LIVE: See Donald Trump's name come off the Kennedy Center as it happens  —  Today is the court-ordered deadline to remove President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center.  Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board filed a last-mi...

Justice Department approves Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. … The DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  Paramount did not respond to a request for comment.  —  The public scrutiny intensified after Netflix dropped its own bid for Warner Bros. following …

Judge orders Trump officials to re-install signs and exhibits at national parks on topics like slavery and climate change  —  President Donald Trump last year directed the Interior Department to make changes to parks, monuments and memorials to address any “false revision of history.”

Algae resurfaces in reflecting pool after multimillion-dollar fixes … An Interior Department spokesperson said that the current algae is “residual” from supply lines that sat dormant for eight weeks during construction.  The residue is part of the normal startup process, the spokesperson said.

Elon Musk Becomes the World's First Trillionaire  —  With SpaceX shares soaring on their first day of trading, the world's richest person crossed another milestone — one with 13 digits.  —  Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire on Friday.  —  The tech mogul reached that milestone …

Trump lawyers: No collusion with Trump administration to create ‘anti-weaponization’ fund … Trump's lawyers invoked a federal court rule that allows plaintiffs in a case to drop it early in the litigation without explanation or substantive involvement by the judge.

Elon Musk, Human Ponzi Scheme  —  With Wall Street's help, you're about to be forced to buy stock in SpaceX  —  Yesterday I took a short trip.  I began with a ride on the local Hyperloop, which ran through a tunnel dug by Boring Company.  Then I used my neural implant to summon a fully self-driving Tesla robotaxi.

Opera Company Sues to Collect $17 Million From the Kennedy Center  —  The Washington National Opera, which left the center amid the Trump administration's takeover, says its efforts to retrieve its endowment and other assets have been blocked.  —  The Washington National Opera …

Just 3% of recent ICE detainees had a violent felony conviction, government data shows  —  Trump had pledged to target the “worst of the worst” criminal offenders.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents escort a detained immigrant into an elevator after he exited an immigration courtroom, June 17, 2025, in New York.

U.S. and Iran close to signing peace deal, officials say  —  Pakistan's prime minister says “text of the peace deal has been reached,” though Trump administration official adds some uncertainty remains.  —  Summary  —  After days of uncertainty and tit-for-tat military strikes …

White House UFC Event Lighting Nearly Blinded Flight Crew on Approach to Reagan National  —  A commercial airline pilot that spoke to MeidasTouch this evening has filed aviation safety reports after powerful lighting used during the construction and testing of the UFC octagon …

A Peter Thiel-Backed Tribunal Is Putting Journalists on Trial.  I'm Its First Target  —  The billionaire has reteamed with the legal strategist who helped him bring down Gawker to start an AI-powered appeals court for the rich and aggrieved.  —  For many journalists, blowback is just part of the business.

Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5  —  The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States …

Trump Administration Says It Will Restart Asylum and Immigration Processing  —  The response came after a federal judge rebuked officials for failing to immediately comply with the order he issued last week.  —  The Trump administration said on Friday that it would comply with a court order …

Exclusive: UAE to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, sources say  —  The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, four sources said, in a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf Arab state during the U.S.-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic.

The world's first trillionaire is a killer  —  Elon Musk's empire of wealth is built on suffering. … Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO will probably make him the richest person to ever walk the planet.  And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books …

The Supreme Court invented a special legal rule solely to screw Planned Parenthood  —  About a year ago, the Supreme Court handed down a baffling decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood (2025).  In Medina, South Carolina committed an obvious violation of federal Medicaid law …

He took his wife, a Trump fan, to the president's hotel in Doral.  Instead he was detained by ICE.  —  A honeymoon plan ended in an arrest, months of detention and over $80,000 in debt for Venezuelan immigrant Bryan Rojas, who's married to a U.S. citizen.  —  Bryan José Rojas Galofre wanted …

Trump's inexperienced federal prosecutors are running into trouble in court … People with traditional resumes, he added, may be reluctant to take the job.  “I suspect that those with prosecutorial experience value the professional capital they gained by getting it, and will think twice …

Exclusive: US military rushed to prepare ground mission to capture Iran's uranium, but Trump paused it, sources say  —  The US' top general made a secret, rushed visit to US Central Command headquarters in Florida late last month to be briefed in person on plans for the US military …

The Art of the Cave  —  Can Trump sell his loss to Iran as a win?  —  In this week's PN Pod, co-host Paul Waldman and I discussed the outlines of the emerging Iran deal, which looks like something close to a complete Trump cave, and unpacked whether the president can sell his humiliating loss as a win to the American people.

The Trump DOJ's Disparate Impact Changes Are About Putting Black People In Their Place  —  Finally, this administration has identified a form of “disparate impact” it finds objectionable.  —  For decades, the Supreme Court, Congress, and the White House all recognized that seemingly neutral policies …

At 80, Trump Is Everywhere and Showing Signs of Age  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump closed his eyes and appeared to nod off while seated in a suite this week at an NBA Finals game in New York City as cameras caught him snacking on french fries and pizza.  He returned to the White House after 2 a.m.

“It rips my heart apart”: U.S. military veteran calls on ICE to release wife  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  An American citizen who served in the U.S. Army and the Texas National Guard for roughly 20 years is desperately urging federal immigration officials to release his wife, who is facing deportation to her native Honduras.

DeSantis zings Florida GOP over lack of governor primary debates … “There should be a debate, they said there would be a debate,” DeSantis told reporters at a press conference on battling Medicaid fraud in West Palm Beach.  “Having an open process and having people be able …

Spencer Pratt Concedes in L.A. Mayor Race: ‘You Have No Idea How Bad Things Are About to Get’  —  Spencer Pratt conceded defeat in the race for Los Angeles mayor on Friday, painting a bleak picture of the city's future under either of his opponents and vowing to continue to “expose this corrupt machine.”

Trump's massive arch could snarl traffic for years … According to the NPS review, construction would begin with several months of site excavation.  Drilling rigs would be deployed to construct a foundation system, and caissons would be installed to 75-foot depths to reach bedrock.

Trump mulls inaugural flight of new Air Force One at Mount Rushmore event  —  No final decision has been made, but upgrades to the $400 million luxury jet are nearly complete, sources said.  —  President Donald Trump is considering taking the inaugural flight of the new Air Force One jet …