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Trump claims Iran peace deal imminent
IN THE NEWS
DUBAI — President Donald Trump called off new U.S. military strikes on Iran on Thursday, saying "final points" of an initial peace deal were approved.
Iran did not immediately respond to Trump's announcement.
The development came after the downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz sparked a series of tit-for-tat attacks across Iran and on U.S. bases around the region for two days.
The escalation in hostilities was the most serious threat to a fragile ceasefire agreed to in April, dampening hopes for a swift end to the war that started Feb. 28 with U.S.Israeli airstrikes on Iran.
NOMINEE: President Donald Trump on Monday formally nominated Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, moving to install his former personal lawyer as the top U.S. law enforcement official. Blanche has served as acting attorney general since April.
BILL STANDOFF: President Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate federal prosecutor Jay Clayton to be the next director of national intelligence, amid a standoff in Congress on a foreign surveillance powers bill over his temporary pick of an inexperienced loyalist to fill the role.
GUILTY PLEA: Vance Luther Boelter, 58, of Green Isle, Minnesota, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges that he killed Minnesota's House speaker and her husband and attempted to murder a state senator and his wife, according to court records. Boelter disguised himself as a police officer to carry out the June 14, 2025, shootings.
ERIC LEE, REUTREPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS FACE OFF ON BASEBALL DIAMOND
U.S. Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst,
R-Iowa, embrace Wednesday after the annual Congressional Baseball
Game for Charity at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., a
bipartisan tradition in the nation's capital since 1909. The
GOP clobbered Democrats 11-2 for a sixth consecutive win, CQ-Roll
Call reported.
ERIC LEE, REUTERS
$100,000
BIG NUMBER
The fee President Donald Trump imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, which a federal judge struck down Monday, concluding it constituted an unlawful tax Congress never authorized.
HE SAID ...
"I really felt the crowd was pushing me through out these two weeks and without you guys I wouldn't have won this tournament."
— Alexander Zverev of Germany, after winning the French Open title last Sunday over Italy's Flavio Cobolli in Paris.
THE WATER COOLER
UFC MATCH: The Justice Department is fighting a lawsuit that aims to stop the UFC Freedom 250 card Sunday at the White House. Preparations for the event on the South Lawn cost a reported $60 million. Two Virginians filed the suit, asking that the event be scrapped due to a lack of an environmental review and failure to receive approval from Congress.
KNICKS FEAT: OG Anunoby's tip-in off Jalen Brunson's missed three-pointer with 1.2 seconds left Wednesday completed the largest comeback in NBA Finals history as the New York Knicks bolted back from a 29-point deficit to win Game 4 against the San Antonio Spurs, bringing them a step closer to their first championship since 1973.
KICKOFF: The 2026 World Cup kicked off Thursday with Spain and France as the clear pre-tournament favorites. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the Trump administration's visa denials, saying it conferred with FIFA officials but declining to discuss specific cases.
EPSTEIN: Bill Gates told members of Congress on Wednesday that he "did not fully understand the extent" of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes when he associated with the late convicted sex offender to raise money for his philanthropic foundation. Gates also testified that he never witnessed any criminal conduct from Epstein, but he accused Epstein of blackmailing him over his extramarital affairs.
Congress OKs funds for immigration agencies
IN THE NEWS
— Lee wire services
WASHINGTON — A long political stalemate in Congress over money for immigration enforcement ended Tuesday, when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a $70 billion bill to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through the remainder of President Donald Trump's administration.
The 214-212 vote, roughly along party lines, sent the partisan legislation to Trump, who signed it Wednesday.
The Republican-led Senate passed the same bill the prior week after a marathon voting session, using a fast-track process known as reconciliation to circumvent opposition from Democrats.
INFLATION: U.S. consumer inflation increased at its fastest pace in three years in May, boosted by surging prices for energy products amid the Middle East conflict, the Labor Department reported Wednesday in the Consumer Price Index. That gives the Federal Reserve more ammunition for keeping interest rates unchanged into 2027.
PAPAL VISIT: Pope Leo XIV met Monday with six survivors of abuse by Catholic clergy in Spain, the Vatican said, as groups of survivors who were not invited criticized the event as a mere photo opportunity.
UKRAINE: The Senate Armed Services Committee said Thursday it voted to extend U.S. security assistance for Ukraine and increase authorized funding to $750 million, the latest pushback against the Trump administration's pullback on aid for Kyiv as it fights a Russian invasion.
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