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DC public schools face special grand jury probe into attendance, truancy and graduation records

A special grand jury is probing D.C. public schools over truancy, graduation rates and how attendance records are documented across campuses.

More pictures?! One lawmaker’s twisted answer for fixing our laws

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) is pushing the idea of illustrations in all new...

Google Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in compliance with Trump executive order

Google Maps has renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America days after President Trump signed an executive order calling for the change last week amid a U.S. trade war with Canada.

Rep. Jim Clyburn says Democrats could impeach Trump if they win the House in midterm elections

Rep. Jim Clyburn, a senior adviser to House Democratic leaders, said Sunday that Democrats could impeach President Trump if the party wins back the House majority in November.

Trump intends to refill Strategic Petroleum Reserve with Venezuelan oil

President Trump said Sunday he plans to use some of the oil he secured from Venezuela to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which has been depleted to near-record lows.

Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow drops out of Senate race weeks before primary

Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow suspended her U.S. Senate campaign ahead of the Aug. 4 Democratic primary, leaving Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed in the race.

Can Gianni Infantino keep winning over Trump without losing the world?

Our Sophia Cai wrote in December about concerns within FIFA that President Gianni Infantino was compromising the credibility of soccer's governing body in his...

Suspension suspended

Donald Trump on Sunday afternoon thanked FIFA after it suspended a one-match ban for U.S. star Folarin Balogun, allowing him to play in Monday's...

What’s really at stake between Mexico and England

LONDON — It’s not just England's World Cup dreams on the line tonight. There also a quieter diplomatic subplot: Mexico would quite like to...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum: Reflecting Pool repair involves ‘multiple gashes’ by vandals

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Sunday that the renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool suffered "multiple gashes" to the industrial liner that add up to 350 feet of damage.

Netanyahu pushes back against Vance’s claim that U.S. is Israel’s only powerful ally

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back Sunday against Vice President J.D. Vance's veiled threat that the United States is Israel's sole powerful ally "anywhere left in the entire world."

Josh Shapiro calls socialist wins ‘a battle over what we believe in,’ compares Trump to ‘a king’

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Sunday the election of socialists in Democratic primaries will force the party "to have a battle over what we believe in."

Trump highlights Chicago shootings since Iran war started

President Trump highlighted Chicago's violent summer in a social media post made shortly after the dazzling July 4 fireworks display on the National Mall, comparing the city's rising shootings to the Iran war.

Trump’s administration won’t seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

The Trump administration will not seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Sunday as he faced new questions about the troubled project and the taxpayer money involved.

Trump shares news of ‘crystal clear’ Reflecting Pool, calls for vandalism suspect’s arrest

Photos shared on Truth Social show the Lincoln Reflecting Pool appearing crystal clear after advanced nanobubbler technology allegedly killed the algae.

Bill Clinton blasts Trump as Americans mark nation’s 250th anniversary

Bill Clinton took an apparent swipe at Trump during an America250 celebration in Philadelphia, warning of threats to democracy and institutions.

House speaker pledges ‘one more’ attempt to pass no-frills version of Trump’s voter ID bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Congress will try for a fourth, and possibly final time, to pass the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and a photo ID to cast a ballot.

Trump warns against communism’s return in 250th anniversary speech

President Trump marked the nation's 250th birthday late Saturday with a colossal fireworks display and a late-night speech warning against communism and pledging the United States would continue on the path to greatness started by the nation's founders in 1776.

One year of the One Big Beautiful Bill: Big GOP sales pitch, big Dem resistance

President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act turned one year old on Saturday, and Republicans are heavily promoting the tax benefits it delivered to voters in this tough midterm election year.

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