… The ads come just ahead of the pivotal November midterm elections, when Democrats hope to take control of one or both chambers of the US Congress as polls continue to show Trump’s approval rating falling. …
… Yair Golan, the leader of the left-wing Democrats party, said he was filled with pride “for the brave Israelis who, in a moment of danger, displayed extraordinary resourcefulness and courage” on board the plane. …
… g to be tumbling downward,” Trump told reporters. “I think it’s going to take a little bit longer than the midterm.” He added that Iran was “desperate to try and affect the election, so that we can get a nice weak group of people in there” – an apparent reference to the Democrats …
… Democrats say the SAVE legislation disenfranchises eligible voters. In June, both chambers of Congress approved the housing bill – called the 21st Century Road to Housing Act – in a rare moment of bipartisan agreement, as Americans grow frustrated with skyrocketing housing costs. …
… In a report published in February, Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the total cost of third-country removals was unknown, but that more than $32 million had been sent directly to five countries, including $7.5 million to Equatorial Guinea. …
… The plan drew strong criticism from Democrats and some Republicans, who argued it could result in payment to people prosecuted over the US Capitol riot on 6 January 2021, including those convicted of assaulting police officers. …
… Democrats say this is likely an underestimate. The report also found that at least 42 aircraft – including F-15 and F-35 fighter jets, 24 MQ-9 Reaper drones and an A-10 attack plane – have been destroyed or damaged since February. …
… Thomas Massie, the independent-minded congressman from Kentucky, was comfortably defeated on Tuesday in the Republican primary race to decide who goes forward to take on the Democrats in November’s midterms. …
… The dispute is because Democrats have opposed funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – which comes under the DHS – unless there are reforms, after two deadly shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis in January. …
President Trump said he will stop using US taxpayer funds for television ads he fronts and will instead pay for them himself and through his MAGA Inc super PAC, following bipartisan pushback over the legality of using government money for political advertising.
President Trump said he will stop using US taxpayer funds for television ads he fronts and will instead pay for them himself and through his MAGA Inc super PAC, following bipartisan pushback over the legality of using government money for political advertising.
A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia after a cockpit struggle in which one pilot stabbed the other and allegedly attempted to crash the plane, according to Israeli PM Netanyahu. Passengers and crew subdued the assailant, who was arrested; the aircraft dropped 17,400 feet in under two minutes during the incident.
US President Donald Trump said the Iran war will not end until after November's midterm elections, and that oil prices will remain high until then. Trump argued that short-term economic pain is necessary to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, though Tehran has denied it is seeking nuclear weapons.
President Donald Trump has said he will not sign a bipartisan housing bill into law in protest over the US Senate's failure to pass voter ID legislation. The housing bill, approved by Congress, is set to become law automatically unless the president vetoes it.
Advocacy groups have filed a complaint with ECOWAS's Community Court of Justice on behalf of 27 deportees removed from the United States to Ghana by the Trump administration, alleging that deportees who claimed to have protections in the U.S. were removed within hours or days of arrival. The groups are seeking at least $100,000 in compensation for each deportee from Ghana along with other reparations.
The Trump administration has dropped plans for a $1.8bn fund to compensate individuals claiming unfair government targeting, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced to lawmakers. The fund, proposed to settle Trump's lawsuit against the IRS over his tax returns, faced strong criticism from Democrats and Republicans over concerns it could pay Capitol riot defendants, and was halted by a federal judge pending a June 12 hearing.
Satellite images analysed by BBC Verify show Iran has damaged 20 US military sites since the start of the war, causing millions of dollars of damage to air defence systems, refuelling aircraft and radars across eight countries in the Middle East. The attacks appear more extensive than publicly acknowledged, suggesting Tehran's counter-attacks have been more precise than American officials have previously acknowledged.
Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman from Kentucky critical of Donald Trump, was defeated in the primary race on Tuesday by Trump-backed candidate Ed Gallrein, who is heading towards a 55% share of the vote. Massie's defeat is the latest in what the article describes as a multi-figure casualty count from Trump's retribution effort against critics within the Republican party.
A senior Trump administration official said on Thursday that a U.S.-Iran ceasefire begun in early April has "terminated" hostilities for the purposes of the War Powers Resolution, which required the president to notify Congress by Friday of plans to continue military action or seek a 30-day extension.
White House officials preparing for the 2026 World Cup in the United States say reopening the Department of Homeland Security is "essential," citing a security incident at a Washington DC gala where a man was charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump. The incident has prompted a White House security review and concerns from those planning the tournament.