News for July 1, 2026

Paramedics reportedly responded to a possible cardiac arrest at Mitch McConnell’s home on the day his office said he was hospitalized, but the reason for his hospital stay has not been made public.

Attorney Ben Crump says an independent autopsy raises new doubts about how a 1-year-old boy was shot and killed during a police response outside a Mississippi Walmart.

The UK is marking 250 years since US independence with events that explore shared history, culture, and ideas between Britain and America.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are reported to be holding their wedding at Madison Square Garden on Friday, with city officials and police preparing for the event.

Victor Willis, the co-founder and lead singer of the Village People, has died at 74 after a short but aggressive illness.

Neon has bought Amazon MGM Studios’ nearly finished Sam Altman and OpenAI movie “Artificial” after Amazon dropped it, and plans to release it this year.

As America marks its 250th anniversary, President Donald Trump and rival groups are turning the celebration into a test of patriotism in a deeply divided country.

President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure shows he earned heavily from crypto, merchandise, books, and gifts while in office.

Victor Willis, the frontman and co-writer behind Village People’s biggest disco hits, has died at 74.

World Cup fans are enduring a dangerous US heat wave as Fifa adds cooling breaks for players during matches.

A North Carolina mail carrier, Brandi Reynolds, was kidnapped and killed while on her route, and police charged William Craig Durham in the case.

Melat Kiros, a democratic socialist, defeated Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s 1st District Democratic primary, marking another win for the party’s progressive left.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser won the Democratic primary for governor, setting him up as the front-runner to succeed term-limited Gov. Jared Polis.

Sen. John Hickenlooper won Colorado’s Democratic Senate primary, beating progressive challenger Julie Gonzales and moving closer to reelection.

Anthropic says the United States has lifted export controls on its most advanced AI tools, allowing access to be restored after a brief suspension over security concerns.