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The U.S. economy added 147,000 jobs in June, beating forecasts of 115,000, while the unemployment rate edged down to 4.1%, according to Labor Department data released July 3. Economists had expected a rise to 4.3%.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to take up two cases in its next term on laws banning transgender women from participating in girls and women’s sports, based on biological sex.

Audio has been released from the scene in the Kootenai County of the U.S. state of Idaho, where firefighters responding to a blaze were killed and another wounded in a sniper ambush.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 520,000 Haitian immigrants, siding with plaintiffs who claimed the decision was both unlawful and harmful.

A wave of internal opposition is threatening President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority, the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” as key factions within the House Republican conference reject the Senate-passed version ahead of a critical vote expected this week.

Two Chinese nationals have been arrested and charged with conducting clandestine operations in the United States on behalf of the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), including efforts to gather intelligence on U.S. Navy service members and recruit personnel for espionage, according to the Department of Justice.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday joined Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to unveil a massive new immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a remote compound deep in the Everglades designed to house thousands of illegal immigrants as part of the administration’s expanded deportation agenda.

After a marathon overnight session, the U.S. Senate narrowly passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” at midday on July 1, marking a major legislative victory for President Donald Trump and setting up a final push in the House just days before the July 4 deadline.

House Republicans have subpoenaed two current and former ActBlue officials as part of an escalating investigation into what lawmakers describe as potentially “widespread” fraud on the Democratic fundraising platform. The move comes amid a parallel probe ordered by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice into alleged illegal contributions funneled through the site.

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide a case that seeks to remove a cap on how much political parties can spend on candidates.

With fireworks just days away, Senate Republicans entered a marathon stretch Monday morning in a dramatic race to pass President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget and tax overhaul, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” before the self-imposed July 4th deadline. The legislation, a centerpiece of Trump’s second-term agenda, has triggered late-night floor fights, intraparty feuding, and a last-ditch effort to unite a narrowly divided Republican majority.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has welcomed the nation’s Supreme Court ruling that lower courts can no longer issue nationwide orders stopping his administration from enforcing a policy.

In a landmark 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify users’ ages through government-issued identification–delivering a decisive victory to parents and child advocates concerned about minors’ exposure to explicit content online.

In a landmark 6-3 ruling Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, affirming their right to opt their pre-K and elementary-aged children out of LGBTQ-inclusive story time and classroom instruction that conflicts with their religious beliefs.

xIn a landmark 6-3 decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the use of sweeping “universal injunctions” that have repeatedly stalled President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda, ruling that such orders likely exceed the authority granted to federal courts by Congress. The ruling grants the Trump administration a partial victory, allowing it to move forward with implementing a controversial immigration policy aimed at redefining birthright citizenship.