
The Guardian - 48 min 42 sec ago
Trump's claims that vandals' are to blame don't hold water so far key US politics stories from Monday 22 June Donald Trump is claiming without providing evidence that the sorry state of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool weeks after a $14m renovation is the work of "vandals". On Monday, Trump was adamant it was not the pool company to blame for the algae blooms and peeling paint, instead pointing to five people arrested for vandalism and five more are under investigation. Continue...

NBC News - 1 hour 57 min ago
The terminations are taking place under acting Director Bill Pulte, whom President Donald Trump tasked with downsizing the National Intelligence Director's Office.

Forbes - 2 hours 6 min ago
President Donald Trump previously said he would work to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.

TMZ - 2 hours 33 min ago
When Donald Trump said he was going to drain the swamp ... this probably wasn't what he had in mind. Trump says the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool may have to be drained in order to repair a massive slit in the brand new liner ... a cut he claims…...

The Guardian - 3 hours 8 min ago
President says vandals' to blame for algae blooms and peeling paint as $14m renovation to undergo further repairs The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is set to be drained again after Donald Trump said on Monday without providing proof that five people were arrested for vandalism and five more are under investigation in connection to the algae blooms and peeling paint that appeared weeks after his ill-fated $14m renovation attempt . "It's not a lot of damage, but we'll probably have...

Mother Jones - 3 hours 14 min ago
Like the Strait of Hormuz, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has exposed the limits of the power of the United States of America: President Donald Trump is also losing his war against algae. In the face of thriving algal blooms and peeling "American flag blue" paint, the National Park Service on Monday began draining the […]...

Daily Signal - 3 hours 29 min ago
In a letter obtained by the Daily Signal, the chairman of the Republican Steering Committee outlined his priorities for the Wednesday lunch that will be attended by President Donald Trump, including a proposal to vote on legislation requiring voter ID and proof of citizenship every day before Election Day. “I hope everyone will be vocal...

The Independent - 3 hours 46 min ago
Vice President JD Vance says his lengthy talks with senior Iranian officials in Switzerland created a good foundation for a final deal to end the Iran war...

Daily Signal - 4 hours 29 min ago
Vice President JD Vance spoke optimistically of peace talks between the United States and Iran on Monday, even as President Donald Trump has threatened to resume strikes if Iran doesn't rein in regional allies, and congressional stakeholders have questioned whether America is getting a fair deal. On Monday morning, Vance departed from Switzerland after talks...

Esquire - 4 hours 30 min ago
The president has pulled out all the stops to hobble the Minnesota governor's political career for good.

Daily Signal - 4 hours 49 min ago
June 22 (Reuters) A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from using a revamped version of an immigration database for checking the accuracy of state voter rolls, dealing a blow to U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost the role of the federal government in elections ahead of the midterm elections in...

The Raw Story - 5 hours 14 min ago
President Donald Trump appeared angered by a reporter's suggestion on Monday that his negotiation tactics with Iran may be giving the regime leverage over him. Trump held a press gaggle in the Oval Office after he signed an executive order to support America's quantum computing industry. While he was taking questions, one reporter asked Trump if he was willing to cause economic mayhem by striking Iran again, which Trump said was an option that he's considering. The back-and-forth escalated...

Daily Signal - 5 hours 17 min ago
This month, the Southern Poverty Law Center‘s interim CEO Bryan Fair testified that Antifa is an “ideology,” not a “group,” but the Justice Department’s prosecutions of Antifa agitators under President Donald Trump should dispel this notion once and for all. Not only do self-described anti-fascists exist, but they have organized in groups that feature in...

The Raw Story - 5 hours 31 min ago
A former GOP operative argued President Donald Trump "is drowning in his own failure" in a video on Monday. Anti-Trump conservative Steve Schmidt described how Trump's failed Iran war, struggling economy and blunders around the algae-ridden reflecting pool have further damaged the United States. He suggested the next move would be the Trump cabinet meeting inside the Situation Room, and how future generations would view this "as a portal into understanding the insanity of this moment...

The New Yorker - 6 hours 57 min ago
Moshe Tur-Paz is one of many centrist Israeli politicians criticizing Donald Trump's deal to temporarily stop the war with Iran.

The Conversation - 7 hours 49 min ago
In President Donald Trump's public language, Congress rarely appears as a coequal branch of government. It appears as an obstacle, an audience, a pressure point, a rubber stamp or an afterthought.

The Guardian - 7 hours 56 min ago
Analysts say foreign policy was an area of relative strength' for the prime minister but goodwill with the White House soon evaporated Keir Starmer inherited two wars and a country disconnected from the EU when he arrived in Downing Street and that was before Donald Trump crash-landed at the White House and undermined the foundations of the UK's most important alliance. It was a context that would have tested any prime minister, though in many respects Starmer negotiated it carefully. But...

The Guardian - 9 hours 46 min ago
Trump's pre-Fourth of July renovation project has endured problems with algae, peeling paint and an inflating price tag Donald Trump's rush to repaint the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, an iconic symbol of Washington DC, has hit roadblock after roadblock as the country's 250th anniversary nears. The public has been gripped by the ill-fated $14m bid to renovate the reflecting pool, which the US president vowed to make "beautiful" in time for this summer's birthday celebrations...

Daily Signal - 9 hours 55 min ago
President Donald Trump will discuss the SAVE America Act with senators at Wednesday’s closed-door luncheon, at the invite of Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott. “He wants, we all want to get the SAVE America Act done,” Scott told Fox News’ Kayleigh McEnany on Saturday. “I’ve invited him to lunch on Wednesday to meet with Republican...

The Hill - 10 hours 43 min ago
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) says he no longer talks regularly with President Trump after losing his primary to a Trump-backed opponent last month, and that the president "seems to revel in chaos." In an interview with the digital news outlet Semafor, Cornyn said that talking to Trump is no longer useful and criticized the administration's recent...

NBC News - 10 hours 43 min ago
At least five people have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, an administration official said Monday, as President Donald Trump threatened long prison terms for offenders...

Daily Signal - 11 hours 9 min ago
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced more than $700 million in federal funding Wednesday aimed at addressing addiction, mental illness, and homelessness, advancing President Donald Trump's Great American Recovery Initiative. This investment from the Trump administration draws a sharp contrast from the counter drug addiction initiatives made by former President Joe...

The Hill - 11 hours 32 min ago
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) Conservative political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella held a razor-thin lead Monday after Colombia's deeply polarized presidential runoff, which is being challenged by the ruling party's progressive candidate. De la Espriella, a business owner and lawyer who earned U.S. President Donald Trump's endorsement despite never having run for office, led progressive...

The Independent - 11 hours 34 min ago
The Trump Organization posted a more than 1,000-word tribute to Eric Trump on Father's Day but noticeably left out his co-executive vice president and older brother...