Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize After Ukraine Peace Push

President Trump's hard‐line immigration tactics are meeting growing resistance at home and abroad. A UC Berkeley–Los Angeles Times poll finds deep disapproval among California voters over state raids that many see as unfairly targeting Latinos. Meanwhile, African Union officials and U.S.-born diaspora activists warn that a proposed 1% remittance tax could devastate $56 billion in annual transfers vital to families across sub-Saharan Africa.

Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan in Washington, D.C., has barred the State Department from using Trump's travel ban to reject diversity lottery winners, while across the country judges have blocked the Justice Department's efforts to reverse Biden-era decisions and seek the death penalty in pending cases. These twin rulings underscore judicial limits on executive power—and leave unanswered questions about looming visa deadlines and capital-case procedures.

President Trump's recent diplomatic gestures toward Ukraine—from an Independence Day letter lauding Kyiv's resolve to high-stakes meetings with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky—have won him warm words from the Ukrainian president and led GOP lawmakers to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. What comes next in the push for a negotiated settlement?

Viral images of President Trump's patch of lighter-toned makeup on his right hand, a close-up of puffy, discolored hands after a Kremlin gift, and a snapshot of swollen "cankles" have set off fresh speculation about his health. From allegations of hidden bruises to concerns over edema and potential heart issues, social media buzz has intensified public scrutiny of his physical condition.

President Trump's call for Texas to redraw U.S. House districts for five more Republican seats has set off a red-hot partisan fight. Within 24 hours, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers advanced a ballot measure to scrap the state's independent commission and enact a Democratic-leaning map. The dueling mid-decade plans in two of America's biggest states illustrate a bold new chapter in gerrymandering—and fresh concerns over minority-party voters being shut out of Congress.