South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham Nordone, sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, to the Senate seat, restoring the GOP's 53-47 majority.
Multiple states sued to block Paramount from acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery in a merger that would unite major movie studios and TV newsrooms.
A surge of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness causing diarrhea and nausea, has been detected across 31 U.S. states with the source still under investigation.
World
President Trump formally notified Congress that "military action" against Iran restarted last week in a letter, as a monthslong ceasefire comes to an end.
Iran's activity in the Strait of Hormuz provoked US strikes after three ships were attacked July 6-7, and Trump said on July 7 he considered the truce to be over.
The US military hit 90 targets along Iran's coastline overnight, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in response.
Business
California and other states sued to block Paramount from acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery in a Hollywood mega-merger uniting major movie studios and TV newsrooms.
LG Electronics shares rose over 5% after reports that the company will build AI server racks for Nvidia, as both firms strengthen their AI collaboration.
S&P downgraded Oracle to the lowest investment grade rating, citing rising capital expenditure needs and uncertain profitability amid AI industry changes.
Technology
Microsoft replaced OpenAI and Anthropic models with its own MAI family in Excel and Outlook, redirecting tens of thousands of weekly prompts to cut inference costs.
Apple lost its legal challenge against the EU's Digital Markets Act, with courts upholding that iOS and the App Store are gatekeeper services subject to competition rules.
European financial regulators warned that frontier AI models could pose systemic cyber risks to the financial system through accelerated vulnerability discovery and automated attacks.
Science
A new study suggests the brain begins making decisions much earlier than scientists previously thought, with sensory regions influenced by rapid feedback loops from higher brain areas.
Bacteria linked to gum disease may help drive calcific aortic valve stenosis by triggering inflammation and calcium buildup in the heart valve, suggesting dental health could protect heart function.
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University discovered a way to create optical skyrmions using a 200-year-old optical effect known as the Poisson spot, potentially enabling future computer technology advances.
Economy
June job growth came in at 57,000 jobs, well below expectations of 113,000 and sharply down from May.
Investors await June CPI data with consensus expectations for headline inflation to fall 0.1% month-on-month to roughly 3.9% annually, while core CPI is expected to remain around 2.9% year-over-year.
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh delivers his first congressional testimony on monetary policy since taking office in May.
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