Amy Schumer celebrated Independence Day weekend by revealing the impressive results of her recent weight loss, capturing the moment in a series of photos shared online.

Over the holiday weekend, the 45-year-old comedian displayed her svelte figure in a striking steel blue swimsuit that featured a daring plunge, highlighting her lean waist and enhancing her figure as she posed alongside her friends.

Labeling the gathering as an ‘Epic fourth,’ Schumer took to her Instagram Story on Sunday, sharing highlights from the special day that followed the Fourth of July festivities.

In one group picture, Amy was surrounded by a large circle of about 25 friends, some of whom she noted have been in her life for an impressive 35 years. Along with the snapshot, she expressed her affection, writing, “Just a group of 25 friends who have known each other for 35 years with their families. Love you all.”

Giving her dedicated 12.3 million Instagram followers more to admire, Schumer posted another image, tagging comedian Chloe Fineman and expressing gratitude for the stylish Andie bathing suit she wore.

She teamed a white baseball cap with her figure-hugging look, pulling her blonde hair back. 

Last year the Life & Beth actress revealed which weight loss drug worked for her after she previously tried Ozempic.

In March 2025 she took to social media to share her positive experience with the diabetes and weight loss drug Mounjaro. 

She praised the brand, adding that it worked for her better than its competitor Wegovy. 

The entertainer had previously revealed that Ozempic did not agree with her.

‘Three years ago, I tried Wegovy,’ she said online. ‘I was puking, I couldn’t handle it. I don’t know if they’ve changed the formula, whatever.

‘But anyway, I went on this Telehealth meeting with Midi Health, and it was cheap. I wanted to try it myself ‘cause I wanted to recommend it to my friends who are nurses and teachers.’

She raved, ‘My hair is fuller, my skin is better, I have more energy, I want to get down more, if you know what I mean — I’m talking about sex. So that’s been great and Mounjaro’s been great.’

Schumer and her ex Chris Fischer tied the knot in Malibu in front of 80 friends and family in 2018. They share one son, Gene, seven.

In December 2025 she announced their split, and filed for divorce in January 2026.

This weekend, however, Schumer referenced another marriage as she poked fun at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding – to which she was not extended an invitation.

In one Instagram post she shared a photo of herself and Michael Cera in the 2022 series Life & Beth.

She wore a wedding dress and tiara while Cera was dressed as a groom for a wedding scene in the show.

In the caption of the post, the star quipped: ‘Okay so why weren’t we allowed in?’

A previous post showed Schumer clad in a kooky ensemble consisting of a sun hat, patterned kerchief tied around her neck, and pink fanny pack.

‘Rehersal dinner was sick. Who know was she has planned for us tonight,’ she trolled in the caption.

CHICAGO (WLS) — Early Sunday morning on Chicago’s West Side, two separate shootings left seven individuals injured, among them teenagers, according to police reports.

Local residents indicated that the violence erupted after what they termed as the second “teen takeover” in a matter of just over two weeks.

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In a video provided to ABC7, gunshots can be heard ringing out amid a significant crowd gathered in the 3800-block of West Maypole Avenue within the Garfield Park neighborhood.

Authorities reported that at approximately 1:25 a.m., a 17-year-old girl suffered a gunshot wound while standing outside in that area. She was critically injured after being shot in the chest and transported to Stroger Hospital.

Mere minutes later, around 1:34 a.m., gunfire continued to strike, injuring at least six individuals on the same block, police stated.

Two 17-year-old boys were transported to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition. One was shot in the leg, and the other was shot in the neck.

An 18-year-old woman, shot in the buttocks and arm, was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.

An 18-year-old man, shot in the leg, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.

A 19-year-old man, shot in the foot, was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.

A 20-year-old man, shot in the body multiple times, was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.

Cell phone video taken minutes before the shooting shows a large gathering of young people setting off fireworks and blocking a small cul-de-sac street just off Garfield Park.

“Underage kids. Drinking, smoking. They found guns. They started shooting,” said Etta Johnson, who lives in the neighborhood.

Another resident, Thomas Johnson, described the chaos from inside the community

“We, the citizens here, we’re held captive,” he said.

Residents said the gathering began early, just after 10 p.m., and shared photos and videos showing crowds filling the street. Several said a similar incident occurred recently.

“It was unbearable. they are standing out. They are jumping on cars,” said Connie Mitchell, a Garfield Park resident. “We just had this happen, Juneteenth. They did it then.”

Trinisa Williams said she repeatedly contacted police as the crowd grew.

“My first call to police was at 10:52 p.m. I called pretty much every 15 minutes after that,” she said.

Police were already on the scene when the shooting erupted. Audio from police communications captured reports of multiple shooters at a large gathering near Maypole Avenue.

“The police are always outnumbered. But this was by far the worst. They couldn’t stop them,” Etta Johnson said.

Williams said accountability remains a major concern for residents. “The fact that no one is being held accountable is my biggest problem with that,” she said.

Neighbors said they feel exhausted and unsure how to stop the repeated gatherings.

