House Democrats brace for headaches with growing left wing

By Rebecca Beitsch

The election of a trio of far-left candidates in New York’s primaries could create headaches for House Democratic leadership determined to stage a unified and effective pushback to President Trump should the party retake the chamber.

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Oil is nearing prewar prices. Why hasn’t gasoline followed suit?

By Rachel Frazin

Oil is nearing its prewar price after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) intended to end the conflict, but gasoline prices remain significantly elevated. 

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US strikes Iranian missile, radar sites after Tehran hits cargo ship

By Filip Timotija

The U.S. military said it conducted strikes against Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar locations on Friday, a day after Tehran struck a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. 

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US, Israel, Lebanon announce framework agreement, boxing out Iran 

By Laura Kelly

The Trump administration, Israel and Lebanon on Friday announced a trilateral framework aimed at kicking out Iran’s influence in the country through its support of the militant group Hezbollah and paving a way for an Israeli withdrawal from territory it holds in the south.

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Trump rips former national security adviser after guilty plea: “Hopefully, he will be dealt with harshly!”

By Sarah Davis

President Trump slammed his former national security adviser after he pleaded guilty on Friday to improperly retaining sensitive materials from his time in the White House. 

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Megyn Kelly after Supreme Court TPS decision: ‘Go back to f—ing Haiti’ 

By Sarah Davis

Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly had a blunt message to the thousands of Haitians and Syrians protected from deportation under a form of humanitarian relief after the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday the Trump administration could end these protections. 

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Trump’s religious liberty report calls for building ‘bridges’ between church and state

By Julia Manchester

A draft final report from President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission released Friday calls for “building bridges between church and state,” a reversal of a long-standing U.S. legal principle. 

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Federal government permits release of Anthropic’s Mythos model to select companies

By Sarah Davis

Anthropic can now share its most advanced AI model with over 100 companies after the U.S. government lifted its export ban on Claude Mythos 5 on Friday, a spokesperson for Anthropic confirmed in a statement to the Hill.

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Buttigieg targeted in false report, police say

By Sarah Davis

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday that he was briefly separated from his 4-year-old twin children after an anonymous caller reported false accusations to Child Protective Services (CPS). 

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The Texas screwworm cases are a wake-up call for US biosecurity

By Tyler Hoard, opinion contributor

OPINION | The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed June 3 what ranchers had been fearing: The New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite largely eradicated from the U.S. 60 years ago, was back. Within three weeks, 15 cases in livestock and pets have been confirmed across Texas and southeastern New Mexico. 

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Carney’s ‘Maple MAGA’ moment sends the wrong message on defense

By Andrew Latham, opinion contributor

OPINION | On May 28, Prime Minister Mark Carney stood before the Economic Club of New York and told the crowd that “Canada Strong will help make America great again.” 
It was meant as an olive branch, dressed up in Trump’s own slogan — rhetorical jujitsu that flatters a counterpart while changing nothing real.

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The New York Times: Venezuela was on the cusp of rebirth. Then disaster struck, again.

By Simon Romero and Emma Bubola

The blows just keep coming.

Venezuela’s economy began crumbling so badly more than a decade ago that hospitals were hollowed out, blackouts were everywhere and even the most basic goods disappeared from store shelves.

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The Wall Street Journal: When did having fun get so expensive? The summer when ‘funflation’ went wild

By Katherine Sayre, Anne Steele and Rachel Bachman

Andrea Rojas and Carlos Ramon saved for more than a year for their trip to see the World Cup.

But the married Virginia couple weren’t prepared for the bill: nearly $10,000 to travel to and see games in Boston, New Jersey and Miami. That was more than double what they paid for a similar trip to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. 

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Associated Press: How the president is putting his imprint on the nation’s capital

By Gary Fields

The United States is celebrating its 250th year. And what better way to mark that anniversary than with an American summer staple — a trip to the nation’s capital.

But visitors to Washington will find that the city is undergoing tremendous change, courtesy of President Donald Trump’s takeover makeover.

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The Washington Post: Unease deepens in Russia as Ukraine steps up long-range strikes

By Catherine Belton and Natalia Abbakumova

The Kremlin is scrambling to respond to an intensifying campaign of Ukrainian drone attacks reaching ever deeper into Russia, hitting key arms production facilities, destroying an ever-greater share of oil-refining capacity, and causing fuel shortages across the country.

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