
- Jul 23
Trump expands ratepayer protection pledge to 200 entities as AI data center backlash grows ahead of midterms
Nearly 200 utilities, data center developers and Republican governors signed the voluntary 'Ratepayer Protection Pledge' at an EPA event, as rising electricity bills fuel bipartisan opposition to AI infrastructure.

- Jul 2
Ohio authorities free 16 children held in squalor; parents and grandparents arrested
Authorities discovered 16 children, ages 1 to 18, living in a tiny, filth-filled room in Hamden, Ohio, during an unrelated investigation. Seven were hospitalized, one critically; the parents and grandparents now face child endangerment charges.
