Alan Greenspan, who steered the Federal Reserve under four presidents from 1987 to 2006, has died at age 100 from complications of Parkinson's disease, his wife, journalist Andrea Mitchell, announced. Once hailed as perhaps the greatest central banker in history, his legacy was later shadowed by the 2008 financial crisis. Mitchell remembered his "brilliance and kindness," his "irrational exuberance" for baseball and jazz, and called being his partner "the joy of my life."
Former Vice President Mike Pence said the Iran Memorandum of Understanding President Trump signed last week "smacks of the kind of appeasement" Trump himself rejected in his first term. Pence dismissed the framework as little more than "a plan to make a plan," a striking shot from inside the GOP. The criticism lands as Vance touts the Switzerland talks as a win.
The U.S. men's national team opened the home World Cup with a 4-1 rout of Paraguay in Los Angeles, then beat Australia 2-0 in Seattle to clinch first place in Group D. It's the first time the USMNT has won its opening two World Cup matches since 1930. The squad is now charting its path through the 48-team knockout bracket.
South Carolina Republicans head to a gubernatorial runoff Tuesday between Lt. Gov. Pam Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson. In an unusual move, President Trump endorsed both, saying there are "two Highly Respected Candidates" and that "with either one, you can't go wrong." The race is being watched as a test of how much weight a Trump endorsement carries when he hedges his bets.
Senior U.S. and Iranian negotiators wrapped their first round in Switzerland with a 60-day roadmap toward a broader deal, plus oversight committees and a Lebanon de-confliction cell, mediators Qatar and Pakistan announced. Vice President Vance said Iran agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back into the country, calling it "a major milestone for the American people." He conceded nuclear and sanctions issues remain: "A lot of progress, but still some work to do."
Ukraine launched one of its biggest drone assaults on Moscow since the invasion began, striking the Moscow Oil Refinery in the Kapotnya district and sending thick black smoke over the capital. The hit forced flight suspensions at major airports and traffic restrictions, with 16 reported injured in the broader attack. It marks the second strike on the site in three days and a new phase of Ukraine reaching high-value targets deep inside Russia.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer formally announced his resignation as Labour leader Monday, bowing to internal pressure after a disastrous showing against Nigel Farage's Reform UK in May's local elections. He'll stay on as caretaker through a summer leadership contest that won't begin until July 9, with a successor in place by September. Farage is demanding an immediate general election instead.
The Amaterasu particle, detected over Utah in 2021, carries roughly 40 million times the energy of anything produced at the Large Hadron Collider, and its origin has baffled physicists. New Penn State research in Physical Review Letters suggests some of these ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays may be ultraheavy atomic nuclei heavier than iron, which hold onto their energy better across vast distances. If true, it would reshape the hunt for what hurls these rare particles at Earth.
A theoretical study from Goethe University Frankfurt proposes that when a massive star collapses, it might not form a singularity at all. Instead, dark energy could spark a tiny new universe inside the dying star, pushing back against gravity to create an exotic, singularity-free object called a gravastar. The work, published in Physical Review D, offers a fresh way around one of physics' most stubborn puzzles.
An Oklahoma family's home security camera captured their dog, Bingo, strolling through the front door of their Allen home with a live armadillo clamped in his mouth, triggering instant panic and screaming. Owner Alycia Napier shared the footage online, where it quickly went viral. The armadillo, by all accounts, did not stick around for breakfast.
