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In a July 4, 2026 speech at Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota, President Donald Trump opened the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations with a strongly worded warning about what he called a renewed “communi…
The Trump administration has lifted federal restrictions on Anthropic’s flagship Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models, restoring global access on July 1, 2026, after a 19-day shutdown over national …
Republican lawmakers left Washington, D.C., for the Fourth of July recess amid a significant legislative impasse that has frozen major elements of their policy agenda. Despite unified control of the presidency, House, an…
Washington, United States – The White House is weighing whether President Donald Trump will grant clemency to music executive Sean "Diddy" Combs as part of a broader round of pardons and commutations expected around the …
South Dakota, On Friday, July 4, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered an address at Mount Rushmore, paying tribute to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, and framing their …
Ottawa — The Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. Air Force flew a joint ceremonial flypast over Ottawa on Saturday, July 4, 2026, at about 6:30 p.m. ET to coincide with Fourth of July observances marking the United Sta…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has published an updated online “Smart Wall Map” indicating plans to build 30‑foot‑tall border wall segments through portions of Big Bend Ranch State Park in West Texas, according to a …
In a series of late-Thursday posts on his Truth Social platform, President Donald Trump said it is “ridiculous” for the United States to maintain its current level of financial and military support for NATO, describing t…
In an interview published on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, by the Columbia Journalism Review, U.S. political commentator and podcast host Tucker Carlson said he intends to help build a new political party in the United States…
ST. LOUIS — Mayor Cara Spencer signed Executive Order 98 on July 2, 2026, establishing a nightly curfew for minors aged 17 and under in the Downtown and Downtown West neighborhoods. The restriction runs from 9:00 p.m. to…
New Delhi, India – The Supreme Court of India on Friday stayed a proposed audit of Delhi’s power distribution companies by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and ordered that status quo be maintained until July 15…
Tallahassee, Florida — On July 1, Florida's new legislation took effect expanding the state's authority to designate and regulate "domestic terrorist organizations" and broadening restrictions on entities tied to "foreig…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued a proposed policy statement warning artificial intelligence developers that secretly steering model outputs for ideological purposes may constitute deceptive conduct under Sec…
United States. President Trump posted an AI-generated video on Truth Social late Wednesday in which he appears as a doctor diagnosing multiple Hollywood figures with 'Trump Derangement Syndrome.' The 90-second clip recre…
Denver: Gov. Jared Polis dismissed two members of Colorado's Executive Clemency Advisory Board on Wednesday after they publicly disclosed that the board had twice voted against commuting former Mesa County clerk Tina Pet…
Washington: The Washington Citizens' Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials approved a two‑year salary schedule in March 2025 and applied cost‑of‑living adjustments of 3% on July 1, 2025 and 2% on Wednesday, produc…
Lansing — Michigan lawmakers missed a self-imposed July 1 deadline and continued negotiating a new state budget this week, as Republican-led House and Democratic-led Senate leaders worked past the deadline Thursday and i…
Stony Brook, New York. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday awarded more than $2 million to New York State to fund infrastructure upgrades at the Long Island State Veterans Home at Stony Brook University, a…
Bullard, Texas. Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday endorsed banning new artificial intelligence data centers in rural Texas neighborhoods during a campaign stop in Bullard, saying developers must bring their own money, powe…
Saudi Arabia’s refusal to provide access to its bases and airspace derailed a major U.S. military initiative in the Strait of Hormuz in May 2026, according to a June 30, 2026 Wall Street Journal report confirmed by regio…
The U.S. House of Representatives halted all legislative business and began an early recess on June 30, 2026, after conservative hardliners blocked progress on the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDA…
MEDORA, North Dakota. President Donald Trump traveled to Medora on Wednesday to dedicate the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, ride the Freedom250 train, and board a refurbished Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar that the…
Washington, United States – The Pentagon and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday, July 1, 2026, announced a new recruiting initiative called “War Force” to attract top artificial intelligence and software …
The World Bank Group has decided to retire its flagship climate finance target that required 45% of its annual lending to support projects with climate change co-benefits. The decision, announced on June 29, 2026, follow…
Speaking at a technology conference hosted by Amazon Web Services in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, CIA Director John Ratcliffe warned that advances in artificial intelligence and quantum computing are resh…