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In remarks from the White House, President Trump said there will “be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran” if an agreement is not reached. “There’s no military in the world that could have done what we did tonight. Not even close,” he said. wapo.st/4eamPeW

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Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh warned that if the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, “all U.S. bases are within our reach and we will boldly target them.” These are the U.S. military sites Iran could target: wapo.st/3TxYLcv

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President Trump said U.S. strikes targeted Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. More live updates: wapo.st/3T5y4Ma

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President Donald Trump will address the nation at 10 p.m. Eastern time from the White House about the U.S. military operation in Iran. Follow live updates:

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Breaking news: President Donald Trump said Saturday that U.S. warplanes carried out strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, calling the attack “successful” and saying the aircraft had departed Iranian airspace.

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JJ Ficken, a fourth-generation farmer in Colorado, was promised a $200,000 grant from the Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot Program — until President Trump froze the money.

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Facing growing pressure to speak out against ICE raids in the area, the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday unveiled a $1 million commitment toward assisting families affected by the enforcement action.

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Breaking news: Multiple B-2 Spirit stealth bombers were making their way west over the Pacific Ocean on Saturday according to a U.S. official — a likely show of force as President Trump deliberates potential strikes on a key nuclear facility in Iran.

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The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.

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President Trump and Republicans’ massive tax legislation would force the government to undo billions of dollars in electric vehicle investments made by the U.S. Postal Service. This would mean auctioning off nearly 7,200 brand-new postal EVs.

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Following the lead of the Trump administration, at least two Latin American governments are discussing sending detainees to El Salvador’s notorious prison system.

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Review: Two new books, “The Einstein of Sex” and “The Intermediaries,” argue for the largely forgotten importance of Magnus Hirschfeld, a German doctor who was a pioneer of gay and trans medicine before the Nazis took power.

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Iranian attacks were reported in southern Israel on Friday. Thirty-one people were injured in the Iranian strike on Haifa Bay, a spokesperson for the Rambam Medical Center said on social media, with one patient in “serious” condition.

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Social Security has stopped publicly reporting its processing times for benefits, the 1-800 number’s current call wait time and numerous other performance metrics, which customers and advocates have used to track the agency’s struggling customer service programs.

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As Iran and Israel continue to trade strikes and President Donald Trump mulls whether the United States should join the fight, Iranians living in the U.S. are anxious about loved ones still in the country — and about Iran’s future.

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Four days after President Donald Trump abruptly left a summit of global leaders in Canada, calling on civilians to “evacuate Tehran” and stoking global talk of war, the president on Friday said he still wanted more time to decide.

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A federal appeals court on Friday blocked a Louisiana law requiring public school districts to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms, calling it unconstitutional.

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Breaking news: Hundreds of U.S. citizens have left Iran through its land borders since the start of Israel’s deadly assault on the country last week, according to a State Department cable circulated to diplomats Friday.

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Breaking news: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil from detention after more than three months.

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British lawmakers voted Friday to legalize assisted dying. The practice will almost certainly be permitted in England and Wales in the coming years, marking a pivotal societal change.

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The Supreme Court on Friday blocked the U.S. government’s attempt to limit how and where companies can appeal FDA denials for marketing e-cigarettes, including flavored ones that health experts say sparked the youth vaping epidemic.

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John Zeto thought his first responder career was behind him. But after rescuing a man who was suffering from heatstroke, the retired firefighter of three decades found himself on a new mission: saving hikers on Arizona’s most difficult trails.

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After President Trump said there is a “substantial chance of negotiations” with Iran, a group of European foreign ministers will convene Friday with their Iranian counterpart in Geneva for a meeting that is being coordinated with Washington. Follow for live updates here:

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After 450 million years of evolutionary history, shark populations are collapsing, and more than a third of shark species and their relatives face extinction. Now scientists are trying to use the lure of “Jaws” to advance shark conservation efforts.

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Summer officially begins Friday, June 20, at 10:41 p.m. Eastern time. That’s the precise moment of the summer solstice — making for the longest, brightest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Here’s what to know:

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Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton scored 14 points in 23 minutes, and Indiana rolled at home, 108-91, to send the NBA Finals to a winner-take-all finale in Oklahoma City on Sunday night.

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A federal appeals court in San Francisco said that President Trump can keep the California National Guard in Los Angeles for now, delivering a win for the president as he aims to use the military to police protests against his deportation efforts.

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With prices soaring, eggs have been reported stolen from porches and farm stands. At one point, federal agents at the border were seizing eggs more often than fentanyl. Then, earlier this year, a Maryland sheriff’s office learned about a $100,000 egg heist — complete with a ransom note.

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Temperatures may exceed 90 degrees for around 220 million people across the country soon during the first heat wave of the summer.

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“Dictator Approved,” a new 8-foot-tall sculpture on the National Mall, is a response to the June 14 military parade and authoritarianism, according to a permit issued by the National Park Service. wapo.st/4k8CAVq

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President Trump will make a decision on action against Iran within the next two weeks, the White House said Thursday. Read live updates:

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A man in Tennessee was arrested and charged with attempted kidnapping after police said he scaled a wall and knocked on Memphis Mayor Paul Young's door while armed with a Taser and wearing gloves.

