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A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) effort to lift Biden-era limits on fine particulate matter, or soot, from coal-fired power plants and factories, representing a setback to the Trump administration’s actions to loosen environmental…

President Donald Trump said on Friday that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington would be repaired after July 4 due to damage allegedly caused by vandals. “We just inspected it. We’ll fix it right after the 4th of July.…

The Faith and Freedom Coalition holds the second day of its annual Road to Majority Conference at 9 a.m. ET on June 27, bringing together conservative activists, elected officials, and grassroots leaders to discuss policy priorities, voter engagement, and campaign…

The Democratic Party has spent the past year winning elections without settling a basic question: what it wants to be. Its voters keep giving split answers. In some places, they choose Democratic Socialists who vow to upend the system; in…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued an influential medical organization, seeking to prevent it from allegedly misleading patients about the benefits of “gender-affirming care” for children. In a complaint filed on June 17, the Trump administration and four states…

American artificial intelligence company Anthropic said on June 26 that the government has authorized it to release Claude Mythos 5, its most advanced AI model, to certain U.S. organizations, reversing a previous order that suspended access over security concerns. The…

The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to approve its policy of detaining illegal immigrants who have been in the country for years without releasing them on bond. The petition in Raycraft v. Lopez-Campos was docketed on June…

President Donald Trump on Friday shared on social media a rendering of what he said was the new U.S. passport design, underscoring a message of welcome paired with a call for good behavior while visiting.  “The U.S.A.’s New Passport, which…

SpaceX plans to start construction on an 8-mile “Starpipe” natural gas pipeline on July 7 to bring fuel directly to its Texas launch site, according to the company’s filing with the Texas Railroad Commission. Elon Musk’s space company’s contractors Lone…

Artificial intelligence (AI) giant OpenAI announced on June 26 the preview release of its new class of models, which, for the time being, will be limited to a small group of users approved by the Trump administration. The ChatGPT-maker is…

U.S. forces launched strikes on Iran on June 26 in response to a drone strike on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced. CENTCOM previously assessed that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps…

President Donald Trump receives the Religious Liberty Commission Report at 3 p.m. ET on June 26.

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump described the influx of communism as the biggest danger to the nation on Friday while delivering the keynote address at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference. “This is the most serious threat to our country, since its…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds a trilateral (United States, Israel, and Lebanon) framework signing ceremony at 1:30 p.m. ET on June 26.

President Donald Trump reacts after Iran attacked a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The president also threatened consequences for Europe, if they impose a special tax on American companies. The man accused of sparking California’s deadly Palisades fire…

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho—With a third advanced nuclear reactor prototype in less than a month set to reach criticality next week, United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright projects that as many as five more first-of-kind reactors, including several that could fit…

A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund can proceed and said the Department of Justice (DOJ) must declare in a sworn statement before the court whether the fund is dead. The order,…

President Donald Trump has accused Iran of violating the ceasefire between the United States and the Middle Eastern country following an Iranian drone attack on a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. In a June 26 post on Truth…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture hosts the One Big Beautiful Breakfast on June 26, highlighting the agriculture-related provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill. ...

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Friday that inspectors should soon regain access to Iran under the U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding, even as Tehran says that bomb-damaged nuclear sites will remain off-limits until a final deal is reached…