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U.S. President Donald Trump marked the launch of Trump Accounts in the Oval Office on July 6. Under the program, parents can open special investment accounts for any child born during Trump’s second term and automatically receive $1,000 from the government.

Trump will travel to Ankara, Turkey, to attend the NATO summit on July 7 and 8, where leaders are expected to review progress on the alliance’s defense spending commitments and burden-sharing goals. Hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the summit brings together the leaders of NATO’s 32 member states.

A day before America’s 250th Independence Day, Mount Rushmore will serve as the majestic backdrop for a speech from President Donald Trump—capped by a show-stopping $700,000 fireworks display.

A dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the eastern United States, with extreme temperatures expected through the July 4th weekend. Forecasters warn the heat and humidity could be life-threatening.

U.S. applications for jobless aid inched down last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 27 fell by 1,000 to 215,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

U.S. employers slowed hiring last month and added only 57,000 jobs, less than half the previous month’s total and a sign companies still have a cautious economic outlook.

New York City is preparing for one of its busiest Fourth of July weekends in years under dangerous heat and heightened security. The challenges come as a major he...

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States was getting along very well with Iran and that recent meetings in Qatar went well. "The denuclearization of Iran is moving along well," Trump told reporters. "They've had very good meetings, and we'll see."

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros was declared victorious over longtime Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) in a major political upset in the Colorado Primary elections on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court makes decisions on birthright citizenship, transgender participation in women’s sports, and campaign finance. It comes after the nation’s highest court released several more decisions in landmark cases on Monday, including gun rights, voting laws, and Fourth Amendment protections.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser to the president Jared Kushner are traveling to Doha for talks with Qatari mediators on the U.S.–Iran peace process, but there will be no high-level meeting between American and Iranian officials, Qatar’s foreign ministry said Tuesday.

The Supreme Court issued a major ruling on the fate of mail-in ballots received after Election Day. Find out how President Donald Trump is responding.

The president also said Iran had requested a meeting with the United States after the two sides agreed to halt military strikes. NTD has the details on peace talks set to resume as soon as Tuesday.

Additional U.S.-funded mobile field hospitals are expected to become operational in Venezuela within the next 24 to 48 hours in response to the earthquakes there.

The death toll from two back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to around 589, with close to 3,000 people injured, interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Friday. She also said that the government has decided to militarize the state of La Guaira after the earthquakes.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that after strikes on Iran, the United States is negotiating from a stronger position.

“We knocked the hell out of them, and now we're negotiating from a position of pure strength,” he said at a dinner with American farmers in the White House Rose Garden.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said U.S. search-and-rescue teams were being deployed to Venezuela following deadly earthquakes. Two powerful earthquakes wreaked havoc in and around the capital, Caracas, trapping people beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings and setting off powerful aftershocks.

Oil prices fell to their lowest levels since before the outbreak of the Iran war on Thursday as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continued to recover, signaling that crude exports from the Gulf are steadily returning to normal and easing prolonged supply disruption fears.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday canceled a planned signing of bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up the construction and availability of more affordable housing. "Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Brent crude oil has reached its lowest price since the Iran war began. The global benchmark dipped below $76 a barrel early Wednesday. It’s still higher than before the conflict started on Feb. 28, but lower than...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran has agreed to allow nuclear inspections for the foreseeable future.

"Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!)," he wrote in a social media post. "This will insure 'Nuclear Honesty.' If they did not agree to this, there would be no further negotiations!"

Iran has denied that it had begun discussions on its nuclear program or agreed to invite International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors back to the country.

Voters head to the polls on...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would resign as leader of the Labour Party, bowing to pressure from within his own party to step down. It opens the door to a leadership contest to replace him as Britain’s next leader.

Alan Greenspan, the jazz-playing U.S. Federal Reserve chair who was celebrated for engineering a decade of prosperity but later shared the blame for a devastating financial crisis, died on Monday. He was 100.

The next phase of U.S.–Iran talks scheduled for June 19 have been postponed, according to the Swiss Foreign Ministry. Negotiations had been scheduled to take place at the Bürgenstock mountaintop resort overlooking Lake Lucerne.

Outgoing National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, on June 18, released documents exposing Dr. Anthony Fauci’s alleged role in directing U.S. funding for “dangerous gain-of-function research” at a Wuhan lab linked to the origin of the COVID-19 virus.

Vice President JD Vance holds a briefing at the White House and is likely to face questions on the details of the U.S. framework deal with Iran. President Donald Trump signed the deal in Versailles on Wednesday.

Gas prices fell below $4 per gallon Thursday for the first time since March, bringing Americans some relief, after more than three months of elevated prices as a result of the Iran war.

