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UN nuclear watchdog says it's unable to implement its monitoring responsibilities in Iran

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN
Jun 04, 2026 7:14 pm - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has been unable to inspect nuclear facilities in Iran affected by the war last June according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog circulated to member states and seen Thursday by The Associated Press.
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.
House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children

By Mariana Alfaro
Jun 04, 2026 7:00 pm - As grocery prices continue to rise nationally, the House on Thursday passed an appropriations bill that would cut funding for a program that helps pregnant women and children purchase healthy foods.
Trump strips job protections from 8,000 senior federal workers

By Meryl Kornfield
Jun 04, 2026 6:46 pm - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday reclassifying about 8,000 senior federal workers and making it easier to fire them for any reason, despite criticism that the move would politicize the civil service.
Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds

By Jonathan Edwards
Jun 04, 2026 6:26 pm - More than half the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion during the past six months, according to a report released Thursday by a government watchdog group.
Trump scraps ocean sensors providing crucial data on climate, flooding

By Leslie Kaufman and Eric Roston
Jun 04, 2026 4:14 pm - The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle most of a $386 million federal ocean-observing network will leave scientists without an irreplaceable source of data used to understand how climate change is affecting crucial currents and marine ecosystems and increasing coastal flooding.
Hezbollah rejects latest ceasefire agreement as Israeli strikes kill 4 in Lebanon

By BASSEM MROUE, JON GAMBRELL and SAM METZ
Jun 04, 2026 4:08 pm - Hezbollah on Thursday rejected the latest ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government, and the militant group demanded a complete Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon as more fighting there hampered efforts to end the Iran war.
At least 10 people killed in strikes on Gaza, hospitals say

By WAFAA SHURAFA
Jun 04, 2026 3:58 pm - Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 10 Palestinians on Thursday, local hospitals said, even as much of the world’s attention was focused on the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
House poised to pass Ukraine aid over the objections of Republican leaders

By KEVIN FREKING
Jun 04, 2026 3:54 pm - The House is on course to pass legislation that would aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy despite opposition from Republican leaders who warn the bill will undermine negotiations designed to achieve a comparable but stronger result.

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