Mayor Zohran Mamdani named Annel Hernandez the city’s first public utility advocate to fight rising energy bills and deepen community input on rate cases. The role will track state utility proceedings and push enrollment in affordability programs.

President Trump will stop at Wheeler High School in Marietta next Wednesday to highlight Trump Accounts, the new federal program seeding children’s accounts with $1,000.

Brunswick's push to opt out of Medina County's flow-control rule has put the county's solid-waste plan at risk and could shift about $680,000 in costs.

Rep. Mike Lawler told Nanuet seniors he pleaded to a DWAI after a 2012 arrest and said 'I let my dad down.' He said the episode followed news his father’s cancer had spread.

Clerks across Michigan have begun public logic‑and‑accuracy tests of voting machines ahead of the Aug. 4 primary. Tests are open to observers and run before early voting starts.

The Education Department has opened directed investigations into three Georgia school systems over how they handle staff sexual‑misconduct allegations. The move follows a national review aimed at stopping districts from quietly reassigning accused employees.

President Trump hailed Iran's release of a U.S. citizen as a 'gesture of goodwill' while strikes continue. Her lawyer identified her as Dena Karari.

Chevron will sign MOUs with Iraq to advance plans at West Qurna 2 and the Nassiriya project after Iraqi PM Ali al‑Zaidi's U.S. visit. The deals start technical and commercial work that could lead to operating agreements.

Outside PACs and rival operatives are trading attack mailers in Missouri's 10th Senate primary after a lawmaker's 988 hotline test. The race has gone national in tone.

Maricopa County’s Board unanimously approved a rule July 15 banning employees from using non-public government information to profit on prediction markets. The county says the policy covers roughly 10,000 staff and allows dismissal or law‑enforcement referral.

Francisco Aguirre — a longtime Portland immigration organizer who once sought sanctuary at Augustana Lutheran — is due at the ICE South Waterfront office Thursday and fears detention.

Maryland's consumer advocate asked a Baltimore court to compel the PSC to enforce the 2025 Next Generation Energy Act, arguing Washington Gas's replacement projects are proceeding without required review.

DOE has begun sending Hanford vitrification byproduct to a Richland facility for grouting to speed cleanup, but state and regional regulators are raising questions.