‘Two Weeks’ Is Trump's Favorite Unit of Time  —  “Two weeks” is one of President Trump's favorite units of time.  It can mean something, or nothing at all.  —  “Within the next two weeks.”  —  That is when President Trump now says he will be ready to make his decision about bombing Iran or not.

Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship explodes on test stand  —  The failure sent a giant fireball into the sky over the company's South Texas launch site.  —  SpaceX Starship explodes on test stand  —  SpaceX's Starship spacecraft exploded ahead of an engine test late Wednesday …

Parsing ICE's mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims  —  ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify anonymity.  —  Last month, I wrote a column questioning why Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were increasingly disguising their identities as they conducted sweeps and arrests.

LA Dodgers says it denied ICE access to stadium grounds  —  The Los Angeles Dodgers said Thursday it denied Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents entry to their stadium grounds.  —  “This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots.

ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits  —  The policy specifies that ICE field offices are not subject to an existing law that allows members of Congress to make unannounced oversight visits to immigration facilities that “detain or otherwise house aliens.”

62 percent of Democrats agree party leadership should be replaced: Survey  —  More than half of Democrats agree party leadership should be replaced amid infighting, according to a new survey.  —  Thursday's Reuters/Ipsos survey featuring self-identified Democratic respondents found …

An Islamic Republic With Its Back Against the Wall  —  The Iranian regime finds itself in its most difficult position 46 years after the revolution that brought it to power.  But does it mean the end?  —  Beneath Israel's bombs lies an unpopular and repressive Iranian regime that has spent billions …

GOP congressman says he was run off the road by ‘deranged man’ on the way to work  —  Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller said Thursday he was run off the road by a “deranged man” who waved a Palestinian flag in his direction and lobbed death threats before driving away.

Trump's Nuclear Attack ‘Doomsday Plane’ Arrives In Washington  —  A U.S. Air Force “Doomsday Plane” arrived at Joint Base Andrews Tuesday night, fueling speculation of a potential U.S. role in the escalating Israel-Iran crisis.  —  The E-4B Nightwatch aircraft landed at the military facility …

Trump extends TikTok ban deadline by another 90 days  —  The latest ban extension is the third Trump has given to TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance.  —  President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to sell the short-form video app to an American owner by another 90 days.

Trump Insists MAGA ‘HATES’ Fox News After Embarrassing Network Poll  —  HURT FEELINGS  —  He couldn't believe what voters really think of his “miraculously perfect” border.  —  President Donald Trump savaged Fox News and declared that his MAGA base hates the network after a poll showed his approval ratings tanking.

Focus groups: Latino Trump voters diverge on deportations but largely still back the president  —  The focus group participants broadly supported Trump's actions on immigration and the economy, but some divisions emerged over the focus of his deportation program.

Maduro Locks Up Economists Sharing Data on Venezuela's Decline  —  President Nicolás Maduro has intensified his crackdown on independent economists and consultants, detaining at least eight people in what critics call a bid to control data exposing Venezuela's decline.

How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation  —  As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.  —  Many people are detained at U.S. airports for reasons they find arbitrary and mysterious.

Paramount delays $35M settlement with Trump as media giant fears bribery backlash: sources  —  A potential $35 million settlement of President Trump's lawsuit against Paramount's CBS affiliate has been delayed after the company's management continued to fear a potential legal backlash, The Post has learned.

Spain threatens to derail Nato summit over Trump defence target  —  Madrid balks at US president's request for members to increase security spending to 5% of GDP  —  Spain is threatening to derail a Nato summit intended to appease Donald Trump by refusing to commit to the US president's request …

Americans largely disapprove of U.S. involvement in Israel and Iran war: Poll  —  A majority of Americans don't want the U.S. to get involved in the escalating war between Israel and Iran, a poll released this week found.  —  The big picture: President Trump is slated to make a decision …

'He's a snake': Musk jabs at Trump adviser who fueled messy presidential breakup  —  Sergio Gor helped facilitate the termination of Jared Isaacman's nomination for NASA head — a pick Musk had pushed.  —  Elon Musk may have stopped sparring with President Donald Trump online …

The Atlantic Announces Staff Writers Quinta Jurecic, Toluse Olorunnipa, and Nancy Youssef  —  As The Atlantic continues a major expansion of its editorial staff, today editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg is announcing the hires of Quinta Jurecic, Toluse Olorunnipa, and Nancy Youssef as staff writers.

‘Weak,’ ‘whiny’ and ‘invisible’: Critics of DNC Chair Ken Martin savage his tenure  —  The new DNC chair has faced messy drama since stepping into the role in February.  —  Four-and-a-half months after the Democratic National Committee chair pledged to focus on fighting Donald Trump …

Trump on Juneteenth: US has ‘too many non-working holidays’  —  President Trump said the country is losing money due to the number of federal holidays on Thursday, which marks Juneteenth, the newest addition to the U.S. holiday calendar.  —  “Too many non-working holidays in America.

The Supreme Court's Blindness to Transgender Reality  —  Imagine you are a transgender teenager.  Don't ask me how you know that you are transgender: That question is no more appropriate or relevant than asking people how they know that they are gay or Jewish or Black.  Maybe you've always known.

Record Debt Limit Increase Would Break Republican Precedent  —  A proposed $5 trillion debt limit increase could make it hard for Republicans to maintain their fiscal hawk credibility.  —  For years, Republicans have warned about the government's reliance on borrowed money to pay its bills.