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A young Utah man suspected of killing the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk at a university forum has been taken into custody, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said on Friday. The suspect, identified as Tyler Robinson, had confessed to a family friend—or "implied that he had committed"—the murder, and that person in turn contacted the Washington County sheriff's office on Thursday.Cox made emotional remarks on Friday for Americans and young people to use the horror of the assassination as an inflection point to turn the country away from political violence and division. “I want you to look at how Utahns reacted the last two nights. There was no rioting, there was no looting, there were no cars set on fire, there was no violence. There were vigils and prayers and people coming together to share humanity,” the governor said. “And that, ladies and gentlemen, I believe is the answer to this.”

The FBI has shared images of a “person of interest” in connection with the assassination of Charlie Kirk. “We are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University,” the FBI wrote on X.President Donald Trump on Thursday attended a ceremony at the Pentagon to remember the lives lost during the September 11, 2001, attacks and vowed to "crush" enemies "without mercy" who attack America. Trump also said he would award Kirk the Medal of Freedom.

President Donald Trump urged EU officials on Tuesday to hit China with tariffs of up to 100 percent as part of a strategy to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin, a source familiar with the matter told The Epoch Times.Stephen Miran, a top White House economic adviser, cleared a Senate hurdle on Wednesday that moves him closer to becoming a Federal Reserve governor. Members of the Senate Banking Committee voted 13–11 in a party-line vote to send Miran's nomination to the full Senate for consideration.Poland shot down Russian drones in its airspace on Wednesday with the backing of military aircraft from its NATO allies. It's the first time a member of the Western military alliance is known to have fired shots during Russia's war in Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the drone incursion a large-scale provocation. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday condemned Russia's violation of Polish airspace.

Israel has conducted a strike against senior Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar, according to posts by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Qatari Foreign Ministry. “The IDF and [Israel Security Agency] conducted a precise strike targeting the senior leadership of the Hamas terrorist organization,” the IDF said in a statement on X, without confirming the location of the attack.Voters in Virginia will choose a successor to the late Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of the 11th Congressional District in a special election on Tuesday. Democrat James Walkinshaw is going up against Republican Stewart Whitson.Boston residents are also heading to the polls to vote for the city's next mayor. Incumbent Mayor Michelle Wu and nonprofit leader Josh Kraft, son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, are expected to be the two main contenders in Tuesday's preliminary election. Voters will then decide in November between the top two candidates.

President Donald Trump said he will announce the launch of America Prays while speaking at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Monday. “We are one nation, under God, and we always will,” the president said.The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to permit it to withhold billions of dollars in foreign aid previously authorized by Congress. The Department of Justice asked the justices to pause a ruling by U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, who ordered the federal government to spend about $4 billion in previously appropriated funds.Terrorists opened fire at a bus stop in Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and wounding another 12, according to Israeli officials. Police said an Israeli soldier and civilians who were at the scene shot and killed the two attackers, while they later arrested a third person in connection with the shooting. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the scene about two hours after the attack. Netanyahu praised the soldier and civilians who fired on the gunmen.

Russia launched its largest strike in Ukraine, and a government building in Kyiv was hit for the first time since the war began. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said four people were killed, including an infant.President Donald Trump hinted at a military crackdown on immigration violations in Chicago. We have more on his message and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's response.Venezuela's leader accused the United States of planning a “violent regime change” as tensions rise in the Caribbean. We'll explain what's behind the buildup and what it means for the region.People often miss the warning signs of burnout due to work pressure before it's too late. Vital Signs' Brendon Fallon shares insights from a mental health counselor on why burnout happens and the signs to watch out for.

U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month. The Labor Department said on Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent, which was also worse than expected and the highest level since 2021. The Labor Department reported on Thursday that the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits—a proxy for layoffs—rose last week to the highest level since June.In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump said the United States may have lost India and Russia to China. He made the statement after Russian President Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week as Beijing pushes a new world order. An Indian foreign ministry spokesperson declined to comment when asked about Trump's post.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee on the recent shakeup of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Trump administration's health agenda. The hearing was announced after the firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez and the resignations of several other top CDC officials that followed.Washington sued the Trump administration on Thursday over the deployment of National Guard troops in the capital city. "Armed soldiers should not be policing American citizens on American soil," D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in an X post.