President Donald Trump is holding a news conference on the final day of the G7 summit in France.

Trump said Wednesday's Senate hearing on Jay Clayton's nomination to become the next U.S. intel chief was canceled and would not go forward until James McDonald is confirmed as a U.S. attorney.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the text of the U.S.-Iran interim deal would be made public soon, as he met G7 leaders in France. Trump said the text of the deal states clearly that Tehran will not have a nuclear weapon, and the full agreement would be made public in a formal setting in a few days.

The FBI disrupted “planned attacks” that were intended to target the White House’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event on Sunday evening, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to France on June 15 for the G7 summit, just hours after announcing a deal with Iran. Leaders of the world’s seven largest advanced economies are meeting from June 15 to June 17 in the French spa town of Evian-les-Bains to discuss global trade, immigration, geopolitical conflicts, and other key issues.

Oil prices slipped to a three-month low on June 15 after U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran's deputy foreign minister said they had reached an initial deal to end the war and to resume traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on June 11 that a U.S.–Iran deal is close and will be signed in the coming days. “We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran,” Trump said at the beginning of an Oval Office event. “And we’re going to be, subject to finalization of documents, which should get done over the next few days, probably have a signing, maybe in Europe.”

Elon Musk's SpaceX is is set for its IPO on June 12 making history as the largest initial public offering on record with a value of US$1.77 tril...

The United States is going to be striking Iran “very hard tonight,” President Donald Trump said on Thursday, adding, “At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States of America.”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday announced the indictments of three illegal immigrants who allegedly took part in a wide-ranging conspiracy to smuggle more than a dozen children...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Iran of dragging out negotiations with Washington and warned that Tehran would “pay the price” for delaying a deal that he earlier signaled was nearing a breakthrough.

Rising energy prices from the three-month-old war in Iran lifted inflation in May to its highest level in three years. The U.S. annual inflation rate surged to 4.2 percent last month, from 3.8 percent in April, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on June 10.

President Donald Trump said Iran shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz overnight. He has vowed to respond. Both U.S. pilots involved in the incident are safe and uninjured.

Voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday for primary elections in Maine, South Carolina, Nevada, and North Dakota. And in the Los Angeles mayoral race, Nithya Raman is projected to advance to a November runoff against incumbent Karen Bass.

NASA announced four astronauts for the Artemis III mission. Find out who they are, and what the objective...

The Senate passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement package on Friday after an overnight vote-a-rama on Capitol Hill. The Senate voted 52–47 to approve the legislation, with no support from ‌Democrats. The bill funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s second term, and now heads to the House. The legislation follows months of partisan clashes over immigration enforcement and Homeland Security funding.

The U.S. labor market remained hot in May, with hiring momentum continuing heading into the summer. New government data released on June 5 show the economy added 172,000 jobs l...

President Donald Trump announced late Wednesday evening that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general.

“We are going to make him permanent attorney general,” Trump said at a Rose Garden event.

Blanche was tapped as acting attorney general after Trump announced on April 2 that Attorney General Pam Bondi was transitioning to an important role in the private sector.

Israel will continue its operations on the ground in southern Lebanon despite agreeing to a ceasefire, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on June 4.

His comments were made a day afte...

President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed not to have a nuclear weapon and that he would probably meet with Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei at some point if things "work out."

Republican Steve Hilton and former Health Secretary Xavier Becerra held onto early leads in the open primary race for California governor on June 3, positioning them to potentially advance to the Nov. 3 general election.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will sit before House and Senate committees this week to make the State Department’s annual budget request. The focus is likely to shift quickly to the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran.

Rubio, who also serves as President Donald Trump's national security adviser, will testify at hearings over two days. Following his appearances on June 2 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Appropriations subcommittee responsible for the State Department, Rubio will return to the Hill on June 3 to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the equivalent Senate Appropriations subcommittee.

The United States said on Sunday it conducted self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and drone control sites in response to aggressive actions from Tehran. The sites are located on Iran's Goruk and Qeshm Islands.

The Department of Commerce has issued new guidance to prevent Chinese companies from obtaining advanced U.S. artificial intelligence chips, such as Nvidia’s most sophisticated Blackwell processors, through overseas subsidiaries.

Oil futures fell 2 percent on Friday and were on track for their steepest weekly decline since early April. It comes after reports that the United States and Iran could reach an agreement to extend the current ceasefire.

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing questions today from House Oversight investigators about the Jeffrey Epstein files. The appearance follows a dispute with the Justice Department, which argued Bondi should not be required to testify after leaving office.

