Icelanders voted in a tight referendum on whether to reopen EU accession talks, 13 years after negotiations were halted. The campaign has focused on fishing rights, sovereignty, economic pressures and security concerns in the North Atlantic.
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A federal judge again refused to move President Donald Trump’s New York hush money case to federal court, rejecting his presidential immunity arguments. Trump’s lawyers said they will appeal the ruling, which leaves his 34 felony convictions in place as his state appeal continues.
Trump said the United States has secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves through a private-business partnership. The administration has not released details on the fields covered or the companies that would drill them.
Six months into the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, Tehran’s government remains entrenched, diplomacy is stalled and the Strait of Hormuz remains heavily disrupted. Washington is expanding sanctions as Iran calls the pressure campaign “economic terrorism.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin creating a U.S. Space Academy for the Space Force, NASA and the commercial spaceflight industry. The academy’s location has not been chosen, though Trump said a decision would come “very shortly.”
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said inflation remains above the Fed’s comfort level and warned policymakers will have “work to do” if underlying price pressures do not fade. He also defended limiting forward guidance, arguing the practice can reduce flexibility.
A federal judge issued a 14-day pause on Trump administration mail voting rules that would require states to submit voter lists and use specific ballot formats. The order comes about a week before the first midterm mail ballots are due to be sent.
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic after the AI company sought limits on military use of its Claude model. The order blocks rules cutting Anthropic off from federal work and bars enforcement of its supply chain risk designation.