This Fourth of July, some towns will be paying extra for fireworks – and others won’t be having any at all, Josh Marcus discovers.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in particular, has emerged as an unexpected target of criticism from the president and some of his closest allies after breaking with him on several high-profile cases this term, despite remaining one of the court's most consistently conservative justices.

Here’s more.

The president’s luxury Florida clubs saw a major spike in earnings last year, according to federal financial disclosures, part of the historic windfall the Republican has earned since returning to office.

Last year, Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, which also serves as his primary residence, earned him nearly $77.5 million, more than 50 percent more than in 2024.

The estate, which is sometimes called the “Winter White House,” has emerged as a key venue for getting access to the president.

Donors and Silicon Valley executives have flocked to Palm Beach to court the president there and Trump has regularly visited the property and held high-dollar fundraisers at the property since taking office.

Josh Marcus reports.

New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan are continuing to tour their explosive new book Regime Change about Trump’s second term and this week dropped in on MS NOW’s Chris Hayes to discuss it.

Hayes was particularly interested in their reporting on Trump’s insistence that his White House bathroom be covered in wall-to-wall carpet, a decision that raised concerns about a potential mold issue in the historic residence.

“I’ve never in my life encountered carpeting in the bathroom, but this apparently is a real Donald Trump must-have,” Hayes observed.

Brendan Rascius has this report.

That’s according to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, citing sources who say they fear that the high temperatures forecast and late start for tomorrow’s fireworks display could again leave the president facing another barren crowd.

Here’s Collins on her own visit to the Great American State Fair yesterday.

Trump is said to have been greatly angered by the poor attendance at the centerpiece event of his 250th anniversary celebrations and with its becoming a media fixation but the scene behind the two Fox News hosts here is undeniable.

Rival network MS NOW has helpfully collected together a montage of Fox hosts broadcasting from the lonely parade grounds.

The president has pledged the “LARGEST FIREWORKS SHOW IN HISTORY” for tomorrow’s Fourth of July celebration D.C. but is still yet to disclose who is paying for the theatrics.

Sophie Clark takes a look.

Here’s more from the president’s grilling by CNBC.

The president sat down for an interview with CNBC yesterday during which he insisted he is unaware of the happenings within his family’s crypto businesses, despite these companies netting the president more than $1 billion last year, according to financial disclosures.

Later, Trump’s estranged niece Mary challenged his version of events on CNN when she admitted to Anderson Cooper that their family has a “history of corruption.”

Here’s more from Josh Marcus.

A former Olympic athlete has been charged with destruction of property after he was arrested for reaching into the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and grabbing a flap of broken-off blue liner.

David Hearn, a two-time whitewater racing world champion who competed in the canoe slalom at three Olympic Games, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday in D.C. Superior Court on one felony charge, according to court records.

He is accused of causing $1,000 in damage to the pool. He faces up to 10 years in prison, if convicted.

Hearn has repeatedly denied vandalizing the monument, which has been plagued by algae blooms with the recently applied “American Flag Blue” sealant peeling from the basin and said the damage was already done when he visited the landmark.

The felony charge announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is the first following the Trump administration’s pledge to target alleged vandals that the president has accused, without evidence, of stripping the pool’s lining and pouring chemicals into the water.

Here she is discussing the case with Jesse Watters on Fox News after yesterday’s press conference:

Alex Woodward has more.