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The U.S. Bombed Iran Again. Tehran Calls Shooting at Ships ‘Ceasefire Management.’
American jets hit Iranian missile depots and coastal radar sites on Friday, the first…
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Mark Masterson has written more than 1,700 articles for Live News Chat since 2022 and files most days. His beat is the news the networks on this site are carrying live: US politics, world affairs, breaking news, and the courts, with regular work on technology, sport and entertainment. Because the site exists to point readers at live coverage, most of his reporting is written within hours of the broadcast it follows, and is sourced from primary material where one exists: the filing, the transcript, the agency release, the company statement. Originally from Canada, he has worked in online publishing for over a decade. Corrections and story tips go to security@livenewschat.eu, and the standards his work is held to are set out in the Live News Chat editorial policy.
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Sports
Naomi Osaka Reaches Her First Grass-Court Final and Sends a Warning to Wimbledon
Naomi Osaka has won four Grand Slam titles, built one of the most devastating…
Politics
US Strikes Iran After Drone Attack on Cargo Ship Tests Week-Old Ceasefire
The Pentagon hit Iranian coastal targets on Friday night after Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard fired…
Business
Mark Zuckerberg Pushes Meta Into Prediction Markets With New App ‘Arena’
Mark Zuckerberg has ordered a Meta team to build a standalone app where users…
Health
Your Blood Pressure Medication Might Not Be Working: FDA Recalls 11,000 Bottles of Chlorthalidone
The FDA has recalled 11,460 bottles of Chlorthalidone tablets after the pills failed dissolution…
Apps & Software
Google Is About to Slash Play Store Fees, and Developers Have Epic Games to Thank
Starting June 30, Google is cutting its Play Store commission from 30% to as…
Sports
The World Cup Finally Got Jerry Jones to Do What Cowboys Fans Have Begged for Years
Curtains. After years of complaints, memes, and one spectacularly defiant quote about tearing the…
Technology
The EU Just Labeled AWS and Azure as Cloud Gatekeepers, and Big Tech Should Be Nervous
The European Commission announced a preliminary decision on June 25 that Amazon Web Services…
Education
Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Cap Graduate Student Loans for Nurses and Therapists
A federal judge just threw a wrench into the Education Department’s plan to slash…
Breaking News
Supreme Court Hands Trump Unreviewable Power Over TPS, Clearing Removal of 350,000 Haitians and Syrians
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that federal courts have no power to review…
Business
Elon Musk Loses Trillionaire Status as SpaceX Stock Sinks 30%
Elon Musk held the title of the world’s first trillionaire for less than two…
World News
Twin Earthquakes Kill at Least 164 in Venezuela, Six Months After the U.S. Toppled Its Government
Two earthquakes ripped through Venezuela’s Caribbean coast within a single minute on Wednesday evening,…
World News
Japan’s 2011 Earthquake Was So Powerful That a Seismic Wave Bounced Off Earth’s Core and Shifted the Entire Country
Scientists just solved a 15-year-old mystery hiding in GPS data, and the answer involves…
Government
Trump Claims Vandals Sabotaged the Reflecting Pool. Experts Say the $14.7 Million Renovation Did That Itself.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become the most expensive puddle in Washington, and…
Artificial Intelligence
Workday Must Face Lawsuit Alleging Its AI Hiring Tools Discriminate Against Black, Disabled, and Older Applicants
A federal judge in San Francisco just told Workday it cannot escape a lawsuit…
Entertainment
Fortnite OG Season 9 Is Here, and Millions of Players Are About to Relive the Future
Epic Games launched Fortnite OG Season 9 on Wednesday morning, and if you tried…
Government
Senate Republicans Reverse Course on Iran War Powers After Trump’s Closed-Door Shouting Match
The Senate’s position on presidential war powers in Iran did a full 180 in…
Markets
The Oil Market’s Bigger Problem Isn’t the Strait of Hormuz
In recent months, alongside the rally in AI-related stocks, investors’ attention has been largely…
Apps & Software
40 Signs Your Relationship Is Stronger Than You Think
Many relationships that are strong may not appear so from a distance. Despite how…
Science
Scientists Discover a New ‘Ghost Shark’ Species Lurking in Costa Rica’s Deep Waters
Somewhere between 1,000 and 3,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean off…
Elections
Mamdani’s Candidates Sweep New York Primaries in a Direct Rebuke to Democratic Leadership
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani went three for three in Tuesday’s congressional primaries,…
Politics
The Pentagon Wants $80 Billion for the Iran War, Nearly Triple Its Original Estimate
Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg told senators last week that the Pentagon needs roughly…
Economy
Congress Passes Landmark Housing Bill That Bans Private Equity From Buying Single-Family Homes
Congress sent the largest housing affordability package in decades to President Trump’s desk on…
World News
Europe’s Deadly Heat Wave Shatters Records as France Logs Its Hottest Day Ever
France recorded its hottest day in recorded history on Tuesday as a punishing heat…
Entertainment
Simone Biles Fires Back at Critics Who Questioned Her Vacation After a Near-Fatal Medical Emergency
Simone Biles is done apologizing for recovering on her own terms. The 29-year-old Olympic…
Business
Amazon Prime Day 2026 Kicks Off Today With Four Days of Deals and a Few Things Worth Knowing First
Amazon Prime Day 2026 launched at midnight Pacific time on Tuesday, kicking off a…
Health
Federal Judge Blocks SNAP Junk Food Restrictions, Dealing a Major Blow to the MAHA Movement
A federal judge struck down the Trump administration’s restrictions on what Americans can purchase…
Artificial Intelligence
Alphabet Loses $250 Billion in Market Value as Google’s Top AI Researchers Defect to Rivals
Alphabet suffered its worst single-day stock decline in more than a year on Monday…
Sports
Lionel Messi Breaks the All-Time World Cup Scoring Record With Trademark Argentina Brilliance
Lionel Messi became the greatest goal scorer in FIFA World Cup history on Monday,…
Apps & Software
What a 300% Casino Bonus Really Offers
A match that adds your deposit back three times over sounds almost too generous.…