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Daily Archives: 29. Juni 2026
NEW: Congress just passed resolutions to block Trump from continuing the Iran War. The resolutions carry the force of law under the text of the 1973 War Powers Act. Now, @RoKhanna tells me he is working to organize lawmakers to bring an historic court case to enforce the law.
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Lebanon army chief, US CENTCOM commander meet
General Rodolph Haykal received Admiral Brad Cooper and a military delegation at his office in Yarze town south of Beirut, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reports.
The two discussed the latest developments in war-torn Lebanon and the wider Middle East, as well as ways to strengthen future cooperation between the two armies.
Haykal expressed gratitude for US support saying “the necessity of continued cooperation between the two armies in a way that preserves Lebanon’s security and stability”.
Supreme Court rejects Trump‘s attempt to fire Fed‘s Lisa Cook as legal battle continues
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion for the majority, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
To accept the government‘s arguments that Mr. Trump can fire Cook „would in effect transform the Federal Reserve‘s for-cause protection into at-will employment — an interpretive leap out of step with the statute Congress enacted and our Nation‘s tradition of central banking protected from political interference,“ the chief justice wrote.
The court‘s decision is narrow and declines to define what constitutes „cause“ under the federal law that created the Fed. It said such a definition must reflect the central bank‘s „unique historical status and role.“
Supreme Court rules states can accept mail ballots after Election Day
Justice Amy Coney Barrett said it doesn’t conflict with federal law, which sets “the Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November” as the “day for the election.”
“The election-day statutes say nothing about ballot receipt, and we cannot add to the words Congress chose,” Barrett wrote.
She and Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s three liberal justices in the majority. The court’s four other conservative justices dissented.
Supreme Court rejects Trump‘s appeal of 2022 E. Jean Carroll defamation case
The Supreme Court has denied President Donald Trump‘s appeal of the $5 million jury finding in the 2022 defamation case brought against him by the writer E. Jean Carroll.
The denial means the judgment against Trump stands and that he will have to pay it.
Supreme Court won‘t hear Trump‘s appeal of E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case
The writer E. Jean Carroll triumphed over President Trump on Monday when the Supreme Court refused to consider overturning a jury‘s verdict that he was liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.
The unanimous federal jury found that a preponderance of evidence supported Carroll‘s claim that Mr. Trump sexually abused her during a mid-1990s encounter in a New York City department store. Mr. Trump did not attend the 2023 civil trial, and his attorneys called no witnesses before the jury awarded Carroll $5 million.
Aggression toll: 4247 martyrs, 12195 wounded
NNA – The Public Health Ministry‘s Emergency Operations Center stated on Sunday that the cumulative toll of the aggression from March 2nd to June 28th reached: 4,247 martyrs and 12,195 wounded.
Lebanon Death Toll from Israeli Aggression Reaches 4,247: Health Ministry
The death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon since March 2 has risen to 4,247, with 12,195 people injured, as strikes continue across various areas of the country.
Gaza death toll rises to 73,058 amid ongoing aggression
GAZA, June 29, 2026 (WAFA) – Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced on Monday that the death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 73,058, with 173,488 injured since 7 October 2023.
The same sources said that hospitals in the Strip received four new fatalities and eight injuries over the past 24 hours.
US and Iran will ‘stand down for now’ and talks ‘on track,’ Trump officials say after strikes exchanged
Exchange of fire: The US and Iran will “stand down for now,” and talks remain “on track”, two US officials have said, after both sides traded fire near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s position is on the matter is currently unclear.
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