7/9

• At least 22 people were killed following an airstrike in Sudan.

7/10

• A U.S. drone strike targeted and killed ISIS leader Usamah al-Muhajir in Syria.

7/11

• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to support Sweden’s bid for NATO membership.

7/12

• Iowa’s legislature passed bill that bans abortions, with the exception of rape, incest, medical emergencies, and fatal fetal abnormalities, after 6 weeks of pregnancy.
• The Department of Justice stated that it will no longer defend that former President Trump was acting within his presidential duties in 2019 when he shut down rape allegations by E. Jean Carroll (see 5/11).
• Bank of America must pay $250 million in fines and refunds to customers.

7/13

• Disney CEO Bob Iger’s contract was extended until 2026.
• SAG-AFTRA, the union containing 160,000 actors, is expected to go on strike as soon as Friday after the union’s negotiating committee unanimously voted to recommend union leaders to call a strike at its next meeting.

7/14

• SAG-AFTRA members went on strike at midnight and began picketing.
• The U.S. Secret Service closed an investigation into who brought cocaine into the White House after being unable to find viable fingerprints or DNA on the package or find a suspect through surveillance footage (see 7/5).

7/15

• The Biden administration announced that it was forgiving the student loan debt of 800,000 borrowers, totaling approximately $39 billion.
• Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the law that bans most abortions in the state after 6 weeks (see 7/12).
• At least 20 people died and thousands had to evacuate their homes following torrential flooding in South Korea.
• Rex Heuermann pleaded not guilty to 3 counts of first-degree murder after being charged in the Gilgo Beach murder on Long Island, New York.