WASHINGTON, July 5, 2026 (AP) — President Donald Trump mixed partisan politics with patriotic appeals on Saturday as he commemorated the 250th anniversary of American independence, a moment he declared “one of the most joyous and glorious milestones of all time.” Speaking in Washington after storms prompted a roughly two-hour evacuation of the National Mall,
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President Donald Trump greets Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (Photo: AP/File) -
President Donald Trump speaks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at a working lunch with leaders of G7 and the Middle East in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Photo: AP/File) -
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, left, attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, right, as part of a Franco-Italian summit in Antibes, southern France, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Photo: AP) -
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer attend a press conference at the E5 NATO Summit in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Photo: AP) -
From left to right, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer attend a press conference at the E5 NATO Summit in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Photo: AP) -
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron as part of a Franco-Italian summit in Antibes, southern France, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Photo: AP)
ROME, July 2, 2026 (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Italy’s premier have had an unintended consequence. After Trump questioned Italy’s reliability as a wartime ally and claimed Giorgia Meloni had groveled for his attention, European leaders rallied to Meloni’s side, thawing what had been a frosty relationship over her hard-right political roots.
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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is not involved in managing his finances, insisting outside funds handle his investments. While disclosures show he made about $1.2 billion from cryptocurrency ventures last year, Trump said rising stock market gains have boosted his wealth. (Photo: Video grab/AP) -
Donald Trump holds a Playboy magazine and gold Trump sneakers at Sneaker Con Philadelphia, an event popular among sneaker collectors, in Philadelphia, Feb. 17, 2024. (Photo: AP/File) -
The front cover of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible in Washington, Oct. 8, 2024. (Photo: AP/File)
NEW YORK, July 2, 2026 (AP) — The real estate mogul has become the billion-dollar crypto man. President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure report showed he took in about $1.2 billion last year from various crypto holdings, overshadowing a real estate business that brought him fame and helped propel him to the nation’s top office.
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WASHINGTON, July 1, 2026 (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s divided ruling that children born in the U.S. are citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment — even if their parents are in the country unlawfully or only temporarily — exposed deep fissures in the justices’ views on the issue and toward each other. The court’s two
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