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Kari Lake takes her war on Voice of America to Congress

Kari Lake, President Trump's special adviser overseeing the shrinking of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Getty Images North America The Trump administration official running the parent

Forget ‘total obliteration’ — experts say Iran and U.S. need to negotiate

People hold flags of Iran and Hezbollah as well as posters of Supreme Leader Khamenei as Iranians take to the streets in the downtown Enghelab (Revolution) Square in Tehran, Iran on June 24, 2025, to celebrate the ceasefire after a 12-day war with Israel. NEGAR/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption NEGAR/Middle

Why is China so concerned about Israel-Iran tensions?

Fire and smoke rise after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15 in Tehran, Iran. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images One country outside the Middle East that's closely following the war between Israel and Iran, and any possible ceasefire, is China. That's because China is the largest importer

Breaking another presidential norm, Trump drops the f-bomb on camera

President Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House on June 24 to attend the NATO leaders' summit in The Hague. Mandel Ngan/AFP hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP President Trump on Tuesday emphatically dropped an f-bomb, on camera, expressing frustration that Israel and Iran appeared

What to know about Jeff Bezos’ upcoming Venice wedding — and the protests against it

Activists with the international environmental group Greenpeace display a giant banner displaying a picture of Jeff Bezos in Venice's St. Mark's Square on Monday. Stefano Rellandini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stefano Rellandini/AFP via Getty Images Activists in Venice, Italy, are protesting the upcoming destination wedding of tech billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist

The politics of the U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities: Here’s what to watch next

In this photo provided by the White House, President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio sit in the Situation Room at the White House on Saturday as they monitor the mission that took out three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites. Daniel Torok/The White House via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Torok/The White House

Satellites show damage to Iran’s nuclear program, but experts say it’s not destroyed

Loading... U.S. officials say that strikes conducted on three key Iranian nuclear sites have devastated its nuclear program, but independent experts analyzing commercial satellite imagery say the nation's long-running nuclear enterprise is far from destroyed. "At the end of the day there are some really important things that haven't been hit," says Jeffrey Lewis, a

Trump administration defends Iranian strikes as some lawmakers question its legality

An operational timeline of a strike on Iran is displayed during a news conference with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on June 22. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The Trump administration is defending a