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'I like their money': Trump threatens lawsuits against ABC for reporting on Reflecting Pool

'I like their money': Trump threatens lawsuits against ABC for reporting on Reflecting Pool Published Mon, Jun 22 2026 10:54 PM EDT Lim Hui Jie @in/hui-jie-lim-a7371176/ KEY POINTS * U.S. President claimed ABC "failed to report that their close 'friends,' Dumocrats Obama and Biden, spent over 100 Million Dollars on the Reflecting Pool, and it never worked." * Trump said he was preparing lawsuits against the broadcaster for "false reporting." * The latest action against ABC ...

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Senate passes bill to lower housing costs and restrict Wall Street from buying homes

June 22, 2026, 6:43 PM EDT WASHINGTON — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to pass a sweeping housing affordability bill aimed at lowering costs, putting Congress on the brink of a rare bipartisan victory in President Donald Trump’s second term. The vote was 85-5. Several senators missed the vote due to severe thunderstorms in the Washington area that led to a ground stop at Ronald Reagan National Airport. The legislation, which would make it easier to build homes and slap limits on Wall ...

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Senate Republicans say it's time to give Trump a reality check

06/22/2026 08:35 PM EDT Donald Trump is about to come face to face with one of his frequent punching bags: Senate Republicans. They might just be in a mood to punch back. The president was invited to GOP senators’ Wednesday lunch to push for his No. 1 priority, the GOP election bill known as the SAVE America Act. But several outgoing Republicans who have clashed with Trump said Monday they will be there to deliver a reality check: The bill isn’t passing, and it’s time to move on. “I’m goi ...

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Supreme Court allows a ruling that ends a tool to protect minority voters in 7 states

Updated June 22, 2026 3:37 PM ET By declining to take up a lower court ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has dealt another blow to the Voting Rights Act. The court announced Monday that it will not review an Arkansas-based lawsuit, leaving in place a 2025 appeals panel ruling that ends a long-used tool for protecting minority voters from discrimination under the landmark law in seven mainly Midwestern states. That ruling found that in the states covered by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

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A plan to sell artifacts from the Titanic faces US government opposition

Updated 5:36 PM EDT, June 22, 2026 A plan to auction more than 100 artifacts salvaged from the wreckage of the Titanic — including personal belongings, currency, kitchen items and decor — is facing pushback from the U.S. government, according to newly unsealed court documents. RMS Titanic Inc., the company that owns exclusive salvage rights to the famous wreck in the North Atlantic, wants to sell the artifacts for the first time despite previous agreements to only display them at museums and ...

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At least five people arrested in alleged tampering of Reflecting Pool, official says

June 22, 2026, 11:05 AM EDT / Updated June 22, 2026, 2:34 PM EDT At least five people have been arrested in connection with the alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, an administration official said Monday, as President Donald Trump threatened long prison terms for offenders. The five arrests and five additional citations to other people have come in the wake of Trump saying Saturday, with no evidence so far, that vandals at the Reflecting Pool cut a 250-foot-long “gash in ...

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States That Won't Adopt Trump's Sweeping Election Changes Risk Losing Millions in DHS Funding: CNN

Jun 22nd, 2026, 12:52 pm States that refuse to implement the Trump administration’s sweeping new election changes risk losing tens of millions of dollars in federal funding, CNN reported on Monday. The changes are meant to root out election fraud — which remains relatively rare — while giving the federal government greater influence over how states run elections. “Over the past 18 months, the administration has been going after election fraud, despite little evidence that there’s any sort o ...

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Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" shutting down permanently, sources say

Updated on: June 22, 2026 / 1:07 PM EDT Companies hired by the state to operate the Florida immigration facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz" were notified Monday morning to begin "full demobilization" of the facility, quietly bringing an ignominious close a $1.2 billion experiment that had once been hailed by Governor Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump as a model other states should pursue, four sources familiar with the operations of the detention center told CBS Ne ...

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Democratic-led states balk at 'Great American State Fair'

06/22/26 6:00 AM ET A grand state fair highlighting American culture is set to kick off on the National Mall this week ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary, but several states have publicly said they will not attend the event. At least seven states led by Democratic governors have opted not to send official representatives to the “Great American State Fair,” with some raising concerns that the event is shaping up to be more partisan than it has been billed. The 16 days of festivities o ...

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In blow to Trump, federal judge blocks DHS from using citizenship database to purge voters

A federal judge in Washington D.C. blocked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using its citizenship database to remove voters from registration rolls, striking a significant blow against President Donald Trump's unconstitutional attempt to take control of federal elections. In her decision Monday, District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan excoriated Trump and DHS's implementation of his March 25 executive order for ignoring federal privacy laws as they overhauled the Systemic Alien ...

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Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors

28 min ago - June 23, 2026, 12:34 PM WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers. Energy Secretary Chris Wright cited & ... (ABC News/AP)

Trump Says Vandals Sabotaged the Reflecting Pool. Internal Documents Raise Doubts.

