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Inside FIFA’s plans to commemorate Juneteenth

FIFA rang in Juneteenth, the country’s newest federal holiday, with a video that played in Seattle ahead of the U.S. team’s pivotal showdown with Australia. It stars Seattle Supersonics...

Where Massachusetts wants to take its Scottish love affair next

FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts — Boston is bouncing and the Massachusetts governor wants to thank thousands...

New Air Force One takes flight as Trump unveils revamped presidential aircraft

President Donald Trump introduced a newly refurbished Boeing 747-8i at Joint Base Andrews, touting its larger size, luxury features and updated red, white and blue paint scheme

‘Political stunt’ prosecution of ICE agent for ‘road rage’ provokes heated DHS response

DHS accuses Minnesota officials of a political stunt over ICE agent Gregory Morgan Jr., charged with assault for allegedly pointing a gun at motorists.

Kennedy and Wright cheer on US

The U.S. delegation in Seattle includes HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Energy...

Why a pause on printing $2 bills appears underway in the US

Your collection will, most likely, be skipping a year.

8 years after Kavanaugh, Democrats have stopped believing all women

All the familiar faces who took uncorroborated allegations against Brett Kavanaugh at their face are now attacking or dismissing the multitude of allegations against Graham Platner.

Cornyn signals Trump highway bill may not be priority after primary loss

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is backing off a push to dedicate a Texas highway after President Trump, signaling that it may no longer be high on his priority list following his defeat in last month’s GOP Senate primary runoff. Cornyn introduced legislation in May to rename U.S. Highway 287 as Interstate 47 in honor of...

Texas teen death prompts Celsius caffeine investigation

Energy drink consumption for minors can have ill effects, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Tensions grow between Trump and Senate GOP: Five takeaways

Tensions are rising between President Trump and Senate Republicans, and their disagreements spilled into public view this week when GOP senators repeatedly used amendment votes on a $70 billion budget reconciliation bill to create distance from the president. Three Republican senators facing tough races in November — Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), John Husted (Ohio) and...

The Memo: Trump upends expectations with idea of meeting Iran’s supreme leader

President Trump upended expectations yet again when he told reporters Thursday that he would be “honored” to meet Iran’s supreme leader in the event of a peace deal. “If we make a deal, it’s possible that I would meet him,” the president said in the Oval Office. The idea of a meeting between Trump and...

Republicans face high stakes for their crammed summer agenda 

Republicans in Congress are staring down a busy to-do list now that they’re nearing the end of the arduous process to fund immigration enforcement agencies. But they’re keenly aware that time to legislate is quickly running down before the upcoming midterm elections, even as they know that accomplishing GOP priorities is crucial to keeping their...

Trump’s DC beautification fixation worries some Republicans as midterms loom

President Trump’s focus on repair and beautification projects around Washington, D.C., risks backfiring on Republicans ahead of the midterms as the issue of affordability takes center stage across the country. Just this week, Trump began an unrelated executive order signing and an energy announcement in the Oval Office talking about the completion of repairs of...

USDA confirms second screwworm fly found in Texas

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a second case of a flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Texas on Friday, as it races to contain and eradicate the outbreak before it severely impacts the cattle population. A New World screwworm was detected in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County after testing a “number of suspected cases,” according...

Ex-CIA officer accused of stealing gold bars must stay jailed: Judge

The judge told the defense they can request another hearing if new evidence supporting Rush's release is found.

DOJ confirms in court filing ‘anti-weaponization’ fund ‘will not’ continue

The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is effectively dead, the Justice Department (DOJ) told a federal court on Friday, while also asking it to reject a challenge brought by a former federal prosecutor and several others. Two DOJ attorneys wrote in a filing in the Eastern District of Virginia that the compensation fund...

New York passes data center moratorium and consumer protections

The New York State Senate and Assembly passed three bills regulating data centers, surveillance pricing, and digital stalking, while abandoning other environmental, housing, and entertainment measures, leaving them to be signed by Governor Kathy Hochul.

DOGE plan would have marked 2.7M living people as dead: Whistleblower

A plan to mark 2.7M living people as dead was part of an immigration enforcement push, a whistleblower alleges.

Texas GOP House member’s chief of staff faces firearm charges

A top staffer for Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) is facing several firearm charges months after he allegedly attempted to bring a firearm into the U.S. Capitol complex. Luis Vega, Sessions’s chief of staff, was charged on Wednesday with two counts in connection with the alleged incident that happened days before Christmas last year, according to...

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