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327 stock purchases worth as much as $12.8 million hit President Trump's investment accounts on April 8, 2025, one day before his tariff pause sent the S&P 500 up nearly 10%, disclosed more than 14 months late.
Pyrotecnico is launching roughly 850,000 fireworks over a 40-minute Washington show on July 4, 2026, chasing the Guinness world record of 810,904 shells as the centerpiece of the nation's 250th birthday.
Seven point five million borrowers on the defunct SAVE plan started receiving 90 day exit notices on July 1, forcing each to choose a new legal repayment option or be shifted onto the pricier Standard plan.
KFF projects subsidized marketplace enrollees will pay $1,904 on average in 2026, up 114% from $888, as enhanced premium tax credits expire and enrollment posts its sharpest single-year drop since the Obamacare exchanges opened.
102 degrees at LaGuardia Airport on July 2 pushed Delta Air Lines to issue a high-heat operational advisory and waive change fees, one thread in a record Northeast heat wave that put more than 165 million Americans under alerts.
72.2 million Americans are traveling this Independence Day into the second-priciest Fourth of July at the pump on record, with the national average near $3.75 a gallon, trailing only the $4.80 peak set in 2022.
Getty Images terminated its $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock on June 30, 2026, after the UK regulator demanded Shutterstock divest its global editorial business, a condition Getty's board unanimously refused to accept.
Nine Utz products across the Zapp's and Dirty brands now carry a Class I recall after the FDA flagged potential salmonella in a dry milk powder seasoning, with more than 650,000 bags affected nationwide.
480,126 vehicles delivered in Q2 2026 topped every Wall Street forecast, yet Tesla shares sank as much as 8 percent in the stock's worst single day in nearly a year as investors turned to the July 22 margin reveal.
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Blackstone's sandwich chain heads to the NYSE at a targeted $12 billion valuation, with a prospectus detailing payments to the founder's relatives before public investors arrive.
Sam Altman pitches Trump officials on donating 5% of OpenAI equity to a citizen dividend fund, a move with heavy consequences for the company's eventual IPO.
The EU Court of Justice has rejected Google's last appeal against its 4.1 billion euro Android penalty, cementing a precedent that will shape platform enforcement for years.
