Fact & Spin

Syria’s Al-Sharaa addresses the U.N., former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is sentenced to five years in prison, a swarm of drones disrupt operations at several Danish airports, the White House directs agencies to prepare for mass firings if there's a shutdown, Italy and Spain deploy ships to help a Gaza aid flotilla, a Michigan congresswoman dr afts articles of impeachment against RFK Jr., Chi...

Moldova arrests 74 people over alleged Russian election interference, Egypt and Rwanda ink water and trade deals, the U.S. Treasury is in talks to support Argentina, a Dallas ICE facility shooting leaves two dead, including the shooter, Jimmy Kimmel returns after his suspension, President Trump cancels a meeting Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, the Trump admin. offers hundreds of reinstatements...

Trump addresses the U.N. General Assembly, The U.S. Secret Service dismantles a hidden telecommunications network in New York, The OECD warns of the global impacts of Trump’s tariffs, The EU and Indonesia agree on a free trade deal after nine years of talks, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger quit the International Criminal Court, The Trump administration issues guidance on acetaminophen during pregnan...

France joins the U.K., Canada and Australia in recognizing a Palestinian state, Trump honors slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, German and Swedish jets track a Russian plane over the Baltic Sea, The U.S. sanctions ‘enablers' of a sanctioned Brazilian judge, Egypt pardons British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, Germany’s AfD reaches 26% in polls, The FBI allegedly recorded Trump’s borde...

The U.S. vetoes a U.N. Security Council resolution on Gaza for a sixth time, China warns Papua New Guinea against an Australia defense pact, Estonia claims that Russian jets violated its airspace, France expels Malian diplomats and suspends counter-terrorism ties, Italy becomes the first EU nation to pass an AI regulation law, The Taliban bans books by women authors from Afghan universities, The U...

Hundreds of thousands strike across France over budget cuts, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign a mutual defense pact, Trump moves to designate antifa as a major terrorist organization, ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s show over his Charlie Kirk comments, the U.K. arrests three people on suspicion of spying for Russia, the U.S. Education Dept. announces a new civics effort in partnership with dozens of con...

President Trump arrives in the U.K. for his second state visit, Chinese and Philippine ships reportedly collide in the South China Sea, Jair Bolsonaro is diagnosed with skin cancer after being hospitalized for one night, Poland’s president calls for WWII reparations during a Berlin visit, Trump says that Volodymyr Zelenskyy must “make a deal", the U.S. and Qatar near an enhanced defense deal, the...

Trump announces a second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat, A U.N. commission says Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, Israel seizes over 180 crypto wallets allegedly used by Iran's IRGC, An appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook, Formal charges are filed against the suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk, The UK’s MI5 admits it unlawfully obtained a jour...

The U.S. and China reach a framework deal over TikTok, The Arab-Islamic summit condemns the Israeli strike on Qatar, A Russian drone breaches Romanian airspace, Brazil's Lula pens an op-ed about democracy and sovereignty to President Trump, Australia and Papua New Guinea plan to ink a defense pact, France’s new prime minister abandons plans to cut holidays after credit downgrade, The U.K. and U.S....

A suspect is detained in the Charlie Kirk murder, Russia and Belarus launch their “Zapad” military exercise, Benjamin Netanyahu signs a West Bank settlement expansion plan, China exports the Fengqiao surveillance model to the Solomon Islands, South Sudan's vice president is charged with treason and murder, Ghana accepts the first West African deportees from the U.S., California passes a bill banni...

Brazil's Bolsonaro is found guilty of plotting a coup, the U.K. sacks its ambassador to the U.S., Tehran and the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agree to resume inspections at Iranian facilities, Venezuela alleges that those killed in a U.S. boat strike were not gang members, Netanyahu formally nominat3es Major General David Zini to serve as the head of the Shin Bet, global press freedom reportedly hits a...

Conservative influencer and organizer Charlie Kirk is assassinated , Poland shoots down Russian drones in its airspace, the EU Chief proposes Israeli sanctions and payment pauses, Cuba experiences a new nationwide blackout, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear President Trump’s tariff case in November, while a judge blocks Trump's firing of Fed Governor Cook, federal charges are filed in the Charlotte...

Israel targets Hamas leaders in a strike on Doha, Nepal's prime minister resigns amid violent social media ban protests, Macron names Sébastien Lecornu as France’s new prime minister, A House panel releases an alleged letter from Trump to Epstein, A new poll finds that Gen Z’s gender gap widens beyond just politics, U.S.test scores hit a historic low in math and reading, Ethiopia opens Africa's la...

