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Friday, July 03, 2026

CNN host Laura Coates aired a supercut of clips spanning a decade as she contrasted President Donald Trump's past rhetoric, trashing politicians for "getting rich" while in office, as she lambasted his recently revealed "billion-dollar windfall." read more


New mortality data from the federal government suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025, as death rates have continued to fall since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. read more


The $TRUMP meme coin that's added another $635 million to the bank account of President Donald Trump has plummeted 98% in value, CNN reported Thursday. read more


The Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., was temporarily closed due to heat, as high temperatures across the U.S. disrupted events marking the nation's 250th anniversary. read more


THE long-anticipated funeral ceremony of Ali Khamenei has begun four months after the tyrant was assassinated in joint US-Israeli strikes. read more


The Air Force has confirmed a trainee died as a result of a flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, according to Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas). read more


The FBI is ramping up its investigation into the 2020 election results in Fulton County, Georgia, by ordering field offices across the country to send investigative analysts to Atlanta to help evaluate thousands of records ... read more


The Russian president, who has reportedly become more paranoid over his safety in recent months, ordered the increase at the central apparatus of the Federal Protective Service (FSO), according to a draft decree set to take effect on Wednesday. read more


Video footage captured Miller trying to speak over the sound of chanting and sirens. read more


Olympian David Hearn, who faces a felony charge, has denied doing any damage to the pool. Hearn has publicly stated that he had heard about the problems with the iconic DC reflecting pool and went by to check it out while on a 50-mile bike ride. He said he saw stuff floating in the pool and touched it but did not rip or damage anything. read more


Thursday, July 02, 2026

Adam Gabbatt: Attendance at the Great American State Fair is sparse and the heat is extreme, but at least you can pay $25 for a pretzel read more


Trump plans on razing "Washington's oldest grove of cherry trees," the sole survivors of Japan's original 1910 gift to America ... read more


Iran and the United States concluded a round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace ... read more


Under President Donald Trump, this anniversary has been hijacked and perverted into a hotbed of corruption and self-enrichment. This interim report documents how the machinery built for a national commemoration was converted, deliberately and over a period of months, into an apparatus for raising and spending
money in service of the President's ego, political ideology, and pet projects. read more


The Tesla driver who claimed his car was in self-driving mode when it crashed into a home and killed a woman has been charged with manslaughter, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. read more


In 2020, when wealthy Tommy Tuberville was running for the US Senate, he said he would "donate every dime" he made in Washington to Alabama veterans. Six years later, as he runs to be governor of the Cotton State, the Republican Senator won't say whether he has kept that promise. read more


 

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