June 25th, 2026

• ​Trump's Gulf allies fear his Iran agreement is a 'disastrous turning point'
• Rubio meets with UAE president, says Gulf allies 'on board with peace' amid Iran talks
• Foreign intel report said to show Qatar aiding Iran economically, militarily for years - Cooperation between the two countries said to have expanded after collapse of nuclear deal in 2018, with Doha supplying Tehran with rocket fuel, material to build drones
• WaPo: Rocked by the Iran war, the UAE sours on Trump: 'We got played' - Across the Persian Gulf region, the president was viewed as a pro-business ally, but his decision to wage war on Iran and his erratic conduct have tarnished his image
• Trump claims he stopped 'great leader' Erdogan from bringing Turkey into Iran war
• Trump's top Army general abruptly resigns as Hegseth purges Pentgaon after Iran war chaos
• Trump seeks $672M to stop Iranian nukes as negotiators weigh fate of uranium stockpile
• UN Nuclear Chief Says Iran Inspections Will Happen as Trump Deal Faces First Major Test
• Deal a 'declaration of US defeat,' chief Iran envoy says, as IAEA vows inspections
• Rubio: Iran will not be allowed to charge tolls in Strait of Hormuz under any final deal
• Iran and Oman Agree to Form 'Strait of Hormuz Committee'
• Trump accuses oil companies of gouging drivers, orders DOJ to investigate - In a post to social media, the president said gasoline prices should be lower because of declines in crude oil prices
• Republicans support Trump's Iran deal - until they find out what's actually in it, poll shows
• Poll: Nearly half of Americans think US is 'too supportive' of Israel - Over 40% of respondents to Quinnipiac survey say Israel-Palestinian conflict is key when deciding how to vote in US House races, while 60% believe Iran war 'not worth it'
• Trump gets in shouting match with GOP senator who backed Iran war powers resolution - Bill Cassidy says he 'matched tone and volume' of US president, who reportedly called him a 'lunatic' and repeatedly told him to sit down for demanding Congress receive briefing
• It could have been a peace summit. Instead, Trump clashed with senators inside 'intense' meeting.
• Commentary: In Trump's delusions of peace with Iran and efforts to bully Israel, dark echoes of appeasement - Desperate to end the war, he reassures nobody but himself that the regime in Tehran is new, nice and not at all radical, and turns up the heat on Israel for daring to raise inconvenient concerns about survival
• Experts urge extreme caution on Iran's 'crown jewel' Hezbollah - terror group with US blood on its hands - Experts say Tehran views Hezbollah as inseparable from the regime
• Jerusalem and Beirut frustrated with Trump, hampering US plan to phase IDF out of Lebanon - Rubio confirms US using Israel-Lebanon talks to push for Israeli pullback in parts of south Lebanon, but neither side cooperating after DC agreed to deal giving Iran sway in Lebanon
• Israel skeptical as 5th round of Lebanon talks begins after Hezbollah violates ceasefire again - Ambassador Leiter blasts US for allowing Tehran to link Iran and Lebanon ceasefires
• 'Political suicide': Netanyahu will not allow a full withdrawal from Lebanon, officials estimate
• Katz vows no IDF withdrawal from south Lebanon 'even if there's an American demand' - Defense minister says, though, that Washington has not demanded Israel pull its forces out; army says 2 Hezbollah gunmen hit while approaching troops; 2 more killed in drone strike
