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Israel’s national security adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, confirmed Tuesday that Israel’s campaign against Iran will not end before it has inflicted serious damage on the Fordow nuclear facility—an underground complex critical to Iran’s uranium enrichment program.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, struggling with low approval ratings, announced the launch of a $500,000 taxpayer-funded task force to explore slavery reparations—exclusively for black residents. Johnson unveiled the initiative during his Juneteenth address, drawing sharp criticism from city leaders and residents over the race-specific program.

The “No Kings” protests drew modest turnout in left-leaning cities like Portland, Boston, and Seattle. But behind the scenes, vast sums of dark money funded these events, and a politically charged shooting in Minnesota turned a weekend of protest into a national flashpoint. Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered, and State Senator John Hoffman and his wife were seriously wounded, in an act linked to a suspect found with “No Kings” flyers.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a resolution to prohibit the United States from becoming involved in the conflict between Iran and Israel.

A federal judge has upheld the Trump administration's freeze on federal funding for Columbia University.

Kraft Heinz announced that it will no longer launch products using artificial colors in the United States.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander after he obstructed an operation.

Judge William Young, a Ronald Reagan-nominated judge, accused the Trump administration of discrimination after it moved to cut National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass compared ICE's immigration enforcement activities to the COVID-19 lockdown mandates that California imposed in 2020.

OpenAI has been awarded a $200,000,000 contract with the Defense Department, a move which the DOD said will center on the development of "prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains."