MAGA Hates This Holiday  —  Thanks to their operational control of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran was able to get away with murder in setting the terms of further peace talks with the United States—and now they're pushing for even more.  The first round of scheduled peace talks under …

Italian foreign minister cancels trip to US over Trump's comments about Meloni  —  US President Donald Trump's comments to an Italian media outlet about the country's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have sparked a fresh diplomatic incident.  —  Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced Friday …

Firm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool  —  A White House spokeswoman said the president was not involved in selecting Greenwater Services, the business owned by a trust led by John J. Cafaro.  —  A business tied to a longtime supporter of President Trump …

Pentagon Tells Lawmakers It Needs $80 Billion for Iran War and Other Bills  —  Military officials say the services could run out of money for operations this summer unless Congress passes a new wartime spending bill  —  WASHINGTON—The Pentagon needs $80 billion to cover costs from the Iran war …

Trump's new acting intel chief Bill Pulte arrives early, eyes firing hundreds  —  Donald Trump National security Tulsi Gabbard Trump appointments  —  President Donald Trump's pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday …

Exclusive: Trump tells The Axios Show there are “no limits” to his power after Iran war  —  President Trump denied that the Iran war revealed the limits of his ability to exert power, telling “The Axios Show” he still believes there are “no limits.” … He ended it with a limited memorandum of understanding instead.

ICE is offloading seven concentration camp warehouses.  What does it really mean?  —  A Q+A with Michael Wriston of Project Salt Box … As soon as I saw the New York Times report drop Thursday afternoon about ICE looking to sell seven of the 11 warehouses they'd purchased to convert …

Behind Trump and Melania's separate White House bedroom doors: Missing decorations, simmering tension and the habit that stunned staff  —  Call it the battle for the better bedroom.  —  It's long been lore that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump keep separate quarters on the second floor of the White House residence.

Russia threatens escalation after Ukraine hits Moscow with largest-ever drone attack … Russia has pledged to carry out frequent and “massive group strikes” against Ukraine shortly after Kyiv launched a barrage of drones on Moscow, triggering a huge explosion in one of the Russian capital's key oil refineries.

During Trump's Immigration Crackdown, Minnesota Protester Remained Shackled in Hospital for Days  —  The story of one progressive activist arrested in Minnesota in January shows what critics say is the aggressive nature of the Trump administration's response to those who have protested its immigration crackdown.

The Most Surprising Miscalculation of Trump's Second Term … The populist premier of Alberta, Smith enjoyed lively relationships across the American right, even hosting Tucker Carlson in Western Canada in 2024.  —  Yet when I asked Smith last fall, at a policy summit in Toronto …

Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional  —  The defense secretary described the vaccine requirement, which he lifted in April, as an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.  —  A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas less …

York Revolution Club Statement  —  York, Pa.): It is with great disappointment and that the York Revolution have issued important changes to our 11th Annual Pride Night on Thursday, June 18th.  Most significantly, the scheduled game between York and Southern Maryland will not be played …

Trump administration to phase out HIV funding for South Africa … Afrikaners ruled South Africa for nearly half a century under an apartheid system of discrimination against black South Africans.  That ended in the early 1990s because of resistance from black South Africans and international sanctions.

Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth's War on Diversity  —  A Black admiral fixed one of the Navy's worst messes.  Mr. Hegseth blocked his promotion anyway.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the promotions of at least 40 senior officers to general and admiral ranks this year.

Donald Trump, Champion of Renewable Energy  —  Part of a 12 square mile solar farm in Spain  —  On Wednesday the Interior Department announced that it would pay the energy developer Invenergy $765 million not to develop three offshore wind farms.  This is the third such payment …