Iran rejected a call Tuesday by three European countries urging it to refrain from any retaliatory attacks against Israel that would further escalate regional tensions. Iran said the calls for restraint were an “excessive request,” saying they lack political logic and contradict principles of international law.
A former Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a local newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice. The single charge against former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody alleges that he knowingly or intentionally influenced the witness to withhold information on the day of the raid of the Marion County Record.
The United Auto Workers Union said it has filed federal labor charges against former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk over attempts to threaten and intimidate workers. The action came after Musk and Trump held a two-hour conversation on X, during which the two discussed workers walking off the job to go on strike.
Topics in this episode include:
- Iran Dismisses European Calls for Restraint
- International Leaders Ask Iran to Use Restraint
- Yemen’s Houthis Seize UN Rights Office in Capital Sanaa
- Oil Prices Rise on Fear of Wider Middle East War
- Inflation Cools After Unexpected Flare-Up
- Trump Returns to X in Conversation With Elon Musk
- United Auto Workers Sue Trump, Musk
- Trump Plans to Sue Dept. of Justice Over Mar-a-Lago Search
- Musk Interviews Trump on X for 2 Hours
- Judge Denies RFK Jr. Ballot Access in New York
- Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Connecticut Hold Primaries
- Kansas Ex-Police Chief Charged Over Newspaper Raid
- George Santos in Court Ahead of Corruption Trial
- Biden to Announce $150-Million Cancer Moonshot Funding
- Tropical Storm Ernesto Approaching Puerto Rico
- Starbucks CEO Steps Down
- Ford, Mazda Issue Do-Not-Drive Warnings Over Airbags
- Senators Praise Ukrainian Incursion Into Russia’s Kursk
- Russia Steps Up Assaults on Pokrovsk Front in Ukraine’s East
- Russians Flee Amid Ukrainian Incursion Into Kursk Region
- EU to Assist in Battling Wildfires in Greece, Albania
- ICC Prosecutors Monitor Developments in Venezuela
- Korean Payment Tool Allegedly Leaks 40 Million Users’ Data to China
- Researcher: China’s Control of Minerals Leaves West Exposed
- US Congressional Delegation Visits Taiwan
- Fine Wine Matured in Croatia’s Natural Underwater Cellar
- New Evidence Suggests Water Beneath Mars Surface
- Tiger Cubs Enjoy Summer Sun at German Zoo
