Welcome to our press review of events in the United States. Every Wednesday I look at how the Swiss media have reported and reacted to three major stories in the US – in politics, finance and science. Make sure you’re wearing lead boots on August 12 – that’s when Earth is going to lose gravity for seven seconds, according to a viral rumour doing the rounds on social media based on a “leaked” NASA document. Swiss public broadcaster RTS looked into how this story became so popular. Help us improve the press review As a reader of our weekly press review, your feedback is important to us. Please take two minutes to answer a short survey and help us improve our journalism. This survey is anonymous and all data is confidential. 👉 [Take the survey] Last week, after months of controversy, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem became the first Senate-confirmed member of Trump’s cabinet to be fired this term – a dismissal that was “overdue”, reckoned the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ). “In …