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Speaker Johnson says House will pass Trump's voter ID bill through arduous process after GOP revolt

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2026, 1:53 PM ET House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to move quickly to advance President Donald Trump’s signature voter ID legislation through the arduous budget reconciliation process once the House returns to Washington, downplaying the heightened tensions within the GOP after he sent lawmakers home early for the holidays after a few Republicans brought the floor to a halt. “I just decided it was best to send everybody home to go celebrate July Fourth in their distri ...

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Trump Asked FIFA to Review Balogun's Suspension. He Is Now Eligible to Play.

President Trump called Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, on Wednesday and asked him to review the suspension of the United States’ top goal scorer, Folarin Balogun, after he was given a red card in the team’s match that night against Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to three people familiar with the conversation. On Sunday, FIFA announced that Mr. Balogun would be eligible to play Monday against Belgium after his red card ban was suspended. ...

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White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted

White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted The Associated Press July 5, 2026, 1:53 PM FILE - The Smithsonian Museum of American History is pictured on the National Mall in Washington, April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) NEW YORK (AP) -- A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, especially at the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who cannot be trusted, indicating that ...

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'Misquoted the Declaration': Outrage mounts over Trump's July 4 speech stumble

July 5, 2026 8:42AM ET President Donald Trump drew scorn from conservatives and liberals alike for a July 4 stumble that threw his patriotism, and his education, into question. Trump addressed the nation on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with stern, and inaccurate, words for his opponents. "And as our Declaration of Independence tells us," Trump said, "we are all made in the image of one almighty god. And a communist will never say that ...

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Mallory McMorrow ends bid for Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan

July 5, 2026, 2:31 PM EDT Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow has suspended her campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, setting up a high-stakes, two-way clash between the party’s center and its progressive left flank. “I may be suspending this campaign, but I am not leaving the fight,” McMorrow said Sunday in a statement posted to X and accompanied by a video. McMorrow did not endorse either of the remaining candidates, Rep. Haley Stevens or former public health official Ab ...

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'Now there's a stampede': Chaotic scenes emerge amid evacuation order at Trump's fair

July 4, 2026 9:03PM ET A number of journalists reporting on the ground at the Great American State Fair have shared video of chaotic scenes unfolding after an evacuation order was issued due to severe weather, chaos sparked by “several hundred” attendees who refused to leave the National Mall. “Look, look, it’s a stampede, they’re jumping over the things, people are falling down right over here!” said controversial far-right journalist James O’Keefe, reporting from the National Mall in a vide ...

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DOGE Ends, Bitcoin Begins? Musk and Saylor's July 4 Posts Fuel Speculation

Sat, July 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM EDT The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officially ended on July 4, the sunset date written into President Donald Trump's January 2025 executive order. Posts from Elon Musk and Michael Saylor quickly fueled speculation that Bitcoin (BTC) inherits the reform story. Musk, DOGE's former co-leader, marked Independence Day with a patriotic video montage instead of a farewell to the program. Meanwhile, MicroStrategy's executive chairman answered him with one ...

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Fire breaks out on Brooklyn Bridge during New York's fireworks show

July 4, 2026, 11:08 PM NEW YORK -- A fire broke out on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York during the city's July Fourth fireworks show, spreading flames and setting off a plume of smoke before firefighters extinguished the blaze. No injuries were reported. Two fire engines were used to put out the blaze, the city's fire department said. Firefighters were seen dousing the flames shortly before 10 p.m. on the bridge, which had been closed to traffic during the show. A department spokesperson said ...

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FTC Commissioner Fired By Trump Speaks Out After Supreme Court Ruling: 'Profoundly Disappointed'

Jul 4th, 2026, 4:58 pm Former Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter spoke out for the first time since the Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump had the authority to fire her without cause. Slaughter joined MS NOW’s Jacob Soboroff on Saturday on his Connect show, where she discussed the Supreme Court ruling against her in their 6-3 decision. The ruling was one of a handful of recent decisions, some of which handed major wins to the president. Trump fired Slaughter, a Democrat, i ...

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FBI seized more than 600 drones near World Cup events

July 4, 2026, 10:08 PM EDT The FBI says it has seized more than 600 drones near FIFA World Cup sites after authorities determined the devices violated restricted airspace since the tournament began on June 11. The total number of seized drones nationwide has doubled in less than two weeks. The FBI, along with accredited operators from local and state law enforcement around the country, is monitoring drone activity near World Cup competitions and related fan fest events. The Federal Aviation ...

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Trump DOJ wants judge slapped with 'serious sentence' for helping immigrant evade ICE, but she's not having it

46 min ago - Jul 5th, 2026, 4:17 pm Federal prosecutors want a "serious sentence" to be handed down to Hannah Dugan — the former Wisconsin judge who was found guilty last year of impeding ICE agents during a courthouse arrest — as her sentencing looms, ... (Law & Crime)

Florida Republican says deporting Haitians with TPS would be 'huge mistake'

1 hr ago - Sun 5 Jul 2026 15.54 EDT Last modified on Sun 5 Jul 2026 15.57 EDT Carlos Giménez, a Republican congressman from Florida, broke with the Trump administration on Sunday, calling on the White House to reconsider its push to eliminate temporary p ... (The Guardian)