“These kids think they are not touchable. They say you can’t do anything to them. you can’t touch them,” Mitchell said. “We’re begging. We’re pleading. we’re begging for help religiously. We have done everything we’re supposed to do.”

Justin Peters with violence interrupter group Chitown Crime Chasers says his team was on the scene alongside Chicago Police before the shooting began

“We saw a lot of people started running so we started to point the crowd in another direction to run to while me and my team were rushing towards the gunshots to find the victims and we located several teenage victims shot in the alley,” Peters said. “This is where the community must step in and parents must step in. Other organizations must step in to help so we can all work together,”

Alderman Jason Ervin of the 28th Ward denounced the gathering and called for those who organized it to be held responsible.

“I look forward to the police department and the City of Chicago’s Law Department going after these individuals. Because again, it’s not your personal playground. The street is not your personal playground,” Ervin said.

Ervin said police detained about a dozen people following the shooting, but no charges have been filed so far. Chicago police said the investigation is ongoing.

Alderman Brian Hopkins, Chairman of the Public Safety Committee has long argued the city needs stronger tools to prevent crowds from spiraling out of control.

“The police were already there, they were on the scene at this event, and that didn’t stop teenagers from taking guns out and shooting each other, even having the presence of visible squad cars right there,” Hopkins said. “Incidents like this just highlight even more the need for a good, effective police response. They need every tool that we can give them, including enforcing curfew.”

At about 1:48 a.m., a man was found shot to death just over 1 mile away, in the West Garfield Park neighborhood’s 4300-block of West Van Buren Street.

Police did not immediately say whether the three incidents are connected or what may have led up to the shootings.

Area Four detectives are investigating. Police did not immediately provide further information.

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A chaotic scene erupted involving a group of teenagers assaulting two South Carolina police officers during a tumultuous altercation. The officers intervened at a perilous Fourth of July gathering where gunfire and fireworks were reportedly aimed at vehicles, according to law enforcement.

The alarming incident took place as officers tried to disperse festivities celebrating Independence Day in the Chicora-Cherokee area of North Charleston at approximately 8:30 p.m., stated the North Charleston Police Department.

North Charleston Police Chief Ron Camacho urgently appealed to the community. “We need some help,” he expressed. “We truly do. Assistance from the community is crucial because situations like these are escalating in danger.”

Authorities indicated that the city had originally sanctioned the event and had collaborated with organizers earlier to establish plans for parking and traffic management.

However, as night fell, the festivities took a perilous turn, with police reporting incidents of firearms being discharged and revelers recklessly firing fireworks at moving vehicles.

Cops said they initially tried to disperse the party, but their efforts were ignored, as fights broke out between carousers and gunshots were fired. 

The scene quickly became violent when cops stepped out of their cars to stop the fighting – and soon found themselves being attacked by partygoers, according to authorities.

Police said multiple officers were assaulted in the bedlam, which included two cops who were viciously stomped to the ground by a gaggle of teens, according to video obtained by WSCS.

Footage shows one cop struggling with a youth who pushes her to the ground, before a friend socks the officer in the face and another hits her with a stick. 

A fellow officer comes to his colleague’s rescue and pulls the unruly youth off his coworker, but is attacked by other youths, tasering one to disperse the growing crowd around him, video shows. 

Police said that four people – three juveniles and one adult – were arrested at the scene. 

Four guns, including two automatic weapons, and a homemade spear were also recovered from the scene of the party, cops said. 

Chief Camacho blasted the adolescents during a press conference Sunday, saying their behavior was “the most difficult thing that I’ve had to deal with in my policing career.” 

Camacho also called on the community to cooperate with the department and keep the unruly kids in line. 

A reporter from The New York Times found herself at the center of a social media storm after voicing her displeasure about the number of planes in the sky over Washington DC as the nation prepared to celebrate its 250th birthday.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who co-hosts The Interview podcast for The New York Times, shared her thoughts on the platform known as X on July 3. The post quickly went viral, amassing millions of views.

Despite it being the eve of Independence Day, the skies over Washington DC were abuzz with numerous military flyovers. Former President Trump had been set on making celebrations larger-than-life, incorporating frequent military displays into the festivities.

Unimpressed by the spectacle, Garcia-Navarro expressed her frustration online: “Why are we having so many jets scorching over DC? Nerve-wracking. I get 250 celebrations but it feels like the apocalypse,” she tweeted.

Her tweet appeared at 10:44 a.m., coinciding with the start of a series of flyovers that persisted for about three hours that day.

On July 4th itself, the flyovers lasted more than twice as long, featuring B-2 bombers, NASA F-5s, Thunderbirds, Ospreys, Golden Knights and even Air Force One.

Garcia-Navarro’s complaint struck a nerve with many observers, and her replies were flooded with criticism. 

‘Have you considered crying about it even harder?’ wrote Sean Davis, CEO and co-founder of the conservative online magazine, The Federalist. 

‘Sorry for triggering you,’ Garcia-Navarro replied with a sad face emoticon.

‘We can hope it’s the apocalypse for the America-hating that your publication foments and spews,’ said Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist. 

‘…seriously? This is our 250th birthday! You cannot hate our media more,’ another user said.

