(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Israel was going to “turn around” its jets and stop attacking Iran and their ceasefire was “in effect” on Tuesday after briefly faltering. “ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to Iran,” Trump, as he pressed…

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(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, suggested Monday that she might consider leaving the Republican Party to caucus with Democrats if the circumstances are right.  Murkowski—one of President Donald Trump’s loudest antagonists—told GD Politics host Galen Druke that “there may be that possibility” of her joining Democrats if it meant helping Alaskans.  Her comments came…

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(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former President Bill Clinton issued a last-minute endorsement Sunday for disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is now running for mayor of New York City. Clinton’s backing isn’t exactly shocking. Cuomo served as housing secretary in the Clinton administration before successfully running for attorney general and governor of New York.…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, ending what he called “The 12 Day War,” an announcement that came amid heavy Israeli attacks on Tehran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said in a post on X that there was no…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Monday thanked Iran for giving the US notice of its plans to launch a retaliatory attack on the US’s Al Udeid base in Qatar, saying it prevented casualties. Iran’s military launched the attack on the US base in response to the US bombing of three of its nuclear facilities. Trump…

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(The Center Square) Anti-deportation protests continued in Los Angeles over the weekend, and were joined both by Iran-related protests and youth-related unrest. Amid the unrest on Saturday, a large assemblage of unattended youth on bicycles took over and blocked off major thoroughfares, leading the Los Angeles Police Department to issue the second advisory this month…

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(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Arizona, is standing by his call for investigation into Runbeck Election Services and Maricopa County. In a letter sent June 17 to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Hamadeh asked the U.S. Department of Justice to look into Runbeck’s managing of ballots from several western states in the…

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(The Center Square) Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will appear before Congress on Tuesday as President Donald Trump continues to push the independent central bank to lower interest rates. Powell will present the Fed’s Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Washington. The chairman’s remarks before…

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(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump’s decision to launch strikes against Iran was influenced as much by Fox News coverage as by intelligence briefings, according to administration sources. According to The New York Times, Trump was closely monitoring Fox News, which was providing “wall-to-wall praise of Israel’s military operation and featuring guests urging Trump…

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(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After setting a record just over $3,500 an ounce in April, gold has consolidated and traded sideways since, and there is some bearish sentiment seeping into the market. Last week, Citigroup lowered its gold forecast, projecting the yellow metal would fall below $3,000 by the end of the year.…

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