War & Conflict
Iran Begins Weeklong Funeral for Ayatollah Khamenei as a Wounded Nation Stages Its Largest Public Spectacle
Iran is about to shut down five cities across two countries for nine days…
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Mark Masterson
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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Economy
The June Jobs Report Just Confirmed What Workers Already Knew: This Economy Is Running on Fumes
The U.S. economy added just 57,000 jobs in June, less than half the 115,000…
Food
FDA Elevates Zapp’s and Dirty Chips Recall to Class I, Its Highest Risk Level for Salmonella
Nearly 685,000 bags of Zapp’s and Dirty brand potato chips are now under the…
Breaking News
FBI Orders All Field Offices to Surge 260 Analysts Into Fulton County Election Probe
The FBI has ordered every field office in the country to immediately contribute intelligence…
Government
John Brennan Sues the DOJ Before It Can Indict Him, Turning Trump’s Retribution Machine Into Evidence
Former CIA Director John Brennan sued the Justice Department, the White House, and Acting…
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Offers the Trump Administration a 5% Stake, Turning the Regulator Into a Shareholder
OpenAI has proposed handing the United States government a 5% stake in the company,…
Politics
America Turns 250 This Weekend, and the Fight Over Who Gets to Throw the Party Says Everything
The United States celebrates its 250th birthday on July 4, 2026, and instead of…
Entertainment
Karol G Spilled About Her Ex on Rosalia’s Lux Tour Confessional, and the Crowd Lost Its Mind
Rosalia’s Lux Tour rolled into the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Monday night and…
Artificial Intelligence
The US Just Lifted Its Ban on Anthropic’s Most Powerful AI Models, and the Reversal Says More Than the Ban Did
The Trump administration has reversed its export controls on Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and…
Sports
LeBron James Leaves the Lakers After Eight Seasons, and the NBA Will Never Look the Same
LeBron James has officially told the Los Angeles Lakers he is moving on, ending…
Entertainment
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Wedding Weekend Kicks Off at Madison Square Garden
New York City is in full lockdown mode as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s…
Breaking News
Russia Unleashes Its Most Massive Attack on Kyiv of the Entire War, Killing at Least 13
Hundreds of Russian drones and dozens of missiles hammered Kyiv for 11 straight hours…
Breaking News
Germany Files First Criminal Charges Over the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage
German prosecutors have charged a Ukrainian national with war crimes over the 2022 destruction…
Politics
Crypto Windfall Tops $2 Billion for Trump While His Own Regulators Write the Rules
Donald Trump’s newest financial disclosure, filed this week, shows cryptocurrency has become the single…
Breaking News
South Africa Arrests Over 900 as Nationwide Anti-Migrant Protests Turn Violent on ‘Deadline Day’
South African police arrested more than 900 people on Tuesday as nationwide anti-migrant protests…
Entertainment
A Jury Just Ordered Chris Brown to Pay $13 Million After His Dog Mauled the Housekeeper
A Los Angeles jury hit Chris Brown with a $13 million verdict on Tuesday…
Entertainment
Victor Willis, the Voice Behind YMCA and the Soul of Village People, Dead at 74
Victor Willis, the founding lead singer of Village People who co-wrote and performed on…
Entertainment
Serena Williams Falls to 20-Year-Old Maya Joint in Emotional Wimbledon Return
Serena Williams stepped back onto Centre Court for the first time in nearly four…
Business
Xbox Is About to Gut Five Studios and Cancel Marvel’s Blade in Its Biggest Layoff Ever
Microsoft is preparing to close or sell off five Xbox game studios and cancel…
Law & Justice
The Supreme Court Just Blew Open the Floodgates on Political Party Spending
The Supreme Court handed the Republican Party a massive tactical advantage on Tuesday, striking…
Entertainment
Victor Willis, the Voice Behind ‘YMCA’ and Village People Co-Writer, Dies at 74
Victor Willis, the founding lead singer of the Village People who co-wrote some of…
Markets
AI Boom Reshapes the Electronics Market, Benefiting Lenovo
Memory is already becoming scarcer than oil for AI, and Lenovo has unexpectedly emerged…
Law & Justice
Supreme Court Upholds Transgender Athlete Bans in a 6-3 Ruling That Redefines Sex Under Title IX
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can bar transgender girls and women from…
Government
The Supreme Court Just Told Trump He Cannot Rewrite the 14th Amendment by Executive Order
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday that the Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship to…
Weather & Environment
A Massive Heat Dome Is Sitting on 200 Million Americans This Week
If you live anywhere between the Mississippi River and the Atlantic coast, you already…
Celebrities
Collin Gosselin’s Tell-All Memoir Has His Mother Scrambling and Reality TV Reckoning With Its Receipts
Collin Gosselin is 22 years old, and he is about to publish a book…
Celebrities
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Are Getting Married at Madison Square Garden This Friday
The biggest pop culture event of the year is three days away, and it…
Sports
Germany and the Netherlands Crash Out of the World Cup on the Same Brutal Night
Two of European football’s most decorated nations are going home. Germany fell to Paraguay…
Education
The Student Loan Overhaul Hits Tomorrow and 43 Million Borrowers Are Not Ready
Starting July 1, the federal student loan system that millions of Americans depend on…
Politics
More Than 100 Venezuelans Deported From the U.S. Are Dead or Missing After Twin Earthquakes Collapsed Their Hotel
A deportation flight carrying 146 Venezuelans landed in Caracas on June 24, and within…