40 min ago - But government documents obtained by The New York Times show that while National Park Service workers found two cuts in sections of foam between the pool’s expansion joints, those were unrelated to the “American flag blue” coating that ... (NYT)

Court Lifts 250th Anniversary Deadline for Trump Administration to Reinstall US Park Exhibits

54 min ago - June 23, 2026, at 4:37 p.m. BOSTON, June 23 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration does ⁠not ⁠need to reinstall dozens of exhibits ⁠that it removed from national parks on topics such as slavery and climate change ̴ ... (US News & World Report/Reuters)

Fence around Eugene Federal Building must be removed within 48 hours, judge rules

1 hr ago - Updated: Jun. 23, 2026, 7:58 a.m.|Published: Jun. 22, 2026, 1:17 p.m. A federal judge on Monday ruled that a tall metal fence around the perimeter of the Eugene Federal Building violates the public’s right to free speech and assembly by blocking ... (The Oregonian)

The Walrus and the Carpenter closes amid ongoing labor strike

1 hr ago - 06/23/2026 by Meghan Walker The Walrus and the Carpenter (4743 Ballard Ave. NW) closed Monday evening after management cited safety concerns amid an ongoing labor strike outside the Ballard restaurant. In a statement released Monday, June 22, the res ... (myballard)

Judge reminds Trump lawyer there's no exemption for president as Pulitzer board members vent about willy-nilly discovery

1 hr ago - Jun 23rd, 2026, 11:12 am Not long after hearing from an attorney for Pulitzer Prize board members, a Florida judge rejected Donald Trump's request for a 150-day extension for discovery, remarking that the president "just has to follow the rules like ... (Law & Crime)

Senate for first time approves a war powers resolution in a rebuke to Trump over Iran conflict

2 hrs ago - Updated 3:50 PM EDT, June 23, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate for the first time approved a war powers resolution Tuesday seeking to block U.S. military action against Iran, as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump’s efforts to re ... (AP)

6abc is warning viewers about the FCC taking away its TV license. Here's what's going on.

3 hrs ago - Published June 23, 2026, 11:04 a.m. ET On Monday, 6abc issued a warning for viewers to take action to prevent Action News from disappearing from TV screens across the Delaware Valley. “The FCC is questioning our commitment to viewers by threat ... (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Construction of US Ebola facility in Kenya halted after health minister's contempt of court charge

4 hrs ago - Tuesday 23 June 2026 08:37 EDT Kenya’s health minister has ordered an immediate halt to the construction of a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility, following a court ruling that found him in contempt for failing to observe suspension orders. The ... (The Independent)

Reeling CBS Morning News suffers ratings blow after '60 Minutes' purge: report

4 hrs ago - June 23, 2026 7:37AM ET The turmoil at CBS News after controversial news head Bari Weiss executed a purge at “60 Minutes” newsmagazine, which culminated with the firing of popular Scott Pelley, is having a ripple effect, with network execut ... (Raw Story)

Donald Trump to present World Cup trophy to winners, says Gianni Infantino

5 hrs ago - Donald Trump is set to hand over the World Cup trophy to the winners at the final on 19 July, Gianni Infantino has said. Infantino and Trump have forged a close relationship in the build-up to these finals, but the US president has barely talked abou ... (The Guardian)

Appeals Court Allows Trump to Resume Expedited Deportations Nationwide

5 hrs ago - June 23, 2026 Updated 12:27 p.m. ET A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to resume using a fast-track deportation process throughout the country that is typically reserved for people apprehended shortly after crossing t ... (New York Times)

Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison

5 hrs ago - A group of Texas protesters convicted of terrorism charges received harsh sentences of at least 50 years in prison Tuesday in a closely watched case that was widely seen as a test case of the Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on disse ... (The Guardian)

Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on immigration case dealing with green card holders

5 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Tuesday in an immigration case dealing with the government's power over green card holders accused of crimes. The 6-3 decision centers around an immigration officers' 2012 d ... (AP)

Todd Blanche hit with state bar complaint backed by 101 former judges

5 hrs ago - Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's principal focus in recent weeks has been lining up support on Capitol Hill ahead of his upcoming Senate confirmation hearings, with a specific focus on winning over GOP skeptics. But Donald Trump's controversial ... (MS NOW)

Trump to pay visit to closely divided Pennsylvania in return to campaigning

6 hrs ago - June 23, 2026 6:01 AM EDT Updated 40 mins ago LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, June 23 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail for the first time in two weeks on ‌Tuesday, visiting politically divided Pennsylvania ... (Reuters)

DOJ issued, then withdrew subpoenas to force Post, WSJ reporters to testify

7 hrs ago - June 23, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. EDT The Justice Department took the extraordinary step of seeking to force reporters for The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal to testify before a federal grand jury -- but withdrew the subpoenas earlier this mont ... (Washington Post)

Supreme Court rules Rastafari man can't sue Louisiana prison officials who cut his dreadlocks

8 hrs ago - Updated 10:17 AM EDT, June 23, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday barred a former Louisiana inmate from suing prison officials who cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs. The justices condemned what h ... (AP)

Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it?

8 hrs ago - Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it? Sources point to a single instance in which experimental therapy retatrutide was provided for 'compassionate use' Alex Hogan/STAT By Lizzy Lawrence June 23, 2026 F ... (STATnews)

FCC takes aim at Disney's push for public support amid regulatory probes

8 hrs ago - June 22, 2026, 8:24 PM EDT / Updated June 22, 2026, 10:04 PM EDT The Federal Communications Commission on Monday blasted Disney’s push for public support amid the agency’s probes of “The View” and ABC’s broadcast licenses, th ... (NBC News)

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