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Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy amplified a UC Berkeley faculty critique on June 2, 2026, arguing that admitting severely underprepared students to advanced programmes benefits only ideologically…
A federal judge has frozen Trump's $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund hours before Senate Democrats introduced a bill to kill…
A 6.1-magnitude quake struck off Italy's Calabria coast at 00:12 am on 2 June, with tremors felt across four southern regions. No…
The White House on June 2, 2026, dismissed online critics in a terse X post, saying 'quiet' and asserting that 'it will all work…
Marco Rubio is heading to Capitol Hill to make the most direct case yet for dismantling the old US foreign policy consensus —…
Trump didn't just shrug off a diplomatic breakdown with Iran — he threatened to 'blow them up to kingdom come' if Tehran pursues…
The White House posted the American flag emoji with a linked URL on X on June 1, 2026, with no accompanying text. The post…
The White House on June 1, 2026, credited President Trump and the Department of the Interior with transforming Washington D.C.'s…
The White House spotlighted the Korean War Veterans Memorial Fountain on June 1, 2026, drawing attention to the National Mall…
