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President Trump gestures after speaking at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Friday, July 3, 2026, near Keystone, S.D. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence on Friday with soaring rhetoric about American exceptionalism before veering into a darkly political speech with warnings

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, pictured at a basketball game in May, announced their engagement in August 2025. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Gregory Shamus/Getty Images NEW YORK -- Fans gathered outside Madison Square Garden Friday in anticipation of one of the biggest weddings of the year for

President Trump speaks at a rally kicking off the Great American State Fair last week, part of the anniversary celebrations organized by White House-backed group Freedom 250. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images As America's birthday celebrations kick into high gear, so too do criticisms of the preeminent national group organizing

Residents on Tuesday search through the rubble of a building that collapsed in the June 24 earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela. Ariana Cubillos/AP hide caption toggle caption Ariana Cubillos/AP It's been a week since Venezuela's worst earthquake disaster in over a century. Thousands of people are feared dead, with the official death toll continuing to

NPR's Nina Totenberg talks about her reporting on the Supreme Court term All Things Considered host Scott Detrow speaks with NPR's editor-in-chief Thomas Evans and Nina Totenberg about her reporting on the final day of the Supreme Court term.

Haitian flags are displayed in a store on June 25, 2026 in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration's effort to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption

In Venezuela, silence has become a rescue tool In Venezuela rescue crews now stop almost everything and ask for silence so they can hear anyone still alive underneath the rubble. NPR's Eyder Peralta reports from the port city of La Guaira. World In Venezuela silence has become a rescue tool Download Embed In Venezuela rescue

The sun sets over the Cottonwood Fire near Marysvale, Utah, on Friday, June 26, 2026. Ty ONeil/AP hide caption toggle caption Ty ONeil/AP Firefighters and residents in the Great Basin and Southwest are bracing for extreme wildfire conditions through the weekend. The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City issued a rare "particularly dangerous situation"

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor (seated left) and Justice Samuel Alito (seated second from right). Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images As the Supreme Court heads into the announcement of its final and hugely important opinions next week, there are reverberations from this week's announcements

What made the deadly Venezuela earthquakes different People and rescuers work on the debris of a collapsed building in Caracas after a pair of strong earthquakes struck Venezuela. Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images One major earthquake striking Caracas — where older buildings are vulnerable to strong shaking — could have