We take a look at President Trump's July 4th speech, as well as his reluctance to sign the bipartisan housing bill intended to help make homes affordable for Americans.

Thousands of people stood in security lines for hours in severe heat to reach the National Mall, only to be ordered to leave as events were set to start. Some refused.

After a day of extreme heat and canceled events, President Trump closes out America's 250th birthday with a long speech and a fireworks display.

President Trump ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence on Friday with soaring rhetoric about American ...

Fourth of July celebrations are taking place across the nation as the US turns 250, including in Washington, DC, where ...

From Frederick Douglass to Obama, Ben Rhodes shares the speeches that explain the US in his new book, All We Say Donald Trump “has proven Jeremiah Wright correct about a lot of things”, said Ben ...

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed multiple times Friday while discussing artificial intelligence during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

Congratulations. After four years of hard work, you—or your son or daughter, or grandson or granddaughter, or neighbor or niece, or other sort of ramen eater—are graduating from college. It wasn’t ...

President Donald Trump now holds the modern-era record for the longest State of the Union address, surpassing President Bill Clinton’s 2000 speech. The State of the Union is the president’s annual ...

Ricky Gervais appeared to laugh at this year’s crop of Grammy winners for their politically-charged speeches, taking to X after the 2026 ceremony to share an excerpt from his 2020 Golden Globes ...

Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. Joe previously covered breaking news for Forbes and local news in Boston. In the week since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was ...