Expectations were raised for a raft of pardons in connection with the country’s 250th birthday but the president granted fewer than 20 on July 3.
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Rebuked by appeals court for "abuse of discretion" in Trump administration contempt probe, judge risks second rebuke from superiors for letting D.C. censor "Black Pre-Born Lives Matter" protest while ignoring BLM vandalism.
Capital flight: Illinois has now become Taxifornia 2.0, where, like California and New York, businesses are voting with their U-Hauls and heading to Texas, and Florida. Trump has said "Job-producing people and companies are being forced to flee at levels never seen before. Remember, once people and companies leave, they are never coming back."
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The State Department detailed travel by Democratic Socialists to Cuba, the party’s entanglement with Cuba-backed groups in the United States, and ideological affinity for the Cuban regime in a report released on Monday.
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President Trump presented evidence last Thursday night that China had compromised and obtained 220 million American voter registration files but media have been downplaying it ever since.
Within the first 100 days of his second term, Trump issued multiple executive orders attempting to root out diversity, equity and inclusion policies
Last year, a storm that hit in the early morning hours of July 4, 2025, caused the Guadalupe River to rise 20 feet in less than an hour. This year, the river rose more than 30 feet over a longer period.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recently that the federal ban against home whiskey distilleries is unconstitutional. However, the 6th Circuit upheld the federal ban.
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, lambasted congressional Democrats’ “persistent, habitual, never-ending obstruction,” which has “made it difficult to govern” for the Republican trifecta.
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Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Graham's sister Darline Graham Nordone to serve the remainder of her brother's term, and she announced Monday that she plans to seek the full term in November.