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An F-35B Lighting II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, takes off from the flight deck of America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 13, 2026. Courtesy: U.S. Navy The U.S. military struck Iran on Friday after President Donald Trump accused the Islamic Republic of “foolish violation” of a ceasefire agreement…
Leon Black, then-CEO of Apollo Global Management, at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, May 1, 2018. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black in prepared testimony for a House committee on Friday said notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein duped him out of more…
President Donald Trump, alongside Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to the press on the way to a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, June 24, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump is turning a series of would-be Republican wins into political headaches for his…
Workers clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall on June 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A group of Senate Democrats is probing President Donald Trump’s troubled renovation of the reflecting pool in Washington that has drawn scrutiny for running over budget and rapidly deteriorating. The Democrats, in…
Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander stands with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after winning the 10th District Democratic primary on June 23, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Three progressive candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won Democratic primaries for House seats on…
The CEOs of Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Honeywell arrived at the White House on Wednesday for a meeting with President Donald Trump, as the administration presses major defense contractors to ramp up weapons production amid concerns about U.S. missile and munitions stockpiles. The meeting comes after U.S. military operations in Iran and amid ongoing peace…
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday canceled via Truth Social a scheduled Capitol Hill signing of a landmark bipartisan housing bill that leaders in both…
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the Nazi Germany invasion into the Soviet Union in World War II on the Remembrance and Sorrow Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow on June 22, 2026. Pavel Bednyakov | Afp | Getty Images…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates departs after a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2026. Kent Nishimura | AFP | Getty Images A transcript of the testimony that Bill Gates gave to a House committee about his relationship with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released…
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (R) welcomes US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during the “Our Team, Our Year” Get Out The Vote (GOTV) rally at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, on June 18, 2026. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Voters in New York, Maryland, Utah and South Carolina head to the…