A Walmart store in Texas. (Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg News) July 7, 2026 9:31 am, EDT key takeaways: President Donald Trump said on July 6 that Walmart cut prices at the request of his administration, but the retailer’s statement did not mention any government role. The dispute comes as Trump faces criticism over 4.2% inflation, previously linked
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is facing a huge outcry and calls for his immediate resignation are growing as world football is roiled by the extraordinary decision to suspend a red card ban for American striker Folarin Balogun – an intervention that has sparked a governance crisis at the highest level of the game. Controversy arose
On the Fourth of July, new savings accounts for kids from the Trump administration went live. These ‘Trump accounts’, created as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, are apparently supposed to help families pay for college and other expenses. But Guardian columnist Moira Donegan says these accounts are actually the work of the
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15. (Evan Vucci/Pool Photo via Associated Press) July 6, 2026 4:00 PM, EDT key takeaways: President Donald Trump said on July 6 that he expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping around September 24. Trump referred to
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter delivers the stories that really matter straight to you every weekday. President Trump pardoned a diesel mechanic convicted of violating the Clean Air Act in November, and now, he’s done it again. On the eve of Independence Day, the Commander-in-Chief granted clemency to
This weekend marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but Donald Trump is making the celebration special for himself. As the anniversary approaches, Jonathan Friedland talks with The Atlantic’s Yoni Appelbaum about why so many Americans are feeling less patriotic these days
The analysis finds that under the terms of a US-UK trade deal agreed in December, the NHS will divert billions of pounds from essential services to pay for the new drugs, which could lead to more than 200,000 deaths. Ministers have defended the deal as a way to help British drug exports avoid US tariffs
Alex Wong/Getty Images President Trump has signed a memorandum that many are reporting as a major victory for the right to repair. However, reading the memo shows that although it may have some positive effects in that area, it is actually another attack on the California Air
President Trump made more than $2 billion from crypto and other business ventures last year. As the US races to become the self-proclaimed ‘crypto capital of the world’, the President and his family have turned digital tokens, meme coins and merchandise into an unprecedented revenue stream. But just how rich can a sitting US president
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington DC has hardly been out of the news since April, when President Trump vowed to renovate it, and paint it ‘the American flag blue’ by July 4th. Despite the pool being cleaned, cleaned, coated and refilled, within a matter of days the algae that had been troubling for