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The Supreme Court declined for a second time to hear President Trump's appeal in the E. Jean Carroll civil case, making the 2023 jury verdict and $5 million judgment final.
President Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it interferes with US efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices rose as the US-Iran negotiating window lapsed.
Jared Kushner met Hamas's new leader in Egypt on Sunday before traveling to Israel for talks with Netanyahu, part of a push to advance a U.S.-backed Gaza plan that Israel has rejected.
Asian shares advanced and the dollar weakened as markets pared back expectations of near-term Federal Reserve rate risks, according to Reuters. The move reflects a shifting read on inflation and the timing of any policy easing.
Attorney General Todd Blanche told NBC he would not pledge that the Justice Department will always act independently of President Trump, sparking a debate over post-Watergate norms.
Nvidia is reducing the credit guarantee it plans to provide for OpenAI's Ohio data center to less than $120 billion, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal, The Information, and Reuters.
Newly released Department of Homeland Security records show federal agents infiltrated anti-ICE organizing in Minnesota and New York, prompting a debate over whether the effort was legitimate counter-conspiracy work or political surveillance.
Flock Safety's CEO says the company will roll out new privacy and accountability safeguards in January 2027 after months of reports that its license plate readers were misused by officers and quietly queried on behalf of federal agencies.
Jared Kushner is expected to travel to Israel and Egypt next week alongside officials linked to the Board of Peace to advance talks on the Gaza peace plan.
The Producer Price Index was flat in July, below the 0.2% rise economists expected, boosting market bets on a Fed rate cut and reviving the debate over the inflation path.
U.S. consumer prices rose 3.4% in July from a year earlier, down from 3.5% in June, as gasoline eased and core inflation hit a post-pandemic low. Prices still outpace wage growth heading into the midterms.
President Trump announced that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her role at the end of August to spend more time with her family and become an outside advisor. Her successor has not been named.