President Donald Trump said on social media on June 20 that he has been talking with Harvard University officials regarding their “large-scale improprieties” and expects to announce a historic deal soon. “They have acted extremely appropriately during these negotiations, and appear to commit to doing what is right,” he wrote on Truth Social, noting that
President Donald Trump said on June 20 that his director of national intelligence’s assessment in March that Iran had yet to decide on building a nuclear weapon was wrong. Trump made the remarks to reporters on Friday while standing next to Air Force One at the Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey. Original News Source
Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Los Angeles on Friday to visit with military leadership and tour facilities in the area following days of civil unrest. Vance plans to visit federal command and operations centers, meet with Marines sent to safeguard the region, and speak to the assembled group, the White House said in
WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department announced on June 20 it has sanctioned eight entities associated with allegedly acquiring sensitive machinery for Iran’s defense sector. “The United States remains resolved to disrupt any effort by Iran to procure the sensitive, dual-use technology, components, and machinery that underpin the regime’s ballistic missile, unmanned aerial vehicle, and asymmetric weapons programs,”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned President Donald Trump on Friday not to take offensive military action against Iran without explicit authorization from Congress, amid escalating discussion of U.S. involvement in the Middle East. “The authority to declare war belongs solely to the United States Congress,” Jeffries said in the June 20 statement. “President
A majority of Democrats believe their party needs new leadership and a sharper focus on economic issues, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted June 11–16. Sixty-two percent of self-identified Democrats agreed that the Democratic Party’s leadership should be replaced with new people. Only 24 percent disagreed, while the rest were unsure or did not
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined a petition to expedite a challenge to the U.S. tariffs President Donald Trump announced in April, although the court did not indicate whether it will ultimately review the matter or not. The justices wrote in a brief, unsigned order on Friday that a “motion of petitioners to expedite