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July 14, 2026

11 entries on this date.

CFTC ordered Kalshi to defy Michigan court's trade-cancellation order, invoking emergency power unused in 46 years

On July 14, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission stayed a proposed rule change by prediction-market platform Kalshi that would have brought it into compliance with a Michigan state court order, and separately invoked emergency authority to order Kalshi to fulfill the disputed trades instead. CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig said the commission would not let states "bully" federally regulated exchanges, the first time the agency has used this power against a state court ruling in 46 years.

Trump extended federal National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. through January 2029

On July 14, 2026, the Trump administration extended the federalized National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. through Inauguration Day in January 2029, the Pentagon confirmed. The deployment, begun in August 2025 under a since-lapsed "crime emergency," had recently doubled to nearly 5,000 troops and now ranks as the longest such domestic deployment in U.S. history.

Trump ordered a fourth day of Iran strikes as CENTCOM reinstated the Strait of Hormuz blockade, again defying the war-powers resolution

On July 14, 2026, U.S. forces struck Iranian targets for a fourth consecutive day and U.S. Central Command reinstated a naval blockade on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, backed by more than 20 Navy warships. President Trump the same day dropped a 20 percent cargo toll he had imposed on Hormuz shipping a day earlier, saying Gulf-state leaders had offered to invest in the United States instead. The strikes and blockade continued a campaign Congress had directed the administration to end through a bicameral War Powers Resolution passed in June 2026, without new congressional authorization.

ICE moved to renew $25M-a-year Thomson Reuters data-broker contract to identify unaccompanied minors and flag alleged fraud

On July 14, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement published a federal contract-register document disclosing plans to renew its data-broker agreement with Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) at up to $25 million per year for five years, more than five times the value of the prior contract. The filing states the data -- drawn from TRSS's Consolidated Lead Evaluation and Reporting (CLEAR), Continuous Alerting Batch Solution (CABS), and Westlaw databases, which include license-plate-reader and court records -- would be used to identify "unaccompanied minors" and flag "voters fraud" and immigration fraud, tasks ICE has not previously performed for the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Thomson Reuters said the work supports vetting sponsors of migrant children, but immigration attorneys said DHS's expanding role has already narrowed the pool of eligible sponsors and prolonged children's time in custody.

Trump personally received $2 million from a South Korean company facing a U.S. trade investigation

A financial disclosure that President Trump filed in late June 2026, reported by the New York Times on July 14, showed he was personally paid $2 million by South Korea's Base Group, an aluminum company whose affiliate Korea Aluminum was found by the U.S. Commerce Department in 2023 to have skirted trade duties on Chinese-made aluminum. The payment was listed as a nonrefundable development fee tied to a letter of intent, which the Trump Organization said related to an unannounced golf project. The arrangement gave the president a direct personal financial tie to a foreign business subject to his own administration's trade enforcement.

U.S. 5th Circuit ended 1965 Concordia Parish school desegregation order, backing DOJ campaign to lift decrees

On July 14, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting in New Orleans, upheld the lifting of a 1965 federal desegregation consent decree governing Louisiana's Concordia Parish schools. The ruling backed a Justice Department campaign, carried out with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill through "joint stipulated dismissals" that require no proof segregation has ended, to terminate Civil Rights-era school desegregation orders. The decree, in place for more than 60 years, ended without an evidentiary finding that segregation had been eradicated.

New York Times: Hegseth blocked promotions of seven senior Navy officers, five of them women or people of color, to two-star admiral

The New York Times reported on July 14, 2026, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had blocked the promotions of seven senior Navy officers — five of them women or people of color — to two-star admiral rank, overriding a promotion board of senior admirals that had recommended 22 officers. Among those removed was Rear Adm. Amy Bauernschmidt, the first woman to command a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Officials said the move means that, for the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officer is likely to be promoted to admiral this year.

ICE and HSI encounter in St. Augustine drove Mexican tourist Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran into traffic; he died

On July 14, 2026, Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, a 28-year-old Mexican national visiting the United States on a valid tourist visa, was struck and killed by a semi-truck on State Road 16 near St. Augustine, Florida, after fleeing a traffic stop conducted by ICE and Homeland Security Investigations agents. He had been in the United States for three weeks, in Florida for only two days, and had already purchased a return flight to Mexico for that weekend. His wife and Mexican state officials confirmed his valid visa status; his death was reported as the third fatality arising from ICE encounters in a single week.

American Oversight records showed Deputy AG Blanche personally directed the DOJ's 'Weaponization Working Group'

On July 14, 2026, the watchdog group American Oversight published records — first reported by the New York Times — showing that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche personally oversaw the Justice Department's "Weaponization Working Group," convening recurring meetings in his conference room and assigning senior officials from the Office of the Deputy Attorney General to politically charged investigations. Calendar entries and emails tied those assignments to inquiries involving former Special Counsel Jack Smith, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, January 6 prosecutions, and the 2020 election. The disclosure was released on the eve of Blanche's Senate confirmation hearing to become Attorney General.

Greer, S.C. police corporal repeatedly searched Flock cameras to track a fellow officer, falsified justifications

Greer, South Carolina Police Department Corporal Kareem Lynch repeatedly used the department's Flock Safety license-plate-reader system to search for the license plate of a fellow officer with whom he had a prior relationship, between December 2025 and January 2026, logging the queries under false justifications such as "welfare checks" or "city planning." The city of Greer disclosed on July 14, 2026 that Lynch had been terminated on June 26, 2026 after a Flock AI audit corroborated the allegations.

Greer, S.C. police officer searched Flock cameras to track his ex-girlfriend and other citizens, falsified justifications

Greer, South Carolina Police Department Officer Sebastian Echeverry used the department's Flock Safety license-plate-reader system to search the plates of several citizens, including his ex-girlfriend, between December 13, 2025 and May 25, 2026, entering "Alcohol Offense Non-DUI" as his justification even though that was not the true reason for the searches. The city of Greer disclosed on July 14, 2026 that Echeverry had been terminated on June 29, 2026 after a Flock AI audit corroborated the allegations.