Following the news of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping's discussion on organ transplants and immortality, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson responded to a question raised by NTD congressional correspondent Melina Wisecup on Wednesday morning. Johnson said, "The fact that they were caught in a hot mic first, I've heard, is very telling. It tells you where their worldview is, in contrast to our speaking of evil. ... The United States, we're going to stand for morality and ethics, and we're going to stand against that. There's legislation that you know that would address it, and we might need to put that at the top of the priority list, if that's what's happening."President Donald Trump is hosting Poland's newly elected president, Karol Nawrocki, at the White House on Sept. 3. Paul Jones, a fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, said that Nawrocki's first official visit to Washington could bring important advantages for Ukraine, citing Nawrocki's steadfast support for the country's defense against Russia.

A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully used Marines and National Guard troops in Los Angeles. In the order, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the federal government couldn't use the California National Guard or any military troops deployed in the state to engage in arrests, apprehensions, crowd control, and other activities.Congress is back in session on Tuesday with a lot on the lawmakers' plates. Government funding is set to expire on Sept. 30 under a stopgap spending bill approved by Congress in March. Both chambers will need to pass—and President Donald Trump to sign—a total of 12 funding bills to avert a complete or partial government shutdown. So far, the Senate has passed an initial draft of three of these, while the House has passed just two. Only one, a bill to fund military construction, has passed both chambers.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that India has offered to reduce its tariffs on U.S. goods to zero. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: "They have now offered to cut their Tariffs to nothing, but it's getting late. They should have done so years ago."Authorities confirmed that more than 800 people were killed and thousands more injured as a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan late on Sunday. Rescuers are battling to reach remote, mountainous areas cut off from mobile networks along the Pakistani border, where many mud-brick homes collapsed in the quake.A European Union spokesperson said on Monday that the Global Positioning System of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's aircraft was jammed while en route to Bulgaria on Sunday, though it ultimately landed safely. Bulgarian authorities said they suspect Russia's involvement in the incident. The incident occurred while von der Leyen was on a four-day tour to EU member states in Eastern Europe.

Trump: Cabinet Meeting, Crime Crackdown, CDC Shakeup; From Homeless Criminal to CEO: Scott Curly

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has requested an emergency injunction to block President Donald Trump's attempt to fire her over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud. A federal judge in Washington will hear Cook's bid today.It's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast, claiming 1,500 lives in four states and causing more than $115 billion in damage. The hurricane made a direct hit on New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005. Katrina's destruction ranks among the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.

Two children are dead and 17 others injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on the south side of Minneapolis, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara. A man dressed in all black and armed with a rifle fired shots at Annunciation Church, which runs a school for students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, the Richfield Police Department said on Facebook.An additional 25 percent tariff on imports from India has officially taken effect, bringing the total rate to 50 percent on many Indian goods entering the United States. Trump announced the additional 25 percent tariff in an executive order issued on Aug. 6, citing India's purchases of Russian oil. India has been one of Russia's most significant trading partners since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

President Donald Trump holds a meeting with his Cabinet at the White House on Tuesday.Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook will file a lawsuit over Trump's decision last night to remove her from office. Trump says he fired Cook over alleged improprieties in mortgage loans. Cook's lawyer said that Trump's decision lacks factual or legal basis.

President Donald Trump hosted South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Washington for their first summit on Monday. Lee's visit follows a recent trade deal that lowered U.S. tariffs on South Korean goods. Experts say the talks will likely focus on trade and military ties, with Washington pressing Seoul to pay more toward the cost of American forces stationed on the Korean peninsula.President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Monday aimed at eliminating cashless bail, along with another order adding specialized law enforcement units to executive agencies in Washington. The executive orders came two weeks after Trump's federal takeover of Washington's Metropolitan Police Department and his activation of the National Guard in the city to fight crime.

