
The Raw Story - 9 hours 16 min ago
Donald Trump's Iran problem is not going away and maybe worsening, and he can thank the only three people who seem to have his ear, according to the panel on MS NOW's "Morning Joe." With the Strait of Hormuz still caught up in a stranglehold as a result of the president's unprovoked war on the Middle Eastern nation, Trump has been fuming at the current state of affairs that is costing him MAGA support and has an increasing number of GOP lawmakers looking for a way to rein him...

The Guardian - 9 hours 24 min ago
Iran seizes two ships in critical waterway as Washington and Tehran maintain separate blockades. Plus, Jodi Kantor on how to find a career you love Good morning. Iranian forces have seized two ships in the strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran doubled down on imposing separate blockades of the shipping waterway. What has Donald Trump said? The US president announced that the US would extend the ceasefire with Iran until the country's leaders came up with a "unified proposal" to US negotiating...

UPI - 9 hours 32 min ago
The extension to America's truce with Iran has no expiry date and there is no time pressure end the war, U.S. President Donald Trump has insisted.

NBC News - 9 hours 36 min ago
As President Donald Trump pushes for a peace deal with Iran, the battle is continuing over the Strait of Hormuz after Iranian state media published a highly produced video that it claimed showed the interception and seizure of two cargo ships. The White House says the attacks don't violate the president's newly extended ceasefire and don't threaten his blockade. NBC's Molly Hunter reports for TODAY.

CNBC - 9 hours 54 min ago
President Donald Trump has been posting a lot on social media about his White House ballroom, the Iran war, and Pope Leo XIV. Not much about rising gas prices.

Fox News - 10 hours 7 min ago
Anticipation is building among White House correspondents ahead of President Donald Trump's appearance at this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner.

CNBC - 10 hours 22 min ago
President Donald Trump's overall and economic approval ratings plunged in the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey.

The Guardian - 10 hours 31 min ago
Republicans deploy measure known as budget reconciliation to push through plan without backing from Democrats during lengthy late-night vote Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. The Senate voted to adopt a $70bn budget plan to fund ICE and Border Patrol as part of a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). We have a multistep process ahead of us, but at the end Republicans will have helped ensure that America's borders are secure and prevented Democrats from...

Huffington Post - 10 hours 42 min ago
"That should bother every patriotic American," warned the former transportation secretary.

Sky News - 10 hours 43 min ago
Pope Leo has wrapped up an eventful tour of Africa with a dramatic visit to a prison in Equatorial Guinea, where crowds of inmates shouted "freedom".

The Guardian - 11 hours 52 min ago
Exclusive: Brussels seeks to stall awarding of contract to firm fronted by US president's lawyer in letter seen by Guardian The EU risks a confrontation with Donald Trump after it sought to stall the awarding of a lucrative Balkans pipeline contract to a company fronted by his personal lawyer, documents seen by the Guardian show. Brussels has clashed with Trump over trade, Ukraine and military spending, but the intervention in the Southern Interconnection pipeline project appears to mark the...

Huffington Post - 11 hours 59 min ago
"Also known as … wrong."...

The Guardian - 12 hours 7 min ago
The four-part docuseries Hulk Hogan: Real American shows the almighty rise and bleak fall of a one-time wrestling hero who became closer friends with Donald Trump It's an interesting move that Netflix has taken recently, buying the rights to WWE programming while simultaneously commissioning documentaries about how fundamentally flawed its stars are. Nevertheless, after the success of its Vince McMahon series, it was only a matter of time before it made a series about wrestling's biggest...

UPI - 12 hours 26 min ago
Senate Republicans have again blocked the Democrats from curbing President Donald Trump's ability to wage war with Iran.

Huffington Post - 12 hours 41 min ago
The veteran Democratic strategist also dared conservative news outlets like Fox News to do one thing.

The Independent - 12 hours 51 min ago
Donald Trump has said he has "to be careful" when he walks in a rare health admission.

The Guardian - 13 hours 7 min ago
The US president is making a desperate plea to the one group that seemingly hasn't deserted him yet He has lost the Catholics , the foreign policy isolationists and the millions of people affected by ICE's immigration raids. But Donald Trump is still counting on the goodwill of one powerful constituency of American voters, to whom he appealed this week by reading a passage from the Bible urging people to repent their "wicked ways". A lot of thoughts spring to mind in relation to...

Advocate - 13 hours 7 min ago
For the first time in his presidency, Donald Trump is set to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner, an event meant to celebrate the First Amendment and the role of a free press . The symbolism would be notable under any circumstances. At this moment, it is something closer to jarring.

Fox News - 13 hours 17 min ago
Senate Republicans adopted a budget resolution funding ICE and Border Patrol for President Donald Trump's full term, advancing the reconciliation process to fund immigration enforcement.

ABC News - 14 hours 14 min ago
An aide to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign who was the target of secret surveillance during the FBI's Russia investigation has reached a settlement for $1.25 million with the federal government...

Huffington Post - 14 hours 46 min ago
"He's clearly frustrated. He's voicing that almost every day."...

US Weekly - 15 hours 2 min ago
Maine's Senate hopeful Graham Platner has promised to investigate President Donald Trump 's second administration if he wins in November. The oyster farmer leads fellow Democratic candidate Governor Janet Mills in numerous polls ahead of a June 9 primary and also polls higher the Republican incumbent, Senator Susan Collins , in a hypothetical one-on-one race ahead of November's midterm elections. Platner has run on a strong anti-Trump platform, thus becoming one of the leading voices...

The Guardian - 15 hours 22 min ago
In today's newsletter: As political tensions rise abroad and economic pressures mount at home, D onald Trump faces a shifting landscape that is testing the loyalty of his M aga supporters Good morning. Starting a war of choice that is rapidly spiralling out of control, poll ratings at a second-term low, and a cost of living crisis intensifying for millions. Any conventional US president would be in big trouble. But Donald Trump is not a conventional president, and normal rules do not seem to...

The Guardian - 16 hours 58 min ago
This blog is now closed. Follow our new live blog on the Middle East crisis here If you're just joining us, here's the main news of the day. It is 9.30am in Tehran, 9am in Jerusalem and Beirut, and 2am in Washington DC. Donald Trump unilaterally said he is extending the ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan's request while awaiting a "unified proposal" from Tehran , even as the US military maintains its blockade of Iranian ports. Trump made the announcement as ceasefire talks looked...