‘Mainstream commentators have become so emotionally fragile,’ yet another chimed in. 

Countless others posted humorous pictures and memes making fun of Garcia-Navarro’s tweet. 

On July 4th, Washington DC set off a whopping 850,000 fireworks, breaking the previous record of 810,904. 

Typically, around 7,000 fireworks are set off at the National Mall to celebrate the holiday. 

Garcia-Navarro had something to say about that celebratory display too. 

‘TRIGGER WARNING: Well, Happy Independence Day. I don’t like fireworks either! Why? I have PTSD from covering wars. Your body remembers the sounds of conflict even if you are past the effects,’ a second tweet by the reporter began. 

‘But also, lots of people don’t like jets and fireworks! My niece who is with me has auditory processing disorder. There are lots of ways to love America and celebrate Independence Day. Enjoy yours!’ her tweet concluded. 

Once again, Garcia-Navarro’s replies were flooded with angry users. 

‘I’m a combat veteran with PTSD. I am also a patriot. You, on the other hand, are a spoiled narcissist. #America250 isn’t about you. Glad we had this talk,’ one user wrote.

‘You sound like a miserable human being. who would listen to anything you have to say everything with liberals is doom and gloom sounds like you have no reason to continue,’ another said. 

‘July 4th. How do I make this about me?’ a third chimed in.  

Hakeem Jeffries is extending a warm invitation to those who aspire to oust him from his political position and notch a victory in their political careers.

The House Minority Leader heartily greeted state Assembly members Claire Valdez and Micah Lasher, along with congressional contenders Darializa Avila Chevalier and Brad Lander. All four individuals are progressive Democrats with ties to the Democratic Socialists of America.

Interestingly, all except Lasher have received support from well-known DSA influencer Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

On X, Jeffries posted, “Congratulations to our newest members of the NYC congressional delegation. Whether as public servants, union organizers, or community activists, our paths may differ, but the work remains consistent. It’s crucial we tackle the affordability crisis head-on and combat far-right extremism!”

‘You’re next’

Notably, some Democrats might label efforts to enforce immigration and secure borders as forms of “far-right extremism.”

But it’s pretty tough to crush the right flank when you are literally being eaten by a pack of lefty loony socialists who don’t believe in prisons or borders.

Pols who think they are representing the people of Gaza, not New York City.

If Jeffries can’t see the insurgent party’s plans for him, he’s either blind or naive.

But he can see it, and he’s scared. After all, they’ve already started salting and seasoning him, preparing him for a DSA roast.

At the DSA victory party last week, supporters were taunting Jeffries. As his face came up on the television, the group of pasty-white downwardly mobile socialists chanted, “You’re next.”

It was jarring.

Meanwhile, champagne socialist streamer Hasan Piker was taking aim at Rep. Ritchie Torres — who kept hold of his district — sounding like a coked-up ’80s wrestler cutting a promo.

Fealty to Palestinians

“Ritchie Torres I know you won tonight,” he snarled. “I’ll see you in two years, mother­f–ker. I’m coming for you, Richie. Sit on that f–kin’ seat for the next two years. I hope you remember that. Every day, every time there’s a decision that you can make where you are pro-Israel, I hope you remember. You better act right, Ritchie.”

This is how the DSA views normie Dems — as problems to purge. And threaten. They want fealty to Palestinians. They want it loud and proud.

Just ask Scott Wiener, who is running for Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat. He was harassed in public twice by antisemitic lunatics, once inside a restaurant and then at a Pride march. In January, Wiener, under pressure, said that Israel was committing a genocide in Gaza.

It still wasn’t enough to spare him humiliation.

Despite the messaging from Jeffries’ soon-to-be colleagues, they don’t want to advance an affordability agenda. They want to eat the rich and abolish ICE and therefore borders. Their first order of business isn’t to bring down prices for working people but to get more of their comrades elected. It’s a naked power grab.

And the worst of them all is Avila Chevalier, who has spent her adult life in school. On X, she has literally bragged about wiping her greasy paws on an American flag. She doesn’t believe in deportations or prison. In a deleted X account, she was praising Marx and Lenin.

She co-founded Columbia University Apartheid Divest, which has called for the “total eradication of Western civilization.”

And then there’s Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, who went on “Meet the Press” to plug his new book. He tiptoed too.

“I want us to be a big tent party. I mean, I’ve been saying this for years. I think that it’s actually a sign of a party that is alive and growing when there’s a contest of ideas inside the party,” Murphy said.

‘We are capitalist’

Well, not if one of those competing ideologies wants to burn that tent to the ground.

With so many liberals screaming that the Dems moved too far left on social issues and immigration, the answer is to line dance even further to the left and repackage socialism as affordability?

How about we all commit to cutting taxes and not throwing more and more money at useless programs like Mamdani’s pledging $15 million for trans youth and millions promised to legal services for illegal aliens?

But there are some Dems drawing a line in the sand.

Last week, 13 Dem House members and candidates came together to pledge in “The Promise to America.”

“We are capitalist, not socialist,” they wrote.

Yet, Jeffries is allowing himself to get pushed around. They’ll be feasting on his carcass in no time.