With a sledgehammer and a shovel, volunteers raced to save passengers in Texas plane crash The business jet barreled cockeyed down the dark highway, knocking down one light pole after another, an orange glow of sparks trailing it. View article →

Trump awards medals of honor to Vietnam and Afghanistan war heroes President Trump on Thursday awarded the Medal of Honor to two heroes from the Vietnam War and one from the Afghanistan War. View article →

Luigi Mangione's lawyers reverse course, say they won't pursue a psychiatric defense In a stunning reversal, Luigi Mangione's lawyers told a judge Thursday that he will no longer be asserting a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. View article →

Democrats wield Epstein files as weapon in battle for the U.S. Senate From the East Coast to the Rust Belt to the Deep South, Democrats are making Jeffrey Epstein a centerpiece of their 2026 campaign strategy. View article →

Sports NIL reform bill heads to Senate floor Legislation that complements President Trump's executive order on name, image and likeness in college sports is advancing to the Senate floor. View article →

D.C.'s Democratic Socialist Mayor-to-Be Joins Outsider Candidates Winning Major Elections D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George appears to have a clear path to winning the mayor's race after her top primary opponent conceded Thursday, letting the democratic socialist continue a trend in both major parties where anti-establishment candidates are sweeping into office. View article →

Corey Feldman says food poisoning, not serious illness, caused in-flight medical scare COREY FELDMAN breaks his silence about the mid-flight medical emergency that landed him in a hospital earlier this week: "It was only food poisoning thank God! I'll b ok. Now back 2 rock n roll....." View article →

Mastermind behind foiled UFC terror plot is illegal immigrant The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday an illegal immigrant from Mexico allegedly orchestrated the failed terrorist attack targeting the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House. View article →

U.S. gas prices fall below $4 for 1st time since March, but still 25% higher than last year U.S. gas prices fell below $4 a gallon on average Thursday, but just barely. View article →

Smoke Rises Over Moscow After Ukrainian Drones Hit an Oil Refinery Ukraine hit a major Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week and disrupted commercial flights at the city's airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia's all-out invasion of its neighbor more than four years ago, Russian officials said Thursday. View article →

Gunmen attack airport in Niger's capital as explosions, gunfire heard Gunmen attacked the main airport in Niger's capital of Niamey early Thursday morning, leading to an exchange of fire and explosions, witnesses and a security official said. View article →

Archaeology team unearths 'prototype' of world-famous Stonehenge monument just a few miles away Archaeologists revealed Thursday that they have discovered a structure near the prehistoric stone circle of Stonehenge in southern England that may have served as a "prototype" for the 5,000-year-old Neolithic monument. View article →

Cargo ship's chief engineer charged in 2024 Francis Scott Key bridge collapse in Baltimore Prosecutors have filed a criminal charge against the chief engineer of a cargo ship involved in the deadly 2024 collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing him of failing to notify the U.S. Coast Guard of hazardous conditions on the ship. View article →

French president urges U.S. to share cutting-edge AI and democracies to cooperate on regulation French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged the world's wealthy democracies to work together on regulating advanced artificial intelligence systems, speaking at a high-level meeting that included top AI executives. View article →

WATCH: Feds move to close commercial driver's license loophole after deadly Virginia bus crash How does a bus driver who doesn't speak English get a commercial license in America? The answer, investigators say, is more complicated than anyone expected. Washington Times reporter Susan Ferrechio explains what went wrong and what's being done to fix it. View article →

Teen hiker injured in attack by black bear in Washington state A teenage boy was injured when a black bear attacked a group of hikers on a trail in Washington state Tuesday, and one of the other hikers was injured while fleeing. View article →

Evanston reparations program violates Constitution, DOJ says in lawsuit intervention The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division moved to intervene in a lawsuit challenging Evanston, Illinois's reparations program, alleging the city's practice of distributing cash payments and housing assistance exclusively to Black residents violates the Constitution and federal fair housing law. View article →

Trump aims to fence in Lafayette Square across from White House President Trump plans to erect permanent fencing around Lafayette Square across the street from the White House, according to reports. View article →

Reagan National Airport to stop flights after noon on Fourth of July Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will halt all flights after noon on the Fourth of July to accommodate fireworks and aerial displays. View article →

Military used Musk's Grok in strikes against Iran, Pentagon reveals Elon Musk's artificial intelligence tool Grok was used to identify targets to strike against Iran, a top defense official revealed Tuesday. View article →