At least five people have been arrested for vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, with President Donald Trump threatening long prison terms. Trump claimed the vandals cut a 250-foot gash, which has now extended to 300 feet due to chemicals in the water. Former US Olympic canoeist David Davy Hearn was among those detained.
One of the stars of the American firmament once advised citizens of all stripes how to express their love of country. Mark Twain's long-ago words capture how Americans are stepping out this week to wish their nation a happy milestone birthday.
Nature's oven was on high Tuesday for millions of people in the Midwest and Great Lakes states as intense heat and humidity baked the regions with no immediate relief before the misery shifts to the eastern U.S.
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
Utah restricted fireworks and declared a state of emergency Friday ahead of July Fourth celebrations as the United States' largest wildfire mushroomed in size.
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