President Donald Trump will spend Independence Day eve in Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-SD) backyard, as Republicans look to gloss over apparent cracks in the critical relationship. Trump will travel to South Dakota on Friday night to attend a fireworks display and deliver remarks at Mount Rushmore. Thune announced late last week that he […]

President Donald Trump unveiled the new “Spirit of ’76” exhibit at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., designed to honor 12 Revolutionary War figures whom he called “heroes and martyrs” in a social media post on Thursday. The announcement comes just in time for the nation’s semiquincentennial this Saturday, marking the 250th anniversary of the signing […]

A 52-year-old man reportedly died in New York City on Thursday after setting himself on fire near the United Nations‘s headquarters. A protester with a Tibetan flag carried out the self-immolation, according to the New York Post. He was reportedly protesting China‘s occupation of Tibet. Papers that said “China Out of Tibet” were found at […]

Former special counsel Jack Smith said on Thursday he is “very concerned” about the midterm elections under President Donald Trump. Smith unsuccessfully prosecuted Trump in two cases, one related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents and another about his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Both cases were dismissed after Trump won the […]