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German energy company RWE has agreed to abandon its US offshore wind projects in exchange for a $1.2 billion payout from the Trump administration, with the funds being redirected into an LNG export terminal in Louisiana.

The US unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, but the decline was partly driven by people leaving the workforce.

Trump has admitted his new tariffs are functionally the same as those the Supreme Court struck down, saying he has found "other ways" to do the same thing, even as a federal lawsuit makes exactly that argument.

The Pentagon has quietly split its Iran war casualty count into two categories, reclassifying deaths from 7 July onward as "Overseas Operations". The move had veterans and lawmakers condemning it, calling it an attempt to obscure the true human cost of the conflict.

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to emergency intervene and lift a block on his mail-in voting executive order, after two lower courts rejected the administration's arguments ahead of November's midterms.

A federal appeals court has blocked Trump's mail-in voting executive order from taking effect in 23 states, rejecting the administration's argument that legal challenges were premature ahead of November's midterms.

New data from the Joint Economic Committee shows Americans have paid US$56.4 billion more in gasoline costs since the US-Iran war began on February 28, with the average household spending US$477 more as national gas prices sit 30% above pre-war levels.

Trump's latest Section 301 tariffs on 80+ countries were challenged in court within hours of taking effect, with legal experts saying the administration is using the forced labour justification as a pretext to resurrect the global tariff regime the Supreme Court already struck down.

Donald Trump has imposed fresh tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on more than 80 countries under a forced labour justification, drawing immediate condemnation from allies including the EU, Canada, and Australia — and raising new questions about presidential overreach.

US Strategic Petroleum Reserve stocks have fallen to their lowest level since April 1983, dropping to 316.5 million barrels as drawdowns tied to the Iran war continue, raising fears about what happens when the buffer runs out.

The US government has paid out $81 billion in tariff refunds after the Supreme Court struck down a large chunk of Trump's tariffs while the federal deficit continues to grow and new duties are already being prepared.

A new Pew Research Center poll finds that for the first time in roughly 20 years of tracking, more people across 25 of 36 surveyed countries now view China more favourably than the US

An invasive fish species called Snakeheads, previously found only in Asia, was spotted in a pond in South Kingstown, Rhode Island

The Trump administration has finalised a rule removing habitat destruction from the definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act, opening the door for developers to damage wildlife habitats as long as animals are not directly killed or injured.