The U.S. military says Kuwait intercepted a ballistic missile Iran launched toward the country Wednesday night. It comes after the U.S. targeted a site that posed a threat to U.S. forces and commercial traffic. In response, Iran's military launched an attack targeting an American air base in the area.

The Treasury launches 'Trump Accounts' on app stores nationwide, advancing a policy initiative that aims to create millions of investment accounts for children. It seeks to encourage long-term investing from an early age through government-backed starter accounts.

President Donald Trump hosts a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday. The meeting comes as the administration weighs its next steps with Iran.

The results are in from the Texas primaries. The most-watched race was in Texas, where Attorney General Ken Paxton unseated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) with Trump’s endorsement.

U.S. President Donald Trump lays out three possible paths for dealing with Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium as negotiations continue over a broader peace deal.

Voters are finalizing their choices for several key congressional races in Texas on Tuesday. All eyes will be on the Republican primary runoff for the U.S. Senate, where Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).

President Donald Trump will participate in a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Trump said on Monday that it should be mandatory for countries, including Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey, to join the Abraham Accords en masse as part of an effort to reach a deal with Iran.

"I stated that, after all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together, it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords," Trump wrote in...

Incoming Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh will be sworn in as the next chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday in a ceremony hosted by President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump will make an announcement in the Oval Office with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Thursday at 11 a.m. ET.

U.S. National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya is testifying before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies in a hearing on the agency’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request.

President Donald Trump will participate in the 145th commencement ceremony of the United States Coast Guard Academy at 10:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered to forge a new relationship between the United States and Cuba on Wednesday in a video message to the Cuban people, proposing $100 million in aid and blaming Cuba's leaders for shortages of electricity, food, and fuel. "I want to tell you what we, in the U.S., are offering to help you not only alleviate the current crisis, but also to build a better future," Rubio said in...

President Donald Trump said he would be making an announcement in the early afternoon on the Senate primary contest in Texas between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

“And I hope you find it good,” Trump said without giving any details on who he would endorse, but added, “I’ve pretty much always known who I was going to endorse.”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is testifying before a Senate appropriations subcommittee today.

President Donald Trump on Monday moved to withdraw his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns after reports that a resolution of the case was close at hand. The disclosure was made in a federal court filing in Florida, where the lawsuit was filed.

Fighting for his political survival amid Trump’s push to remove him from Congress, libertarian Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) took the stage at a weekend campaign rally and proclaimed that his gathering on Tuesday would be “a victory party” and an opportunity to continue working with the president.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that Taiwan was a major topic of discussion during his summit with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and added that he had not yet decided whether to proceed with a major U.S. arms package for the island.

Trump also said he thinks Xi is seriously considering releasing detained pastor Ezra Jin in China, but that the case of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai "is a tough one." Lai was sentenced to 20 years in jail in what Amnesty International calls a "travesty of justice" and an attack on press freedom.<...

The Beijing summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping concluded its first day on May 14 with a notable flashpoint: Taiwan and U.S. arms sales to the island.

According to a statement released by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Xi warned Trump that the two countries risked “clashes and even conflicts” if the Taiwan issue was not handled carefully.

The White House released a brief readout of the meeting between Trump and Xi. It made no mention of Taiwan, instead focusing extensively on the Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz...

U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for a two-day visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. China rolled out the red carpet for the U.S. president, with tech giants and business chiefs eyeing deals under Xi’s communist regime.

The South Carolina Supreme Court on May 13 overturned lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and life sentence over the fatal shootings of his wife and younger son. The justices unanimously ruled the conduct by the court clerk “egregiously attacked Murdaugh’s credibility.”

Murdaugh will remain in prison. He pleaded guilty to 22 counts of federal fi...

The U.S. annual inflation rate rose to 3.8 percent in April, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Economists had forecast a reading of 3.7 percent. Core inflation, which strips out the volatile energy and food prices, edged up to 2.8 percent, above the consensus estimate of 2.7 percent.

President Donald Trump is set to depart for Beijing on Tuesday for a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Talks will focus on trade, technology, and security. Trump also plans to raise other issues, including Taiwan, Iran, and Russia. He also said he'll bring up the cases of imprisoned...

The White House is expecting a response proposal on Friday from the Iranian regime about ending the war. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that a ceasefire was still holding despite a flare-up in the conflict after three U.S. Navy destroyers were attacked as they moved through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a new congressional redistricting map, approved by voters in a referendum last month, that favors Democrats. The court ruled that the Democratic-controlled Legislature failed to follow constitutional procedures when advancing the ballot measure.

The Department...