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The highlights this week: China responds to U.S. strikes on Iran , the Taiwanese president embarks on a controversial speaking tour, and a serial rapist’s U.K. sentence draws widespread attention in C...

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World leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, are scheduled to arrive Tuesday evening for a “social dinner” hosted by the king and queen of the Netherlands. Welcome back to our second special...

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On June 22—just hours after U.S. bombers struck Fordo, Natanz, and Esfahan—the Majlis (Iran’s parliament) declared that Iran should close the Strait of Hormuz. But that doesn’t mean that it’s actually...

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Nai Kyi San—now a regional commander of the New Mon State Party (NMSP)—was 19 years old during that territorial skirmish, in 1988. Now his black hair is giving way to gray, and the veteran rebel comma...

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The reality, however, is that Trump has likely locked the United States into long-term military action and regime change in Iran. Although Trump announced on Monday that he had brokered a cease-fire b...

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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres offered rare praise for President Donald Trump on Tuesday, after the president announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Guterres, a vocal critic of Trump, issued the positive statement just days after condemning the U.S. strikes in Iran."I very...

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Exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi is pushing for regime change in Tehran, asserting that the regime is "near collapse."In a post on X, Pahlavi encouraged the people of Iran to rise up and warned military personnel that this is their "final chance" to stand with the public against the regime."To the...

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As he departed Washington for the NATO summit in The Hague on Tuesday, Trump said both countries had violated the cease-fire. This was just hours after Trump had announced that the cease-fire had gone...

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BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — President Donald Trump said a ceasefire between Iran and Israel was in effect Tuesday after the deal initially faltered and the American leader expressed deep frustration with...

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In 1967, Israel achieved its greatest military feat. In a mere six days, the fledgling Jewish state overcame a collection of militaries and captured territories vastly larger than its own. More signif...

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Iran appeared to ignore President Donald Trump's plea to adhere to the ceasefire he brokered between the Islamic Republic and Israel. On Tuesday, Israel vowed to respond to the alleged violation, with Defense Minister Israel Katz announcing that he ordered the military to strike Tehran. Additionally...

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FIRST ON FOX: A House lawmaker is nominating President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after he brokered a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran.Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., wrote to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, declaring Trump had an "extraordinary and historic role" in having ended "the a...

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President Donald Trump expressed deep frustration with both Israel and Iran on Tuesday, saying the two countries "don't know what the **** they're doing."Trump made the comments while departing from the White House for a NATO summit Tuesday morning. Both Israel and Iran fired missiles at one another...

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In a historic turn of events, Iran agreed to a ceasefire Monday following a limited strike on a U.S. military base in Qatar. The agreement, brokered by President Donald Trump, marks a dramatic de-escalation after 12 days of war.Even as the ceasefire deal seems to be teetering, experts say Iran's dec...

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President Donald Trump, fresh off announcing a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, is off to The Hague, Netherlands for the yearly summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a conference where he's hoping to drum up another foreign policy win by pushing European leaders to increase defe...

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He's not on the ballot, but President Donald Trump is front-and-center in the city where he was born and made his fame, as heavily blue New York City holds its Democratic Party primary for mayor.And in the nation's most populous city, where Democrats for generations have dominated the political land...

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EXCLUSIVE: In light of the surge in conflicts in the Middle East and rising tension within the U.S., the Oklahoma Department of Education has sent a memo to all public schools within the state guiding them to "safeguard students from woke, radicalized, terrorist-sympathizing rhetoric pushed by lefti...

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Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 14 civilians as Zelenskyy travels to UK toggle caption Frank Augstein/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Russian drones and missiles killed at least 14 civilians and injured several ...

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Politics Judge halts another Trump administration effort to block foreign students from attending Harvard The order preserves the ability of foreign students to travel to the U.S. for study at Harvard...

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Following news that Iran and Israel have reached a ceasefire less than two days after the United States struck the Muslim country's nuclear enrichment sites, Republican lawmakers came out in droves to congratulate the president on Monday evening.Democrats, meanwhile, appear to be withholding their c...

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Attorney General Pam Bondi was questioned Monday during a House budget hearing about Iranian nationals who entered the country illegally during the Biden administration after the Trump administration warned the conflict with Iran raised threat levels in the United States.Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas,...

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EXCLUSIVE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an illegal immigrant in New Haven, Connecticut, who is wanted for allegedly killing a Mexican law enforcement officer.Orlando Diaz-Cebada, known as "El Leches," was taken into ICE custody on June 12, 2025, in Connecticut. He is allegedly a memb...

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Following reports that 729 Iranian nationals illegally entered the U.S. and were released into the country by the Biden administration, experts are warning that sanctuary jurisdictions with policies obstructing ICE and federal immigration enforcement may be the most vulnerable targets for Iranian-sp...

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Trump says there's an Israel-Iran ceasefire AILSA CHANG, HOST: OK, there have been a lot of developments today in the conflict with Iran, a conflict that the U.S. got directly involved in over the w...

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Politics Trump says Iran and Israel to have a phased-in ceasefire over 24 hours “It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE,” Trump poste...

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Woman: We need a mayor who's going to fight to lower the cost of living for New Yorkers and actually stand up to Trump. Zohran Mamdani (D), New York Mayoral Candidate: Are we ready to stand up and f...

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the independent-minded Republican from Alaska, often defied President Trump during his first term, breaking with him on key issues and nominations. She's now opening up in her candid memoir, "Far From Home," and joined Amna Nawaz to discuss more.

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Amy Walter: Well, the overall opinion about the bill, there were a number of polls that came out the other week. And just in looking through them, what you find is opposition to this legislation writ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to restart swift removals of migrants to countries other than their homelands, lifting for now a court order requir...

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Roughly three-quarters of the nation's health insurance providers signed a series of commitments this week in an effort to improve patient care by reducing bureaucratic hurdles caused by insurance companies' prior-authorization requirements.Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,...

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