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• Burgum on algae in Reflecting Pool: ‘All gone’

  05-07-2026 16:55 via thehill.com
  
  Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Sunday said the algae in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is “all gone” after a $14.6 million renovation to the landmark was overrun with muddy green water. “The algae is all gone. I mean, that was a momentary thing as the [Reflecting Pool] was being refilled, there was algae in...
  
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• Live updates: Trump reportedly called FIFA chief over USA player's red card; Johnson warns of more 'Mamdanis'

  05-07-2026 22:26 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump reportedly called FIFA President Gianni Infantino to discuss the red card given to Team USA's Folarin Balogun during Wednesday night's game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, two outlets have reported on Sunday. Trump later cheered the reversal, calling it an "injustice." FIFA said its independent panel overturned the red card suspension for Monday's game....
  
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• Florida Republican calls SCOTUS ruling on TPS for Haitians a ‘huge mistake’

  05-07-2026 21:57 via thehill.com
  
  Florida Rep. Carlos Giménez (R) on Sunday said efforts to deport Haitians after the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Trump administration’s decision to rescind temporary protective status (TPS) would be a “mistake.”  “In the case of Haiti, without a doubt, Haiti is a failed state, and I think that deporting Haitians that are under TPS...
  
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• Florida Republican calls Haitians' deportation after TPS ruling a ‘huge mistake’

  05-07-2026 21:57 via thehill.com
  
  Florida Rep. Carlos Giménez (R) on Sunday said efforts to deport Haitians after the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Trump administration’s decision to rescind temporary protective status (TPS) would be a “mistake.”  “In the case of Haiti, without a doubt, Haiti is a failed state, and I think that deporting Haitians that are under TPS...
  
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• Trump hails FIFA's red card reversal for Team USA’s Balogun in World Cup

  05-07-2026 20:22 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Sunday hailed FIFA’s decision to reverse a red card handed to Team USA’s Folarin Balogun during the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. The red card would have marked a one-game suspension for the USA’s 25-year-old star athlete, leaving him absent from Monday's match against Belgium.  “Thank you to FIFA for doing what...
  
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• Wes Moore: There is 'something fundamentally wrong' with Trump making $1B in crypto money

  05-07-2026 20:02 via thehill.com
  
  Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Sunday said there “is something wrong” with President Trump making $1 billion in cryptocurrency. “I do have an issue with some of the ways that we’ve now seen how we deal with cryptocurrency,” Moore said on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream. “The President of the United States has...
  
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• Shapiro calls Vance's language in foreign policy speeches ‘dangerous and destructive’

  05-07-2026 19:17 via thehill.com
  
  Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said Vice President Vance’s language in foreign policy speeches has been “dangerous” and “destructive" on the world stage. “I think it's really dangerous and destructive, the language the president, by the way, even more so the vice president, uses, that tries to separate out certain Americans and determine which one...
  
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• Mike Johnson: 14th Amendment 'devalued' by 'birthright tourism'

  05-07-2026 19:07 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said "birthright tourism" has "devalued" the 14th Amendment after President Trump called on Congress to tackle the issue of birthright citizenship following the Supreme Court's recent decision. Johnson praised Justice Clarence Thomas's dissent against the high court's opinion that it would not rule on Trump's executive order to limit...
  
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• Live updates: Johnson warns of more 'Mamdanis' after Trump invokes threat of 'communism' in July 4 speech

  05-07-2026 18:35 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump marked the nation's 250th birthday with a late Saturday night speech that blended the championing of American achievements with partisan rhetoric. Trump's address lasted about 30 minutes — not as long as he promised days before extreme heat and weather impacted the Fourth of July celebrations in Washington on Saturday. After the president...
  
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• Live updates: Johnson warns of more 'Mamdani's' after Trump invokes threat of 'communism' in July 4 speech

  05-07-2026 18:35 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump marked the nation's 250th birthday with a late Saturday night speech that blended the championing of American achievements with partisan rhetoric. Trump's address lasted about 30 minutes — not as long as he promised days before extreme heat and weather impacted the Fourth of July celebrations in Washington on Saturday. After the president...
  
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• Johnson says House will pass SAVE America Act 'one more time' in reconciliation bill

  05-07-2026 18:25 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said the House will attempt to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act "one more time" through a budget reconciliation bill.  "The president has that as a top priority, and so do I," Johnson told Fox News's Shannon Bream in an interview on Sunday. "We passed it...
  
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• Shapiro: Trump ‘accumulated way more power than our founders would have hoped’

  05-07-2026 18:16 via thehill.com
  
  Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Sunday said following President Trump's Independence Day address that the commander in chief has “accumulated” more power than the founding fathers would have hoped for, echoing consistent criticism from Democrats. “Only more recently do we have an executive who, again, I think has accumulated way more power than our...
  
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• Mike Johnson on democratic socialist candidates: 'There are many Mamdanis popping up'

  05-07-2026 17:59 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said "there are many Mamdanis popping up," referring to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) in talking about democratic socialists winning recent Democratic state primaries. Johnson echoed President Trump's claim that "communism" is a threat to the country. "There are many Mamdanis popping up, running for Congress around...
  
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• Mike Johnson on democratic socialist candidates: 'There are many Mamdani's popping up'

  05-07-2026 17:59 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said "there are many Mamdani's popping up," referring to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) in talking about democratic socialists winning recent Democratic state primaries. Johnson echoed President Trump's claim that "communism" is a threat to the country. "There are many Mamdanis popping up, running for Congress around...
  
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• Burgum defends white nationalist group’s right to march on Independence Day, citing First Amendment

  05-07-2026 16:24 via thehill.com
  
  Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Sunday said he disagreed with the beliefs of a white nationalist group that marched through the nation’s capital on Independence Day but defended their right to do so, despite concerns from local residents.  Approximately 400 masked people wearing paraphernalia with the logo of the Patriot Front white supremacist group marched...
  
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• Burgum defends white nationalist group’s Independence Day march, citing First Amendment

  05-07-2026 16:24 via thehill.com
  
  Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Sunday said he disagreed with the beliefs of a white nationalist group that marched through the nation’s capital on Independence Day but defended their right to do so, despite concerns from local residents.  Approximately 400 masked people wearing paraphernalia with the logo of the Patriot Front white supremacist group marched...
  
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• Trump touts ‘best fireworks show, EVER’ after 250th speech, weather delays

  05-07-2026 15:11 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump in a late night post praised Saturday’s fireworks show in Washington, D.C., describing the explosive display across the night sky as the “best” ever.“Best fireworks show, EVER,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post moments after he addressed the nation for Independence Day.Trump officials said it was the largest fireworks show...
  
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• Live updates: Trump, nation celebrate America 250

  05-07-2026 14:30 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump marked the nation's 250th birthday with a late Saturday night speech that blended the championing of American achievements with partisan rhetoric. Trump's address lasted about 30 minutes — not as long as he promised days before extreme heat and weather impacted the Fourth of July celebrations in Washington on Saturday. As the president...
  
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• Trump, in July 4 speech, says he 'wasn't treated that well' despite American right to equal justice

  05-07-2026 13:51 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Saturday said in his Fourth of July speech on the National Mall that he "wasn't treated that well" in a reference to his legal battles and felony conviction as it relates to the American right to equal justice under the law. The remarks came while the president talked about the Constitution, "the...
  
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• Wins by the far-left set up challenge for Hakeem Jeffries

  05-07-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The growing wave of primary victories by democratic socialists is poised to pose a major challenge for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) if Democrats retake the House in the midterms. He will likely need to contend with an increasingly restive and energized left flank as he mounts a bid for the Speakership and attempts...
  
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• Trump celebrates America’s 250th anniversary in weather-delayed, sometimes partisan speech

  05-07-2026 07:03 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump capped off the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding with a late-night speech delayed by inclement weather that blended the championing of American achievements and resilience with deeply partisan rhetoric about the perceived ideological threats facing the country. “Tonight we come together for one of the most joyous and glorious milestones of all time,”...
  
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• Trump pardons 11 people ahead of July 4, including Clean Air Act violators: What to know

  04-07-2026 22:14 via thehill.com
  
  President Donald Trump pardoned 11 people on Friday, including nine people who were convicted of violating a federal air pollution law, a White House official confirmed. It’s the latest acts of clemency granted by Trump in his second term, following a slate of pardons granted specifically to allies and high-profile figures Trump deemed were unfairly...
  
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• Trump sneaks in Nobel Prize jab while touting America's achievements

  04-07-2026 21:10 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump slipped a familiar grievance into his remarks at Mount Rushmore on the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday, complaining about not having won a Nobel Prize. The aside came as Trump rattled off a list of inventions and advancements pioneered by Americans, while also touting the country’s dominance in music, sports and culture.  ...
  
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• Former presidents reflect on America at 250: ‘Constant work in progress’

  04-07-2026 20:15 via thehill.com
  
  Former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton on Saturday marked the U.S.’s 250th birthday with messages reflecting on both U.S. history and the future of the country. Their sentiments struck a common theme: the U.S. has prospered since its founding in 1776 because generations of Americans have worked to fight...
  
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• Live updates: Trump delivers speech marking America's 250th anniversary after weather delay

  04-07-2026 19:36 via thehill.com
  
  An excessive heat dome caused delays or cancellations of several Fourth of July festivities in the nation's capital on Saturday, as millions of Americans celebrate the U.S.'s 250th birthday, including the Salute to America on the National Mall. Guests were told shortly before 7:30 p.m. to evacuate the grounds and seek shelter in the nearby...
  
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• Live updates: Salute to America delayed due to severe weather

  04-07-2026 19:36 via thehill.com
  
  An excessive heat dome caused delays or cancellations of several Fourth of July festivities in the nation's capital on Saturday, as millions of Americans celebrate the U.S.'s 250th birthday, including the Salute to America on the National Mall. Guests were told shortly before 7:30 p.m. to evacuate the grounds and seek shelter in the nearby...
  
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• USPS unveils Declaration of Independence stamps for America 250

  04-07-2026 18:40 via thehill.com
  
  The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Saturday unveiled a new commemorative stamp honoring the Declaration of Independence as the nation celebrates the U.S.’s 250th anniversary. The Declaration of Independence Forever stamp, issued in panes of 20, features a vertical design in red, white and blue set against a deep navy background. The year “1776”...
  
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• Trump battles time in bid to boost weapons stockpiles 

  04-07-2026 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s talk of boosting U.S. munitions stockpiles is facing the harsh reality of America’s production capacity.Even if Congress passes his enormous $1.5 trillion request for defense spending, which is looking less likely with each passing week, defense contractors are simply unable to rapidly refill caches that have been badly depleted during the wars...
  
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• What to know about July 4th security on National Mall

  04-07-2026 17:42 via thehill.com
  
  Security at this year’s Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., will look different from previous years to accommodate a speech from President Trump marking the 250th anniversary.  The iconic annual fireworks show in the nation’s capital was designated as a “National Special Security Event” for the first time ever this...
  
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• Trump’s $1K investment accounts roll out for eligible newborns

  04-07-2026 17:31 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration on Saturday launched its newborn investment program, called “Trump Accounts,” opening the federal savings accounts for millions of children in line with America’s 250th anniversary. Trump Accounts are available to anyone with a Social Security number under the age of 18. Qualifying children born between Jan 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028,...
  
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