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#1 - Trump: D.C. Celebrated a 'Spectacular Evening' - NEWSMAX WIRES, Kyle Griffin, Nick Sortor, Calvin Coolidge Project, Carissa, JLR©, and Aaron Rupar on X
President Donald Trump said Sunday that the Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall was "an even more spectacular evening" than had been expected after a weather-related evacuation forced spectators to leave the area. "The Crowd at 7:05 in the evening was 422,000 people!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "All were forced to leave because of the weather, the event was canceled, and everyone was gone because of lightning. When I heard that it was canceled, I immediately overturned that decision and waited a while for people to come back." The event, part of the "Salute to America" celebration, had been evacuated Saturday evening after a severe thunderstorm warning prompted officials to clear the National Mall. Trump said he reversed the decision to cancel the program and waited for the crowd to reassemble...
#2 Speaker Johnson Says House Will Pass Trump’s Voter ID Bill Through Arduous Process After GOP Revolt - Alison Main for CNN, Politics & Poll Tracker, M. A. Rothman, Outrageous/Suzie rizzo, Eagle Wings/Eric Daugherty, and Morse Report on X
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to move quickly to advance President Donald Trump’s signature voter ID legislation through the arduous budget reconciliation process once the House returns to Washington, downplaying the heightened tensions within the GOP after he sent lawmakers home early for the holidays after a few Republicans brought the floor to a halt. “I just decided it was best to send everybody home to go celebrate July Fourth in their districts. We’ll come back, gather everybody together,” he told Fox News on Sunday. “The big urgency is to get SAVE America passed. The president has that as a top priority, and so do I.”
#3 Trump Loses Attempt to Delay Carroll’s Payment - Bob Cronin for newser, Ella Scott, Chloe & Amy, Ford News/Apollo 959/Coffee & Woodworking, DarlingDorr/
BrooklynDad_Defiant!, JQJO USA Politics English, and The Original Phil Thompson on X
President Trump lost a bid this weekend to put off paying E. Jean Carroll. A federal judge in Manhattan on Saturday turned down a request from the president's lawyers for extra time to respond to Carroll's attempt to collect roughly $5.8 million from the 2023 civil case, in which a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing her and defaming her by dismissing her account as a "con job." The Supreme Court declined to review that verdict on June 29; Carroll moved the next day to have the money, plus interest, ordered to her, while accusing Trump of dragging his feet, USA Today reports...#4 Accused Charlie Kirk Assassin Tyler Robinson Fights Back as Prosecutors’ Sprawling Case Comes Into Focus - Michael Ruiz for Fox News, Lawrence McCready, CBS News/Cat Ryan, Daily Mail, and Monica Rodewald on X
Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old man accused of assassinating Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University last year, is due in court Monday for a week-long preliminary hearing that will determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to move the case toward trial. While in many cases, prosecutors secure a grand jury indictment behind closed doors and without giving defense lawyers a chance to challenge the evidence, Robinson was charged by information, meaning prosecutors must establish probable cause at a public preliminary hearing before the case can move to trial...
#5 President to Mark Launch of Trump Accounts - NBC News, AWPS Politics, News 4 Buffalo, Fatman, Hartford Courant, and Sreeni Meka, MS, MBA, CFA, on X
President Donald Trump will participate in an event this morning to mark the launch of so-called Trump accounts, new investment accounts for children that kicked off on July Fourth. They will offer tax-advantaged savings for millions of Americans under 18. Babies born from 2025 to 2028 will get a huge perk — the federal government will put $1,000 into their accounts. Major companies are also pledging contributions. A senior Treasury official said Thursday that more than 6 million children have been registered for the accounts, with 1.4 million of those eligible for the $1,000 government seed money...#6 Trump Called FIFA President to Review Folarin Balogun’s Red Card Ahead of USA-Belgium Match, Source Says - Scott Thompson and Patrick Ward for Fox News, The New York Times, Gunther Eagleman™, The White House/Donald J. Trump/ESPN, (community note), Collin Rugg/FIFA, and Eric Daugherty on X
President Donald Trump intervened in Folarin Balogun’s red card controversy in the World Cup, calling FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ask for a review of the controversial decision in the Round of 32 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina, a source confirmed to Fox News. It’s unknown what exactly Trump said to Infantino, whom the 45th and 47th president has called a "great leader in sports" and a friend. The USMNT striker, who has three goals in this World Cup, including one prior to his red card in the Round of 32 match, has been cleared to play in a stunning twist of events...
#7 Trump to Meet With Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and Syria’s Al-Sharaa During the NATO Summit - Michelle L. Price for ABC News, Eric Daugherty, Gunther Eagleman™,
The Patriot Oasis™, and NATO on X
President Donald Trump plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Wednesday while attending the NATO summit in Turkey, the White House said. Those discussions will come as Kyiv tries to refocus Trump’s attention on the conflict with Moscow and as Trump has publicly mused about Syria's role in the Middle East. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly confirmed the meetings in a call with reporters while previewing the upcoming summit in Ankara, where Trump also plans to meet with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday. Before returning to the United States on Wednesday, Trump is scheduled to have a news conference, Kelly said...
#8 Iran Begins Funeral Procession Through Tehran for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - Chantal Da Silva for NBC News, Sharona Mazalian, RT, Iran International English, Ryan Rozbiani, and Ehsan Safarnejad on X
A truck carrying the coffin of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei crawled through Tehran’s thronged streets to chants of “death to America” and “death to Israel” on Monday. Some in the huge crowds, which were kept from getting too close the the convoy by large numbers Iranian military and police, openly wept, while others called for revenge against President Donald Trump. A Reuters photograph showed at least one effigy of Trump being hanged. Red, white, and green Islamic Republic flags and red banners with lettering calling for revenge lined the route...#9 Husband of Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Suspected in Napa County Hit-And-Run - Jose Fabian for CBS News, Eric Daugherty, Fox News, New York Post (community note), D. Scott @eclipsethis2003, and Paul A. Szypula on X
Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is suspected of crashing into a parked car and driving away from the scene Friday afternoon in Northern California, the Napa County Sheriff's Office said. Pelosi allegedly struck a vehicle on the 6700 block of Yount Street in Yountville, around 2:30 p.m. local time, the sheriff's office said. The vehicle, which was unoccupied, was legally parked on the side of the roadway and was left with major rear damage, according to the sheriff's office. Yountville is located about 50 miles north of San Francisco...
#10 Trump Shares Image of $100 Bill Featuring His Signature - Tyler Durden Zerohedge, TheRoverReport, International Stacker/Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent/Donald J. Trump, Global Right Watch/Fox Business, and Kym Dusek on X
President Donald Trump posted a photo of a $100 bill bearing his signature on Truth Social on July 3, presenting the first paper currency to be signed by a living president. Trump didn’t add a comment to the post, but the Treasury Department chimed in. “Under President Trump’s leadership, we are on a path toward unprecedented economic growth, lasting dollar dominance, and fiscal strength and stability,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted on X on July 4. “There is no more powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of our great country and President Donald J. Trump than U.S dollar bills bearing his signature, and it is only appropriate that this historic currency be issued at the Semiquincentennial.”
