1 hr ago - Crucial positions at the local offices of the National Weather Service were unfilled as severe rainfall inundated parts of Central Texas on Friday morning, prompting some experts to question whether staffing shortages made it harder for the forecasti ... (The New York Times)

2 hrs ago - New York City Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo are calling for an investigation into Democratic nominee for mayor Zohran Mamdani for identifying as racially "Black or African American" on a leaked college application despite being South ... (MSN)

2 hrs ago - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Saturday she plans to introduce a bill aimed at tackling "weather modification." "I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for ... (The Hill)

3 hrs ago - By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMYA KULLAB Updated 4:38 PM CDT, July 5, 2025 DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S.-led ceasefire efforts in Gaza appeared to gain momentum Saturday after nearly 21 months of war, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’ ... (AP)

4 hrs ago - Updated on: July 5, 2025 / 3:45 PM EDT Tropical Storm Chantal formed Saturday morning about 150 miles off the coast of South Carolina, prompting tropical storm warnings for portions of the Carolinas. The National Weather Service in Miami said the sto ... (CBS News)

5 hrs ago - Jul 5th, 2025, 12:06 pm A federal appellate court on Friday upheld a lower court order directing the Trump administration to restore National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants cut in response to executive orders. In a unanimous order, the U ... (Law & Crime)

6 hrs ago - July 5, 2025 8:42AM ET According to a White House insider who is deeply involved in talks with U.S. trading partners, Donald Trump's tariff threats are not to be taken seriously because they are just a "theatrical show" being put on by the attention- ... (Raw Story)

7 hrs ago - Today WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to a report this week in Stars and Stripes, an independent ... (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

8 hrs ago - A day after asking his followers on X whether a new U.S. political party should be created, Elon Musk said on Saturday that the "America Party is formed." "By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!" he said in a pos ... (Reuters)

8 hrs ago - Published 7:00 AM EDT, Sat July 5, 2025 CNN — As Democrats rush to define President Donald Trump’s domestic policy and immigration law, a handful of liberal candidates are relying on their personal experiences with programs facing key cut ... (CNN Politics)

9 hrs ago - Sat 5 Jul 2025 05.00 EDT One of the new members of a critical federal vaccine advisory board has argued for decades that vaccines caused her son’s autism – a connection that years of large-scale studies and reviews refute. Registered nurse ... (The Guardian)

10 hrs ago - July 5, 2025, 5:04 a.m. ET Tucked into the budget reconciliation bill is a Texas-sized golden nugget: $13.5 billion that could pay back what the state spent on border security during the Biden administration. The bill – which passed Congress on ... (USA Today)

11 hrs ago - -snip- Rogan, who endorsed Trump just hours before the 2024 presidential election, now says he was misled by the man he helped boost into office. The podcaster and UFC commentator, known for giving a platform to anti-cancel culture figures and free s ... (Gizmodo)

11 hrs ago - Sat, July 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM EDT (Bloomberg) -- OPEC+ will increase oil production even more rapidly than expected next month, as the group led by Saudi Arabia seeks to capitalize on strong summer demand in its move to reclaim market share. Eight k ... (Yahoo! Finance/Bloomberg)

12 hrs ago - By ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 10:33 AM CDT, July 5, 2025 LONDON (AP) — More than 20 people were arrested Saturday on suspicion of terrorism offenses after protesters gathered in central London in support of Palestine Action. The protest in Parlia ... (AP)

14 hrs ago - July 5, 2025, 4:09 AM EDT / Source: The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — A protest by hundreds against gentrification and mass tourism that began peacefully Friday in Mexico City neighborhoods popular with tourists turned violent when a small numb ... (NBC News/AP)

16 hrs ago - July 5, 2025 3:57 AM EDT Updated 4 hours ago July 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he had signed letters to 12 countries outlining the various tariff levels they would face on goods they export to the United States, with the "take it or ... (Reuters)

16 hrs ago - Experts warned for months about cuts to NWS and NOAA Ron Filipkowski Jul 05, 2025 As the best and the brightest were being fired at the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by senseless and draconian  ... (meidas news)

16 hrs ago - Sat 5 Jul 2025 02.22 EDT Donald Trump has said he will start talking to China on Monday or Tuesday about a possible TikTok deal. The United States president said the US “pretty much” had a deal on the sale of the TikTok short-video app.
... (The Guardian/Reuters)

17 hrs ago - Published Jul 04, 2025 at 9:27 PM EDT | Updated Jul 04, 2025 at 11:46 PM EDT Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust at The New York Times, posted a lengthy thread on X, formerly Twitter, explaining the newspaper's controvers ... (Newsweek)