Walmart has settled a Justice Department lawsuit accusing its pharmacies of unlawfully dispensing opioids and failing to comply with federal controlled-substance rules. The settlement terms were not disclosed, and Walmart did not admit liability.
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Federal regulators ordered former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez to pay about $172,000 after finding he used advance access to Trump speeches to make prediction-market trades. Perez also received a three-year ban from prediction markets.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has proposed renaming Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton after her death at 80. The Metro Nashville Airport Authority is expected to discuss the proposal and its naming policy on Sept. 17.
A federal judge again refused to move President Donald Trump’s New York hush money case to federal court, rejecting his presidential immunity arguments. Trump’s lawyers said they will appeal the ruling, which leaves his 34 felony convictions in place as his state appeal continues.
Spain has asked Frontex to help process thousands of migrants still in Ceuta after protests and attacks on camps intensified. The unrest follows a mass crossing from Morocco that left dozens dead and has strained relations between local leaders and Madrid.
Trump said the United States has secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves through a private-business partnership. The administration has not released details on the fields covered or the companies that would drill them.
Milo Yiannopoulos, a British far-right commentator and former Breitbart editor, was arrested by ICE at the New Orleans airport and faces removal from the United States. DHS said he overstayed after legally entering the country in 2019 and failed to appear for an immigration hearing.
Six months into the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, Tehran’s government remains entrenched, diplomacy is stalled and the Strait of Hormuz remains heavily disrupted. Washington is expanding sanctions as Iran calls the pressure campaign “economic terrorism.”