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Trump family’s stablecoin wealth fueled by Binance relationship

By Olga Kharif and Tom Maloney
Jun 06, 2026 6:12 pm - A Trump family crypto venture is generating bumper profits from its foray into stablecoins, thanks partly to a promotional arrangement with Binance Holdings Ltd.
FBI fires several analysts tied to disputed ‘Catholic ideology’ memo

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Jun 06, 2026 3:23 pm - Several FBI analysts tied to the creation of a 2023 memo warning of a potential threat from Catholic “violent extremists” were fired Friday, according to their lawyer, the latest wave of terminations under the leadership of its director Kash Patel.
The Obama Center opens as a time warp to an old political order

By Philip Kennicott
Jun 06, 2026 2:07 pm - One end of the regulation-size basketball court that anchors the south tip of the Obama Presidential Center campus is emblazoned with the words “Yes We Can,” and at the other end, “Fired Up, Ready to Go.” The facility’s main tower, which houses a museum documenting the 44th president’s life and career, features a “Hope and Change Lobby,” and outside there is a playground (with a child-safe poured-in-place rubber surface), a women’s garden, barbecue grills, and a green roof with wheelchair-accessible raised beds for vegetables. The Obama Foundation’s 19.3-acre complex opens June 19.
A new exchange of fire with Iran in the Gulf tests the fragile ceasefire

By SAMY MAGDY and MICHELLE L. PRICE
Jun 06, 2026 7:34 am - Bahrain's government said Saturday that Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward it and Kuwait. The foreign ministry said they had been intercepted and called on Iran to immediately cease attacks on its Gulf neighbors.
Trump officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead, whistleblower claims

By Meryl Kornfield
Jun 05, 2026 8:57 pm - The Trump administration had plans to classify 2.7 million living people — including some U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents — as dead as part of its immigration enforcement efforts, according to a former senior Social Security executive.
A federal judge strikes down Trump administration immigration policy affecting 39 countries

By MICHAEL CASEY
Jun 05, 2026 8:27 pm - A federal judge on Friday struck down a Trump administration policy enacted after the shooting of two National Guard members that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to stay and enter the U.S.
Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut the office

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and SEUNG MIN KIM
Jun 05, 2026 6:16 pm - President Donald Trump said Friday that he wants his new acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term.
Stocks slump as Big Tech sinks and a strong May jobs report boosts odds for higher interest rates

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA
Jun 05, 2026 4:15 pm - The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October on Friday as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market and a strong jobs report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will be forced to hike interest rates at some point this year.
Water begins refilling Reflecting Pool after Trump’s renovation to repaint it ‘American flag blue’

By NATHAN ELLGREN and MIKE CATALINI
Jun 04, 2026 7:10 pm - Water began refilling the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Thursday, President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office.
Senate rejects an amendment barring Trump’s controversial payout fund

By Theodoric Meyer and Jarrell Dillard
Jun 04, 2026 7:06 pm - The Senate rejected an initial effort Thursday to bar the Trump administration from creating a controversial fund to compensate people who claim they were wrongfully prosecuted or investigated.

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