Democratic senator proposes curbing Trump’s war powers amid Israel-Iran conflict Tim Kaine introduces resolution to prohibit US forces from taking action against Iran without approval from Congress The Guardian - US · Jun 16, 2025
Fears Trump will veto G7 joint statement on Russia sanctions and Israel The G7 countries are planning on discussing a new package of sanctions against Russia and a joint approach to the Israel/ Iran Middle East crisis but it appears Trump is preparing to reject the proposals The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025
Sir Keir Starmer vows G7 will ‘squeeze’ Russia in Ukraine ceasefire bid The Prime Minister is meeting allies in the Canadian Rockies. Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2025
Keir Starmer tells councils to pick up the bill for Labour’s spending commitments As the row over the spending review continues, the prime minister has washed his hands of expected large increases in local taxation The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025
Trump Called Out for 'Dumbest' Climate Change Theory After It Didn't Rain on His Parade: 'Not Hard When NWS is Gutted' President Donald Trump questioned the reliability of climate science, asking how scientists can predict future climate if they struggle to forecast current weather, while praising his parade. Latin Times · Jun 16, 2025
Israel Strikes Iran. Is Escalation Inevitable? U.S. involvement in the new Middle East conflict, political violence at home, and the No Kings protests Reason · Jun 16, 2025
Trump and other Republicans mock Democrats after Minnesota lawmaker killings While many in GOP condemn attacks, others use it to poke fun at Democrats or suggest they instigated the violence The Guardian - US · Jun 16, 2025
UK-US trade deal is ‘done’, Donald Trump says as he meets Keir Starmer at G7 The Prime Minister said the completed deal ‘implements on car tariffs and aerospace’. Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2025
The world’s most trafficked mammal on ‘razor’s edge of extinction’ Theanimals are heavily trafficked, largely due to demand for their scales in traditional Chinese medicine, as well as their meat The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025
Trump and Starmer finally finalise ‘big and beautiful’ UK-US trade deal The UK and US president had a bilateral meeting at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, where they finalised the implementation of the trade deal they shook on last month The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025
Sean Duffy warns he will withhold infrastructure repair money from states that don’t help in ICE raids ‘To cities that stand by while rioters destroy transportation infrastructure — don’t expect a red cent from DOT,’ transportation secretary says The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025
Workers could soon be protected from working in the scorching heat – if Trump doesn’t change the rules Nine workers died last August from heat-related illnesses, but the actual number of deaths may be higher due to difficulty tracking and reporting heat deaths The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025
How Starmer’s impromptu glass of wine with four pals reveals the G7 has become the G6 plus 1 NEWS ANALYSIS: Starmer and his four mates getting an impromptu glass of wine together may have been about finding the dutch courage to deal with Donald Trump, speculates David Maddox at the G7 in Canada The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025
Trump departs G7 summit early after warning Tehran should be evacuated - Roll Call President Trump departed a G7 summit in Canada a day early due to boiling tensions between Israel and Iran. Roll Call · Jun 16, 2025
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025 Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950 A new study says climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years
The Guardian - US · Jun 16, 2025 Ice agents detain US citizen as LA immigration raids continue: ‘It’s racial profiling’ Officers arrest people at swap meet in Santa Fe and detain people in Montebello as curfew in LA remains in place
The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2025 Morning Mail: Israel ‘not finished’ attacking Iran, Albanese’s G7 balancing act, and unaffordable ‘affordable’ housing A flurry of diplomacy as world leaders address the Middle East conflict at the G7 meeting
Fortune · Jun 16, 2025 Exclusive: Congressman Tim Moore failed to properly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of personal stock purchases made around Trump's 'Liberation Day' in a potential STOCK Act violation Moore did not publicly disclose a dozen stock trades that he made throughout April until Friday, which is well after a federal deadline for doing so.
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025 Park it right here: World famous national attraction opening all of its campgrounds for first time since 2019 The summer camping season comes amid a fraught period for the National parks Service – as well as for America’s public lands
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025 A suspect is in custody after 2 court officers were stabbed at a Manhattan courthouse A man has been arrested for stabbing two officers inside Manhattan criminal court
Al Jazeera · Jun 16, 2025 US judge declares Trump’s cuts to NIH grants ‘illegal’ Federal judge on bench for 40 years lambasts grant terminations as ‘racist’ and anti-LGBTQ.
The Conversation · Jun 16, 2025 What’s the right way to mark Juneteenth? The newest US holiday is confusing Americans The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four years after President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, Americans have wrestled with what to make of the holiday.
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025 Furniture chain At Home files for bankruptcy and announces plans to close stores The furniture store listed several factors, including the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and President Donald Trump’s tariffs, for its filing for bankruptcy
Fortune · Jun 16, 2025 Here's why oil markets are relatively muted from the Israel-Iran conflict The biggest key is that Israel has yet to touch Iran's oil-exporting facilities.
Latin Times · Jun 16, 2025 Trump Defends Putin, Claims Russian President Was 'Very Insulted' by G8 Expulsion: 'I Agree With Him' President Donald Trump revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was offended by his country's expulsion from the intergovernmental political forum G8 over a decade ago, going as far as to defend Putin.