‘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.

How cities are scaling back Juneteenth celebrations after Trump-era DEI rollbacks  —  Despite Juneteenth's status as a federal holiday, celebrations across the country are being scaled back or canceled.  Organizers say safety issues along with mounting resistance to diversity …

Appeals court extends order allowing Trump to deploy National Guard to L.A.  —  Washington — A federal appeals court on Thursday extended its block of a judge's order that directed President Trump to return control of California's National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

ICE agents say posting names endangers them, Nashville mayor says real problem is masking  —  The Mayor's office releasing the names of ICE agents has brought scrutiny from GOP lawmakers, DHS, and ICE over the concern that it endangers federal immigration officers.

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 …

Where is the outrage over Skrmetti?  —  On the far right's campaign to create uncertainty over gender-affirming medical care for minors — and the powerful institutions that helped along the way.  —  The response to Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Tennessee's law barring transgender minors …

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.

A New Middle East Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes … That day, a shepherd posted cell phone footage of an Israeli C-130 low in the sky over Syria, sheep bells clanking over the roar of the engines.  The Assad family had fled the country months earlier, helpless to keep rebels out of Damascus without Hezbollah.

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.

Mark Cuban: Harris Camp Asked For VP Vetting Papers  —  The former Dallas Mavericks owner declined, saying he wouldn't make a particularly good Number Two.  —  Transcript  —  Last summer, during the height of the presidential campaign—not the Biden v. Trump one, the Harris v. Trump one …

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.

Washington cherry growers struggle to find pickers  —  The threat of federal immigration agents raiding orchards in central Washington is causing a labor shortage that has compelled some Washington producers to leave cherries unpicked or delay their harvests until the fruit overripens and is worth less money.

ICE agents covering their faces should rattle all Americans  —  A California bill that restricts local and state law enforcement officials from covering their faces is a necessary, if symbolic, rebuke of the encroaching police state.  —  As sickening as it is to see Immigration …

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.

Trump Tax Bill Bails Out Private Equity's Layoff Scheme  —  Lawmakers quietly added a line that effectively subsidizes Wall Street buying up companies, slashing wages, closing factories, and firing workers.  —  Congressional lawmakers have inserted a line into President Donald Trump's …

Leavitt: Jasmine Crockett's comments on Trump supporters were ‘incredibly derogatory’  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt piled on Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) Thursday for recent comments the latter made about supporters of President Donald Trump.

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 …

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.

Whoopi Goldberg says black Americans have it just as bad as people in Iran  —  A fiery debate broke out on ABC's The View Wednesday morning after moderator Whoopi Goldberg pushed back on comparisons between human rights conditions in Iran and the United States, arguing that black Americans …