Texas's redistricting plan passed the Republican-majority Senate and is headed to the governor's desk. This could mean big wins for the GOP in Congress—and a challenge for Democrats.Court documents say the Salvadoran man at the center of a high-profile U.S. immigration case now faces deportation to a country in Africa. We discuss the latest in the Abrego Garcia case.The Congressional Budget Office says President Donald Trump's tariffs will reduce the federal deficit by around $4 trillion over the next decade. We'll have an economist break it down.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, in his final keynote address at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, said current conditions “may warrant” interest rate cuts. “With policy in restrictive territory, the baseline outlook and the shifting balance of risks may warrant adjusting our policy stance,” Powell said in prepared remarks.The Texas Senate is expected to vote on a bill on Friday to redraw Texas's congressional maps to increase Republicans' hold on the state's U.S. House delegation by as many as five seats. The bill is expected to pass through the Republican-dominated upper chamber, at which point it will go to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.President Donald Trump on Friday visited “The People's House,” an immersive museum about the White House. Trump answered questions about public safety in the nation's capital, Fed Governor Lisa Cook, and his renovation plans for the Kennedy Center.

The United States and the European Union issued a joint statement on Thursday that frames the ongoing deal between the trade partners and solidifies some trade commitments. The agreement includes a 15 percent U.S. tariff on most imports from the bloc, including autos, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and lumber. The joint statement also says that the United States and the EU intend to accept and provide mutual recognition of each other's standards for cars.President Donald Trump has scored a significant win with a New York appeals court throwing out the $500 million penalty he received in his business fraud case. The decision on Aug. 21 was issued after a hearing last year in which the appeals court seemed skeptical of the case against Trump.

Western allies are continuing to work on a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Ukraine. Multiple meetings are being held in efforts to arrange a trilateral leaders summit, while also working on security guarantees for Ukraine. NATO defense chiefs are set to hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday as Western countries push for an end to the war. Russia's foreign minister said on Wednesday that Russia has to be involved in the process. According to the Kremlin, excluding Moscow from security talks won't yield results.The Texas Legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map on Wednesday that would shift five seats to Republicans. On Tuesday, Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier spent a second night in the Texas Capitol building. She had refused to accept a mandatory police escort meant to ensure Democratic lawmakers wouldn't attempt to leave the state again.

President Donald Trump has said that U.S. troops will not be sent to defend Ukraine's borders. "You have my assurance," he said during an interview with "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday.As Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina's Outer Banks on Tuesday, threatening to whip up wild waves and extreme winds, evacuations were ordered on barrier islands along the Carolina coast. Authorities warned the storm could churn up dangerous currents and swamp roads with waves of up to 15 feet in height.

A Russian drone attack hit a residential area in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv as the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was preparing for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington later on Monday. The Russian air force said it launched 140 drones against Ukraine overnight, the largest total recorded in a single night since Aug. 4.Trump said on Monday that he would sign an executive order ahead of next year's midterm elections as part of what he called "a movement" targeting mail-in balloting and voting machines across the country.

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy will travel to Washington, D.C. on Monday to meet with President Trump. The head of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron, and the Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, will also join the meeting at the White House.On Sunday, Zelenskyy was welcomed by European leaders in Brussels.Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, says Russian President Vladimir Putin made concessions for Ukrainian “land swaps” during Friday's summit in Alaska.

President Donald Trump departed Washington aboard Air Force One on Friday on his way to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska for discussions about a possible cease-fire deal for the war in Ukraine. Trump was accompanied by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, as well as other top aides, the White House said.Before the high-stakes meeting between Trump and Putin, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy joined NTD to discuss the significance of the event, as well as the strategic importance of the Arctic in the face of an ever-closer Russia–China alliance.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal on ending the war in Ukraine, after the Russian president floated the prospect of a U.S.–Russia nuclear arms agreement on the eve of their summit in Alaska. "I think he's going to make a deal," Trump said in a Fox News radio interview, adding that if the meeting were to go well, he would call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders afterward.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the state is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility—dubbed the “Deportation Depot”—at a state prison in northern Florida. DeSantis announced on Thursday that the new facility is to be housed at the Baker Correctional Institution, a state prison about 43 miles west of Jacksonville. It is expected to hold 1,300 immigration detention beds, though that capacity could be expanded to 2,000, state officials said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “bluffing” when he said sanctions were not hurting the Kremlin. Zelenskyy was speaking after sitting in on a series of virtual meetings hosted by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ahead of the summit on Friday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.President Trump visited the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday to unveil its 2025 honorees for artistic excellence and tout a major renovation as lawmakers push to rename the venue for the president.

