A push by House Republicans to crack down on hard-to-trace nonprofit fundraising — originally aimed at left-leaning groups — could end up forcing new financial disclosures from Freedom 250, the organization behind the Trump administration's celebration of America's 250th anniversary.

Rather than creating a new charity, the administration built Freedom 250 as a subsidiary of the National Park Foundation, a congressionally chartered nonprofit that normally raises money for the National Park Service. Trump promised the group would throw the country "the most spectacular birthday party you've ever seen," and government records show the parent foundation received roughly $90 million in federal funding to support the celebration. Because Freedom 250 sits inside that larger nonprofit, it currently isn't required to disclose specifics about how it raises or spends its money — even though a spokesperson said all corporate sponsors are public except for a handful who requested anonymity.

Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty last year to murdering four University of Idaho students, is now asking a court to let him withdraw that plea, claiming he is innocent and was misled into confessing.

In a statement provided to The New York Times and filed in court records, Kohberger said his plea "must be withdrawn" because it was based on "false promises and blatant disinformation," and that his "actual innocence" is his truth. He's asking to reopen the case and go to trial — a striking reversal from July 2025, when he pleaded guilty in an Ada County courtroom to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in exchange for four consecutive life sentences without parole, avoiding the death penalty for the November 2022 stabbing deaths of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.

A dangerous, multi-day heat wave has put more than 100 million people across the U.S. under heat alerts, with at least seven major cities forecast to hit triple digits as the pattern moves from the Southwest and Great Plains toward the Midwest.

Forecasters expect highs of 112 degrees in Las Vegas, 109 in Phoenix and 105 in Rapid City, South Dakota, with Omaha, Denver, Dallas and Kansas City all expected to top 100 degrees and Minneapolis and St. Louis climbing into the upper 90s. High humidity is compounding the danger across a broad swath of the country, with heat index values forecast between 105 and 115 degrees in some areas. Overnight temperatures are offering little relief, with lows only expected to dip to around 90 degrees in Phoenix and Las Vegas.