests, prosecutions or convictions in the last few months, with about another 90 more cases under investigation. A small town Kansas mayor born in Mexico. A Filipino senior citizen living in Hawaii. Two Pakistani men residing in New Jersey. An Aussie in Louisiana. And a Chinese student studying at the University of Michigan. They all have one thing in common. Each has been charged in the last year with illegally voting in U.S. federal elections as foreigners, part of a sudden wave of prosecutions led by the Trump Justice Department for...

A black feminist historian whose work is being labeled as misleading — and who may have lost her cushy academic job — says it all comes down to an attack on black women. The New York Times tells the tale of Kerri Greenidge, whose 2022 book “The Grimkes” was hailed for its narrative about a slaveholding family and its work in the abolitionist movement. Publishers Weekly put the book on its list of that year’s top books, while the American Historical Association handed Greenidge the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, which honors scholars in women’s history and feminist theory. But the...

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Three Saronic Corsair unmanned surface craft were used in a Sunday attack on an Iranian port, U.S. Central Command announced on social media. In the 25-second video posted Monday on X, the Corsairs approach an Iranian pier at Bandar Abbas near the Strait of Hormuz with what appears to be a Ghadir-class midget submarine suspended from a gantry out of water. “Yesterday, using multiple one-way attack surface drones, CENTCOM forces successfully struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran,” reads the X post. “Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first...