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Sinner beats 2-time defending champion Alcaraz to win 1st Wimbledon title

Jannik Sinner defeated two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to win his first Wimbledon championship and reverse the result of their epic French Open final five weeks ago.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Investors beware: Fiscal dominance and financial repression ahead

The Federal Reserve is maintaining its current policy stance in order to assess the impact of President Trump's protectionist measures on inflation, while also facing political pressure to lower interest rates and risk of fiscal dominance and financial repression.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: The Hill

WATCH: Inside rescue and recovery efforts after the deadly Texas floods

Tragedy struck the Texas Hill Country last week as sudden, massive flooding over the July 4 holiday killed more than 120 people. PBS News traveled to the heart of the disaster to cover the ongoing search and recovery efforts on the ground.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Hospitals across nation brace for Medicaid cuts under ‘big, beautiful’ law

Hospitals are bracing for the impact from the Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s sweeping spending and tax cut law. While most of the cuts won’t happen immediately, rural facilities in particular say they likely will have to make difficult financial decisions about which services they can afford to keep and which may need to...

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: The Hill

The EU delays retaliatory tariffs on US goods in hopes of reaching a deal soon

″This is now the time for negotiations,″ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters in Brussels on Sunday.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Amid new flood warnings, emergency crews suspend search for flooding victims in Texas

It's the first time a new round of severe weather has paused the search since the flooding earlier this month.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Former Nigerian President Buhari, twice leader of Africa’s most populous nation, dies at 82

Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who led Nigeria twice as a military head of state and a democratic president, has died aged 82, his press secretary said Sunday.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

GOP rep says time to ‘move on’ from Epstein controversy

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said in a Sunday interview that it’s time to “move on” from the controversy surrounding the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. In an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill Sunday," Chris Stirewalt asked about President Trump's defense of the Justice Department's handling of the case, and the calls from some of the president's...

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Search for Texas flood victims paused due to heavy rains and new threat of high waters

More heavy rains in Texas on Sunday paused a weeklong search for victims of catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River and led to high-water rescues elsewhere as officials warned that the downpours could again cause waterways to surge.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Lawler says he’ll meet with Trump soon to talk about potential run for New York governor

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said on Sunday he plans to speak soon with President Trump to discuss a path forward as he considers whether to launch a bid for governor in New York. Entering the statewide race would likely pit him against Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who is gearing up to launch her own campaign...

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Elon Musk is no Ross Perot

Elon Musk's "America Party" is a far cry from Ross Perot's third-party bid in 1992, as Musk's reliance on government funding, lack of policy substance, and social media antics make him an unlikely candidate for political success.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Israeli strikes kill at least 30 in Gaza as Palestinian death toll tops 58,000 since start of war

Israel and Hamas appeared no closer to a breakthrough in indirecttalks meant to pause the warand free some Israeli hostages after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Washington visit last week.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Israeli strike kills children collecting water, Gaza officials say. IDF says there was a malfunction

At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and more than a dozen others were wounded in central Gaza on Sunday, local officials said, in an Israeli missile strike which the military said missed its intended target.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

1 year after Trump assassination attempt, changes at U.S. Secret Service but questions remain

The assassination attempt against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign stop on July 13, 2024, was aperfect storm of failingscoming together and became a turning point for the agency tasked with protecting the U.S. president.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Ukraine's security service says its agents killed suspected Russian FSB assassins

Ukrainian intelligence agents on Sunday killed members of a Russian secret service cell wanted on suspicion of having shot dead a colonel in Ukraine's SBU security service last week, the SBU said.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Crypto, bribes and fear: How ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding stays hidden

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

'Quite an honour': Canadians take a turn as the King's Life Guard in London

A mounted ceremonial guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to the royal palacesor riding down streets in central London is a familiar sight — and for the next eight days, Canadian soldiers will carry out the duties.

Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Trump on Epstein controversy: ‘Let Pam Bondi do her job’

President Trump stood in defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday evening, praising her for doing a “FANTASTIC” job as she faces intense scrutiny from some of the president’s supporters over her handling of files related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “What’s going on with my ‘boys’ and, in some...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Trump says he’s considering ‘taking away’ comedian Rosie O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship

“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday. He added that O'Donnell, who moved to Ireland in January, should stay in Ireland “if they want her.”

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

US military ramps up drone warfare with Hegseth directive

“So while our adversaries have produced millions of cheap drones before us, we were mired in bureaucratic red tape, not anymore.”

