What Happened on
July 3, 2026?

By Kira Shishkin

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Summary: The CDC reported a record-low US death rate for 2025, the EU's top court rejected Google's final appeal against its $4.7B antitrust fine, and the US economy added 57K jobs in June

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    CDC: US death rate falls to record low of 689 per 100K people in 2025 (-4.6% vs 722 in 2024); Heart disease & cancer lead causes of death, with rates highest among men, older adults & Black Americans

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    China enacts "Ethnic Unity Law" requiring "promotion of Chinese national identity" among 56 ethnic groups (125M people) & criminalizing "separatism, terrorism, religious extremism" to "enhance cohesion & common prosperity"

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    EU's top court rejects Google's final appeal against record $4.7B antitrust fine for "abusing dominance by promoting Google Search & Chrome through Android pre-installation agreements", ending 8yr legal battle

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    Largest US egg producers Cal-Maine, Versova & Hickman's settle DOJ antitrust case over alleged egg price manipulation from 2022-25; Companies agree to donate 53M eggs to food banks & pay $3.3M to 17 states

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    UAE AI investor MGX (OpenAI, Anthropic & xAI backer) raises 1 of world's largest AI funds at $49B "to invest across AI infrastructure, semiconductors & AI technologies"

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    US economy adds +57K jobs in Jun with unemployment at 4.2% (vs 4.3% in May); Share of Americans working or seeking work falls to 61.5% (vs 61.8%) as labor force declines to 169M (vs 170M)

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