‘You cheer against Trump so hard’: Hegseth scolds Iran nuclear strike reporting with no proof of ‘devastation’ Hegseth attacks press corps for being insufficiently sycophantic towards Trump The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025
Army report reveals minimal damage done to DC streets during Trump’s military parade Pentagon also reveals attendance figures were a long way short of total claimed by White House The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025
Border Czar Homan Taunts Zohran Mamdani For Vowing To 'Kick the Fascist ICE' Out of NYC: 'Good Luck' Border Czar Tom Homan taunted Democratic NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who during his campaign vowed to "kick the fascist ICE" out of the city Latin Times · Jun 26, 2025
US state department told to end nearly all its overseas pro-democracy programs Exclusive: All but two of the programs awarded under the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor would be cut, affecting nearly $1.3bn in grants The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2025
Khamenei says Iran will strike back if US hits again in first remarks since ceasefire Iran’s supreme leader says attack on US base in Qatar was ‘slap to America’s face’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2025
Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and Sheryl Crow sign letter opposing Trump's food and medical cuts “This is unacceptable and wrong,” states the open letter, as the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act is currently being proposed to senators. Euronews · Jun 26, 2025
Reynolds: Port Talbot plant does not meet US rules to get steel tariff exemption Negotiations are ongoing to secure the outstanding tariff agreements. Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2025
U.S. economy shrank 0.5% between January and March, worse than earlier estimates revealed The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5% annual pace from January through March as President Donald Trump’s import taxes at least temporarily disrupted business, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in a a downgrade from its previous estimate The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025
Self-censorship and the ‘spiral of silence’: Why Americans are less likely to publicly voice their opinions on political issues For decades, Americans’ trust in one another has been on the decline, according to the most recent General Social Survey. The Conversation · Jun 26, 2025
What if universal rental assistance were implemented to deal with the housing crisis? If there’s one thing that U.S. politicians and activists from across the political spectrum can agree on, it’s that rents are far too high. The Conversation · Jun 26, 2025
Israel-Iran war recalls the 2003 US invasion of Iraq – a war my undergraduate students see as a relic of the past After 12 days of trading deadly airstrikes, Israel and Iran confirmed on June 24, 2025, that a ceasefire is in effect, one day after President Donald Trump proclaimed the countries reached a deal to end fighting. Experts are wondering how long the ceasefire, which does not contain any specific conditions,… The Conversation · Jun 26, 2025
Carnegie honors 20 'Great Immigrants,' including composer Tania León, for 20th anniversary Carnegie Corp. of New York's 2025 class of Great Immigrants, Great Americans include composer and conductor Tania León, last year's Nobel Prize winner in economics Simon Johnson, and Voto Latino CEO Maria Teresa Kumar The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025
Voices: Who will Trump pick to replace his ‘terrible’ and ‘stupid’ Federal Reserve boss? COMMENT: For daring to speak out against tariffs and refusing to lower interest rates, Jay Powell has become the president’s public enemy number one. His successor could be announced early out of spite – and there’s one clear contender who’s up to the job, says James Moore The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025
US-China Trade Deal Could Be Finalized Next Week, Says Harvard Scholar: 'They Are Going To Stabilize This' A Harvard scholar has suggested that the United States and China are on the verge of finalizing a trade deal, with the potential for an agreement as soon as next week. Benzinga · Jun 26, 2025
The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025 Thimerosal: What to know about the preservative from a bygone flu-shot debate The Trump administration's vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: Whether it's time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative
The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2025 ‘Send them to Mars’: Led By Donkeys Glastonbury exhibit takes aim at Musk Campaign group say piece responds to tech billionaires’ ‘dangerous’ mission to make humans interplanetary
The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2025 First Thing: Trump officials cite ‘new intelligence’ to back president’s claims of successful Iran strikes Tulsi Gabbard and the CIA director have said that Iran’s nuclear sites were ‘destroyed’, citing new evidence that appears to contradict a leaked report. Plus, nearly a third of Tuvaluans attempt to get Australian climate visa
We Got This Covered · Jun 26, 2025 Donald Trump at peak of human disaster as he cries being victim of the truth after outing his dangerous incompetence It has been enlightening for America.
The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2025 Cancer experts alarmed over ‘gut-wrenching’ Trump plan to cut research spending by billions More people will die due to White House’s plans to slash nearly $2.7bn from National Cancer Institute, workers warn
The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2025 ‘We’re seeing the best of LA’: as Ice raids haunt the city, Angelenos show up for each other With the largest undocumented population of any US city, much of LA locks in with fundraisers, mutual aid networks and grocery deliveries
The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2025 Manzanar teaches about Japanese American incarceration in the US. That’s in jeopardy under Trump As visitors to the national historic site are urged to inform on anything ‘negative’, advocates warn of the same playbook that led to concentration camps
The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025 Who’s arming the Ukraine-Russia war? Every nation involved as US considers sending Tomahawks As Donald Trump is set to decide whether to send long-range missiles to Ukraine, The Independent takes a look at which countries are the key military backers behind war in Europe
The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025 The top US diplomat in Hong Kong criticizes China and the city for curtailing freedoms The top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong has criticized policies by China and Hong Kong for eroding freedoms
International Business Times · Jun 26, 2025 Spaceship Carrying Astronauts From India, Poland, Hungary, Docks With ISS A US commercial mission carrying astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, marking the first time in decades that these nations have sent crew to space.
The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025 US pulls funding from global vaccines group, saying it has 'ignored the science' U.S. Health Secretary Robert F