NewsBrevity & Co. — July 9, 2026

In this briefing: • Judge orders release of over $5 million due to E. Jean Carroll in Trump caseThe damages were awarded to Carroll, a writer, by a 2023 jury in a civil sexual abuse and defamation case.9H ago • Trump: Iran attacks in Gulf are 'out of control, they badly want to make a deal' • 12:05 pm What Is Actually Going On With Mitch McConnell? Ed Cara • What AI companies want for the millions they're spending on elections • SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for record-breaking 36th time • Smithsonian Defends Museum After White House Rebuke • Japan to Begin Transing Children Via ‘Nationwide LGBTQIA+ Education’ Regime • Republicans’ grip on the Senate tightens as Democrats scramble in Maine • America’s cheapest new EV is smaller than a ping-pong table and tops out at 19mph • ABANDON SHIP! • The Iran war has pushed some countries away from oil and toward clean energy • Japanese company books 1,100 pounds of cargo space on SpaceX Starship mission to the moon • The year’s hottest rally is losing steam. Investors are asking what comes next • 'The Resurrection and the Life': Navy Vet Comes Back to Life After Family Prays • Hard Left Democrat Says 9/11 Was Blowback. So Did Pat Buchanan. • 2Trending:Wikipedia Founder’s Ban From His Own Website Confirms The Left’s Censorship Scheme Is Far From Over • Trump: Iran ‘Wants a Deal So Badly’ — Warns ‘Hit Us Once, We Hit Twenty-Fold’ • Time to Enforce the MOU With Iran • New attacks raise questions about what comes next in the Iran war • Graham Platner says he's "suspending" Maine Senate bid • Lovable reportedly in talks to double its valuation to $13.2B • Soccer fans in China are rooting for Norway’s Erling Haaland, their ‘Ha Bao’ • Feds demand autonomous vehicle companies stop interfering with first responders • Beijing to let Chinese AI companies buy Nvidia H200 chips • Trump Warns of Global Spread of Communism at NATO Summit • Xbox to retreat from wokeness, fire thousands — and still might not survive • Bonnie Tyler, singer of 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', dies at 75