• IDF says it killed Hamas terrorist who took part in Oct. 7, planned future attacks - Military also detains suspected Hamas operative who approached Gaza crossing, hits four rocket launchers installed after ceasefire; Hamas says Israel's demands set back talks
• Israel Says It Has Trapped Hezbollah Fighters in an Underground Complex
• Gaza terror groups reveal multiple 'journalists' among their dead fighters - Studies show that around 60% of Palestinian journalists killed by Israel have terror group affiliations
• New national security adviser said to hold urgent meeting on getting Gazans to leave - Shmuel Ben Ezra's short-notice summons to rehash 'encouraging voluntary emigration,' despite lack of countries willing to cooperate, reportedly catches officials off-guard
• Civilian contractor with IDF unit killed by building collapse in Gaza, military says
• 'Genocidaires' delight': Israeli Ben & Jerry's flavour sparks social media backlash
• IDF chief to rabbis: We're short thousands of troops, need female combat soldiers - In meeting with religious Zionist leaders angry over women's inclusion in tank crews, Zamir says integration is 'of tremendous operational importance'
• Police detain Haredi sect members suspected of conducting underage marriages - Raid in northern Israel comes after months-long probe, following years of allegations Hasidic sect involved in widespread child sex abuse
• ICC bureau: Prosecutor Karim Khan should be fired for inappropriate sexual relationship - Lawyers for UK barrister say decision 'unlawful, unfair, unsupported by evidence'; ICC member states to vote on dismissal next month; would not impact arrest warrants for PM, other Israelis
• ICC judges sue Trump administration over sanctions it imposed on them
• Netanyahu wraps up trial testimony after 98 hearings across 18 months - PM launches fierce attack on prosecutors, accusing them of politically motivated indictment that put him and his family 'through hell' and 'found nothing'
• AIPAC-backed Adrian Boafo wins Maryland primary, as other Democrats turn on lobby group - The pro-Israel Boafo, protege of incumbent Congressman Steny Hoyer, beats out crowded field, vows to 'strengthen the US-Israel alliance' and mobilize aid to Palestinians
• Fetterman: Dem Candidates Who Have Contempt for Israel Are 'Anti-American'
• Lander: Not Sure Fetterman 'in Our Party Any More', My Win Shows Dems Want 'Reset' on Israel
• Joy Reid Says She's Done Voting Democrat Until Party Abandons Israel: 'Relationship Needs to End'
• Pro-Israel politics just took a huge hit in New York
• Khanna: Lander's Win 'Fundamentally About Gaza'
• Palestinian Activist Aber Kawas Wins NY State Senate Seat: Radical Candidate Justified 9/11, Waved Hamas Headband
• Mamdani-Endorsed Socialist Candidate Claire Valdez Wins Democrat Primary for New York's 7th Congressional District
• In Mamdani's New York, Democratic Primary Winner Tied to Group Calling for the Destruction of Western Civilization
• The Mamdani revolution has arrived: Three victories, three warnings for pro-Israel Democrats
• House Democrats' anxiety rises after wins by Mamdani-backed candidates: 'Are we going to let them take over the party?'
• Letitia James fumes as Mamdani-backed socialists sweep New York primaries
• Socialist "earthquake" leaves Democrats reeling
• Van Jones: 'Left Is on the March' 'Democratic Socialists Are an Insurgency' 'This Is a Serious Movement'
• Mike Johnson warns against 'mini Mamdanis' as socialist anti-Americans take over Democrat Party - "We are in a fight right now to save the republic, and every American needs to take this seriously. You need to wake up."
