Commercial trucks have been spending hours or days waiting to enter Texas from Mexico. Gov. Abbott ordered inspections of all trucks, saying it's needed to combat drug smuggling and human trafficking.
There's a big market sending U.S. wood pellets to Europe to burn as clean energy. But critics say they're not climate-friendly, and their production poses a health hazard for low-income communities.
On July 8, a new law took effect in Hungary which bans LGBTQ topics both from media that reaches minors and as a discussion point in classrooms. The EU is moving to enact sanctions because of the law.
