The Latest Breaking News from Washington D.C.

Vanilla Ice Defends Donald Trump Despite Being 'Frozen Out' of Festival Lineup: 'Who Throws a Better Party?'

Vanilla Ice says he will still attend Donald Trump's Freedom 250 event in Washington, DC, even after the president scrapped most of the original concert line-up and turned it into a political rally.

International Business Times UK · Jun 6

America's Closest Ally Israel Branded as Its 'Highest-Level Spy Threat', Pentagon Assessment Reveals

The Pentagon has classified Israel as its highest counterintelligence threat, citing aggressive espionage amid tensions over the Iran war, despite denials from both the White House and Israeli embassy.

International Business Times UK · Jun 6

Planned Parenthood to offer ‘just in case’ abortion pills at some US clinics

Patients in Washington and Hawaii will be able to obtain medication before pregnancy in expansion of early access

The Guardian - US · Jun 6

Donald Trump says he rejected plan to send US troops into Iran for uranium

President Donald Trump revealed a military plan to seize Iran's enriched uranium was considered but dismissed as too risky. Diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Tehran are ongoing. Senior US envoys met with technical specialists for nuclear talks. Both sides remain divided on key issues, including uranium down-blending deadlines and frozen…

The Economic Times · Jun 6

$24 billion 'trust test' for Trump? Khamenei aide seeks frozen assets, warns war could take 'another dimension'

A potential peace deal between the US and Iran hinges on the release of $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, according to military advisor Mohsen Rezaei. He stated that the ball is in President Trump's court to break the negotiation deadlock, proposing the funds as a test of trust. Rezaei…

The Times of India · Jun 6

Iranian footballers get visas but tensions persist

WASHINGTON - New attacks in the Middle East on Friday threatened to unravel an already fragile US-Iran ceasefire, even as American officials confirmed that Tehran’s football players had received visas for the World Cup.

Bangkok Post · Jun 6

Burner phones, spy fears: Pentagon flags Israel's counterintelligence as 'critical' threat

The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to the highest level – "critical" – amid escalating tensions between Washington and Israel over the way forward in the war with Iran, according to two current US officials and one former official who spoke to NBC News.

The Times of India · Jun 6

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with Sen. Bernie Sanders to discuss public ownership in AI companies — a meeting that highlighted the tension between AI powerhouses and policymakers

AAP · Jun 6

Trump claims Iran's missile arsenal decimated to 'maybe 21, 22 percent' following US strikes

US President Donald Trump claimed Washington has severely degraded Iran's missile arsenal, though intelligence reports suggest otherwise. Meanwhile, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun rebuked Tehran for interfering in Lebanon and urged Hezbollah to choose diplomacy over continued military conflict with Israel following a recent ceasefire understanding.

The Economic Times · Jun 6

US says it will speed development and use of AI for national security

The Trump administration said earlier this week that it would ask leading AI developers to voluntarily submit their most capable models for government cybersecurity tests before releasing them ‌to the ⁠public, as ⁠security fears mount in Washington over powerful new AI systems.

The Economic Times · Jun 6