Law & Justice
The Supreme Court Just Told Police They Can’t Vacuum Up Your Phone’s Location Without a Warrant
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Sunday that law enforcement must obtain a warrant…
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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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Forex
Strong Currency vs. Weak Currency: Which Is Better?
Most folks assume a “strong” currency must mean a country is doing well. Is…
World News
Iran Strikes US Military Bases in Kuwait and Bahrain as Middle East Ceasefire Crumbles
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles and drones at American military installations…
Law & Justice
The Slaughter Ruling Hands Trump Control of Nearly Every Independent Agency, Except the Fed
The Supreme Court spent ninety-one years letting Congress build regulators a president could not…
Breaking News
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Appeal of E. Jean Carroll Sexual Abuse Verdict, $5 Million Judgment Stands
The Supreme Court on Sunday refused to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of the $5…
Elections
The Supreme Court Saved Mail-Ballot Grace Periods 5-4, and the RNC’s Own Textualism Did the Work
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that states can keep counting mail ballots that…
Breaking News
Five Dead in Shooting at Youth Center in Stade, Germany as Police Detain Suspect
A gunman killed five people at a youth center in Stade, a town of…
Apps & Software
DoorDash Hit by Massive Nationwide Outage as Thousands Report Checkout Failures
DoorDash went down for thousands of users across the United States on Sunday evening,…
Sports
Wimbledon 2026 Opens Without Carlos Alcaraz as Sinner and Djokovic Land in the Same Half
The Championships begin Monday at the All England Club with a hole in the…
Entertainment
Lauryn Hill Receives BET’s First Living Legend Icon Award in All-Star Tribute That Reminded Everyone What We Lost
The 2026 BET Awards gave Lauryn Hill the inaugural Living Legend Icon Award on…
Law & Justice
Pete Buttigieg Says False CPS Report Separated Him From His Children in ‘Politically Motivated Hoax’
The former Transportation Secretary and potential 2028 presidential candidate revealed that an anonymous caller…
World News
Saudi Aramco Helicopter Crashes in Ras Tanura, Killing All 14 on Board
A helicopter belonging to Saudi Aramco crashed Saturday in the kingdom’s most critical oil…
Weather & Environment
Three Firefighters Killed in Colorado Wildfire Burnover as Western Fires Rage Out of Control
Three federal firefighters are dead and two more are hospitalized after a burnover incident…
Politics
Trump’s Great American State Fair Is a Great American Flop
The Great American State Fair opened on the National Mall on June 25 with…
World News
Skydiving Plane Crashes in France, Killing All 11 on Board Near Nancy
A civilian aircraft carrying skydivers slammed into the ground moments after takeoff from a…
Entertainment
BET Awards 2026: Druski Hosts, Cardi B Leads the Pack, and Culture’s Biggest Night Returns
Cardi B leads all nominees with six nods, Kendrick Lamar and Mariah the Scientist…
World News
Venezuela’s Earthquake Death Toll Passes 1,400 as Rescuers Race a Closing Window
Four days after back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck Venezuela, more than 1,400…
World News
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…
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…