Trump made more than $1 billion in crypto ventures last year, financial disclosure shows

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The 927-page disclosure covering 2025 shows the president reported billions in income from digital assets, legal settlements and real estate.
Jul. 1, 2026, 9:10 AM EDT
By Ebony Davis and Soorin Kim

President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency-related income in his latest annual financial disclosure released Tuesday, with digital assets emerging as the largest source of his personal earnings during his second term.

Bryan Adams - '51st State' (Official Lyric Video)

 

The 51st State

"Play It Loud"

Lyrics and Music by Brian Adams

Never thought I’d see the day

Never though I’d see the plan Where everything could get harder For the working man

It’s easier together We’re way better hand in hand But the 49th parallel Has become a line drawn in the sand.

Israel Just Triggered One of the Largest Non-Nuclear Explosions in the History of Modern Warfare

July 1st, 2026

A massive explosion rocked the southern Lebanese village of Majdal Zoun, shaking the area so powerfully that it triggered seismic monitors and was heard across the border in Israel. The Israeli military described the detonation as a "precise strike" aimed at destroying a 200-meter-long Hezbollah tunnel. However, footage from the scene showed widespread destruction, with homes leveled in seconds, raising concerns about the nature of the strike.

On Canada Day, Trump refuses to renew USCM trade pact he once championed as his signature deal

July 1st, 2026

Despite pressure to renew it, Trump and US officials have chosen to keep the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) under strict conditions of annual reviews rather than committing to another long-term renewal. The deadline for the three countries to decide the future of the trade pact was this Wednesday, Canada Day, a decision built into the USMCA that is set to expire in 2036.

Ride On, Sandriders of the Left and Bring Down The House of Trump!

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By Yiannis Damellos

July 1st, 2026

If you think Colorado was just a win, stay tuned—you ain't seen nothing yet!

The House of Trump is feeling the heat. For the first time in a decade, the message from the American Left is truly resonating, capturing the public's imagination and steering political dynamics in the US. The recent primaries in Colorado and New York City mark a pivotal moment for the Democratic Party, demonstrating that it’s no longer enough for politicians to simply label themselves as liberals who may occasionally align with progressive identity issues. Today’s crucial issues—like paying rent, buying a home, securing a decent salary, living in a clean environment, stopping the wars and keeping corporate donors at bay—are now at the forefront of the Democratic agenda. The outcomes in places like Colorado and New York reflect not just the candidates themselves but also a clear demand for accountability and genuine representation of the party's core supporters.

Iran's top negotiator says country ready for war as peace talks inch along

By Alex Sundby, Frank Andrews

Updated on: June 30, 2026 / 7:03 PM EDT

What to know about the Iran war today:

• Iran's top negotiator told state television that the country is ready for war if the U.S. doesn't fulfill its commitments.
• Iranian and U.S. officials have traveled to Qatar, but aren't expected to hold direct talks.
• An agreement signed four days ago between Israel and Lebanon links an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon to the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah being disarmed. Analysts say that could mean Israel occupying southern Lebanon indefinitely, which could continue hampering efforts toward a full U.S.-Iran peace deal.

Newly Released Emails Reveal Just How Little RFK Jr. Cares About Public Health

We should all be angrier that our lives are in the hands of Secretary Roadkill and his MAHA brigade

By Charles P. Pierce

Published: Jun 30, 2026 3:19 PM EDT

I have been charmed by the videos of Senator Bernie Sanders shooting hoops at various locations throughout the past several years. Man still has a nice, if earthbound, shooting touch. He’s just a couple of inches on his vertical away from being Hank Luisetti. And it turns out, in his day job, he’s still got some moves too.

In his role as the ranking Democratic member on the Senate’s HELP committee, Sanders obtained and released a trove of emails from the Department of Health and Human Services. The emails provide a window into what happens when a position in a president’s Cabinet is handed over to the medical equivalent of the Ancient Aliens guy. 

Ray Dalio says the U.S. just had its ‘Suez moment’—and history says what comes next could end an empire

The departure of Sir Anthony Eden and Lady Eden on the New Zealand line ship Rangitata from the Royal Albert Docks following his resignation as British prime Minister. Before their departure Sir Anthony said a few words before a battery of microphones and cameras. January 1957. Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images
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By Nick Lichtenberg

Business Editor
June 26, 2026, 3:04 AM ET

“Watch out for allies and creditors losing confidence, the loss of its reserve currency status, the selling of its debt assets, and the weakening of its currency, especially relative to gold.”

Ray Dalio didn’t write that sentence about Britain in 1956. He wrote it about the United States in March 2026. But the parallel he was drawing was unmistakable — and deliberate. 

US lifts restrictions on Anthropic's advanced AI models

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Washington had restricted Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, invoking national security concerns. OpenAI was also asked to limit the rollout of its latest GPT-5.6 model to vetted partners only.

