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Friday, June 19, 2026

The defense secretary described the vaccine requirement, which he lifted in April, as an "absurd, overreaching" mandate. read more


President Donald Trump and his team had several red lines that they used to justify the US war against Iran. read more


Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama arrive at the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 2026. read more


More than 1,000 hospitals, clinics, and health service providers have closed, are at risk of closure, or have cut essential services since Donald Trump and the Republicans slashed national health care funding ... read more


Texas State Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, on Thursday visited Waco to call on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to "release the Hoffman Files." read more


President Donald Trump's pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday after asking for a list of every employee ... read more


Your politics could be making you ill, and conservatives are dying at significantly higher rates than liberals, according to a recent study in Nature read more


Efforts by Major League Baseball teams to promote LGBTQ+ inclusivity during Pride Month haven't been embraced with open arms by some of its rank-and-file players ... read more


Four years ago, Tennessee became the first state to allow adults to buy the antiparasitic drug ivermectin from a pharmacy without first seeing a doctor. read more


Thursday, June 18, 2026

President Trump appears to be completely smitten with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, professing his love for the authoritarian leader at the G7 ... read more


Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the US will kick off a six-month review of its military presence in Europe as leaders in the region brace for a plan for deep cuts to American support for the continent. read more


Iran's national team has been subject to travel restrictions since the FIFA tournament kicked off last week which is impacting their match performance. read more


The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday the government can't criminally prosecute a man for possessing a firearm simply because he regularly smoked marijuana ... read more


President signs memorandum at Palace of Versailles where Germans were humiliated after losing first world war. read more


When the US Department of Justice approved Paramount Skydance's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday, a DOJ press release said "a rigorous eight-month investigation led by the [Antitrust] Division's career staff" showed that the $111 billion deal would not harm competition or American consumers. read more


Sean Penn will direct a movie about a police officer who was at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021, Warner Bros. announced Tuesday. read more


 

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