U.S. annual inflation was unchanged in July, coming in below economists' expectations as President Donald Trump's tariffs did not have a significant impact on consumer prices. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, headline inflation held steady at 2.7 percent for the second consecutive month.The man who opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta last Friday had documents in his home outlining his opposition to the COVID-19 vaccines, officials said in an update on Tuesday. “A search warrant executed at the residence of the shooter revealed written documentation that expressed the shooter's discontent with the COVID-19 vaccinations,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Director Chris Hosey told a briefing.

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will activate hundreds of National Guard troops to be in the nation's capital to deal with the issue of crime. “This is Liberation Day in D.C. and we're going to take our Capitol back,” Trump said at a press conference. “We're taking it back under the authorities vested in me as the president of the United States.”A federal judge denied the Trump administration's request to make material related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein public. Grand jury material is typically kept secret, and the government's filings do not meet an exception laid out in previous rulings, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote in a 31-page decision.

Zelenskyy Rejects Ceding Land to Russia; Israel PM Netanyahu Speaks on Reason for Middle East Conflict

Israel's Security Cabinet approved a plan on Friday to take control of Gaza City. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement that the Israeli military "will prepare to take control of Gaza City while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside the combat zones." Israel's cabinet is expected to endorse the Gaza City plan.President Donald Trump will host a signing ceremony at the White House on Friday for a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The two nations have engaged in cross-border conflicts since the late 1980s. Trump will also sign bilateral economic agreements with the two countries. He says the agreements will fully unlock the South Caucasus's potential. The energy-rich region neighbors Turkey, Georgia, Iran, and Russia.

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to sign a series of executive orders on Thursday, including one that punished banks for restricting services to customers based on their political or religious beliefs, and another that aims to allow private equity, real estate, cryptocurrency and other alternative assets in 401(k) retirement accounts.Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said on Thursday that the FBI responded to his request to help arrest state House Democratic lawmakers who left the state in a bid to block a GOP-led redistricting effort. Earlier this week, Cornyn sent a letter to the FBI and its director, Kash Patel, to request federal assistance in apprehending the Texas House Democrats who fled to other states, such as Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York, in a bid to block Republicans from conducting House business.

President Donald Trump is imposing an additional 25 percent tariff on India, lifting the total rate to 50 percent. Trump, writing in an Wednesday executive order, said India's government is “currently directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil.”Trump is expected to announce on Aug. 6 that Apple will increase its U.S. investment commitment by an additional $100 billion. The new pledge comes on top of the more than $500 billion in investments the tech giant unveiled in February for the next four years.

President Donald Trump has told CNBC that higher tariffs look set to be introduced for India. “I think I'm going to raise that very substantially over the next 24 hours because they're buying Russian oil, they're fueling the war machine,” Trump said on Tuesday. “And if they're going to do that, then I'm not going to be happy.”The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday is proposing new rules to speed deployment of drones beyond the visual line of sight of operators, a key change needed to advance commercial deployments like package deliveries.Under current rules, operators need to get individual waivers or exemptions to use drones without visual line of sight. The department said eliminating those requirements "will significantly expand the use-case for drone technologies in areas like: manufacturing, farming, energy production, filmmaking, and the movement of products including lifesaving medications."With the 2026 midterm season drawing nearer, Republicans hope that redistricting in red states such as Texas, Florida, Ohio, and others may expand their thin House majority. Meanwhile, Democrats are hoping that redistricting in blue states could counteract Republicans in the next election. Governors from California, New York, and Illinois have all expressed openness to redrawing their own states' congressional maps.