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“Never did I imagine hands on me, and let alone being put on the ground,” said Alex Padilla, California’s first Latino senator, in an interview this week.

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Vance Boelter, the suspect in the shootings of Minnesota lawmakers, was captured in a field after a neighbor alerted an officer that she had seen a man hiding in the grass.

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In April, 280,000 eggs that belonged to Cal-Maine Foods were stolen. Before the heist, Cal-Maine had come under investigation. The Justice Department had launched a formal inquiry into a spike in egg prices — and was specifically looking into Cal-Maine’s business practices. wapo.st/44ox783

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Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park was the first self-governing town of formerly enslaved people in the country, according to the nonprofit that runs it. Now, visitors sleep there to get close to history.

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In late May, a husky puppy arrived at a shelter in Austin weighing just three pounds. She stabilized in two days, and staff named her Kiss — “because everyone wanted to give her a big kiss.”

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SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft exploded on its test stand on Wednesday, sending a large fireball into the sky. The company had cleared personnel from around the site. wapo.st/4kUmz6G

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Hurricane Erick made landfall in western Oaxaca, Mexico, as a Category 3 with 125 mph winds. The highest impact region is sparsely populated.

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Hezbollah is holding its fire during Iran’s conflict with Israel as it faces domestic pressure not to drag a fragile Lebanon into war and bets the violence does not yet threaten the survival of its longtime patron, diplomats and people close to the group said.

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The artists responsible for last year's poop statue appear to have struck again. This time with a work called “Dictator Approved,” an 8-foot-tall sculpture showing a gold-painted hand with a thumbs-up quashing the sea foam green crown of the Statute of Liberty on the National Mall.

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Egypt, desperate for stability in the region, “is not happy” about the escalation between Israel and Iran, or the possibility of U.S. involvement, said a former Egyptian official close to the government.

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Iran’s foreign minister in a lengthy social media post Wednesday evening listed things that “the whole world should know,” including that Iran acts “solely” in self-defense and has “never sought” nuclear weapons. He also said Iran is committed to diplomacy with any country but Israel.

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A federal judge on Wednesday ruled there was sufficient evidence for prosecutors to pursue a hate crime charge against the man accused of hurling molotov cocktails at a group of demonstrators calling for the release Israeli hostages in Gaza earlier this month.

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What do Americans think about the possibility of launching U.S. airstrikes against Iran, which President Donald Trump threatened this week? The Post texted more than 1,000 people on Wednesday to ask. This is how they responded.

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President Trump is weighing whether to strike Iran, and the Pentagon has built up U.S. military forces in the Middle East in recent days. Trump told reporters Wednesday he had not come to a decision: “I may do it, I may not do it,” he said.

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Safety concerns are already prompting lawmakers to change the way they live, especially in places like Minnesota, which has a civic culture that promotes close contact with constituents.

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Breaking news: The State Department is requiring that all student visa applicants make their social media accounts public to be scrutinized for hostility toward the U.S., according to a cable obtained by The Post.

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President Trump delivered an “ultimate ultimatum” to Iranian leaders to dismantle their nuclear program, he said, but has not made a final decision about whether to strike Iran and draw Washington into a new conflict in the Middle East.

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Breaking news: A jury found Karen Read not guilty of killing her police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, acquitting her a year after a judge declared a mistrial on identical charges.

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In a statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again profusely thanked President Donald Trump as a “great friend” to Israel and for his support in “defending Israel’s skies.” “We are in continuous communication, including last night,” he said. “We had a very warm conversation.”

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The baby of a brain-dead Georgia woman, who was kept on life support for months, was delivered Friday, according to the woman’s family, reigniting debates over the medical consent and end-of-life decisions for pregnant women since the fall of Roe v. Wade.

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Senate Republicans are preparing to propose legislation that analysts say could deal a greater financial blow to hospitals and result in millions more uninsured Americans, slicing deeper into Medicaid to finance President Trump's agenda.

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The focus at the Young Women’s Leadership Summit, a conference hosted by MAGA group Turning Point USA, was on culture, not politics. “Less Prozac, more protein!” said influencer Alex Clark. “Less burnout, more babies! Less feminism, more femininity!”

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The trust funds for Social Security and Medicare will run out of money in less than a decade, according to a report released Wednesday. Here's what to know:

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Catherine, Princess of Wales, pulled out of a high-profile horse racing event on Wednesday. She has slowly returned to public events after cancer treatment and had been expected in the procession of Royal Ascot.

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Seven men have been charged with stealing approximately $100 million worth of gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and luxury watches in 2022, in what prosecutors called the “largest jewelry heist in U.S. history.”

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Breaking news: A divided Supreme Court cleared the way for states to ban certain gender transition treatments for minors, a polarizing national issue the Trump administration has seized on in initiatives targeting transgender rights.

