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U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Ankara on Tuesday for a summit with NATO leaders. The U.S. president announced that Washington would lift U.S. sanctions on Turkey that were imposed in 2020 over Ankara's purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system, while expressing a willingness to sell the fellow NATO ally F-35 fighter jets.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said on Tuesday he would quit as a member of the UK Parliament to trigger a by-election in his parliamentary seat, which he says he will stand in.
Farage is under investigation by the standards watchdog over whether he should have declared a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) donation from a cryptocurrency billionaire he received ​before entering parliament.
His spokesperson said, "No parliamentary rules have been broken." Farage's Reform UK party has led in almost every opinion poll in the UK for more than a year.

U.S. President Donald Trump marked the launch of Trump Accounts in the Oval Office on July 6. Under the program, parents can open special investment accounts for any child born during Trump’s second term and automatically receive $1,000 from the government.
Trump will travel to Ankara, Turkey, to attend the NATO summit on July 7 and 8, where leaders are expected to review progress on the alliance’s defense spending commitments and burden-sharing goals. Hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the summit brings together the leaders of NATO’s 32 member states.

A day before America’s 250th Independence Day, Mount Rushmore will serve as the majestic backdrop for a speech from President Donald Trump—capped by a show-stopping $700,000 fireworks display.
A dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the eastern United States, with extreme temperatures expected through the July 4th weekend. Forecasters warn the heat and humidity could be life-threatening.

U.S. applications for jobless aid inched down last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 27 fell by 1,000 to 215,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
U.S. employers slowed hiring last month and added only 57,000 jobs, less than half the previous month’s total and a sign companies still have a cautious economic outlook.
New York City is preparing for one of its busiest Fourth of July weekends in years under dangerous heat and heightened security. The challenges come as a major heat wave expands across much of the country.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States was getting along very well with Iran and that recent meetings in Qatar went well. "The denuclearization of Iran is moving along well," Trump told reporters. "They've had very good meetings, and we'll see."
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros was declared victorious over longtime Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) in a major political upset in the Colorado Primary elections on Tuesday.