North Korea commissions its largest warship and announces naval expansion plans.
North Korea commissioned a 5,000-ton destroyer called the Choe Hyon at a ceremony in Nampho on June 23, 2026. Leader Kim Jong Un announce...
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Utah judge holds prosecutor in contempt in Charlie Kirk murder case but declines to remove death penalty.
Judge Tony Graf found prosecutor Christopher Ballard in civil contempt for violating a pretrial publicity order with comments to media ab...
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Alibaba sues US Department of Defense over Chinese military company designation.
Alibaba filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Jose seeking removal from the Pentagon's list of "Chinese military companies." The US add...
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Israel's Judicial Selection Committee appoints 68 judges after 18-month freeze.
The Judicial Selection Committee convened on June 28, 2026 and selected 68 people for judicial posts across Israel's court system, ending...
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party wins parliamentary election with large majority.
Ethiopia's National Election Board announced on June 21, 2026, that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party won approximately 90% of...
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Zohran Mamdani rejects amending Constitution's natural-born citizen requirement for president.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he does not support changing the Constitution's natural-born citizen requirement for the presiden...
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Senator Rand Paul subpoenas Anthony Fauci to testify before Senate committee in July 2026
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul issued a subpoena on June 23, 2026 requiring former NIAID Director Anthony Fauci to testify b...
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Trump delivers economic message at Pennsylvania manufacturing facility.
President Trump visited a Mack Trucks facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, to promote his economic agenda ahead of the November midterm el...
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JD Vance questions the Watergate scandal's significance and suggests Nixon was wrongly forced out.
Vice President JD Vance expressed sympathy for Richard Nixon, suggesting the 'deep state' pursued Nixon and that he was wrongly forced to...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to uphold mandatory detention policy for migrants during deportation proceedings.
Solicitor General John Sauer filed a request with the Supreme Court on June 27, 2026 to overturn lower court rulings that blocked a polic...
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Thousands protest in Prague against Czech government plan to overhaul public media funding.
Thousands of demonstrators marched in Prague on Sunday to oppose a government plan that would fund public broadcasters from the state bud...
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LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho resigns after FBI search of his home and offices.
Alberto Carvalho resigned as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District on June 21, 2026, four months after being placed o...
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Trump's Religious Liberty Commission issues draft report on church-state relations.
President Trump received a draft report from his Religious Liberty Commission in the Oval Office. The report argues that the separation o...
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Iranian and US officials dispute how unfrozen Iranian assets will be used under MOU agreement.
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf rejected US claims that unfrozen Iranian assets would be used exclusively to purchase ...
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Trump says he called a US attorney to probe California primary election results
President Trump publicly acknowledged at a Pennsylvania rally on June 23, 2026, that he called a US attorney in California and asked them...
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Joy Behar says Americans should be embarrassed by the United States.
On a June 27 episode of ABC's 'The View,' co-host Joy Behar agreed with comedian Larry David's criticism of the June 14 UFC event at the ...
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Gavin Newsom proposes national billionaire tax while opposing California wealth tax ballot measure.
California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a national tax on billionaires on June 26, 2026, while announcing his opposition to a Californi...
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Larry David criticizes White House UFC event in Variety interview.
Comedian Larry David called the UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House South Lawn a "travesty" and said he was "embarrassed to be ...
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FEMA official Gregg Phillips placed on leave after past comments draw scrutiny.
Gregg Phillips, who headed FEMA's Office of Response and Recovery, was placed on leave in June 2026. The agency stated the leave was for ...
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U.S. imposes new sanctions on five Cuban state entities and one individual.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions targeting five Cuban entities, including three linked to the military-run conglomerate...
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Trump nominates Chris Klomp as deputy secretary of Health and Human Services.
President Donald Trump announced the nomination of Chris Klomp, a 45-year-old tech entrepreneur and current chief counselor at HHS, to se...
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EU officials hold first meeting with Taliban delegation in Brussels to discuss deportations.
A Taliban delegation met with EU officials and representatives from 15 member states in Brussels on Tuesday for closed-door talks focused...
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Germany cancels F126 frigate project and switches to MEKO A-200 vessels.
Germany's Defense Ministry decided to scrap a planned €15.2 billion project to build six F126 frigates, which would have been the country...
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April McClain Delaney defeats David Trone in Maryland 6th District Democratic primary
Representative April McClain Delaney won the Democratic primary in Maryland's 6th Congressional District, defeating former Representative...
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Iranian president visits Pakistan for talks on U.S.-Iran peace deal.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Pakistan on June 23, 2026, for talks with Pakistani officials mediating negotiations betwe...
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Catholic bishops hold cross-border procession calling for humane treatment of migrants.
More than 100 Catholic bishops, nuns, priests and parishioners joined a procession from Nogales, Arizona to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico on Ju...
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Federal judge denies motion to disqualify prosecutors from WHCA dinner shooter case.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden rejected a defense motion to remove Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pi...
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces President Trump is likely to visit India in early 2027.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Indian news agency IANS that the U.S. is working to arrange a visit by President Donald Trump to Indi...
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China removes 13 officials from National People's Congress, including 6 generals.
China's National People's Congress Standing Committee removed 13 members and accepted one resignation. Those removed included six militar...
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President Trump offers federal intervention after Chicago weekend shootings kill seven.
At least 38-39 people were shot and seven killed in Chicago over the Juneteenth weekend, including a mass shooting where two people fired...
