NYTIMES (Ben Casselman and Colby Smith) - Inflation Slowed During Pause in War With Iran
The Consumer Price Index fell to a 3.5 percent annual increase in June, and prices marked their biggest drop from a month earlier since 2020.
DAILYCALLER (Nicole Silverio) - Mitch McConnell’s Staff Says His Health Is Improving. So We Asked For Interview With Him To See For Ourselves
‘[W]ill keep your interview request on hand’
Several media outlets, including the Daily Caller News Foundation, asked Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office for an interview after his office assured the public his recovery was going well and that he remained engaged in Senate business. The DCNF requested a video interview with McConnell as the public has yet to hear directly from the senator or been given new information about his health. A McConnell spokesperson said they would keep the interview request “on hand,” along with those from several other outlets when contacted by the DCNF. “[W]ill keep your interview request on hand with the many others. Appreciate your interest,” the spokesperson said. (RELATED: We Asked Mitch McConnell’s Staff About His…Open
NPR (Stephan Bisaha) - Inflation slowed sharply -- but it may not last
Annual inflation hit 3.5% in June, down from May's more than three-year high — but the resumption of the conflict with Iran threaten to push up inflation as energy costs once again spike.
ABCNEWS - Abortion rights are on the ballot in 4 states. Here's what to know
Voters in one of the most conservative U.S. states will decide whether to roll back the state's abortion ban
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - Iran War Day 137: U.S. Bombs Iran for Third Consecutive Night, Iran Retaliates
State of the Union: Saudi Arabia was believed to have bombed Yemen on Monday, with the Houthis retaliating with missiles and drones. The post Iran War Day 137: U.S. Bombs Iran for Third Consecutive Night, Iran Retaliates appeared first on The American Conservative .
The U.S. on Monday evening bombed Iran for the third consecutive night, with Iran again retaliating against U.S. bases, as the Iran War entered its 137th day. U.S. Central Command said it hit targets in Bushehr, Chabahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas while Iran’s IRGC said it targeted the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, a U.S. military air base in Jordan, and Iranian Kurdish opposition group facilities in Iraq. Iran’s IRGC claimed it killed three U.S. service members in Kuwait over the weekend. CENTCOM initially denied any casualties, but the Pentagon’s official death toll rose by one Monday with the death in early July of a Navy pilot in a helicopter crash. Iranian media says that at least 23 people have been…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (The American Conservative) - TAC Right Now: Iran War Restarts
TAC staffers talk to Amir Handjani. The post TAC Right Now: Iran War Restarts appeared first on The American Conservative .
TAC Executive Director Curt Mills and Correspondent Harrison Berger speak with Amir Handjani, a partner at Karv Global and board member of The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft who has years of experience in the petroleum industry. They discuss the resumption of hostilities in the Iran War, the status and future of the Strait of Hormuz, and the prospects for ending the conflict. Recorded July 10, 2026. The post TAC Right Now: Iran War Restarts appeared first on The American Conservative .Open
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Secret Service got ‘everything’ wrong: Trump rally widow's plea | Elizabeth Vargas Reports
NewsNation's Rich McHugh exclusively speaks with Helen Comperatore, the widow of Corey Comperatore, two years on from his death, after he shielded his wife and daughter from stray bullets during an assassination attempt on President Donald Trump's life. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias or opinion. Watch "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" every weeknight at 7p/6C on NewsNation. #VargasReports NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Taylor Delandro) - US marshal killed in standoff with fugitive in Louisiana
Authorities were executing a fugitive arrest warrant when "an officer-involved shooting occurred."
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Lindsey Graham spent his final day pushing Russia sanctions from Kyiv — now his unfinished work falls to Congress
Senator Lindsey Graham spoke twice by phone from Kyiv on Friday, fresh from a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and brimming with news: the Trump White House had given him the green light to move bipartisan legislation imposing steep penalties on buyers of Russian oil. By Saturday, the South Carolina Republican was dead. Graham's […] The post Lindsey Graham spent his final day pushing Russia sanctions from Kyiv — now his unfinished work falls to Congress appeared first on American Almanac .
Senator Lindsey Graham spoke twice by phone from Kyiv on Friday, fresh from a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and brimming with news: the Trump White House had given him the green light to move bipartisan legislation imposing steep penalties on buyers of Russian oil. By Saturday, the South Carolina Republican was dead. Graham's passing, after what a CBS News headline described as a brief and sudden illness, ended a career defined in its final years by relentless focus on two foreign-policy priorities: punishing Russia's war economy and brokering normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Both remain unfinished. And the question now is whether Republican leaders in the Senate and House will pick up the work he left…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Graham's death and McConnell's absence leave Senate GOP with zero margin for error
Sen. Lindsey Graham died Saturday night at 71 after an aortic dissection, and Sen. Mitch McConnell remains hospitalized with pneumonia, twin blows that strip the Republican Senate majority down to 51 effective votes and leave the party's legislative agenda hanging by a thread. Hours before his death, Graham was still working. He had just landed […] The post Graham's death and McConnell's absence leave Senate GOP with zero margin for error appeared first on American Almanac .
Sen. Lindsey Graham died Saturday night at 71 after an aortic dissection, and Sen. Mitch McConnell remains hospitalized with pneumonia, twin blows that strip the Republican Senate majority down to 51 effective votes and leave the party's legislative agenda hanging by a thread. Hours before his death, Graham was still working. He had just landed from Ukraine, his tenth trip there since Russia's 2022 invasion, and called President Trump to talk about the SAVE America Act. Now the Senate faces 34 scheduled days before the August recess with a packed docket, a $1.5 trillion defense authorization bill, military funding related to Iran, the confirmation of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, and a possible third budget reconciliation package,…Open