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6:59 PM on Sunday, July 5

President Donald Trump has posted a falsified image of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama boarding Air Force One covered with graffiti

3:24 PM on Sunday, July 5

A Delta Air Lines flight and a high-flying firework reportedly came into contact in the sky above Chicago as the city celebrated the Fourth of July holiday

1:47 PM on Sunday, July 5

A handful of countries in the OPEC+ oil-producing alliance are planning to increase their outputs modestly next month

1:40 PM on Sunday, July 5

President Donald Trump plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa while attending the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey

1:03 PM on Sunday, July 5

Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow has suspended her campaign for the U.S. Senate

12:49 PM on Sunday, July 5

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

12:17 PM on Sunday, July 5

"Minions & Monsters" has topped the July Fourth weekend box office, narrowly beating "Toy Story 5."

11:49 AM on Sunday, July 5

A seaplane made a rough landing in New York City’s East River, alarming bystanders though there were only minor injuries reported

11:38 AM on Sunday, July 5

Several days of scorching temperatures are suspected to have caused at least 19 deaths in New Jersey as a heat dome that had settled above parts of the central and eastern United States gives way to severe storms that have knocked out power to close to 1 million homes and businesses

10:35 AM on Sunday, July 5

The Trump administration won't seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

9:42 AM on Sunday, July 5

Police in New York City say a shooting at a Fourth of July cookout near the Coney Island beach left eight people wounded, including four children

7:01 AM on Sunday, July 5

Pope Leo XIV is going on summer vacation after a whirlwind finale to the first half of 2026

11:03 PM on Saturday, July 4

Prosecutors will present their case this week against the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk

10:47 PM on Saturday, July 4

Iran’s top officials and brothers of the country’s new supreme leader have emerged into public view to attend the funeral prayers for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signaling confidence in their safety as Iran pushes back on U.S. demands in negotiations to permanently end the war

9:43 PM on Saturday, July 4

A pastor of a prominent underground church detained in China in October has been released, according to rights advocates

1:30 PM on Saturday, July 4

12:58 PM on Saturday, July 4

12:14 AM on Saturday, July 4

President Donald Trump has mixed partisan politics with patriotic appeals as he commemorated the 250th anniversary of American independence, a moment he declared “one of the most joyous and glorious milestones of all time.”

7:24 PM on Friday, July 3

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have officially tied the knot

10:57 AM on Monday, June 22