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[ad_1] Iran said that the US must return to the conditions laid out by the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and will not extend the 60-day ceasefire.  On June 17, the US and Iran signed the MOU, which kicked off a 60-day ceasefire. Under the MOU, Iran agreed to allow traffic through the Strait of Hormuz while the US committed to enforcing a truce in Lebanon, lifting its blockade of Iranian ports, removing sanctions on Iran, and ending threatening statements towards Iran.  The US repeatedly violated the MOU, leading Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz to nearly all traffic. Over…

[ad_1] The list of victimless crimes is unfortunately long and quite ugly—covering everything from arranging flowers without a state-issued permission slip to selling booze at certain times of the day. Make some room near the top of the list for this one. A Canadian trucker was reportedly arrested by the Border Patrol in New Mexico for “unauthorized domestic freight operations.” Agents in Las Cruces, New Mexico, arrested the driver (who has not been identified publicly) for allegedly hauling cargo in violation of a nonimmigrant visa, Border Patrol Chief Rosario Vasquez wrote in a post on X. Vasquez said the driver…

[ad_1] From yesterday’s opinion in Becerra-Paez v. Syracuse Univ., written yesterday by Second Circuit Judge Beth Robinson, joined by Judges Dennis Jacobs and Debra Ann Livingston: There is a split between how federal and state courts have applied New York contract law to claims for breach of contract regarding tuition in the context of universities’ COVID-related transitions to remote learning. In Rynasko v. New York University (2d Cir. 2023), we evaluated whether a plaintiff plausibly alleged an implied agreement for a generally in-person education and access to on-campus facilities and services. Two subsequent decisions from the Appellate Division of the…

[ad_1] President Donald Trump said that the US is in total control of the Strait of Hormuz and that the US will keep the strategic waterway.  “The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT!” the President wrote on Truth Social Wednesday. “There is nothing Iran can do about it. They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, their remaining soldiers are unpaid, the IRGC is decimated and fleeing, and their “Leadership” is uncertain, at best.” President Trump has repeatedly claimed that the Strait of Hormuz is open and under the control…

[ad_1] Consumer prices increased 0.1 percent from June to July, while the annual inflation rate edged lower to 3.4 percent, according to figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday.  Core inflation, which excludes food and energy prices, was 0.2 percent in July with the annual figure at 2.5 percent. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox While energy prices dropped 1.5 percent in July, the costs of both food and shelter rose 0.1 percent each. On an annual basis, however, energy costs in July were up 14.7 percent. Moody’s chief credit officer warned that…

[ad_1] Sen. Susan Collins was one of three Republican senators who voted against passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, and she cited the legislation’s many changes to Medicaid as the main reason. But an ad from a Democratic outside group falsely claims she “voted to support Donald Trump on the largest Medicaid cut in history.” Democrats have criticized Collins, who is running for reelection in Maine, for her earlier procedural vote on a motion to advance the OBBBA to the Senate floor for consideration. But the ad ignores the fact that she ultimately voted against the…

[ad_1] Reason’s C.J. Ciaramella wrote last week that the second Trump administration “has lost the confidence of courts,” as federal judges increasingly decline to grant U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors the “presumption of regularity” in court proceedings. While this was less a policy choice than simply the result of President Donald Trump filling the DOJ with underqualified lackeys, Ciaramella noted, “it certainly might not be a bad thing if judges were more skeptical of the government.” A recent ruling on Trump’s White House ballroom project suggests something similar could be happening. Courts tend to give the other branches of…

[ad_1] Unless some sort of a miracle happens, the world is facing a severe energy supply crunch in the months ahead. Since the war with Iran began, we have been able to function normally because we had huge inventory buffers that we could rely on. But now those inventory buffers are nearly gone, the Iranians have been attacking commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the Houthis are preventing Saudi tankers from getting through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and the Ukrainains have been relentlessly attacking Russian refineries. As a result, we are potentially facing a very difficult winter. Most people…

[ad_1] Federal immigration officers have dramatically stepped up the number of arrests inside airport terminals, leading to viral videos, criticism from immigrant rights groups, and pushback from U.S. airlines and airline employee groups. The New York Times reported on July 28 that the Trump administration was targeting foreign nationals with expired visas as they traveled through airports. The story followed videos showing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents tackling a Ukrainian woman at San Francisco International Airport and arresting an Ecuadorian au pair in Denver, whose lawyer said she filed a pending application allowing her to stay in the country.…

[ad_1] Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, will step down at the end of August to spend more time with her family, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox “Serving as the White House Press Secretary over the past year and a half has been the honor and adventure of a lifetime,” Leavitt wrote on X. “Since returning to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy,…