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Newsom embraces Biden in run-up to 2028 primary

Split-screen images of Joe Biden and Gavin Newsom
Updated Jun 21, 2026 - World

U.S. and Iran launch direct negotiations in Switzerland

U.S. Vice President JD Vance waits, alongside Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions and Jared Kushner, to meet with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for high-level talks aimed at advancing a deal to end the Iran war.

The clock is ticking on Trump's border wall

Photo illustration collage of images portraying barbed wire at the US-Mexico border, layered over a photograph of a sign stating the Port of Entry is closed in Arizona, as well as a motif of the bars of the border wall framing the whole illustration.

Welcome to America, World Cup visitors. Don't forget to tip.

Fans buy snacks and beverages at a concession stand during the 2026 World Cup Group D football match between USA and Paraguay at the Los Angeles Stadium in Inglewood on June 12, 2026. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images)
Updated Jun 20, 2026 - World

Iran says it is closing Strait of Hormuz over Israeli attacks on Lebanon

Smoke rises from the town of Shweikin and the Ali al-Tahir hill area in southern Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes on June 20.
Jun 20, 2026 - World

Italy's Meloni unloads on Trump as fracture grows over G7 incident

President Trump, in a suit and red tie, speaks to a woman with her back to the camera in front of a "G7" logo.
Updated Jun 20, 2026 - World

Trump envoys arrive in Switzerland for Iran talks planned for Sunday

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Jun 20, 2026 - Business

New global order: AI CEOs as heads of nation-states

World leaders and CEOs arrayed around horseshoe-shaped table at G7

Establishment Dems face blowback for trying to play kingmaker

Three people; center is a man in a dark suit and pink tie looking to the right, flanked by a woman in blue on the left and a man in a patterned tie on the right.
Jun 20, 2026 - Sports

World Cup tourists discover America — and delight us all

Illustration of a smiling bald eagle with one claw resting on a soccer ball.
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