Trump claims Reflecting Pool was vandalized and says law enforcement is investigating  —  President Donald Trump on Friday claimed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was intentionally vandalized and said law enforcement is actively investigating, as the administration has scrambled to fix …

US-Iran Nuclear Talks Stall as Fighting Rages On in Lebanon  —  Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continued unabated in southern Lebanon, casting fresh uncertainty over planned talks between the US and Iran to permanently end the war in the Middle East and curb Tehran's nuclear program.

Trump Displays Refitted Qatar-Gifted Jet to Be Air Force One  —  President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled the Boeing Co. 747-8 that will serve as the new US presidential jet, proclaiming the gifted plane from the Qatari government “virtually double the size” of the previous model.

Trump Was Right.  The War Ended With a Surrender.  —  President Trump declared in March that a deal to end his war with Iran would require “unconditional surrender,” but that wasn't quite right.  The preliminary agreement he just reached with the Iranian regime was more like a conditional surrender — by the United States.

‘A Literal Coverup’: What Is the Kennedy Center Hiding Behind Those Tarps?  —  The arts center says it pulled President Trump's name from the building front.  But the result remains hidden by tarps, prompting questions and speculation.  —  In the early hours of June 13 …

Memo by Rubio Approved Detention of Immigrant Who Criticized Trump Ally  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Beto Coral's criticism of a presidential candidate in his home country of Colombia undermined U.S. foreign policy.  —  The Trump administration detained a Colombian immigrant …

The Quiet Unraveling of America's Food Safety Net … Last year's passage of the massive federal tax-and-spending One Big Beautiful Bill Act has set in motion one of the biggest transformations of the welfare state that the United States has seen in decades.

Big Tech is stoking unrest in the UK.  Why?  —  Elon Musk's amplification of anti-immigrant sentiment in Belfast, Southampton and beyond cannot be explained by ideology alone  —  Here are some images that are seared in the mind: a knife-wielding refugee, a Black man from Sudan …

America's Economic Anxiety Is Rising Up the Income Ladder  —  A Wall Street Journal poll finds that even the wealthiest worry about financial security for themselves and their children  —  America's economic anxiety is rising up the income ladder.  —  A new Wall Street Journal poll finds …

UK unveils prototype missiles for Ukraine with no US components  —  Low-cost, long-range weapons could be deployed as soon as this year in war against Russia  —  The British government has unveiled three prototype long-range strike missiles designed for use by Ukraine's military in its war against Russia …

George W. Bush gifts Michelle Obama a tin of Altoids at Obama Center opening in an ode to their friendship  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The friendship between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush was on display again Thursday at the Obama Presidential Center's opening ceremony in Chicago.

Federal judge gives DOJ green light to turn Biden's audio files over to the Heritage Foundation … Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, wrote in her ruling that the former president's privacy concerns “though substantial,” paled in comparison to the significant public interest in the case …

Iran to seek ‘insurance fees’ for passage through Strait of Hormuz  —  Vessels must hold Tehran-approved insurance policy to use vital waterway, says government agency  —  Iran has said it reserves the right to charge ships “insurance fees” for passage through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks …

How Pulte's new role is a win for CIA's John Ratcliffe … “CIA is best positioned to be the victor who claims the spoils,” said Emily Harding, who was deputy staff director of the Senate Intelligence Committee under former Republican Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.).