The European Union will suspend its two packages of countermeasures to U.S. tariffs for six months, a European Commission spokesperson said on Monday. The spokesperson said in a statement that the bloc “continues to work with the U.S. to finalise a Joint Statement, as agreed on 27 July.”More than 3,200 Boeing machinists have walked off their aerospace jobs in the St. Louis, Missouri, area after members of the International Association of Machinists voted to authorize a strike at three defense plants starting at midnight on Monday. They are demanding better wages and work schedules.

Former Trump Prosecutor Investigated; Trade Deals, Peace Negotiations, 3% Economic Growth

On Thursday, the eve of the Aug. 1 deadline for trading partners to reach trade agreements with the United States, President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a new wave of tariffs on dozens of countries. Global trading partners responded on Friday, with some welcoming the move after securing favorable terms, while others expressed disappointment as their tariff rates increased.U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee traveled to Gaza on Friday to inspect the U.S.- and Israel-backed aid distribution system. The visit took place as Witkoff works on a final plan to speed up aid deliveries to Gaza, the White House said on Thursday.

U.S. appeals court judges questioned on Thursday whether President Donald Trump's tariffs were justified by the president's emergency powers. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., is considering the legality of "reciprocal" tariffs that Trump imposed on a broad range of U.S. trading partners in April, as well as tariffs imposed in February against China, Canada and Mexico.Trump said on Thursday he had agreed with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to extend an existing trade deal with Mexico for 90 days and continue talks over that period with the goal of signing a new deal. "Mexico will continue to pay a 25% Fentanyl Tariff, 25% Tariff on Cars, and 50% Tariff on Steel, Aluminum, and Copper. Additionally, Mexico has agreed to immediately terminate its Non Tariff Trade Barriers, of which there were many," Trump said in a Truth Social post.Delta Air Lines said an Airbus A330-900 from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam was hit by serious turbulence on Wednesday, forcing the flight to divert to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The airline said 25 passengers were taken to hospitals for evaluation and treatment. One passenger said people who weren't wearing seat belts were thrown about the cabin.

President Donald Trump has posted on Truth Social that he will impose a 25 percent tariff on goods from India, plus an additional import tax. He cited India's tariffs, nonmonetary trade barriers, and decision to buy Russian energy during the Russia–Ukraine war as reasons for the new tariff rates.A tsunami sent waves as far as Russia, Japan, Hawaii, and the West Coast of the United States after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia's Far East early on Wednesday. Hawaii has downgraded the tsunami warnings and lifted evacuation orders across the state while leaving a tsunami advisory in place.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Tuesday that the gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building before taking his own life was trying to target the headquarters of the National Football League, but took the wrong elevator. Officials identified the alleged shooter as Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old with an address in Nevada. The suspect allegedly carried a note with him that appeared to blame the NFL for a degenerative brain disease he claimed to have had. Las Vegas law enforcement told New York authorities that Tamura had a documented history of mental health issues.President Donald Trump wrapped up his five-day visit to Scotland with the opening of a new golf course at one of his sprawling properties there. Trump said he will focus on addressing crises in the Middle East and elsewhere after he arrives back in Washington.

U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are meeting in Scotland on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Trump expressed his disappointment with Russian President Vladimir Putin and said he is going to reduce the original 50-day deadline for a cease-fire deal between Russia and Ukraine. ‘I am going to make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today,' Trump said.U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are meeting in Stockholm on Monday to resolve remaining differences as they work toward finalizing a trade agreement ahead of the Aug. 12 deadline. Tariffs on Chinese goods are set to increase dramatically unless an agreement is reached. Trump stated on Sunday that negotiations with Beijing are nearing completion, although he provided few details.

U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting with the head of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, on Sunday to clinch a trade deal that would likely impose a 15 percent baseline tariff on most EU goods but end months of uncertainty for European companies.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said Hamas did not want to make a deal on a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza. The comments come as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was now considering "alternative" options to achieve its goals of bringing its hostages home from Gaza and ending the rule of Hamas in the territory. Trump said he believed Hamas leaders would now be "hunted down."The federal government is starting deportation flights from a detention facility in Florida, known as alligator Alcatraz. Governor Ron Desantis commented on the operation, while speaking in the Florida everglades Friday morning.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called on her Chinese counterpart to ensure more balanced trade with Europe as current relations between Brussels and Beijing have reached “an inflection point.” Von der Leyen, along with European Council President António Costa, was in Beijing on Thursday for the EU–China summit.Hulk Hogan, the American sports and entertainment star who made professional wrestling a global phenomenon and supported Donald Trump for president, has died at the age of 71, World Wrestling Entertainment said on Thursday. "WWE is saddened to learn WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has passed away. One of pop culture's most recognizable figures, Hogan helped WWE achieve global recognition in the 1980s," WWE said on X. It gave no cause of death.