French Prime Minister Bayrou is ousted in a no-confidence vote, Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigns , The opposition wins Buenos Aires’ legislative election, Six are killed in a shooting at Jerusalem bus stop, 890 people are arrested in the U.K. at a pro-Palestine protest,  Boko Haram kills over 60 in a Nigeria village attack, The U.S. Supreme Court allows the LA immigration raids to res...

David Lammy is named the U.K.’s new Deputy Prime Minister in a major cabinet reshuffle, A report alleges that U.S, Navy SEALs killed North Korean civilians in a 2019 attempted mission, Anutin Charnvirakul is elected Thailand’s prime minister, Mali files an International Court of Justice case against Algeria over a drone downing, A Gaza boy said to be "gunned down" is allegedly found alive , ICE ra...

Putin and Xi are heard on a hot mic discussing immortality, RFK Jr. faces bipartisan questioning before the Senate Finance Committee, 26 nations pledge post-war security guarantees for Ukraine, a report alleges that one-in-four Gaza detainees are identified as militants, at least 15 are killed in a funicular tram crash in Portugal’s Lisbon, a mass stabbing in Canada’s Manitoba leaves at least two...

China holds a military parade with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, the U.S. military strikes an alleged Tren de Aragua drug boat, killing 11, the Thai government seeks House dissolution as the opposition backs a rival's Prime Minister bid, U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Rayner admits to stamp duty underpayment, the Trump administration lifts a hold on a $2M ICE spyware contract, U.S. deportees to Eswa...

Trump moves Space Command’s headquarters to Alaska, Belgium announces plans to recognize the State of Palestine, Von der Leyen's plane is allegedly hit by GPS interference, Romania's coalition faces no-confidence votes, a judge rules that Trump's LA military deployment was illegal, British comedian Graham Linehan is arrested over an X post on trans issues, Burkina Faso passes a law banning homosex...

China hosts the largest-ever Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, A powerful earthquake causes widespread casualties in Eastern Afghanistan, President Donald Trump mulls a U.S.-led Gaza relocation effort, Guyana-Venezuela tensions mount ahead of the Guyanese general election, Houthis raid U.N. offices in Yemen and detain 11 staff, Vladimir Putin reiterates the need for “root Causes” to...

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is removed from office, South Korea's ex-First Lady Kim Keon-hee is indicted on bribery charges, Trump reportedly names Jim O'Neill as acting CDC director, the U.S. ends a tariff exemption on shipping packages under $800, a UK court overturns an order to close an asylum hotel, Trump revokes Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection, Canada’s Quebec plans a...

Trump hosts post-war Gaza talks, The White House fires the CDC’s director, North Korea’s Kim and Russia’s Putin agree to attend a military parade in Beijing, Japan’s trade envoy cancels a trip to Washington, Anthropic forms a national security advisory council, Nvidia’s Q2 revenue beats expectations at $46.7 billion, The FDA limits COVID-19 vaccine access to seniors and high-risk groups, The U.S....

Trump's 50% tariffs on India take effect, Brazil's Bolsonaro is placed under 24-hour surveillance, the U.S. reportedly offers air and intelligence support to police Ukraine's post-war security, Denmark summons its senior U.S. envoy over an alleged Greenland influence operation, Two children are killed in a shooting during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, Trump seeks the death penalty for all...

Trump fires Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, Australia expels Iran’s ambassador, France’s François Bayrou calls for a confidence vote, Trump threatens to sue California over its redistricting plans, Cambodian lawmakers pass a law allowing the revocation of citizenship, Australian police conduct a manhunt for a gunman who killed two officers, Elon Musk sues Apple over its App Store AI rankings, ...

Trump hosts South Korean President Jae-Myung Lee at the White House, An Israeli strike kills five journalists at a Gaza hospital, Typhoon Kajiki forces mass evacuations in Vietnam, Trump threatens military deployment to Baltimore, Zelenskyy says Ukraine can strike Russia without US permission, Israel strikes Yemen's capital after a Houthi cluster bomb attack, Trump signs an order to end cashless b...

The U.N. reports famine in Gaza City, The FBI raids the home and office of former national security adviser John Bolton, An Egypt-Saudi summit addresses the Gaza crisis amid energy deals, The EU parliament sues the Council of the EU over a €150 billion defense loan bypass, A report suggests that the U.S. military is planning strike plans against Mexican cartels, A U.S. judge orders the dismantling...