Topical, anti-inflammatory news

Thursday, July 9, 2026 · PM Edition · Sources

Sources for this digest
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US and Iran Trade Fresh Strikes as Ceasefire Collapses; Shipping Through Strait of Hormuz Declines
  • Wthr — “Missile alert sirens sound in Jordan as Iran retaliates across the wider Mideast for US airstrikes”
  • Rutland Herald — “Missile alert sirens sound in Jordan as Iran retaliates across the wider Mideast for US airstrikes”
  • Herald Bulletin — “Missile alert sirens sound in Jordan as Iran retaliates across the wider Mideast for US airstrikes”
  • Owensboro Messenger And Inquirer — “Missile alert sirens sound in Jordan as Iran retaliates across the wider Mideast for US airstrikes”
  • San Mateo Daily Journal — “Missile alert sirens sound in Jordan as Iran retaliates across the wider Mideast for US airstrikes”
  • The Guardian — “US launches new airstrikes against Iran hours after Trump threatens to escalate”
  • The Guardian — “Tehran launches more strikes as Israel warns it is ready to strike Iran again ‘with even greater force’ – as it happened”
  • The New York Times — “Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Sink Into Violent Cycle After Latest Strikes”
  • The New York Times — “Final Stage of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Funeral Begins After Delay”
  • The New York Times — “Will Investors Choose Optimism Over Geopolitical Probability?”
  • Fox News World — “With US unleashing attacks, Iranian official threatens that the Islamic Republic will deliver a 'hard slap'”
  • Fox News World — “Trump says 'Iran lies and cheats' as IRGC emerges as dominant force in negotiations with US”
  • BBC News — “Tehran launches more strikes after second round of US attacks in southern Iran”
  • BBC World — “Tehran launches more strikes after second round of US attacks in southern Iran”
  • BBC World — “Big fall in oil, gas and cargo ships taking US-backed Hormuz route after new strikes”
  • NPR News — “How to deal with seesawing gas prices”
  • PBS NewsHour — “New attacks raise questions about what comes next in the Iran war”
2
Ukraine Strikes 21 Russian Vessels and a Siberian Refinery in Expanded Drone Offensive
  • Fox News World — “Drone offensive hits Russian oil tankers and refineries at 'industrial scale' as Moscow bans diesel exports”
  • BBC World — “Ukraine strikes Russian ships near Crimea, escalating attacks on fuel supplies”
3
NATO Summit in Turkey Sees European Allies Quietly Expand Defense Role
4
Mexico Announces Pursuit of Criminal Charges Over Deaths of Mexican Nationals Linked to US Immigration Enforcement
  • PBS NewsHour — “Mexico to seek criminal charges over deaths linked to ICE after fatal shooting of Houston man”
5
Federal Reserve Releases Minutes from June Policy Meeting
  • Federal Reserve — “Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, June 16-17, 2026”
6
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Rehear Birthright Citizenship Case; Justices Kagan and Barrett to Testify Before Congress
  • SCOTUSblog — “At SCOTUSblog’s term-in-review event, National Legal Director of the ACLU Cecillia Wang speaks about arguing birthright citizenship, the term in general, and what’s next on the organization’s docket”
  • SCOTUSblog — “Justice shopping on the emergency docket?”
  • SCOTUSblog — “Who is the Supreme Court’s most “ideological” justice? And does that question even make sense?”
  • SCOTUSblog — “Trump wants court to rehear birthright citizenship case”
  • SCOTUSblog — “Revisiting which Supreme Court cases are actually the most important”
  • SCOTUSblog — “The Supreme Court’s quiet coup”
  • SCOTUSblog — “Kagan and Barrett to testify before Congress”
7
Supreme Court TPS Ruling Leaves Legal Status of 1.3 Million Immigrants Uncertain
  • PBS NewsHour — “What's next for immigrants with TPS status after Supreme Court ruling?”
8
EPA Proposes Rolling Back Heavy-Duty Truck Emission Standards Set Under Biden
  • NPR News — “EPA proposes weakening heavy-duty truck pollution rules”
9
Maine Democrat Graham Platner Suspends Senate Campaign Following Sexual Assault Allegation
  • The Guardian — “Maine says ‘no official withdrawal notice has yet been received’ from Graham Platner – live ”
  • The Guardian — “Maine contenders: the Democrats who could replace Graham Platner”
  • Fox News — “Joy Reid gives Maine Democrats 'permission to not vote' if party replaces Graham Platner with a moderate”
  • Fox News Politics — “Democrats are ‘completely stained’ after backing Platner through multiple scandals, Republicans charge”
  • BBC World — “Democrat Graham Platner suspends campaign for key US Senate race after assault allegation”
10
Lawmakers Target Market Power of Large Health Insurance and Pharmacy Benefit Companies
11
Eight Men Indicted on Terrorism and Murder Conspiracy Charges for Alleged Plot Against White House UFC Event
  • PBS NewsHour — “8 men indicted on conspiracy charges over planned attack on White House UFC event”
12
Federal Funding and Reports on Gun Violence Prevention Reduced Under Current Administration
  • The New York Times — “Trump Administration Guts Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence, Suppressing Reports”
13
Wally Funk, Aviation Pioneer and Oldest Woman to Travel to Space, Dies at 87
  • PBS NewsHour — “Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87”
14
OpenAI Releases ChatGPT 5.6 After Government Cybersecurity Review Delayed Rollout
  • The Guardian — “OpenAI releases latest ChatGPT model after delay over White House cybersecurity concerns”
  • The New York Times — “OpenAI Releases New, More Powerful A.I. Model”
15
Meta's New AI Image Tool Generates Likenesses of Real People Using Public Instagram Profiles
  • The Guardian — “Instagram’s AI image generator alarms privacy experts”
16
US National Weather Service Puts Odds of Historic El Niño at 81%, Potentially Persisting Through Spring 2027
  • The Guardian — “Historic El Nino able to supercharge extreme weather looks increasingly likely – researchers”
  • Guardian Environment — “Risks of historic El Niño persisting through spring 2027 rising, says NWS”
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