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The United States has lifted export restrictions on Anthropic's most advanced AI models, the company said late on Tuesday, after Washington suspended access over national security concerns about three weeks ago.

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros poised to become the first Gen Z woman in Congress

Politics
July 1, 2026 12:06 AM ET
Elena Moore

Political newcomer and democratic socialist Melat Kiros is poised to become the first Gen Z woman elected to Congress after defeating 15-term incumbent Democrat Diana DeGette in a primary race for Colorado's 1st Congressional District, according to a race call by the Associated Press.

The Washington Post: Trump calls on Congress to end birthright citizenship after court defeat

The president asserted that lawmakers could “easily” address the issue through legislation, defying years of congressional stalemates over immigration.

June 30, 2026 at 5:15 p.m. EDT

By Dan Diamond and Mariana Alfaro

President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Congress to end birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional right and struck down his executive order seeking to redefine who is American.

Supreme Court loosens campaign finance laws, opening up flood of midterm cash

The change is likely to benefit Republicans, who brought the case and rely more on large donors

By Jessica Piper and Josh Gerstein

06/30/2026 10:27 AM EDT

Updated: 06/30/2026 11:39 AM EDT

The Supreme Court struck down limits on coordinated spending between candidates and political parties on Tuesday, a win for Republicans that will fundamentally change how tens of millions of dollars are spent in congressional elections.

Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.

How SCOTUS Handed Donald Trump The Powers of a King

June 30, 2026

Despite a tactical setback in influencing the mechanics of the upcoming midterms, the Supreme Court's decisions provided Trump with a powerful tool to purge any independent voice and install his loyalists across the federal government. 

In two of its most political rulings, the Supreme Court on Monday delivered a split decision for the Trump administration, handing the president a historic expansion of executive authority over the federal bureaucracy while simultaneously rejecting a Republican-led effort to restrict mail-in ballot deadlines. Although these dual rulings represent a "win-some, lose-some" day for President Trump’s immediate political agenda, legal experts say the long-term implications of the court’s actions could fundamentally reshape the relationship between the White House, independent agencies, and the American voter. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a rare oral dissent, warned that the ruling "reshapes our Government," shifting "tremendous power over broad swaths of American life into the President's hands."

Harvard’s housing report has a darker message than affordability—the middle-class home was always a historical accident

Nick Lichtenberg
Mon, June 29, 2026 at 12:09 AM PDT 9 min read

A new Harvard study documents a housing market in crisis. But its real argument is more unsettling: the era when an ordinary American could expect to own a home may have been the exception—not the rule.

For half a century, Harvard has been writing versions of the same warning. In 1977, researchers at what was then the Harvard-MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies observed that only the most affluent families in the United States would be able to own their houses if housing trends from the time continued. In 1970, nearly half of all families could afford a median-priced home. By 1975, only 27% could. The study's authors warned that an average home could cost $78,000 by the 1980s—a number they offered as a sign of alarm. The median price of a new single-family home in 2025 was $417,400.

Why SCOTUS Spared Cook, Cooked Trump but "Slaughtered" Slaughter

Source: NBC News

June 29, 2026

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook while simultaneously granting him the power to remove a Democratic appointee from the Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca Slaughter. But that was not all...

Περί Στωικισμού και Λήθαργου

Σκεπτόμενος... Τους Πολέμους του Μάρκου Αυρήλιου και του Ντόναλντ Τραμπ

Τίμοθι Σνάιντερ / Substack / 27 Ιουνίου 2026
Μετάφραση, Επιμέλεια: Γιάννης Δαμέλλος

Καθώς ο Ντόναλντ Τραμπ ανακοίνωνε τον αλαζονικό του πόλεμο ενάντια στο Ιράν, εγώ διάβαζα για μια άλλη αυτοκρατορική εκστρατεία, πολύ πιο παλιά, εναντίον ενός αρχαίου ιρανικού φύλου.

Στα τέλη του δεύτερου αιώνα μ.Χ., η Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία αντιμετώπισε εισβολείς που είχαν διασχίσει τα σύνορα της στον ποταμό Δούναβη και είχαν φτάσει ακόμη και στις Άλπεις στη βόρεια Ιταλία. Μεταξύ αυτών ήταν οι Ιάζυγες, ομιλητές μιας ιρανικής γλώσσας, που κατάγονταν από την ουκρανική στέπα.

Of Stoicism and Stupor

Thinking about...
The Wars of Marcus Aurelius and Donald Trump
Timothy Snyder
Jun 27, 2026

As Donald Trump announced his whimsy war in Iran, I was reading about another imperial campaign, long ago, against an Iranian people.

In the late second century AD, the Roman Empire confronted armies that had crossed the border at the Danube River and even broached the Alps in northern Italy. Among them were the Iazyges, speakers of an Iranian language, who hailed from the Ukrainian steppe.