Today in News History
On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1787, The Congress of the Confederation enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery. In 1794, The Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria begins. In 1863, American Civil War: The New York City draft riots begin three days of rioting which will later be regarded as the worst in United States history. In 1935, Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (died 2009) was born. In 1973, Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee. In 1977, New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting. In 1996, Pandro S. Berman, American director, producer, and production manager (born 1905) passed away. In 2008, Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001. In 2011, Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130. In 2012, Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer (born 1934) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
DHS ‘Pay‑To‑Play’ Federal Contracts Bombshell
In federal contracting, power often flows through the shadows: when an unelected adviser can steer awards without transparency, the procurement system’s guardrails—competition, documentation, conflict-of-interest checks—stop doing their job and pay-to-play risks become structural, not episodic. At a Glance Multiple DHS contractors reported being solicited for payments tied to protecting or expanding their awards, naming Corey []
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RedState
· Jun 25, 2026
Outrage: Federal and State Lawmakers Want Justice Over Biden DEA Allowing Fentanyl to Flow Into U.S.
Outrage: Federal and State Lawmakers Want Justice Over Biden DEA Allowing Fentanyl to Flow Into U.S.
National Taxpayers Union
· Jun 30, 2026
Bills Would Reform Federal Bureaucracy, Protect Taxpayers
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Off The Press
· Jul 3, 2026
Lawsuit could give members of Congress five-figure raise, cost taxpayers millions
Federal lawmakers could receive thousands in back pay — and a substantial salary increase — if a long-running lawsuit is decided in their favor, putting taxpayers on the hook for millions of dollars. A group of current and former members of Congress won a major victory last month when a federal court ruled their case []...Click to read more
Portside
· Jul 9, 2026
New Union Disclosure Rule Takes Effect After AFL-CIO Loses First Court Bid
New Union Disclosure Rule Takes Effect After AFL-CIO Loses First Court Bid Kurt Stand Thu, 07/09/2026 - 08:22
NaturalNews.com
· Jul 7, 2026
Justice Department Urges States to Investigate Possible Gas Price Gouging
(NaturalNews) The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on July 3 sent a letter to state attorneys general across the country, urg...
Wirepoints
· Jun 26, 2026
Cocktails-to-go, new state agency among laws taking effect July 1 – Capitol News IL
Cocktails-to-go, new state agency among laws taking effect July 1 – Capitol News IL
WyoFile
· Jul 6, 2026
Equalization Board agrees to apply tax cap while legal battle unfolds
The agreement, granted by a district court, is designed to minimize disruptions to Wyoming’s tax system. The post Equalization Board agrees to apply tax cap while legal battle unfolds appeared first on WyoFile .
Buenos Aires Times
· Jun 22, 2026
Argentina approves dollar borrowing amid multilateral loan talks
Decree establishes a legal framework for future financing transactions, with contracts governed by New York law and subject to the jurisdiction of US courts. Leer más
Independent Journal Review
· Jul 7, 2026
The Forgotten Lesson Of The McKinley Tariff
America's tinplate tariffs in the 1890s are a clear example of effective industrial policy, and a reminder that tariffs work best when they match production realities.
The Hindu BusinessLine
· Jul 13, 2026
An emboldened India holds out for better terms in US trade talks
Washington had hoped for quick trade concessions from a strategic partner as President Donald Trump prepares new tariffs likely to come into effect later this month
Times of India
· Jun 26, 2026
'America, meet your next federal budget director’: JD Vance jokes after Usha Vance buys $50 dress for $8.75
'America, meet your next federal budget director’: JD Vance jokes after Usha Vance buys $50 dress for $8.75
The Daily Signal
· Jun 23, 2026
‘We 100% Got People Killed’: Biden’s DOJ, DEA Knowingly Allowed Hundreds of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills Into US for Intel Gathering
Starting under the Biden administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills into New Mexico because Justice Department prosecutors wanted to bring a bigger criminal case against traffickers, the Associated Press first reported. The AP cited three current and former DEA agents as well as government records showing that, between 2023...
TheJournal.ie
· Jul 8, 2026
Trade union Unite to ballot public sector members for industrial action
Unite said the decision follows the government’s “failure to table” a meaningful offer on pay after the previous public sector pay agreement expired.
Slate Magazine
· Jun 23, 2026
Money Talks: Can You Win a Trade War?
Soumaya Keynes and Chad P. Bown explain how the rulebook has changed.
Tampa Free Press
· Jun 25, 2026
$37B Leak: Florida Lawmakers New Bill Forces Nationwide Crackdown On Medicaid Waste, Fraud
A new legislative push in Washington is targeting billions of dollars in improper government spending by tightening rules on how states track Medicaid funds. Senate Committee on Aging Chairman Rick Scott and U.S. Representative Gus Bilirakis introduced the Medicaid RAC Improvement Act of 2026, a bicameral bill designed to force all states to participate in [] 37B Leak: Florida Lawmakers New Bill Forces Nationwide Crackdown On Medicaid Waste, Fraud
Issues & Insights
· Jul 8, 2026
America’s Entitlement Illusion
A difficult dilemma is looming over Washington.
CBC News
· Jun 25, 2026
Battle over 5-figure pay hikes for federal judges is causing unease in legal circles
The federal government and more than 1,000 federally appointed judges are at odds over the best way to settle an ongoing salary dispute, raising concerns in both the legal and political community that the case could end up tarnishing the judiciary's reputation.
NDTV
· Jun 22, 2026
No Performance, No Payment: Delhi Rolls Out Rs 473-Crore Streetlight Project
Unlike conventional public works contracts that involve significant upfront payments, the new framework links payments to performance.
Inc.com
· Jul 8, 2026
Why the SBA Is Interested in Space Right Now—and Farmers
The Small Business Administration recently inked two partnerships with federal agencies. Here’s what it’s up to.
