Calls to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump rang out before tens of thousands attending funeral events for Iran’s late Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, as one speaker said, “Why should we not kill the man who killed my imam?” before adding, “Trump’s assassination is our duty. Never abandon your revenge.”

Donetsk Oblast, a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flanker drops a 500/1000 pound JDAM-ER glide bomb on a Russian drone team.

U.S. President Donald Trump: "We are made in the courage, fire, flesh, and blood of the best and the bravest people this world has ever produced. Tonight, we pledge allegiance to the flag they gave us - and we say, "God bless the immortal patriots of 1776, and LONG LIVE THE CAUSE OF INDEPENDENCE!""

Mother Ukraine, the most iconic statue in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, bathed in the colors of the American Flag, red, white and blue, in celebration of the Fourth of July and 250th Anniversary of the United States.

According to NBC Bay Area, Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is facing a hit-and-run charge after authorities allege he struck a parked vehicle in Yountville, California, and left the scene. The Napa County Sheriff’s Office said the 86-year-old later told deputies he believed he had hit something but did not realize it was another vehicle. Deputies reported that no alcohol was detected, and the case has been referred to the Napa County District Attorney’s Office for review.

Multiple Ukrainian attack drones just hit Russia's St. Petersburg oil terminal, setting the facility ablaze. Explosions continue as multiple columns of smoke are rising from the port area.

Compilation of Ukrainian attack drones hitting nearly 2 dozen power substations in Russian-occupied Crimea this week. Ukraine's recent strike campaign has sent the Crimean grid into a crisis, with daily power cuts and blackouts.

Ukrainian forces carried out a HIMARS missile strike on Russia’s Belgorod this morning, hitting a power substation and setting it ablaze.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Crypto and AI: "We have to be at the top, otherwise China's going to take it over... it's a big deal, and anything we do, I want to be number one in."

According to the New York Times, citing U.S. officials, the U.S. feared that Israel would continue to target key principal Iranian decision-makers, specifically Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, during the U.S.-Iran negotiations. Per the report, the U.S. went to great lengths to avoid such a scenario, going as far as to urge third party regional nations to warn Iran of potential Israeli threats to both decision-makers. U.S. officials feared that Israel’s potential targeting of Foreign Minister Araghchi and Speaker Ghalibaf would upend any progress in the talks at the time, and serve to plunge the region back into the large-scale conflict that characterized the 40-day war.

According to a 927-page financial disclosure released earlier this week, U.S. President Donald J. Trump reported a personal income of over $2.2 billion in 2025, most from cryptocurrency ventures such as Trump, a meme coin created by the Trump Family only days before last year’s Presidential Inauguration which soared over 300% on release night before falling to less than $2 per coin in 2026. In addition to over $1.4 billion in crypto profits in 2025, investment accounts linked to President Trump carried out multiple high-profile trades last year, including more than 300 previously undisclosed stock purchases on April 8, 2025, one day ahead of his surprise announcement that he would pause a number of his “Liberation Day” tariffs levied against countries across the World.

U.S. President Donald Trump: "How a Jewish person can vote for a Democrat is beyond me. I've been the best president in the history of Israel and they acknowledge."

U.S. President Donald Trump: "Right now, we are in a Golden Age… We have more factories being built today than ever before. We have more people working today than at any time ever in the history of our country, and people making more money than they’ve ever made. I’m not talking about rich people, I’m talking about (normal) people... 401(k)s are up at levels that they've never seen before."

Donald Trump: "I've been the best president in the history of Israel."

Gen. Christopher T. Donahue relinquished his position as Commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) in Wiesbaden, Germany, during a ceremony at Clay Kaserne on Thursday, following recent reports of tension between himself and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. General Donahue’s position in Europe, previously a command for a four-star officer, will be downgraded to a three-star command under order from the Pentagon, with Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie to serve as the Acting Commander of USAREUR-AF.

Israeli strike on Siddiqin, South Lebanon

Iranian Speaker of Parliament, Qalibaf: "Khamenei's blood will be avenged by liberating Jerusalem. Iran will never allow IAEA access to bombed nuclear sites. The MoU proves America was defeated. We must build a true strategic partnership with China."

Russian missile impact on a 9-story building in Kyiv's Darnitsa overnight.

Former Olympic canoeist David Carter Hearn, 67, of Bethesda, Maryland, who was arrested in June for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, has been indicted on a felony charge of destruction of property valued at $1,000 or more, according to court documents.

The U.S. and Iran are expected to hold their next round of direct talks in Doha, Qatar during the third week of July to advance implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, with discussions expected to focus on the evolving situation in Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz, according to Pakistani government sources. - AA