WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pardoned six people who he said were sentenced or in prison for “fixing their car,” a day before the U.S. celebrates 250 years of independence on July 4.

Trump didn’t identify the people or specify their offenses. In a presidential memorandum issued Monday, he asked the Environmental Protection Agency...Read more

President Claudia Sheinbaum’s approval rating dipped below 50% for the first time in a new poll, as concerns mount over falling purchasing power fueled by rising prices.

The leftist leader’s approval slipped to 49% in June from 53% a month earlier, according to LatAm Pulse, a survey conducted by AtlasIntel for Bloomberg News and published ...Read more

Brazil’s Federal Police carried out several temporary arrest warrants and search-and-seizure orders on Friday, including to two individuals who were sanctioned by the U.S., in an operation that happened earlier than initially planned.

About $2 billion in their assets were frozen by the courts.

Stella Stefanie Nunes Henrique de Oliveira was ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick couldn’t find a valid reason for a third of former Gov. Mike Parson’s use of state aircraft, according to an audit published Thursday.

Fitzpatrick reviewed the governor’s office during the final leg of his tenure, from July 1, 2024, to Jan. 13, 2025. The former Republican ...Read more

Novorossiysk, home to Russia’s largest oil port on the Black Sea, is running out of road fuel, the latest fallout from a supply crunch spreading across the country as Ukraine continues attacks on key refineries.

“Currently, no gasoline is sold at filling stations,” the Novorossiysk administration said Friday in a statement on its website....Read more

Andy Burnham ruled out calling a U.K. general election if he succeeds Keir Starmer as Britain’s prime minister.

Asked on the social media platform Reddit on Friday whether he would go to polls, the only declared candidate to succeed Starmer in Labour’s leadership election this month said “no.” Burnham said he’d stick to the party’s ...Read more

A searing heat dome was set to push electricity demand across the eastern U.S. toward record levels over the July 4 holiday, straining power grids and halting one of the main events in Washington, D.C., for hours.

The dangerous heat wave was forecast to bring triple-digit temperatures to many American cities and the U.S. capital, where the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia-based federal appeals court gave President Donald Trump’s administration the final go-ahead to install its own exhibit at the President’s House.

The new panels, which historians have criticized for whitewashing George Washington’s role in enslaving nine people, have been manufactured and stand ready to ...Read more

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez is facing mounting political fallout from last week’s twin earthquakes, with nearly half of Venezuelans saying holding new elections is more urgent than rebuilding after the disaster.

Rodríguez’s disapproval rating climbed to 63.3% in June, up almost five percentage points from May, according to an ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Addressing a Philadelphia crowd live from the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV called for a “recommitment” to American ideals.

The first U.S.-born pope delivered remarks virtually at an interfaith ceremony inside Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center on the eve of the United States’ 250th birthday to accept the center’s ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore taxpayers will spend $7,482.17 to send Mayor Brandon Scott and three city employees to New Orleans this weekend after the Baltimore Board of Estimates approved the travel on Wednesday.

Scott is scheduled to travel July 3-5 to the Essence Festival of Culture, the largest Black culture and music event in the U.S. He is ...Read more

Kyiv marked a day of mourning on Friday for victims of a massive Russian missile and drone attack as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the death toll had risen to 30.

Zelenskyy said nearly 100 people were injured and 10 people were still missing as rescue teams continued to search buildings damaged in Thursday’s strike, the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The sight of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket has flown for the last time in its most powerful configuration.

The rocket, sporting five boosters, launched at 12:30 a.m. Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 on the Amazon Leo 8 mission.

All six remaining Atlas V rockets have been...Read more

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez is facing mounting political fallout from last week’s twin earthquakes, with nearly half of Venezuelans saying holding new elections is more urgent than rebuilding after the disaster.

Rodríguez’s disapproval rating climbed to 63.3% in June, up almost five percentage points from May, according to an ...Read more

Americans hit the peak of the summer driving season this July 4 holiday weekend wincing at the cost of gasoline, still running nearly a dollar a gallon higher than before the war with Iran despite falling sharply in recent weeks.

At a Shell station in Southern California with a giant U.S. flag flying overhead, Luis Velasquez added just a single...Read more

WASHINGTON — Small towns across America had big plans to celebrate the nation's semiquincentennial this weekend. Local historical societies scheduled town square readings of the Declaration of Independence, hired bands to play patriotic tunes, organized parades and set up themed baking contests.

But many of their most ambitious plans were ...Read more

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles.

But melting ice sheets don’t affect sea level and temperatures in the same way everywhere.

In a November 2025 study, our team of ...Read more