• Trump Hammers Schumer After Mamdani-Backed Candidates Win in Democrat Leaders' Backyard
• Sen. Rand Paul on Rise of DSA Candidates: 'Alarming' that People Are Voting for Socialists
• Senate Democrat avoids answering where socialism has been 'beneficial' after far-left candidates win in NYC
• GOP Rep. Randy Fine on DSA Wins in NYC: 'We Now Have People Coming to Congress Whose Goal is to Destroy America'
• James Talarico Said Christianity Is the 'Most Violent' Religion, Has Done 'More Damage' to Islam
• Denmark Moves to Ban Islamic Call to Prayer, Minister Says Country Should Not Sound Like Pakistan
• Islamic call to prayer faces ban under Left-wing Danish government - Parts of country feel like 'a suburb of Islamabad', says immigration minister
• Leader of secretive South Korean church arrested on suspicion of election influence
• Kim Jong Un signals nuclear ambitions at sea with major naval buildup - The North Korean leader proclaimed a new era of naval power that will project his reclusive regime's nuclear capabilities as he commissioned a 5,000-ton destroyer
• US, UK, France, Germany raise alarm about Chinese patrols off eastern Taiwan
• China Makes New US Warship Target for Missile Tests, Images Show
• Chinese supercomputer outpaces US rivals
• Ukraine's latest long-range strikes on Russia hit a major natural gas plant and satellite centers
• Moscow oil refinery hit by drone attacks is unlikely to resume production this year, sources say
• Russian airline warns of critical jet fuel shortage, says flights have lost 'all economic rationale'
• Ukraine Claims Successful Strike on Crimea Railway Bridge and Power Plant
• Biggest city in Crimea without power after Ukraine strikes
• The battle to bring Europe's biggest military into the EU - Volodymyr Zelensky has the green light for formal membership negotiations - but a long road lies ahead
• Starmer's exit exposes dirty secret: UK can't afford Ukraine War - His Labour Party replacement faces the prospect that Britain's best bet is aligning with Trump to end the conflict
• Britain left the EU 10 years ago. Its politics has been an unruly mess
• Elon Musk loses trillionaire status after a global rout in tech shares wiped $500bn off his fortune
• Dominion drops 2020 election lawsuit against Mike Lindell
• Trump Cancels Signing Ceremony for Housing Bill Until Senate Passes SAVE America Act
• Trump cancels signing of bipartisan bill to prevent corporations from buying up housing - Demands SAVE Act be passed
• Rick Scott and Mike Lee Stand with Trump as Senate Leadership Faces Mounting Pressure to Pass SAVE America Act During Senate GOP Luncheon - Trump Cancels Bipartisan Bill Signing, Declares Election Security a 'National Emergency'
• Schumer Lashes Out at Trump, Calls SAVE America Act an "All Out Assault on Voting Rights" in Senate Floor Rant
• Elizabeth Warren: Donald Trump Is 'Trying to Subvert Democracy' with SAVE America Act
• Obama-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote in U.S. Elections
• 'Rogue' Obama judge's smackdown of Trump election rules provokes ominous warning from White House deputy - Judge Denise Casper ruled the president has no direct constitutional authority over the election process
• Postmaster General Tells Congress USPS Will Not Deliver Mail-In Ballots to States That Refuse to Comply with President Trump's Election Integrity Executive Order
• Postmaster General plans to hold back mail-in ballots from states that refuse to turn over voter rolls
• FCC phone ID plan could end burner phones - The FCC says tougher phone identity checks could help stop scammers, but privacy advocates warn the proposal could make private phone access much harder
• 'Who is going to pay us when we're replaced by robots?' The Indian factory workers told to film themselves for AI
• CEO of eCommerce Giant Warns Robots Will Replace Humans in Food Delivery, Other Gig Economy Jobs
• Nearly 9 In 10 Americans Distrust AI
• 'No more hidden costs': UN chief demands AI firms 'come clean' over environmental footprint
• End of Days: I've built Doomsday bunkers for Kim Kardashian & MrBeast - troubling reason conservative Christians are behind new surge
• There's a radioactive time bomb in the Pacific Ocean
• Cracks raise new concerns at Runit Dome nuclear waste site in Pacific
• Venezuela rocked by back-to-back 7.5 and 7.2 earthquakes
• Powerful twin earthquakes hammer Venezuela, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas - The quakes are among the strongest to strike Venezuela in more than a century
• Back-to-back major earthquakes rattle Venezuela as USGS warns high casualties are likely - A rare red alert was issued by the U.S. Geological Survey highlighting the probably of shaking-related fatalities and economic losses
• Acting Venezuela President Rodriguez says 32 dead and 700 injured after earthquakes
• Rescue work underway after quakes rock Venezuela, 'high casualties' likely
• Venezuela: State of emergency declared after major earthquakes
• Powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake strikes off northern Japan. No tsunami warning
• Magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattles Northern California: Some injuries reported, thousands lose power
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Caluula, Somalia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Panguna, Papua New Guinea
• California earthquake sparks San Andreas Fault fears as locals left shaken
• Heard volcano in the southern Indian Ocean erupts to 35,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 24,000ft
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 23,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Ground uplift confirms ongoing magma intrusion beneath Mount Kupreanof, Alaska
• Hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park forms new thermal pool
• Typhoon Mekkhala and Higos to merge south of Honshu, heavy rain and rough seas forecast for Japan
• Extreme heat is melting national records across Europe, with more coming Thursday
• France records hottest day ever as Europe suffers brutal heat wave - Red alerts were also in place in Britain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as the extreme early summer heat forced school closures, travel disruption and alarm about climate change
• France reports 50 weather-related deaths as record heat wave sweeps Western Europe - 48 drowned seeking respite from heat, two children died in car, French authorities say; two elderly people killed by heatstroke in Spain
• Horror: British Man Is Brutally Murdered in Bronze-Age Stone Circle During Pagan Solstice Celebration
• British Cop Banned from Policing for Having Christian Book in Work Locker Wins Settlement
• MSF staff abused Sudanese refugees in sex-for-food scandal
• France in Shock After Five North African Migrants Beat 17-Year-Old Boy to Death
• Crisis Looms in South Africa as Anti-Foreigner Movement Demands Migrants Leave by June 30
• Revealed: Tim Walz State Agency Employee Among 15 Minneapolis Antifa Militants with Conspiracy in Anti-ICE Riots
• Bill Gates names three women he had affairs with - Microsoft co-founder told US Congress that Jeffrey Epstein was 'brainstorming' ways to blackmail him
• Mask Off: Texas Senate Candidate James Talarico Calls Himself a 'Christian Who Hates Christianity,' Says God Is 'Non-Binary'
• Illegal immigrant sentenced to 5 years in prison for raping man's corpse on NYC subway
• 'Zizian' trans cult member Michelle Zajko charged with 2022 double murder of her parents
• Trans-identifying male killed by cops after stabbing customer at Colorado Dairy Queen
• Israeli culture wars: Shin Bet chief under fire for canceling Pride Month events in the intelligence agency - Opposition leaders, LGBTQ rights activists decry 'exclusion & backward views'
• Jerusalem's only gay bar closes, but owner says it's good news - 'You don't need bars anymore that are just for gay people,' Avi Goldberger says as he shutters Video Pub after some 14 years
• MAGA pastor said LGBTQ+ books & flags harm kids. Now he's going to prison for abusing a child. The judge sentenced him to the maximum prison term because he showed "no remorse" for his crimes
• Dozens of Dem Lawmakers Push to Make Sure Parents Can't Tell If Kids' TV Shows Push Transgender Ideology
• Parents sentenced to prison in Brazil after excluding gender content in homeschool curriculum - The judge said the fact that the 15- and 11-year-old girls do not enjoy popular music demonstrated an alleged deficiency in their cultural education
• Countries worldwide call for abolition of surrogacy: Stop exploitation, harming children
• The Worldwide Fertility Crash Is Bringing Countries Back To Pre-Industrial Birth Levels
• Joe Manganiello turned to shamans and pagan rituals during seven-year health battle that nearly killed him
• Israeli citizen in LA charged with cheating Medicare out of roughly $27 million
• Pakistani, Iranian nationals charged for healthcare fraud in Oregon as part of DOJ's $6.5 billion crackdown
• Shortage of Chemotherapy Drugs Brings Rationing Fears
• War Secretary Hegseth's 'Voluntary' Flu Vaccine Policy Sparks Controversy Amid Summertime Influenza Outbreak and Requests for Policy Exceptions
• Military Reinstates Flu Shot Requirement Amid Air Force Flu Outbreak Just Months After Hegseth Scrapped Mandate
• Ebola detected in France after doctor tests positive following aid mission
• 'Flesh-eating' bacteria threat spreads on Europe's beaches as seas warm
• Mutating mice becoming growing problem in New York City, researchers say