Global Watch

Court-Ordered Removal of Trump’s Name From Kennedy Center Completed After Midnight Operation

Story Highlights Workers removed Trump's name from the Kennedy Center building in the early hours of June 13, following a court-ordered deadline A federal...

Trump and Iran Sign Ceasefire Deal, Strait of Hormuz Set to Reopen

Story Highlights The U.S. and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement on June 14, with both sides declaring an end to military operations Trump announced...

Trump Celebrates 80th Birthday as Iran Deal Uncertainty Overshadows Flag Day

Story Highlights Trump turned 80 on June 14, 2026, the same day he had declared a U.S.-Iran deal would be signed One year ago...

Trump Pushes for U.S.-Iran Deal as Israeli Strikes Threaten to Derail Peace Effort

Story Highlights Trump posted on Truth Social Sunday that the deal would be signed "today," but Iran urged caution and the signing did not...

Trump’s DOJ Escalates Election Integrity Campaign With Multistate Fraud Investigations

Story Highlights Federal prosecutors in California's Central District have opened what they describe as multiple election fraud investigations following Trump's unsubstantiated claims about the...

Judge Orders Energy Department to Restore $82 Million in Grants After Lawyers Admit Political Targeting

Story Highlights U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued a final, appealable judgment Thursday ordering the Energy Department to restore $82.1 million in funding for...

$60 Million White House UFC Event Faces Lawsuit as Trump’s 80th Birthday Fight Card Approaches

Story Highlights Federal court filings confirm the UFC Freedom 250 event will cost more than $60 million, involve over 900 contractors, and require support...

Kennedy Center Appeals Court Order to Remove Trump’s Name From Building

Story Highlights The Kennedy Center board appealed a federal judge's May 29 ruling ordering removal of Trump's name from the building's façade by June...

FISA Lapse Exposes Surveillance Oversight Failures

Story Highlights FISA Section 702 expired after the House rejected a three-week extension by a 198–218 vote. Democrats opposed renewal partly because of President...

Comey Seashell Indictment Raises First Amendment Alarms as Trump’s DOJ Pattern of Prosecution Deepens

Story Highlights Comey was indicted in late April on two counts of threatening the president, stemming from a since-deleted Instagram photo of seashells arranged...

House Democrats Who Faced Trump Indictment Attempts Introduce “Drain the Slush Fund Act”

Story Highlights Representatives Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan, Chris Deluzio, and Maggie Goodlander introduced the House version of the bill on June 10 All four...

Trump’s $1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund Scrapped After Bipartisan Backlash

Story Highlights Acting AG Todd Blanche told Congress on June 2 that the DOJ was scrapping the $1.776 billion fund entirely A federal judge...

House Set to Vote on $70 Billion ICE and Border Patrol Funding Bill

Story Highlights The House vote is scheduled for approximately 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, following Rules Committee clearance Monday Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged a very thin...

Trump Claims California Primary Was ‘Rigged,’ Storms Off ‘Meet the Press’ Interview

Story Highlights Trump claimed, without evidence, that California's June 3 primary elections were "rigged" due to slow mail-in ballot counting California election officials say...

Taxpayers Fund Babbitt Settlement

Story Highlights The Trump administration agreed to pay nearly $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Ashli Babbitt’s family. Babbitt was...