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Trump Turns America’s 250th Birthday Into a SAVE America Act Rally — Then a Thunderstorm Wrecked the Party
Trump Turns America’s 250th Birthday Into a SAVE America Act Rally — Then a Thunderstorm Wrecked the Party On July 4, 2026, President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as part of the “Salute to America 250” celebration marking the country’s semiquincentennial. The event was scheduled to begin…
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50,000 Missing, Nearly 3,000 Dead: Venezuela’s Earthquake Disaster Deepens as Rescue Window Closes and Answers Stay Elusive
50,000 Missing, Nearly 3,000 Dead: Venezuela’s Earthquake Disaster Deepens as Rescue Window Closes and Answers Stay Elusive Ten days after twin magnitude 7.5 and 7.2 earthquakes struck Yaracuy state in northwestern Venezuela on June 24, 2026, the official confirmed death toll had risen to at least 2,645 as of July 3, with the figure continuing…
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Xi Purges and Promotes: Two New PLA Generals Fill Ranks Hollowed Out by China’s Military Corruption Sweep
Xi Purges and Promotes: Two New PLA Generals Fill Ranks Hollowed Out by China’s Military Corruption Sweep Chinese President Xi Jinping promoted two officers to the rank of full general at a formal military ceremony on July 4, 2026, filling critical command vacancies created by an ongoing anti-corruption purge that has removed some of the…
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Ukraine’s Drones Hit Putin’s Hometown: St. Petersburg Oil Terminal and Kronstadt Base Struck in Deepest Strike of the War
Ukraine’s Drones Hit Putin’s Hometown: St. Petersburg Oil Terminal and Kronstadt Base Struck in Deepest Strike of the War Ukrainian defense forces struck oil export infrastructure at St. Petersburg’s Great Port and a military facility in the adjacent island fortress of Kronstadt in the early hours of July 4, 2026. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the…
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Beyoncé’s Surprise July 4th Drop Is Her “First New Music in Two Years” — If You Ignore That It’s 13 Years Old
Beyoncé’s Surprise July 4th Drop Is Her “First New Music in Two Years” — If You Ignore That It’s 13 Years Old Beyoncé released a song titled “MORNING DEW (DONK)” on July 4, 2026, billed as her first official solo release since Cowboy Carter in March 2024. The track was written by Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams,…
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s 1,000-Person July 4th Wedding Is a Spectacle Everyone Has Feelings About
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s 1,000-Person July 4th Wedding Is a Spectacle Everyone Has Feelings About Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married on Friday, July 4, 2026, in a ceremony held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with actor and comedian Adam Sandler officiating. Both Swift and Kelce wore Christian Dior [1].…
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Iran War Has Cost American Families $100 Billion — and GOP Strategists Say the Midterm Clock Is Running Out
Iran War Has Cost American Families $100 Billion — and GOP Strategists Say the Midterm Clock Is Running Out As ceasefire negotiations between the United States and Iran continued in Doha through the July 4 weekend, Vice President JD Vance told reporters on July 1, 2026, that talks were “going well” and that discussions on…
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“Big Beautiful Bill” Turns One: Hospitals Are Closing and 4 Million Americans Lost Food Stamps
“Big Beautiful Bill” Turns One: Hospitals Are Closing and 4 Million Americans Lost Food Stamps One year after President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025, analyses published on its first anniversary document measurable early consequences from the law’s sweeping changes to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
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Supreme Court Kills Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order — So Republicans Are Trying to Rewrite the Constitution
Supreme Court Kills Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order — So Republicans Are Trying to Rewrite the Constitution The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 30, 2026, that the 14th Amendment guarantees automatic birthright citizenship to virtually all children born in the United States, striking down President Trump’s executive order from January 20, 2025, which sought to…
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Democrats Allege Wire Fraud as Trump-Aligned Group Funneled America’s Birthday Donations to Itself
Democrats Allege Wire Fraud as Trump-Aligned Group Funneled America’s Birthday Donations to Itself Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee released a 55-page report on July 2, 2026, alleging that Freedom 250 — the White House-aligned nonprofit overseeing several of the America 250 celebrations — misled donors and may have committed wire fraud in the…