The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Congress on Thursday split on advancing a pair of war powers resolutions aimed at forcing President Donald Trump to abandon his war with Iran, as the conflict escalates into a deadly new phase and oil tops…
Now that the World Cup is over, let’s evaluate all the things FIFA did differently. Which new features earned an A, and which were complete flops? Source link
Former Representative Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) is running for the seat of the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) following his death, Sanford announced Thursday morning. “Our country is at financial tipping point and I cannot sit on the sidelines while Washington adds a trillion dollars to the debt every 100 days,” Sanford said in a statement….
Firefighters drive past the smoke of a fire at the Russian e-commerce firm Wildberries’ logistics complexes in the town of Elektrostal outside Moscow on July 18, 2026. A Ukrainian drone attack on two logistics centres in Russia killed eight people and injured 24, officials said on July 18, 2026. Tatyana Makeyeva | Afp | Getty…
Our first list since the All-Star break saw a lot of changes as one team’s historic winning streak came to an end. Source link
White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt told reporters that President Trump and his administration have no plans to interfere in the extradition process of social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate. “No. We’ve already answered that question,” Leavitt told reporters at a White House press briefing on Thursday. The Tate brothers, known for… Source link
Microsoft’s Xbox CEO, Asha Sharma speaks at the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco on June 4, 2026. David Paul Morris | Getty Images Amazon and Microsoft have devised new ways to get people playing video games in the cloud. Microsoft’s Xbox division said Thursday that it will test an advertising-supported way of letting people…
Which contenders will create a stir? This is what we’re hearing as we approach 6PM ET on August 3rd. Source link
Lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee took the unusual step Thursday of delaying a public hearing to consider three of President Trump’s nominees after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said their FBI background checks raised “significant questions.” A hearing was to be held at 10am to consider the nomination of Christopher Phelan to chair the banking…
Google‘s cloud chief Thomas Kurian said the company’s existing customers are shelling out “roughly 50% more” than they’ve already committed to spend on its products, which helped drive its red-hot cloud growth during the second quarter. “Our existing customers have increased their spend when they make a commitment to us,” Kurian told CNBC’s Jim Cramer…
