SOCIAL MEDIA

(Headline USA) A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after U.S. President Donald Trump brought up his case when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, his family and rights advocates said Saturday. Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri...

(Carleen Johnson, The Center Square) President Donald Trump delivered a weather-delayed speech Saturday highlighting American exceptionalism while warning of the growing threat of rising democratic socialism and communism movements as America celebrated 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, "I’M HERE!!!" the president wrote in a Truth Social...

(Headline USA) A fire broke out on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York during the city's July Fourth fireworks show, spreading flames and setting off a plume of smoke before firefighters extinguished the blaze. No injuries were reported. Two fire engines were used to put out the blaze, the city's fire...

(Headline USA) A shooting at a Fourth of July cookout near New York's Coney Island beach wounded eight people, including four children, police said. One of the victims, a 21-year-old woman, was in critical condition while the others were described as being stable and expected to survive, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Things got heated during a recent CNN panel debate about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s edict to set thermostats at 78 degrees Fahrenheit amid a record-shattering heat wave. But not literally. As panelist Ben Ferguson pointed out, the studio where the discussion took place was anything...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claim of being politically persecuted by the Trump administration quickly unraveled on Thursday after a report revealed that one of his political appointees may have been wearing a wire for two years as part of a corruption probe. https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/2072865098666807534 The timeline would put...

(Headline USA) When Benjamin Franklin declared that the newly formed U.S. government was “a republic, if you can keep it,” little did he know that he, himself, would play a part in its DEI-driven downfall some 250 years later. A parade of woke virtue-signaling took over Philadelphia’s Independence Mall on...

(Headline USA) Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband was involved in a hit and run on Friday in California's wine country that left one car with “major damage," according to local authorities, who said that the 86-year-old could face misdemeanor charges for the collision. Shortly after the announcement, the Daily Mail...

(Headline USA) Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 10,000 people over a five-day period at the end of June, marking a major push by the agency tasked with carrying out the Trump administration's mass deportations agenda. The arrest numbers, obtained from a person familiar with the information who spoke anonymously to discuss...

(Headline USA) Crowds gathered in the sweltering heat Saturday to celebrate the United States' 250th birthday by watching famed competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut defend his world hot dog eating championship in Coney Island, where he downed 66 hot dogs in just 10 minutes. Miki Sudo defended her title as...

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) As a record-breaking heat wave sweeps across the central and eastern United States, two cities central to American independence have canceled July 4 celebrations. Philadelphia canceled its iconic Fourth of July parade, citing extreme heat warnings, as did Washington. D.C.'s city government. The federal government...

(Robert Matteson, The Center Square) A 50,187-acre wildfire in Colorado has been declared the nation's No. 1 firefighting priority. Spanning Pueblo and Custer counties, the Aspen Acres Fire is expected to cost $15 million of taxpayer's money to fight, according to an estimate from The National Interagency Fire Center. But the final...