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A federal judge in the Southern District of New York struck down President Trump's visa ban covering nationals from 75 countries, ruling the policy blew past Secretary of State Marco Rubio's legal authority. The order had blocked entry from a sweeping list of nations. It was one of the second term's most aggressive immigration moves.

The court found Rubio had stretched statutory powers beyond what Congress authorized. An appeal is all but certain. Consular officers now face immediate whiplash on pending applications while the administration figures out its next move.

The Postal Service published its finalized rule restricting how mail ballots are handled, complying with a Trump executive order that lower courts have already blocked. The Supreme Court is currently reviewing the underlying order. Which means the new USPS plan could be neutered before it ever takes effect.

Election officials in the 30-plus states that lean on mail voting are already drafting contingency plans for the 2026 midterms. The rule reshapes envelope verification and delivery windows in ways voting-rights groups say will disqualify legitimate ballots.

The Pentagon dismissed the editor and publisher of Stars and Stripes along with a Middle East correspondent, the latest move affecting the century-old military newspaper's editorial independence. Stars and Stripes has operated as a Defense Department publication with editorial autonomy protected by federal statute since the Cold War.

Congress has repeatedly beaten back attempts to shutter or defund the outlet, most recently in 2020. Lawmakers on both sides are already circulating letters demanding an explanation before Monday.

Washington and Ottawa failed to reach a tariff agreement late Friday, and the U.S. announced 50% duties on some Canadian imports. The escalation drags North America's biggest bilateral trade relationship — worth roughly $900 billion a year — into its deepest freeze in decades.

Turkey formally asked Interpol to issue a "red notice" for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged abuse of flotilla activists. It's more diplomatic message than enforceable action, since Interpol typically declines politically charged requests.

Two people were injured in a stabbing at a Sikh temple in Canada, with one suspect in custody as police investigate whether the attack was hate-motivated. The incident lands amid ongoing tensions over threats against Canada's roughly 800,000 Sikhs, the largest such community outside India.

The Trump administration approved a $5 million payment to Liberia after the West African nation said it would consider accepting migrants deported from third countries. It fits a pattern of cash-for-deportees arrangements with smaller nations willing to trade custody for infrastructure funds.

Thousands of residents in Gary, Indiana are entering a 10th day without electricity after floods from severe thunderstorms battered the region. Full restoration isn't expected until next week in a city where a third of residents live below the poverty line, forcing many to choose between spoiled food and unpaid hotel bills.

Boeing's engineers and technicians union rejected the company's latest contract offer and authorized a strike if no deal is reached by October. A walkout would hit Boeing's 787 and defense programs at the worst possible moment for a company still climbing out of its post-MAX certification hole.

Ravens WR Rashod Bateman Arrested on Family Violence Charges

Baltimore Ravens receiver Rashod Bateman, 26, was arrested on family violence charges stemming from a June incident in Georgia. He's entering his sixth NFL season and now faces likely league discipline on top of the criminal case.

China's regulator ordered Tesla and eight other automakers to address door safety issues in the country's largest-ever car recall, after occupants sometimes struggled to exit electric vehicles. The order mirrors lawsuits already pending against Tesla in the U.S. over the same electronic-latch design.

Tyson Foods closed beef facilities in Utah and Illinois as a historic cattle shortage drives up prices and squeezes processor margins. Ground beef is already up double digits year over year, and closing capacity is the sort of move that keeps grocery bills climbing into fall.

Altérra CEO Majid Al Suwaidi said the UAE-backed climate investor is on track to mobilize $250 billion by 2030. The fund is one of the largest private climate vehicles ever assembled, and its target is roughly a quarter of annual global clean-energy investment needs.

President Trump signed a new national space policy designed to enable 1,000 U.S. rocket launches per year, roughly six times the current cadence. The order streamlines FAA licensing and range scheduling to accommodate SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Rocket Lab flight rates.

Swinburne University researchers are investigating a natural broccoli compound as a potential treatment for Friedreich ataxia, a rare, incurable nervous-system disease affecting about 200 Australians. Sulforaphane-family molecules have shown early promise in cellular studies for reversing the mitochondrial damage that drives the illness.

Former Florida State quarterback Thomas Castellanos entered the transfer portal, with Texas Tech emerging as a possible destination after he was granted a fifth year of eligibility. The dual-threat passer is one of the more coveted mid-cycle names available for a Big 12 title contender.

Four-time Pro Bowl running back Nick Chubb announced his retirement after eight NFL seasons, with lower-body injuries ending one of the decade's most punishing careers. Chubb finishes with more than 7,500 rushing yards and cemented himself as a Cleveland fan favorite despite never reaching a Super Bowl.

Six-time All-Star DeMar DeRozan agreed to a one-year, $3.9 million deal with the Denver Nuggets. Denver gets a bargain mid-range scorer to pair with Nikola Jokić, and DeRozan gets his clearest championship shot in a 17-year career.

Goals from Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, and Martin Ødegaard powered Arsenal to a dominant season-opening win over Coventry City. The Gunners begin their Premier League title defense looking every bit the team that finally toppled City last May.

Hayden Panettiere's brother Zach Hickerson told TMZ that her boyfriend Brian Hickerson administered Narcan and performed CPR after finding the actor unconscious in a Greenville, South Carolina Airbnb. It's the first public detail of the moments before her death, and it points, though doesn't confirm, toward a suspected overdose.

Olivia Rodrigo released "Serena Joy," a "Handmaid's Tale"-inspired non-album track, first in a limited CD run and then digitally. The drop lands a week before her all-female Daisy Chain Fields festival in Orange County, cementing a very deliberate feminist chapter.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has held exploratory talks about joining a potential third season of Guy Ritchie's Netflix series "The Gentlemen." Netflix hasn't ordered the season yet, but the flirtation marks her first serious acting conversation since leaving "Suits" in 2018.

What it is: Scientists tracking obscure viruses in the Amazon and Andes are finding evidence that pathogens once confined to remote rainforest pockets are moving into human population centers faster than at any point in recorded epidemiology.

The detail: The list includes Chapare, Mayaro, Oropouche, and hantavirus variants — all zoonotic, meaning they jumped from animals to people. Same route as Ebola. Same route as the pathogen behind Covid-19. Warming temperatures and expanded deforestation are pushing rodent, bat, and mosquito populations into new territory, and those animals are carrying viruses into towns that had never encountered them.

What's driving it: Climate change is altering where disease-carrying mosquitoes can survive, while roads, farms and mining operations increasingly bring people into habitats that once provided a natural buffer. Greater mobility compounds the problem: an infection acquired in a remote community can reach a regional city before doctors know what they are treating.

Why it matters: Roughly 75% of emerging human diseases originate in animals, and South America now hosts one of the fastest-changing zoonotic frontiers on the planet. Public-health infrastructure in the affected regions was built for dengue and yellow fever, not novel hemorrhagic fevers. Diagnostic labs capable of identifying new pathogens are concentrated in a handful of cities.

The challenge: Rare diseases are particularly difficult to contain because their early symptoms can resemble far more common infections. By the time unusual clusters trigger specialized testing, patients may already have traveled, mosquitoes may have carried the virus farther, and health authorities can be weeks behind the outbreak.

What to watch: Oropouche has already spread beyond Brazil this year, and researchers are watching for the first sustained urban transmission of a previously rural virus — the exact pattern that preceded Zika's 2015 breakout. Whether governments fund surveillance networks before, rather than after, the next spillover event will define how much warning the world gets.

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