How Trump Shifted on Iran Under Pressure From Israel  —  President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel's push for an assault on Iran's nuclear program.  With the war underway, his posture has gyrated as he weighs sending in the U.S. military.

Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at ICE court hearing  —  City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.  —  The city's elected financial watchdog, and a Democratic candidate for mayor, appeared at 26 Federal Plaza …

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem transported by ambulance to DC-area hospital, sources say  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was transported by ambulance on Tuesday to a hospital in Washington, DC, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Senate passes landmark crypto regulation bill on a bipartisan vote, sending it to the House  —  The 68-30 vote on the GENIUS Act marked the first time that the Senate has passed major legislation regulating digital assets.  —  WASHINGTON — After weeks of stops and starts …

Trump ‘Reamed Out’ Hegseth for Flop Birthday Parade: Author  —  P***ED OFF  —  The president wanted a “menacing” military parade but got the opposite instead, Michael Wolff tells The Daily Beast Podcast.  —  President Donald Trump was unhappy with his sparsely attended military parade …

‘Insensitive, to say the least’: Mike Lee deletes Minnesota posts amid GOP criticism  —  Utah Sen. Mike Lee, amid widespread outrage, has deleted a pair of social media posts associating the deadly Minnesota shootings last weekend with “Marxists” and the state's Democratic governor.

Trump Says He Has No Plans to Call Walz After Shootings in Minnesota  —  “I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out, I'm not calling him,” the president told reporters.  —  President Trump said that he had no plans to call Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota after a man assassinated …

Poll: GOP budget bill faces nearly 2-to-1 opposition, with many unaware  —  A plurality of voters oppose the tax-and-spending legislation, with mixed opinions on specific provisions, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll this month.  —  As Senate Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump's …

Family says baby delivered through C-section from Georgia mom who was declared brain dead  —  Family members said Adriana Smith will be taken off life support this week. … ATLANTA — The family of Adriana Smith, a metro Atlanta nurse who was declared brain dead in February while pregnant, said her baby boy has arrived.

Sarah McBride on Why the Left Lost on Trans Rights  —  This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing to the show on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.

Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump's Judicial Nominees Off the Hook  —  On Sunday, 11 days after the Senate Judiciary Committee held confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's first batch of judicial nominees, the committee published the nominees' answers to follow-up questions posed by the committee's members.

White House Eyes Rarely Used Power to Override Congress on Spending  —  The president's top aides have signaled they may seize on a timing quirk in law to cancel enacted funds, setting up a clash over the power of the purse.  —  The White House is signaling it may soon invoke a little-known …

Denmark's Frederiksen moves to keep Greenland out of Trump's clutches  —  The plan includes investment in the Arctic island's critical infrastructure.  —  Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Copenhagen is willing to invest more in Greenland as Denmark tries to fend off U.S. President …

Trump's pardons cost victims and taxpayers $1.3 billion, House Judiciary Committee Democrats' review says  —  President Trump's flurry of recent presidential pardons has cost crime victims and taxpayers approximately $1.3 billion in restitution and payments, according to a review by House Judiciary Democrats.

Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids  —  ICE agents have been advised to continue conducting workforce enforcement operations on agricultural businesses despite concerns the raids will negatively affect the food industry.  —  Summary21

No Kings protest organizers announce July 17 as next demonstration  —  Organizers of last weekend's “No Kings” protests are celebrating the event as the one of the largest mass demonstrations in U.S. history, and already have another rally on the books.  —  Why it matters: Building off …

How Ivermectin Became Right-Wing Aspirin  —  Once a suspect COVID treatment, now a cure for everything  —  Remember ivermectin?  The animal-deworming medication was used so avidly as an off-label COVID treatment during the pandemic that some feed stores ended up going out of stock.

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Clintons, Harris attend Hamptons wedding of Huma Abedin, Alex Soros  —  Huma Abedin, political strategist and former Hillary Clinton aide, dished the details of her Saturday wedding to philanthropist Alex Soros, the son of progressive billionaire George Soros, to Vogue.

Return of the American assassin  —  The right has no monopoly on violent fantasy, but liberals are far less likely to own guns  —  People are not always what they seem.  Vance Luther Boelter is a Christian preacher with a residential security company.  Last weekend he is suspected of killing …

Centrist Identity Politics Is out of Control  —  Andrew Cuomo?  That guy again? … June 17, 2025  —  5:45 AM  —  The New York Times has sort of endorsed Andrew Cuomo in the race for New York City mayor, and you should consider this bad news—even if you don't live in New York City …

Armed man arrested at Nashville's ‘No Kings’ protest had long fascination with Nazis, mass murder  —  Police visited Elijah Millar's home in April following tip from FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force about his online activities, Murfreesboro police spokesperson says

Trump Again Pushes TikTok Sale Deadline With 90 Day Extension … “As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Tuesday.  “This extension will last 90 days, which the Administration will spend working …

FBI gives Congress intel on alleged Chinese plot to create fake mail-in ballots in 2020  —  Newly declassified intelligence report partially corroborated but was recalled before it could be fully investigated, officials say.  — Article  — Dig Deeper

Russian Drone and Missile Strikes on Kyiv Kill at Least 10  —  It was the deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital in almost a year, and came as Moscow has intensified air assaults on the city.  —  Russia pummeled Kyiv with drones and missiles overnight on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people …