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Electric engines are almost silent. They’re so quiet, automakers add sounds to warn pedestrians and cyclists they’re coming. Automakers across the industry have hired DJs, composers and audio engineers to give their electric cars and trucks radically different voices. Listen to them here:

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A federal judge ruled that transgender and nonbinary Americans should be able to reflect their gender identities on newly issued passports, temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s efforts to limit the sex options available on new passports.

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Column by Candace Buckner: The WNBA has a problem, and it better fix it before the whole product turns foul.

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Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Wednesday that his country “will not surrender” and warned that any U.S. military intervention in the conflict would bring “irreparable damage.” Follow for more updates here:

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Analysis by Teo Armus | The political spotlight this year is on Virginia, which kicked off its statewide election cycle on Tuesday. Here’s what stood out as November’s matchups came into view:

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President Trump is debating whether to join a war against Iran that risks sucking Washington into a new Middle Eastern conflict but also offers the chance to eliminate a foe’s nuclear program.

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Tyler Perry was accused of sexual harassment, assault and retaliation in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles last week by Derek Dixon. Dixon alleges that Perry created “a coercive, sexually exploitative dynamic” with Dixon while they worked on “The Oval.”

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The Democratic National Committee has been rocked by clashes that reflect broader generational and ideological strains in the party. Now, some prominent Democrats are openly questioning the direction of the DNC under the leadership of Chair Ken Martin.

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Chef Anne Burrell, the host of Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America” with appearances on “Chopped” and other shows, died on Tuesday, her family and the network said. The cause of death was not announced.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem was taken to a hospital on Tuesday after suffering an allergic reaction, a department spokesperson told The Washington Post.

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Having people over for dinner shouldn't be a Big Production. Instead, find a go-to dinner recipe that you can make your default.

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Attending the Vans Warped Tour in D.C. was like passing through a time machine to the early 2000s. Fans rocked black skinny jeans, fingerless gloves and emo’s signature side-swept bangs.

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A Virginia school district will begin using AI to monitor video footage to identity fights, bullying or other potential safety threats on campuses.

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New York City’s comptroller Brad Lander, who is running for mayor, was detained Tuesday by ICE while observing immigration hearings in Manhattan, according to his campaign. wapo.st/4eccEXs

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President Donald Trump demanded “unconditional surrender” from Iran in posts on social media on Tuesday as the U.S. military increased firepower in the Middle East amid ongoing strikes between Israel and Iran.

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Over the next two weeks, around 170 million people across the country will experience extreme levels of humidity and temperatures above 90 degrees. Find out when and where you could be impacted.

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Tropical Storm Erick is on a path to strike Mexico as a powerful hurricane. The storm is currently on track to hit an area with a relatively low population density. However, a small shift could bring the storm closer to a highly populated zone.

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Kraft Heinz says it will stop using artificial food dyes by 2027, replacing them with natural versions or taking other steps — a move that follows pressure from the Food and Drug Administration over the issue.

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Senate Republicans suggested massive changes to President Trump’s second-term legislative agenda, setting up a potential brawl with the GOP-controlled House by slashing the child tax credit and state and local tax deductions while temporarily preserving some Biden-era climate programs.

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The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, has withstood war, terror, and the pandemic. But on Monday, it was brought to a halt by its own striking staff. The iconic museum is hitting a breaking point of its own and becoming a symbol of tourism pushed to its limits. wapo.st/4jQFWw5

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The NAACP will not invite President Trump to its national convention this year — the first time in the civil rights organization’s 116-year history that it has excluded a sitting president — citing his attempts to undermine American democracy.

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Humidity will soon surge to extreme levels across 40 states. Find out where there will be excessive heat and humidity — and how humidity patterns are changing here:

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A plurality of Americans oppose President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with mixed opinions on specific provisions and concerns about its impact on the national debt and Medicaid, according to a Post-Ipsos poll.

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At least 15 people, including an American citizen, were killed and 114 were injured in a massive overnight attack on Kyiv, marking the deadliest strike on the Ukrainian capital this year. wapo.st/4408pJO

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President Trump left the Group of Seven summit a day early to attend to the conflict between Israel and Iran, the White House announced, after he called for “a broader de-escalation of hostilities” in the Middle East in a statement with other global leaders.

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Breaking news: ICE agents should continue conducting immigration raids on farms, hotels and restaurants in a reversal of guidance, Department of Homeland Security officials told staff on Monday.

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Breaking news: President Donald Trump will leave the G-7 summit a day early to attend to the conflict between Israel and Iran, the White House announced, hours after he declined to join a statement at the meeting calling for de-escalation by both sides.

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Senate Republicans on Monday suggested massive changes to President Trump’s legislative agenda, slashing the child tax credit, and state and local tax deductions while temporarily preserving some Biden-era climate programs.

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More than two dozen tanker planes were deployed from the U.S. to Europe on Sunday and Monday, a movement that U.S. officials linked to commanders’ desire for options should American facilities near Israel and Iran face a direct threat.

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