A proposed settlement would make the VA audit legacy VACOLS files closed 1990–2025, potentially reactivating appeals and unlocking retroactive pay for veterans and survivors.

South Africa’s Constitutional Court revived a long‑running rand‑rigging probe, allowing the Competition Commission to pursue claims against six major banks and sending the matter back to the Competition Tribunal.

The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship while allowing state bans on transgender girls in female sports. Oklahoma leaders praised the sports ruling but clashed over citizenship.

The Supreme Court blocked an order to strip birthright citizenship, reaffirming the 14th Amendment and the Wong Kim Ark legacy rooted in San Francisco.

The Pentagon told Congress it will not privatize or close 178 commissaries, preserving the roughly 24% savings for military families and keeping San Antonio stores public.

The Supreme Court ruled June 30 that states may bar transgender girls from girls' and women's school sports, upholding Idaho and West Virginia laws and sending cases back to lower courts.

A new AP-NORC poll finds most Black Americans report never flying the U.S. flag, and views about Old Glory split sharply by race, age and party.

Sen. Ted Budd and several North Carolina lawmakers say they may block the White House’s $87.6B supplemental unless Congress adds new Helene recovery money. Gov. Josh Stein has asked for roughly $10–$10.2B to finish rebuilding western North Carolina.

Business groups and lawmakers are clashing over a proposed ban that would bar some defense contractors from buybacks and dividends without a Pentagon waiver.

Massachusetts joined a multistate legal challenge Monday to block CMS’s new 80‑hour‑a‑month Medicaid work rule, arguing tighter exemptions and paperwork threaten MassHealth coverage.

Defense attorneys told reporters that wealthy clients were told $1–2 million could buy a presidential pardon, prompting watchdog and congressional scrutiny.

The Soros family has poured roughly $100M into the 2026 midterms, mainly through Democracy PAC, changing the cash race as the DNC lags the RNC.

A D.C. judge temporarily forced the Education Department to treat many graduate nursing programs as “professional,” restoring higher federal loan access while litigation continues. Theology programs were shuffled in the process.