The National Guard signed a $292M contract to house D.C.‑deployed troops in up to 2,000 apartment‑style units, a shift officials say will save lodging costs even as critics question the mission’s scope. Legal fights and cost estimates are complicating the rollout.

A 120‑page blueprint from five Cuban economists lays out a three‑phase plan that calls for breaking up GAESA, emergency energy fixes, unified exchange rates and reentry to international lenders.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic Senate primary, adding a major boost to Stevens days before the Aug. 4 vote.

A Charlottesville judge found the FDA’s 2023 certification requirement for mifepristone unlawful and ordered the agency to reconsider the rule.

Volker Türk won a second four‑year term as U.N. human rights chief despite opposition from the U.S., Israel and Russia. The vote exposed sharp divisions over how the U.N. should press powers on Gaza and China.

The Pentagon awarded Oracle an up‑to‑10‑year enterprise software agreement worth nearly $7 billion to centralize on‑premises licensing across DoD, the Coast Guard and intelligence agencies.

The ICC’s Assembly voted to remove Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan after an oversight report found "serious misconduct." Major 2024 warrants remain in place while deputies run the office.

Congress is advancing bills that would tie federal school funding to a new definition of "sexually oriented" material — language critics say could force removal of LGBTQ books and programs.

Senate Democrats asked the Treasury watchdog to investigate reports that Kenneth Kies was pushed out after resisting White House pressure to target taxpayers.

The Conservative Partnership Institute bought the Heritage Foundation’s Pennsylvania Avenue office at 227 Pennsylvania Ave SE, adding to its Capitol Hill 'Patriots' Row' holdings. The move deepens CPI’s local footprint and has drawn mixed reaction from neighbors and lawmakers.

Two descendants of Muscogee (Creek) Freedmen filed a federal suit on July 23, 2026 seeking citizenship cards the tribe’s high court ordered in 2025.

Trump expanded a voluntary Ratepayer Protection Pledge, enlisting governors, utilities and developers to promise households won't foot the bill as AI data centers grow.

Zelenskyy met a Raytheon delegation in Kyiv and said the company is ready to co‑produce Patriot interceptors with Ukraine. Analysts warn building production capacity will take years.