Bryan Kohberger—the man who killed four University of Idaho students in 2022—is expected to be sentenced to four consecutive life terms. He was arrested six weeks after the killings and charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Kohberger pleaded guilty earlier this month and faces the victims' families at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday.The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is holding a hearing on Wednesday to discuss strategies for countering the CCP's economic coercion against democracies around the world. Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel are set to testify.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the White House, saying the two countries were close to finalizing a trade agreement. "We're going to talk about trade today and we are very close to finishing a trade deal, a big trade deal actually," Trump told reporters at the start of his meeting with the Philippine leader.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that he will meet his Chinese counterpart next week in Stockholm and discuss what is likely to be an extension of an August 12 deadline for a deal to avert sharply higher tariffs. Bessent told Fox Business Network's Mornings With Maria program that trade with China was in "a very good place" and the meetings in Stockholm would take place next Monday and Tuesday.The United States will withdraw from the U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) by the end of 2026, the State Department confirmed on Tuesday, citing ideological differences and what it described as an anti-Israel bias and “globalist” agenda out of step with U.S. foreign policy.

The Trump administration is more concerned with the quality of trade agreements rather than their timing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline for securing a trade deal or facing steep tariffs. "We're not going to rush for the sake of doing deals," Bessent told CNBC in an interview. On China, Bessent said there would be "talks in the very near future."An off-duty border patrol agent is recovering in the hospital after being shot in New York City on Saturday. Authorities say one of the suspects is an illegal immigrant with a criminal history. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Czar Tom Homan were among the officials who provided more details on Monday morning.

President Donald Trump signs Genius Act into law and vows to make United States the "crypto capital of the planet." The bill received bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate. The House passed the act on Thursday by a 308–122 margin.

On Friday, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hosts a press conference in Nashville, Tennessee exposing the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens arrested by the Department under President Trump's leadership in the Volunteer State.The House approved Trump's $832 billion defense funding request for fiscal year 2026 in an early-morning vote. Five Democrats joined in support, while three Republicans opposed it. The bill now heads to the Senate for approval.

The number of Americans filing for new unemployment benefits declined for the fifth consecutive week to a three-month low as the U.S. labor market continues to perform at a solid pace. Initial jobless claims declined by 7,000 to 221,000 for the week ending July 12, according to the Department of Labor.The State Department has called on Beijing to end its eradication campaign against Falun Gong ahead of July 20, the date that marked the start of the persecution in 1999. More than 1,000 Falun Dafa practitioners and human rights advocates gather in the nation's capital on Thursday for a rally and parade, demanding the Chinese Communist Party end its persecution.

Bahrain's Prime Minister, Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalif announces plans to invest more than $17 billion in the United States during a meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday.President Trump will host congressional leaders and families impacted by the opioid epidemic on Wednesday. He'll be signing bipartisan legislation into law. It classifies fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I controlled substances.

The United States and Indonesia have reached a trade agreement, President Donald Trump announced on social media. “Great deal, for everybody, just made with Indonesia. I dealt directly with their highly respected President,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. This comes soon after the president sent a formal letter to Indonesia announcing a 32 percent levy on Indonesian goods entering the United States, effective Aug. 1.The Chinese communist party continues to tighten control over critical mineral supply chains. The House Foreign Affairs East Asia & the Pacific Subcommittee held a hearing on Tuesday to strategize ways to break the choke-hold.Presidents from Georgetown University, UC Berkeley, and the City University of New York testified on Tuesday before the House Education and Workforce Committee on the topic of anti-Semitism in higher education. Lawmakers examined the role of faculty, funding, and ideology in the growth of anti-Semitism on college campuses.