RTÉ News
· Jul 6, 2026
Govt willing to engage with unions on pay deal - Tánaiste
The Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris has said that the Government is willing to engage with trade unions on a new public sector pay deal, but added that the deal would not come at any cost.
Twitchy
· Jun 25, 2026
Doomsday Bouquet: NRCC Gifts Flowers to Dem Jeffries for Being So Blooming Wrong About the NYC Primaries
Doomsday Bouquet: NRCC Gifts Flowers to Dem Jeffries for Being So Blooming Wrong About the NYC Primaries
Associated Press
· Jul 8, 2026
Egg producers will pay $3.3M and donate 53M eggs to settle price-fixing claims
The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers this week to resolve allegations that the companies illegally colluded for years to raise prices, including when the cost soared to record highs last year. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home
Washington Examiner
· Jul 6, 2026
Rogue judge just vacated Trump policy — thanks to a loophole Congress never intended
Congress wrote the sentence now doing more work than most of the Constitution in the fight over federal immigration policy, and it wrote that sentence in 1946, thinking about grain quotas and radio licenses, not presidential power. Section 706 of the Administrative Procedure Act instructs a reviewing court to “hold unlawful and set aside” agency []
The Daily Wire
· Jul 13, 2026
The NYT Story That Just Triggered DOJ Subpoenas
The Justice Department unleashed a barrage of grand jury subpoenas, sending federal agents to the doorsteps of four New York Times reporters who wrote a story that the FBI warned would compromise highly classified national security secrets and give America’s enemies a roadmap to the commander-in-chief’s vulnerabilities. The Times admitted on Saturday that according to ...
The Hill
· Jul 9, 2026
Cancel culture for cancer research: Proposed rule politicizes federal grantmaking
The proposed federal regulation would shift the process of awarding federal grants from a merit-based, apolitical, expert-driven system to a partisan political one, allowing political appointees in the Trump administration to deny or terminate virtually any grant at any time for any reason -or no reason at all.
Talking Points Memo
· Jun 25, 2026
What’s This Database DHS Is Trying to Use to Purge Voter Rolls?
Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise! This week, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. blocked the recently-expanded use of...
Conservative Review
· Jul 10, 2026
‘Terribly Corrupt’: Coalition of Anti-Trump Prosecutors—Bankrolled By Secret Donors—Raises ‘Stunning’ Constitutional Concerns, Legal Experts Say
A coalition of progressive prosecutors promising to target federal immigration agents has amassed a war chest funded by secret donors with the help of left-wing networks. Legal experts said the arrangement is terribly corrupt and blurs the lines between legitimate law enforcement and politically motivated prosecutions.The post ‘Terribly Corrupt’: Coalition of Anti-Trump Prosecutors—Bankrolled By Secret Donors—Raises ‘Stunning’ Constitutional Concerns, Legal Experts Say appeared first on .
James Madison Institute
· Jun 25, 2026
The Litigation Lobby: Civil Justice Reform and the Future of the Texas-Florida Economic Advantage
Executive Summary Civil litigation policy in the U.S. is no longer just a debate over legal philosophy; it... The post The Litigation Lobby: Civil Justice Reform and the Future of the Texas-Florida Economic Advantage appeared first on James Madison Institute.
Seeking Alpha
· Jul 9, 2026
The Impact Of Tariff Refunds On Business Activity
The Impact Of Tariff Refunds On Business Activity
ArcaMax
· Jul 2, 2026
Philly can't force ICE agents to unmask, federal judge rules
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia can’t prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other federal officers from concealing their identities, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Chad F. Kenney issued an order ...
Investing.com
· Jun 28, 2026
Is the U.S. dollar debasement trade dead?
Is the U.S. dollar debasement trade dead?
Business Today
· Jul 8, 2026
West Bengal government set to implement Labour Codes
In discussions on the rollout of the Code, all states, barring Kerala, would have rolled out the new labour laws
The Epoch Times
· Jul 11, 2026
DOJ Subpoenas New York Times Journalists After Air Force One Security Report
The New York Times said that some journalists had federal law enforcement agents at their doorstep.
Presstv
· Jun 21, 2026
Iran opens hundreds of legal cases over US, Israeli aggression: Prosecutor general
Several rulings, including compensation judgments against Washington, have already been issued, with some entering the enforcement stage, says the prosecutor general.
PBS NewsHour
· Jul 7, 2026
Trump's EEOC abandons key tool for combating workplace discrimination
For more than 60 years, the federal government has relied on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce laws against workplace discrimination. The Department of Justice is now challenging a legal framework that has underpinned that work for decades. Geoff Bennett discussed the policy shift and its implications with Jenny Yang, a former chair of the EEOC.
POLITICO
· Jun 27, 2026
Trump administration asks high court to OK its unprecedented immigration detention policy
The U.S. Justice Department asked the justices to resolve a division among federal appeals courts.
NewsBTC
· Jun 25, 2026
Legal Context Protocol Aims To Give AI Agent Payments A Dispute Layer
The American Arbitration Association’s Legal Context Protocol is being pitched as a legal wrapper for autonomous AI agent payments and commercial transacti
Inside Higher Ed
· Jun 30, 2026
NEH, Beaten in Court, Asks Grant Recipients if They Still Want Awards
NEH, Beaten in Court, Asks Grant Recipients if They Still Want Awards Ryan Quinn Tue, 06/30/2026 - 03:00 AM A judge ruled that the termination of more than 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants was unconstitutional. Now comes the process of reinstating these projects. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn
profootballtalk
· Jun 30, 2026
Inside the Kyle Pitts deal
When Kyle Pitts was a rookie in 2021, Matt Ryan was his quarterback.
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