Reflecting Pool Arrests, Iran Hormuz Standoff & Tren de Aragua Teacher

US-Iran negotiations in Switzerland produced a 60-day roadmap for nuclear talks, though Iranian negotiators walked out on Sunday after President Trump threatened to seize the Strait of Hormuz and "blow the s–t out of them."

A federal judge threw out DOJ subpoenas targeting Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and other state officials, calling the immigration enforcement probe "politically motivated" while Gavin Newsom cheered the decision.

Maritime industry leaders warned the White House against allowing Iran to formalize what they call a "tolling racket" over the Strait of Hormuz during ongoing negotiations in Switzerland.

At least five people were arrested between June 17-21 for destruction of government property at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool — including a former Olympian — as WUSA9 reporters witnessed bystanders prying strips of paint with kitchen tongs.

Trump posted on Truth Social claiming Iran made a concession on the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran denied it, deepening uncertainty around the ongoing nuclear negotiations.

DHS arrested former Illinois teacher Giovanna Mercedes Moreno Occhipinti, a Venezuelan national, for allegedly driving two Tren de Aragua-linked gunmen to a Chicago house party where they killed three and wounded five — after Chicago police released her without notifying ICE.

The DOJ launched an investigation into Poetica, a Williamsburg, Brooklyn coffee shop, after it posted a public message telling Jewish pro-Israel Congressman Dan Goldman 'don't ever come back' — raising First Amendment questions amid rising NYC antisemitism.

Bill Pulte, just days into his role as Acting DNI, began firing intelligence officials at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, with a CNN source saying 'the deep state firings have begun,' though the exact number of cuts is unclear.

A second ransom note sent to a Tucson TV station after the February abduction of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie claimed she had died accidentally shortly after being taken and was buried 'in nature,' while demanding money for her body.

Tucker Carlson publicly broke from the Republican Party, stating there is 'no chance' he would support a party he says puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens.

The liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state's Minority Undergraduate Retention Grant Program — in place since 1985 — ruling it violated the Equal Protection Clause, a significant rebuke of race-based college aid.

An open-borders activist flying an upside-down American flag during an anti-ICE protest outside a New Jersey detention facility on Father's Day was struck by a car during the demonstration.

A federal judge, appointed by Obama, blocked the Trump administration's SNAP pilot program that would have restricted the purchase of soda and junk food using food-stamp benefits.