JUST IN: 🇺🇸 UEFA says FIFA crossed a "red line" by allowing US striker Folarin Balogun to avoid a game suspension after receiving a red card in the World Cup.
Today marks 250 years since a small group of newspaper editors, farmers, and soldiers signed a document declaring our nation’s independence — a truth that feels self-evident now but was revolutionary then.
What a privilege us Americans have, to live in a nation that every one of its inhabitants can shape. What an honor us New Yorkers have, to look out over our city’s waters from the shores where so many Americans bravely entered their country for the first time.
Today and all days, let us remember that patriotism is not pretending our nation is without flaws. Patriotism is every act of righteous dissent — because loving our country means fighting for the best version of it.
Happy Fourth of July, New York City.
Al Jazeera: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has canceled his July 7 visit to New York City as human rights groups call for his arrest.
I just signed a new law imposing a 100% state tax on any Californians who benefit from @realDonaldTrump's Jan. 6th slush fund for insurrectionists.
Taxpayer dollars should support victims, not the people who attacked law enforcement officers and our very democracy.
We don't fund criminals.
BREAKING: The U.S. and Iran have agreed to halt military strikes and will meet Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, to resolve tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. officials.
The talks, originally intended to focus on Iran's nuclear program, will instead center on ensuring safe commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Officials also plan to discuss implementing a direct military hotline between the U.S. and Iran to prevent future incidents.
Source: Axios
🇺🇸🇨🇺 The US said it was willing to give Cuba $100M in "humanitarian aid"
DIAZ-CANEL: Sounds like a joke. Their blockade costs us over $5 billion a year--and they come at us with $100 million. And it excludes medicine and food--the very things their "maximum pressure" denies us