On the 250th anniversary of US Independence, demonstrators wearing insignia of the white supremacist group "Patriot Front" staged protests at Eastern Market and around Capitol Hill. Participants, some wearing white masks, sunglasses and khaki caps bearing the group's emblem, marched near the Capitol and Union Station carrying Confederate flags, "Patriot Front" flags and inverted US flags, and chanted slogans including "Life, Liberty, Victory!" and "Take back America!"

At the Yabuli Forum Innovation Annual Conference in Shanghai (July 3-4), Yushu Technology co‑founder Chen Li said the company has completed in‑house R&D and production of core components and underlying architecture, enabling end‑to‑end manufacture of quadruped and humanoid robots, robotic arms, pump bodies and dexterous hands. He said joint‑motor core technology is fully self‑developed and the upstream only involves basic raw materials such as copper wire and magnets, with the supply chain fully autonomous and controllable. Chen added Yushu’s self‑developed stack delivers leading cost‑performance, reliability, stability and consistency, and the firm continues to invest in control, perception, navigation and AI algorithm R&D, with multiple patent filings.

US and Iran will hold talks in Pakistan on July 11, Saudi outlets Hadas and Al Arabiya report.