‘Everyone just needs to copy what I say’: Trump vented anger with Vance over Iran messaging … Asked hours after the strikes by ABC News' Jonathan Karl if Tehran's nuclear facilities had indeed been “obliterated,” Vance told him, “Well, Jon, severely damaged versus obliterated, I'm not exactly sure what the difference is.

Trump Mocked Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos by Showing Off Fawning Texts  —  “You would not believe the texts I got from these tech guys,” NYT reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan quote Donald Trump as telling associates in an upcoming book.  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg …

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 …

ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses.  Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to sell or give away most of the 11 warehouses it bought to detain migrants, reversing course on a signature initiative.  —  The idea was meant to supercharge President Trump's mass deportation plan.

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 …

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 …

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.

Trump administration quietly shifts $352m in federal funds for White House ballroom  —  Funds meant for Secret Service were transferred to project president promised would be financed by private donations  —  Donald Trump's administration has quietly redirected $352m in federal funds designated …

Union Behind California Billionaire's Tax Offers to Drop It in Favor of Smaller Tax  —  Offer comes after state said proposal had enough signatures to make ballot, but it faces opposition from billionaires—and another union  —  LOS ANGELES—The architects of California's proposed billionaire tax …

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.

Seven House races shift toward Democrats: Cook Political Report  —  Democrats' chances of recapturing the House in the 2026 elections improved Thursday, as new ratings reflect the troubling political environment for Republicans.  —  Though an advantage in redistricting has insulated Republicans …

Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring  —  The reversal comes after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to block the removal of deep-sea monitoring instruments.  —  The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical …

Tom Kean Jr. will return June 30 to House, spokesperson says  —  Rep. Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican who has been missing from Capitol Hill since March 5, will return to work later this month — 117 days after his last vote.  Harrison Neely, a spokesperson for Kean …

The Minneapolis 15 ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up  —  In the tumultuous five-plus months since masked federal immigration agents descended on her hometown, the Rev. Jen Crow of the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis has already been arrested at an airport sit-in …

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 …

Governor Overruled His Own Clemency Board to Release an Election Denier  —  Two members of Gov. Jared Polis's board that reviews commutation requests came forward to say the secretive panel had twice rejected the release of Tina Peters, convicted of election tampering.

Meta faces calls for Congress to probe scam ads targeting seniors  —  Retirement groups are calling on Congress to investigate Meta over a wave of social media scams targeting older Americans.  In a letter sent Thursday to House Homeland Security Committee Chair Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) …

Ukraine Sets Major Oil Refinery Ablaze in Largest-Ever Drone Attack on Moscow  —  Black smoke blanketed the skies of southern Moscow on Thursday morning after Ukrainian drones struck and set fire to a major oil refinery, in what was the largest-ever attack on the Russian capital since the start of the war.

Trump Resurrected the Statue of a Slave Owner.  Its Pedestal Cost Taxpayers $527K.  —  In April, the National Park Service placed a statue of Caesar Rodney, one of America's Founding Fathers, in Freedom Plaza, a small park near the White House.  —  That installation drew notice, and criticism …

FBI agents descend on Skid Row in massive voter fraud probe after stunning claims of election bribery  —  See more of our coverage in your search results.  —  Add The California Post on Google  —  Federal officers descended on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles Thursday morning as part …

Congress lays out path for final passage of housing bill  —  Congress is expected to send a landmark, bipartisan housing affordability bill to President Donald Trump's desk by the end of next week as the Senate and House schedule action on the legislation in the coming days.