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Graham, Paul Release Widely Different Border Spending Plans
Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham and Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday released vastly different competing proposals on border security for President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," with Graham calling for full funding and Paul pushing for far less funding.
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:53:02 EDTControl Gained in 3 Ukraine Villages, Russia Says
Russian forces took control of three new Ukrainian villages — Yablonovka in the northeastern Sumy region, and Koptevo and Komar in the eastern Donetsk region — state media cited the Russian Defense Ministry as saying on Friday.
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:06:49 EDTIsrael Hits Iran Nuke Sites, Kills IRGC Leadership; Iran Vows 'Severe Punishment'
Israel attacked Iran's capital early Friday in strikes that targeted the country's nuclear program and raised the potential for an all-out war between the two bitter Middle East adversaries.
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:19:02 EDTSenate GOP Hawks Coming Around on Megabill
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., learned firsthand what White House pressure feels like for a Republican lawmaker expressing reluctance to approving President Donald Trump's "one, big, beautiful bill."
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:20:11 EDTTrump Praises Appeals Court for National Guard Ruling
President Donald Trump on Friday thanked an appeals court for its ruling allowing him to keep the California National Guard deployed in Los Angeles.
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:39:38 EDTKaren Read's Murder Trial: Love Gone Wrong or Police Cover-Up?
Lawyers in the murder trial of Karen Read are set to give their closing arguments Friday after weeks of testimony in a highly divisive case in which the prosecution's theory of jaded love turned deadly is countered by a defense claim...
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:09:58 EDTSources: India Moves to Conserve Rare Earths, Seeks to Halt Japan Exports
India has asked state-run miner IREL to suspend a 13-year-old agreement on rare earth exports to Japan and to safeguard supplies for domestic needs, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, aiming to reduce India's dependence on China.IREL also wants to develop...
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:47:54 EDTIsraelis Calm as Iranian Retaliatory Attacks Loom
The streets of Tel Aviv were calm on Friday morning, even as the country's leaders warned the public to brace for Iranian retaliation after Israel launched a widescale attack on Iran. The military closed schools nationwide...
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:49:27 EDTNetanyahu Shaken by Ballistic Missile Threat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his case before his people and the world in a seven-minute video explaining his reasoning for striking at Iran's nuclear weapons program, killing senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leaders and six nuclear scientists.
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 05:20:28 EDTTrump Finds Victories at Supreme Court in Rush of Emergency Cases
Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January, his administration has bombarded the U.S. Supreme Court with emergency requests seeking immediate intervention to free up his initiatives stymied by lower courts.
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:21:21 EDTGold Nears Two-Month High on Safe-Haven Demand
Gold prices rose to a near two-month high Friday, driven by safe-haven demand as geopolitical tensions escalated in the Middle East following Israel's widescale strikes on Iran.
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:16:41 EDTAppeals Court Temporarily Blocks Judge's Ruling to Return Control of National Guard to California
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge's order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them there following protests in Los Angeles...
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:09:15 EDTTrump: Iran 'Must Make a Deal' After Israeli Air Strikes
President Donald Trump early Friday insisted that Iran "must make a deal" over its nuclear program and said there is time for the country to prevent further bloodshed even after Israel's deadly strikes on Tehran and other targets.
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 06:50:00 EDTIran: Israel Attack 'Declaration of War'
Iran called Israel's wave of strikes on Friday a "declaration of war", after the Israeli military hit about 100 targets including nuclear facilities and killed senior figures, among them the armed forces chief and top nuclear scientists. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali...
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 06:40:55 EDTUS Stock Futures Fall After Israel Attacks Iran
U.S. stock index futures dropped Friday after Israel's military strike on Iran escalated tensions in the oil-rich Middle East and battered risk sentiment across global markets.Israel's widescale strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities were aimed at preventing Tehran from...
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 06:11:20 EDTPope Leo to Make Carlo Acutis First Millennial Saint on Sept. 7
The canonisation of the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation, Carlo Acutis, will take place on September 7, Pope Leo announced on Friday. Acutis, a British-born Italian who died from leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, was originally set to be made a saint on...
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 05:52:51 EDTIran: IRGC Top Commander Salami Killed in Israeli Airstrike
Iranian state TV announced Thursday that Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps. Commander-in-Chief Hossein Salami was killed in one of the airstrikes by Israeli Defense Forces.
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:41:12 EDTDHS Pledges to Continue Immigration Crackdown Despite Ruling
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged Thursday to carry on with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown despite waves of unrest across the U.S. Hours later a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order directing President Donald Trump to return...
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:59:52 EDTJudge Orders National Guard Control Back to California
A judge has ordered Donald Trump to return control of the California National Guard to the state, saying the president's decision to deploy them to protest-hit Los Angeles over Governor Gavin Newsom's objections was "illegal."
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:49:24 EDTN.Y., Ill. Govs Dare ICE to Arrest Them Over Illegals
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, both Democrats, said Thursday that they are willing to be arrested for impeding Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in their states.
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