
Daily Signal - 1 hour 2 min ago
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION In a late-night speech capping the semiquincentennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, President Donald Trump invoked familiar themes of patriotism, bravery, and sacrifice to declare that the story of the United States of America is worth cherishing while being far from over. Though the threat of...

UPI - 1 hour 36 min ago
President Donald Trump called the United States' 250 years an "unmatched achievement" during his Fourth of July speech in Washington, D.C..

The Guardian - 1 hour 47 min ago
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The Independent - 2 hours 10 min ago
The Trump administration won't seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool...

US Weekly - 2 hours 13 min ago
Jesse Eisenberg is making it clear that he is not allowing politics to dictate his place of residence. "I am a very lucky American," the actor and director, 42, told the crowd at this year's 60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival , held in the Czech Republic, where he received the President's Award, after he was asked if he had a "responsibility" to stay in New York City amid President Donald Trump 's second term. "I have a nice life," he continued. "My wife is a...

The Independent - 3 hours 3 min ago
Iran's top officials and brothers of the country's new supreme leader have emerged into public view to attend the funeral prayers for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signaling confidence in their safety as Iran pushes back on U.S. demands in negotiations to permanently end the war...

The Next Web - 3 hours 12 min ago
Donald Trump arrives at next week's NATO summit in Ankara holding unusual leverage, because the US decides which allies get access to the world's most advanced AI, Politico reports. The alliance meets on 7 and 8 July with AI security questions hovering over the agenda. A new wave of models from Anthropic and OpenAI can find […] This story continues at The Next Web...

The Guardian - 3 hours 21 min ago
With voters embracing leaders who brazenly monetise public office, experts say an ethical code is breaking down Donald Trump came to office in 2017 after decades of bankruptcies and business failures. Yes, he was rich, but his latest financial disclosure, published this week, suggests he will depart billions richer. In the first year of his second term, he made more than $2bn from Trump hotels, Trump golf courses, Trump cryptocurrency, Trump watches, Trump cologne, Trump Bibles and more. Continue...

The Guardian - 5 hours 10 min ago
In duelling speeches this weekend, the New York mayor faced a nation of contradictions' while the president offered a stump speech If Donald Trump's address on 3 July from Mount Rushmore will be remembered at all, it will be because that was the day of competing speeches, and competing visions, of the United States. Earlier on 3 July, the New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, delivered a speech that was about half as long as Trump's 28-minute address, but one that offered a far different...

NBC News - 6 hours 19 min ago
An underground church pastor has been released from prison in China and has arrived in the United States, less than two months after President Donald Trump publicly raised his case with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Sky News - 8 hours 36 min ago
A Chinese pastor has been released from jail after Donald Trump intervened to get him freed, in what his family have described as a "miracle".

The Guardian - 9 hours 6 min ago
Would we get a 21st-century Gettysburg address? Or YMCA, gripes about his legal woes and boasting about Iran? The astronomer Carl Sagan once described the earth as a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. "Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot," he wrote. Donald Trump took the stage on Saturday night imagining himself the master of the universe, not the temporary...

NPR - 9 hours 15 min ago
A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after U.S. President Donald Trump brought up his case when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The Independent - 9 hours 44 min ago
Jet2 will unveil its full-year financial results on Wednesday after a period of disruption for the travel industry.

BBC - 11 hours 47 min ago
The Zion Church founder's release comes after a direct plea to Xi Jinping from Donald Trump.

The Guardian - 12 hours 45 min ago
In a political wasteland dominated by billionaires, war criminals and mega-corporations, the head of the Catholic church is a rare figure of moral leadership What do Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu have in common? Answer: a chronic inability to tell right from wrong. The three leaders currently causing the most harm in the world share a predilection for violence, a chilling lack of compassion, and extraordinary self-regard mixed with paranoia. Yet the characteristic linking them...

BBC - 13 hours 7 min ago
US President Donald Trump's speech included some of his political agenda but also honoured war veterans and American history.

Huffington Post - 13 hours 17 min ago
In mid-June, Trump announced the event on the National Mall would be the "most spectacular TRUMP RALLY of them all."...

Fox News - 17 hours 13 min ago
President Donald Trump is set to deliver a historic speech on the National Mall featuring stories of American heroes before a massive fireworks display.

NBC News - 17 hours 29 min ago
WASHINGTON It was supposed to be the largest Fourth of July celebration in recent history, featuring a record-breaking fireworks display and remarks by President Donald Trump.

The Guardian - 18 hours 7 min ago
Extreme heatwave across US east coast already had upended some of the weekend's long-planned celebrations Donald Trump's plans to celebrate the US's 250th birthday with "the greatest show of all" in the heart of Washington DC were disrupted on a Saturday evening by fears of a thunderstorm. Thousands of spectators who had filed onto the National Mall for a show featuring a speech by the US president and an extensive fireworks display were instructed to evacuate the site. Continue...

Rolling Stone - 19 hours 19 min ago
From New York Times White House correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, Regime Change chronicles the first year of Trump's second term in office...

The Hill - 19 hours 45 min ago
President Trump is expected to hold a "long" speech on the National Mall Saturday evening as the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, even as record heat threatens to upend the festivities. Military flyovers, events at the Great American State Fair and a massive fireworks show are also scheduled throughout the day. First lady Melania Trump...

The Guardian - 20 hours 3 min ago
Lawyers file request days after US supreme court declined to hear an appeal, with payout topping $5.8m with interest Lawyers for Donald Trump have requested more time to pay a $5m civil judgment to magazine columnist E Jean Carroll from 2023, days after the US supreme court declined to hear an appeal. In a new filing , the president's attorney said that since his former lead counsel, Justin Smith, took up a position as a federal judge last month (a post he was nominated to by Trump), his new...