Johnson Says Congress Must Address Birthright Citizenship After SCOTUS Loss

1 hr ago - Published Jul 05, 2026 at 01:52 PM EDT updated Jul 05, 2026 at 03:20 PM EDT House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that Congress must take up the legislative fight over birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court struck down an executive order by ... (Newsweek)

Trump says he overruled plan to cancel Mall celebration amid weather evacuations

3 hrs ago - President Donald Trump said Sunday he personally overruled a recommendation to cancel the July Fourth “Salute to America” event on the National Mall after approaching storms forced a chaotic evacuation of hundreds of thousands of revelers a ... (Washington Post)

Thousands without power as PECO workers strike continues

7 hrs ago - As of about 5 p.m. on Sunday, more than 18,000 homes throughout the Philadelphia region remained without power due to outages caused by Saturday storms. By Hayden Mitman, Brendan Brightman and Andrew Rowan • Published July 5, 2026 • Updated ... (nbcphiladelphia)

White supremacists' July 4 march counts as free speech in 'messy democracy,' Interior Secretary Burgum says

8 hrs ago - July 5, 2026, at 2:33 p.m. July 5 (Reuters) - Federal officials had no ⁠reason ⁠to stop a white supremacist ⁠group's July 4 rally in Washington because of free speech protections, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on ... (US News & World Report/Reuters)

DC experiences 'Code Red' air quality after massive fireworks display

9 hrs ago - PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2026, 5:32 PM ET Residents of Washington, DC, on Sunday briefly experienced the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a company that ranks pollution globally, as the capital reckoned with the aftermath of a m ... (CNN Politics)

Former CDC official describes "pure chaos" as RFK Jr. sought to transform health agency and take over vaccine panel

9 hrs ago - July 5, 2026 / 1:25 PM EDT A former top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described "pure chaos" at the health agency as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought to drastically transform its policies a ... (CBS News)

'Misquoted the Declaration': Outrage mounts over Trump's July 4 speech stumble

9 hrs ago - July 5, 2026 8:42AM ET President Donald Trump drew scorn from conservatives and liberals alike for a July 4 stumble that threw his patriotism, and his education, into question. Trump addressed the nation on the 250th anniversary of the signing of th ... (Raw Story)

Trump to meet with Ukraine's Zelenskyy and Syria's al-Sharaa during the NATO summit

10 hrs ago - Updated 2:40 PM EDT, July 5, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Wednesday while attending the NATO summit in Turkey, the White House sa ... (AP)

Top Trump aide contradicts him over Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool algae cause

11 hrs ago - Sunday 05 July 2026 13:46 EDT A Trump Cabinet secretary went on CNN on Sunday to back up the president’s claims that “vandalism” is the reason why the $15 million renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool still aren’t co ... (The Independent)

At Trump's Direction, Federal Agencies Are Abandoning Discrimination Cases

11 hrs ago - July 5, 2026 When Kenni Miller started as a shift manager in his local Sheetz convenience store in Altoona, Pa., he felt something that he rarely had as a Black man in the workplace. He felt trusted. He felt appreciated. When he was fired a few week ... (New York Times)

UK's Farage referred to standards watchdog after new report of undeclared benefits

12 hrs ago - July 5, 2026 5:19 AM EDT Updated 10 hours ago LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - The leader of Britain's anti-immigration Reform UK party Nigel Farage was referred to parliament's standards watchdog on Sunday after a report ‌that he failed to dec ... (Reuters)

Speaker Johnson says House will pass Trump's voter ID bill through arduous process after GOP revolt

12 hrs ago - PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2026, 1:53 PM ET House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to move quickly to advance President Donald Trump’s signature voter ID legislation through the arduous budget reconciliation process once the House returns to Washington ... (CNN Politics)

White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted

12 hrs ago - White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted The Associated Press July 5, 2026, 1:53 PM FILE - The Smithsonian Museum of American History is pictured on the National Mall in Washington, April 3, 2019. (AP ... (The Associated Press via WTOP)

Trump Asked FIFA to Review Balogun's Suspension. He Is Now Eligible to Play.

13 hrs ago - President Trump called Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, on Wednesday and asked him to review the suspension of the United States’ top goal scorer, Folarin Balogun, after he was given a red card in the team’s match that night against ... (The New York Times)

Hegseth goes quiet on Iran as Trump pursues diplomacy

13 hrs ago - 07/05/26 12:01 PM ET Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was the Trump administration’s frontman for waging war on Iran during weeks of kinetic operations aimed at decimating its nuclear threat. Since President Trump signed a memorandum of understa ... (The Hill)

Mallory McMorrow ends bid for Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan

13 hrs ago - July 5, 2026, 2:31 PM EDT Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow has suspended her campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, setting up a high-stakes, two-way clash between the party’s center and its progressive left flank. “I ... (NBC News)

British military says cargo ship reports being under attack in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen

15 hrs ago - Posted 8:41 AM, Jul 05, 2026 A cargo ship came under attack Sunday off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea, the British military said, the latest maritime attack off the conflict-torn Arab country. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center re ... (Scripps News/AP)

Folarin Balogun eligible to play for US v Belgium as Fifa rescinds red card suspension

15 hrs ago - Folarin Balogun’s red card and one-game suspension received in the United States’ previous World Cup game has been rescinded and the striker will be available to play in Monday’s last-16 game against Belgium, Fifa announced on Sunday. ... (The Guardian)