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⚖️ Georgia Father Who Armed School Shooter Gets 15 Years

Colin Gray was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for providing his 14-year-old son with the assault rifle and ammunition used in the September 4, 2024, mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia.

A jury convicted Gray on charges including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Four people were killed and nine others wounded in the attack. "It is clear you failed as a parent," the judge told Gray at sentencing. His son, Colt Gray, was sentenced days earlier to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to murder. Gray is the first parent convicted of murder in connection with a child's school shooting.

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⚡ QatarEnergy Buys 33 U.S. LNG Cargoes as Iran War Disrupts Supply

QatarEnergy has purchased as many as 33 U.S. LNG spot cargoes in 2026 to replace stranded supply caused by the Iran war's impact on its Ras Laffan facility, Reuters reported Thursday.

The state-owned company reportedly sourced the cargoes directly from U.S. exporter Venture Global, redirecting them to Asian customers. The volume dwarfs QatarEnergy's U.S. purchases last year, when it bought only four cargoes.

The shift highlights how the Iran conflict is reshaping global LNG trade flows, boosting demand for American liquefied natural gas as Gulf supply chains face disruption.

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🇮🇷 U.S. Strikes Iran, Jordan Intercepts Missiles, IRGC Vows Retaliation

The United States has struck multiple targets inside Iran, including sites at Qeshm and Bushehr, as the conflict escalates sharply. Jordan intercepted missiles shortly after the strikes.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has pledged retaliation following the U.S. attacks. No casualty figures or further operational details were available in the source at time of publication.

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🇷🇺 Senate Votes 86-12 to Advance Russia Sanctions Bill

The U.S. Senate voted 86-12 on July 28 to advance sweeping legislation tightening economic pressure on Russia and Iran, one of the strongest bipartisan endorsements of Ukraine since President Trump returned to office.

The procedural vote came hours after the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, the bill's chief architect. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a personal appeal to senators behind closed doors before watching the vote from the Senate chamber.

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💼 Grant Thornton Buys CBIZ for $5bn in Landmark Deal

U.S. audit and consulting firm Grant Thornton has agreed to acquire publicly listed CBIZ in an all-cash deal valued at $5 billion — the largest takeover in the accounting sector in a generation.

The deal marks a significant consolidation in the U.S. professional services industry, combining two of the country's major accounting and consulting firms.

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🇨🇳 U.S. Bans Chinese Robots and Inverters Over AI Security

The Trump administration announced new import bans on advanced Chinese-made humanoid robots and connected power inverters, citing national security threats to the U.S. AI supply chain.

The Federal Communications Commission issued the restrictions following an interagency White House national security panel, which issued two National Security Determinations. The ban covers humanoid and quadruped robots as well as inverters used in renewable energy systems, batteries, and data centers. The panel warned that inverters' remote connectivity could allow foreign firms to "turn off the inverters or use them to collect and exfiltrate data," while robots could "enable foreign intelligence services" or be "remotely commandeered."

Rep. John Moolenaar, Republican chairman of the House Select Committee on China, backed the move and called on Congress to codify it into federal law.

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