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill

59 Palestinians in Gaza killed by Israeli airstrikes or shot dead while seeking aid, officials say

At least 31 Palestinians were fatally shot on their way to an aid distribution site in theGaza Stripon Saturday, while Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians including four children, Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

FEMA missed major flood risks at Camp Mystic in Texas, new analysis reveals

The search for more than 100 people still missing from the catastrophic July 4 flash floods in Texas began its second week Saturday. Officials have rejected suggestions that the calamity could have been anticipated, but an analysis by NPR and PBS Frontline suggests otherwise. John Yang speaks with Laura Sullivan, an NPR investigative correspondent, to learn more.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

News Wrap: Trump announces 30% tariffs on goods from Mexico and EU

In our news wrap Saturday, Trump announced 30% tariffs beginning Aug. 1 on imports from Mexico and the EU, more Palestinians in Gaza were killed while trying to get food aid, Russia pounded Ukraine with drones and missiles, and a report on June’s deadly Air India crash says the fuel supply to the plane’s engines was cut off shortly after takeoff.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Trump administration’s NIH funding cuts threaten research on sickle cell disease

So far in 2025, the Trump administration has cut more than $1 billion in NIH grants. That includes a study on sickle cell disease, a blood disorder that affects roughly 100,000 people in the U.S. According to the CDC, 90% of them are Black. Ali Rogin speaks with Dr. Charity Oyedeji, a Duke University hematologist whose research grant was terminated, to learn more.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Search for justice continues for Argentina’s disappeared, nearly 50 years later

This week, a human rights group in Argentina said a man who disappeared more than 40 years ago under the country’s military dictatorship had been identified and reunited with his sister. But there are concerns that the current government is reversing longstanding policy to continue searching for tens of thousands of citizens who were abducted. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Moo Deng, the baby hippo who took social media by storm, turns 1

Adoring fans from around the world converged in Thailand this week to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo who became a social media sensation. John Yang reports.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Nvidia CEO dismisses Trump tariff concerns: ‘We’ll work through it’

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed concerns over President Trump’s tariff agenda, saying the California-based company will “work through it” and emphasized that the U.S. needs to bolster its production of chips. "Nobody likes disruptions and no one likes abrupt changes, but these settlements will — President Trump will settle these deals and countries will reorganize...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Trump keeps Republicans guessing on Texas Senate endorsement

President Trump is keeping Republicans guessing over whether he’ll endorse in the closely watched Texas GOP Senate primary between Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Trump met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senate Leadership Fund officials, both Cornyn allies, on Wednesday to discuss the Senate map, including the...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Texas Democrat: Government failed ‘at every level’ amid deadly flooding

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) said during a recent interview that the government failed “at every level” in preparation and response to the deadly flooding in Texas that has killed more than 120 people. “There are families across the state in tears today, suffering so much loss, and this was totally unnecessary to have this big...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Mahmoud Khalil: Trump admin wants to ‘make an example out of me’

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil said during a recent appearance on CNN that President Trump’s administration wanted use him as "an example" after he was detained for over three months. "It‘s absurd. It‘s basically to intimidate me. They want to conflate any speech for the right of Palestinians with a speech that‘s supporting terrorism, which is...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill

On NPR and at elite universities, liberals should openly admit their biases

NPR and elite universities have a liberal bias, which can lead to a lack of credibility and vulnerability to Trump's attacks, and should be acknowledged to resist his attempts to stifle inquiry, debate and the free exchange of ideas.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Judge scraps Biden-era Medical debt credit reporting rule

A federal judge in Texas reversed a Biden-era rule on Friday that permitted medical debt to be wiped from credit reports, according to court documents. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan, a 2019 appointee of President Trump, said the rule by the previous administration exceeds the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB, an...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Why forecasters are concerned about losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak hurricane season

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program has been particularly important for understanding when a hurricane is about to rapidly intensify, a dangerous situation for coastal communities.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Unlock America's hidden entrepreneurs: Congress must pass the New Start Act now

The New Start Act, introduced by Sens. Ed Markey and Cory Booker, proposes a five-year pilot program to award grants to organizations that train currently and formerly incarcerated individuals in entrepreneurship, aiming to reduce recidivism and grow the economy.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Long-range Russian drone, cruise missile and bomb attacks kill at least 6 people across Ukraine

Russia fired 597 drones and decoys, along with 26 cruise missiles, into Ukraine overnight into Saturday, Ukraine’s air force said. Of these, 319 drones and 25 cruise missiles were shot down and 258 decoy drones were lost, likely having been electronically jammed.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour