Putin told Trump he’ll have to respond to the attack.
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- President Donald Trump suspended new visas for foreign nationals from 12 countries and ordered partial visa suspensions on nationals from another seven.
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The fallout from Ukraine’s attack on Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers is escalating. Here are 5 key takeaways.
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Former President Joe Biden’s longtime White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, said that she has left the Democratic Party and will release a tell-all book on her time in the administration later this year.
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A wave of strikes and protests has erupted across China since late May, highlighting growing tensions between workers and employers, homebuyers and irresponsible developers, and general mounting public frustration amid a deepening economic slowdown.
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President Donald Trump speaks to guests from the South Portico of the White House during an event on the South Lawn in Washington on June 4, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) |
President Donald Trump suspended new visas for foreign nationals from 12 countries and ordered partial visa suspensions on nationals from another seven. The proclamation is set to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on June 9.
A full suspension applies to nationals from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. A partial suspension will affect nationals from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
Trump said that the entry of these persons “would be detrimental to the interests of the United States,” and “their entry should be subject to certain restrictions, limitations, and exceptions.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio filed a report on April 9 identifying countries where deficient vetting and screening procedures merited a full or partial suspension of entry for their nationals.
“The restrictions and limitations imposed by this proclamation are, in my judgment, necessary to prevent the entry or admission of foreign nationals about whom the United States Government lacks sufficient information to assess the risks they pose to the United States,” the proclamation states. (More) More Immigration: |
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President Trump signed a separate proclamation suspending international visas for new students at Harvard University as his administration and the Ivy League college battle in court over frozen federal funding.
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A federal judge blocked the deportation of family members of a man charged in the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado.
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U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has ordered the Trump administration to provide a form of due process known as habeas relief for individuals it deported and who are currently being held in a Salvadoran maximum security prison.
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President Donald Trump’s tariffs would cut federal deficits by $2.8 trillion over the next decade, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, which found that the fiscal gains from higher tariff revenues would far outweigh the slight drag on economic growth and modest uptick in inflation. The tariffs imposed by Trump between January and May of this year on a range of goods would lower federal borrowing, reducing interest costs by $500 billion and bringing total deficit reduction to $3 trillion through 2035 before accounting for economic impacts, the budget office said in a June 4 letter to Senate Democratic leaders.
After factoring in the economic impact—slightly slower growth and higher prices—the total net reduction in projected deficits comes to $2.8 trillion.
The agency projects that real U.S. gross domestic product will be 0.6 percent lower by 2035 than under previous baseline forecasts, which did not incorporate the tariffs. Inflation is expected to rise by an average of 0.4 percentage points in both 2025 and 2026, with the price impact leveling off thereafter. Still, despite the economic tradeoffs, the agency said the tariffs would leave the federal budget in significantly better shape over the long term.
The budget office’s model assumes that the tariffs, announced through executive action, will be in place permanently. It’s an assumption that CBO acknowledges is “subject to significant uncertainty,” given the possibility of policy changes or carveouts. Trump has already paused or modified portions of his latest tariff plans, and during his first term, many duties were paired with exemption programs for select importers. “If such mechanisms are implemented again,” the agency wrote, “that could substantially reduce the tariff duties collected and thus the change in deficits associated with the policies assessed here.” (💬 Comment) More Politics: |
- President Trump said he wants lawmakers to pass a measure to abolish the U.S. debt limit, agreeing with a comment made by a longtime Democratic foe.
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A Republican megabill to enact Trump’s agenda proposes changes to the Affordable Care Act Marketplace that experts say will yield billions in savings but could have the effect of reducing enrollment by up to one-third.
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The Supreme Court declined to shield the identities of police officers fighting a public records request for information about their attendance at the Jan. 6, 2021, rally at the Capitol.
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The Department of Justice is seeking to block a Texas law that allows college students to access reduced in-state tuition rates regardless of their immigration status.
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Nevada lawmakers have reached a rare bipartisan agreement on voting reforms, combining Republican-backed voter ID requirements with Democratic-supported expansion of ballot drop boxes in a newly passed bill that awaits the governor’s signature.
The compromise comes in the form of Assembly Bill 499, which passed the Nevada Senate on June 2 with a 16–5 vote and now heads to Gov. Joe Lombardo’s desk to be signed into law.
Lombardo, a Republican who has long advocated for voter ID requirements, had previously vetoed a bill aimed at expanding ballot drop boxes, citing concerns over election integrity and oversight. The new bill responds to these concerns by including provisions that drop boxes must be physically secure and monitored at all times during operation hours. When not in use, they must be secured against tampering, and the Secretary of State must set monitoring standards by regulation.
An inquiry sent to Lombardo’s office asking whether he intends to sign the measure into law was not immediately returned. The legislation represents a significant shift for Nevada Democrats, who have historically opposed voter ID laws.
There is broad public support in Nevada for voter ID laws, with over 70 percent of voters endorsing a 2024 ballot measure that would implement voter ID requirements as a constitutional amendment. Yet the measure must pass again in 2026 before taking effect due to Nevada’s two-election approval requirement for ballot measures. (💬 Comment) More U.S. News: |
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a law requiring students to play on school sports teams based on their sex, a move he says is necessary to protect women and girls and their ability to fairly compete in sports.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed two election-related bills into law earlier this week. One prohibits the use of ranked-choice voting in any election across the state and allows poll workers to request proof of voter citizenship. The other law overhauls and standardizes the state’s election recount procedures.
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California’s long-delayed high-speed rail project is in default of federal grant agreements and may soon lose more than $4 billion in funding, the U.S. Department of Transportation said.
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have prohibited the Chinese communist regime and state-owned enterprises from acquiring property in Arizona.
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Ukraine’s surprise June 1 drone attack on Russia’s strategic bomber fleet has crippled a significant portion of Russia’s nuclear strike capability. It has also become the latest obstacle in President Donald Trump’s path to resolving the three-year war.
Nevertheless, Trump said the surprise attack was a focal point of a Wednesday phone call he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Here are five takeaways from the escalating fallout: |
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No Immediate Peace: Trump said his phone call with Putin lasted about an hour and 15 minutes. “It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate peace,” Trump said.
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Russia Vows to Respond: According to Trump, Putin is intent on retaliating for the surprise Ukrainian drone operation. “President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields,” Trump said.
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Risk Levels ‘Way Up’: Keith Kellogg, the special U.S. presidential envoy for Ukraine, has warned that the Ukrainian drone attack could take the war to an unpredictable place. “I’m telling you, the risk levels are going way up,” Kellogg told Fox News in a June 4 interview. “People have to understand, in the national security space: when you attack an opponent’s part of their national survival system, which is their triad, the nuclear triad, that means your risk level goes up because you don’t know what the other side is going to do.”
- Ukraine Prepares for Response: Zelenskyy told European leaders at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels that the embattled nation is still seeking additional air defense systems, including the coveted U.S.-made Patriot system.
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US Scrambles to Protect Bases: The United States is also scrambling to protect its own bases and airports from similar attacks.
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One week after the U.S. government amended its recommendations on the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children, Australia has followed suit.
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A Swedish government commission has recommended halting all international adoptions after an investigation found that decades of illegal adoptions amounted to child trafficking involving state authorities and adoption agencies.
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Over the next month or so, millions of young Americans will dress in robes and mortarboards with tassels, march across a stage, and receive a diploma signifying graduation from high school or college. Many millions more—parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends—will proudly applaud their accomplishments.
Retailers and online marketers have geared up for these special occasions by offering all sorts of commencement gifts for graduates, from engraved portfolios to laptops to gift cards. Sales of Dr. Seuss’s “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” spike every year at this time, while practical gifts such as luggage, fleece blankets, and kitchen appliances also remain popular.
Many of these sellers personalize gifts, advertising items such as monogrammed jewelry and water bottles inscribed with the graduate’s name and commencement date.
These are all good gifts. But suppose, in addition to that electric kettle or that humorous card with cash, you wanted to give something more meaningful, particularly as graduates pick their way from textbooks and classrooms into the wider world?
Most parents will be there for their children in this time of transition, offering comfort and advice, but what about the rest of us? How can we support and strengthen the recent graduates we know and love? Here are some post-graduation gifts and projects that might do the trick.
Be a Booster—To help build a bridge across that river, you can give the young graduates in your life the very special gift of correspondence.
Make Time for Time Together—When you meet up with your graduates, put aside your phone and your personal problems, and give them your full attention. (More)
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