Category: US

The Senate passed a $70 billion budget reconciliation package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through 2029 — the end of President Trump’s term — by a vote of 52-47 following an 18-hour overnight vote-a-rama session [1][2]. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska was the only Republican to vote against the…

The Senate voted 47-52 to block a procedural motion that would have advanced a reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, leaving the key surveillance authority on track to expire on June 12, 2026, without further intervention [1]. Seven Republicans — Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Lee of Utah, Rand Paul…

U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, President Trump’s appointee as the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, announced multiple active investigations into California’s elections and dispatched a federal prosecutor to the Los Angeles County ballot tabulation center [1]. The announcement came the day after Trump publicly claimed, without evidence, that mass fraud was occurring in California’s drawn-out…

President Donald Trump abruptly ended a taped interview with NBC News “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker on Sunday, June 7, 2026, pulling off his lapel microphone and crushing it underfoot as he left the set [2]. Trump’s final words to Welker before departing were: “Let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough, thank you,…

Sunday, June 7, 2026, marked the 100th day since the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran on February 28, 2026 [1]. The Trump administration repeatedly projected the conflict would conclude within weeks of the initial assault [1], with Secretary of State Marco Rubio declaring the war near its end in statements made…

The defense in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial rested its case on Monday, June 10, 2024, without the president’s son taking the witness stand [1]. The trial, held in Wilmington, Delaware, centers on three felony charges: two counts of making false statements regarding his drug use on a federal firearm transaction form, and one count…

American Airlines confirmed it is temporarily slashing six major domestic flight routes from its schedule between August 5 and October 5, 2026 [1]. The capacity cuts hit key point-to-point connections hardest, pulling non-stop service out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Washington Dulles, alongside routes from Charlotte to Ontario and…