American Olympic middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz, who identifies as transgender nonbinary and competes in women’s events, publicly reacted to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on transgender athletes. On Tuesday, the Court ruled 6-3 in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox that West Virginia and Idaho may enforce...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on July 5, 2026, launched the nationwide “Trump Accounts” mobile application, expanding access to federally backed investment accounts for minors under 18. Created by the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, the program aims to build...
OpenAI is exploring a plan to transfer about 5% of its equity to the U.S. government, according to a Financial Times report published Thursday. At OpenAI’s reported post-money valuation of $852 billion after a March funding round, the stake would be worth roughly $426 billion. The proposal, led by CEO...
Attorneys for former President Donald J. Trump have asked a federal judge in New York for more time to respond to E. Jean Carroll’s bid for immediate payment of a civil judgment now approaching $5.8 million with interest. The request, filed Sunday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern...
Democratic candidates across the United States are increasingly framing Donald Trump’s rapidly expanding personal fortune as a central campaign issue, arguing it highlights corruption and a disconnect from Americans’ economic struggles. The shift comes after Trump disclosed that his personal income exceeded $2 billion last year, followed by a high-profile...
Minneapolis protesters held a bannering on July 2 to condemn the U.S. Supreme Court's June 25 ruling that allowed the administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian nationals; demonstrators spelled out support for TPS and chanted during rush hour on a busy bridge as cars honked in...
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 “communist menace” inside the country. Speaking for about 30 minutes beneath the monument’s presidential carvings, Trump...
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 leadership as a standard for America’s future on the eve of the nation’s 250th anniversary. Friday’s speech drew applause...
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 security concerns. The crisis began on June 12, 2026, when Amazon engineers alerted the U.S. Department of Commerce...
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 States' 250th anniversary. Two Canadian CF-18 Hornets and two U.S. F-35...
