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The U.S. goods trade deficit narrowed by a wider-than-expected margin in June, as imports fell sharply—particularly in consumer goods—potentially lifting estimates for second-quarter economic growth. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that the trade gap in goods narrowed to $86.0 billion, down from $96.4 billion in May. Economists had expected a deficit of around $99 billion. While exports dipped 0.6 percent to $178.2 billion, imports fell 4.2 percent to $264.2 billion, driven by a steep 12.4 percent drop in consumer goods imports. Imports of industrial supplies were down 5.5 percent, and automotive imports declined 2.0 percent. The sharp pullback in consumer…

President Donald Trump scored major victories on trade and the advancement of peace over the weekend, furthering the testament of his commitment to the MAGA agenda he promised the American people. Trump, who was widely lauded — even by critics — last month after announcing a “complete and total ceasefire” after 12 days of ongoing war between the Israel and Iran — announced on Saturday a request for a ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand, using trade as a key point of leverage. “Just spoke to the Prime Minister of Cambodia relative to stopping the War with Thailand,” Trump said, referencing…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is staring down a confirmation backlog of more than 130 nominees — with President Donald Trump pressing hard for progress this week. Democrats could theoretically help expedite a pre-recess flurry of confirmations, but without more details from Republicans, they are so far holding out. “There are some that are bipartisan — like, Tim Kaine and I have a great Eastern District of Virginia [U.S.] attorney nominee,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told POLITICO on Monday evening. “But [Republicans] also should go and release some of the funds that have already been appropriated that they and [Russ]…

Did the pilot almost lose control?/Image @X. The maneuver almost goes very, very wrong. Footage is going viral online of a fighter jet making an exceedingly low pass over terrified beach-goers during an air show in Spain. Daily Mail reported: “Footage circulating online shows a Spanish Air Force EF-18 Hornet fighter jet hurtling towards the sea and the beach packed full of sunbathers after executing an acrobatic stunt in the sky. Puffs of black smoke escape from the jet as it turns upside down in the air, before swooping down to what appears to be just meters above the golden…

More than half of the aid trucks that entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt via the Rafah crossing on Sunday, during a surge of aid, were looted, according to a Qatari-funded newspaper quoted by the Times of Israel. The Times of Israel reported: More than half the Egyptian aid trucks that entered the Gaza Strip on Sunday were looted by unknown actors and their contents later sold in local markets, according to a report in UK-based, Qatari-owned newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. Out of 130 trucks, 73 of them were looted near the Morag Axis, which separates Rafah from Khan Younis and…

At least 100 detainees processed at Alligator Alcatraz have been “fully deported,” according to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis has continued to champion the quick work of the Florida Division of Emergency Management which transformed the existing Miami-Dade Collier Training Facility in the Florida Everglades into a deportation hub to house and process migrants illegally residing in the country. The governor previously said that deportations were already underway, noting that most of the individuals housed at the facility are military-aged males. “These are folks — and a lot of them have of criminal records. But that’s what’s happening here, and…

Karin Kneissl has suggested that the unrest following Zelensky’s crackdown on anti-corruption agencies may not have been spontaneous Recent protests in Ukraine sparked by Vladimir Zelensky’s crackdown on anti-corruption agencies may have been orchestrated by Western countries, former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl has claimed in an interview with TASS.Thousands reportedly took to the streets across Ukraine last week after Zelensky placed the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) under executive oversight. The decision followed a series of raids by security services targeting NABU staff. Protesters accused Zelensky of betraying the country and demanded he reverse…

In the early hours of July 27, 2025, militants from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an ISIS-affiliated rebel group, stormed a Catholic church in Komanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, during a nighttime prayer vigil. Armed with guns and machetes, they slaughtered at least 40 worshippers at the Parish of Blessed Anuarite, including women, men, and nine children, while abducting others into the surrounding bush. This savage attack, which also involved burning homes and looting shops, underscores the relentless threat to Christian communities in the region. The church was celebrating its 25th anniversary when the raiders struck around 1 a.m., turning…

Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor confronted hecklers during a show in Portland, Maine, who were shouting “Free Palestine” at her, telling them: “You’re just yelling at a Jew.” The group of hecklers insisted on the right to interrupt her concert at Portland’s Revolution Hall, saying that the situation of children of Gaza was dire. Spektor wasn’t having it. “This is not the place for that conversation,” she said, according to the Hollywood Reporter, adding: The only reason I even speak English is because I came here to escape this shit. I only speak English because I came from a country where people treated…

At least 17 people were shot, one of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. CBS News reported the ages of the shooting victims ranged from 6 t0 50 years of age. The 6-year-old boy was shot at 9:35 p.m. Friday “while inside a vehicle in the 3700 block of West 59th Place.” A passing vehicle fired shots at the one in which the boy was riding, hitting him “in the backside.” The 6-year-old was taken to a hospital in a good condition. The weekend’s lone fatal shooting occurred at 4:44 a.m. Saturday “in the 11600 block…