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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined from left by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., speaks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate begins voting on bill to fund ICE, Border Patrol as Democrats try to derail it

7:12 AM on Thursday, June 4

The Senate is beginning a long series of votes on legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies

FILE - A young girl reads a book while sitting in a window of the Morningside Heights branch of the New York Public Library on July 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

The Literary Arts Fund to distribute $7.7 million in grants to 40 organizations

7:00 AM on Thursday, June 4

The Literary Arts Fund has announced $7.7 million in grants across 40 organizations in 19 states

US territories have a voice in Congress but no vote – here’s why

5:31 AM on Thursday, June 4

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran

5:07 AM on Thursday, June 4

The House for the first time has approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad

European Council President Antonio Costa speaks during a news conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at the Serbia Palace at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

The EU will look for ways to make it quicker for the Western Balkan countries to join the bloc

4:55 AM on Thursday, June 4

The European Union is exploring ways to speed up the membership process for six Western Balkan countries

FILE - Students sit on the lawn near Royce Hall at UCLA in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on April 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Trump officials went after dozens of colleges. Now they're rewriting the rules for all of academia

4:02 AM on Thursday, June 4

President Donald Trump's administration put dozens of college campuses under investigation last year and cut federal funding unless they came in line with his Republican agenda

Five Eyes alliance warns that China is targeting personnel via fake job ads

4:00 AM on Thursday, June 4

China is targeting personnel linked to the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez arrives for a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, India, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India's Modi meets Delcy Rodriguez as India expands Venezuela oil imports

2:46 AM on Thursday, June 4

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held talks with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez

FILE - Elon Musk departs after a welcome ceremony with President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

UK lawmaker says she is suing Elon Musk's company over fake Grok bikini images

2:35 AM on Thursday, June 4

A British lawmaker is suing Elon Musk’s company xAI for invasion of privacy

Somali soldiers patrol a street after supporters of opposition political figures and state security forces clashed in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Clashes erupt in Somalia's capital ahead of a planned anti-government rally

11:57 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Somalia's opposition supporters and security forces have clashed in Mogadishu for a second day ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration

In this image supplied by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), New Zealand lawmakers from left, Laura McClure, Maureen Pugh, Duncan Webb and David Wilson gesture as they pose for a photo at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, on May 4, 2026. (Taiwan MOFA via AP)

China bans 4 New Zealand lawmakers after they visited Taiwan

10:47 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Beijing has banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year, demanding an apology for their visit to Taiwan

A man holds a candle on the street in the Causeway Bay area on the 37th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Police warn families of Tiananmen crackdown dead not to visit graves on 37th anniversary

10:45 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

The Obama Presidential Center is seen Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Inside Obama's presidential museum opening this month: The cost, the books and a beehive

10:02 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Former President Barack Obama’s presidential museum will open June 19, more than a decade after Chicago was selected for the project

Statues of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

With Oval Office replica and skyline views of Chicago, Obama's new museum is political and personal

10:01 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Former President Barack Obama’s influence in his presidential museum runs deep, from the Chicago location to the textured stone adorning its dramatic tower, art installations and a striped reading chairs that resemble ones in his own home

A rare albino buffalo fondly named after Donald Trump for its distinctive blond tuft kept in an enclosure at the national zoological park, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar)

Buffalo named Donald Trump for his golden locks is a sensation at a Bangladesh zoo

3:31 AM on Wednesday, June 3

A rare albino buffalo named after U.S. President Donald Trump for his distinctive blond tuft is drawing crowds at a Bangladesh zoo

Today in History: June 4, the Tiananmen Square Massacre

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