President Donald Trump signs the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that advances his administrative agenda on Friday, meeting his July 4 deadline after the House passed the spending legislation in a narrow vote Thursday. HOUSE HANDS TRUMP HIS JULY 4 VICTORY WITH PASSAGE OF ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ EXCLUSIVE: HOW THUNE AND TRUMP GOT BEHIND ‘ONE […]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday inadvertently revealed President Donald Trump’s likely picks for the National Labor Relations Board in an email sent to members ahead of any announcements, according to a screenshot. “In the lead-up to the long Independence Day weekend, the White House today announced several much-anticipated appointments of two members of the National Labor Relations Board […]
Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut won the annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, consuming nearly 71 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Since 1972, the annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest has been held in Coney Island, New York, every Fourth of July. Contestants attempt to eat as many hot dogs as they can […]
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Friday from deporting eight foreign nationals to South Sudan, just days after the Supreme Court sided with the administration in a related deportation case. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss issued an administrative stay on the morning of July 4, barring the Department of Homeland Security from “moving, transferring, or removing” the […]
Heavy rainfall caused the Guadalupe River in Texas to flood on Friday, prompting search teams to begin rescues and leading to reports of multiple fatalities. Overnight, residents in central Kerr County witnessed as much as 10 inches of heavy rain within just a few hours. The rain caused the Guadalupe River to begin flooding, threatening […]
Tesla founder Elon Musk reiterated his proposal for the United States to establish a new political party called the “America Party” following his public disagreement with President Donald Trump. Musk headed the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to help the Trump administration “de-bloat” the federal government through staff and funding cuts. In May, Musk […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Friday that he and President Donald Trump spoke over the phone hours after Russia launched the largest aerial assault on Ukraine since the start of its full-scale invasion in 2022. Zelensky said he and Trump discussed the Russian air raids and, “more broadly, the situation on the front lines,” according to his X account. “President Trump […]
Planned Parenthood said it intends to sue the Trump administration over the recently passed “big, beautiful bill” that would “defund” the nonprofit health clinic. Republicans’ massive tax and spending bill includes a provision that would prohibit Medicaid funds from being used to reimburse health clinics that provide elective abortions. The bill would defund any abortion […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to increase entry fees at national parks for foreign visitors. “To fund improvements and enhanced experiences across the park system, I’ve just signed an executive order to raise entrance fees for foreign tourists while keeping prices low for Americans,” Trump said at a Thursday evening rally in […]
President Donald Trump tore into congressional Democrats during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday night, accusing them of hating the United States after they uniformly opposed his newly passed tax and spending bill. “All of the things we did with the tax cuts and rebuilding our military, not one Democrat voted for us. And I think […]
