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Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:50 PM ET

CBS News - Politics

Latest U.S. strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in eastern Pacific, Pentagon says -- The U.S. military has attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people.

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Live - Vance no longer traveling to Switzerland tonight for U.S.-Iran talks, White House says - "We look forward to beginning technical talks as soon as possible," a White House spokesperson said Thursday night. updated 15M ago

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Facing bipartisan criticism of Iran deal, Trump lashes out at "fools" -- Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy, Thom Tillis and Ted Cruz have been critical of the 14-point memorandum of understanding signed on Wednesday.

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Luigi Mangione's legal team withdraws psychiatric defense -- Luigi Mangione's legal team says they withdrew a psychiatric defense​​ in his New York state murder trial one day after telling the court they would use it.

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Remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur flood homes and force evacuations in Gulf states -- The remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur were battering parts of the southeastern U.S. with heavy rain, sparking flash flooding.

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Rips appear in Reflecting Pool's new sealant after algae turn water green -- President Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface picked by the president.

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Trump's goals for the Iran war and what he's saying now -- When the U.S.-Iran conflict began, President Trump laid out a litany of aggressive war aims. Here's what the president and his top aides said then - and how their views have changed.

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Trump awards Medal of Honor to 3 veterans of the Vietnam, Afghanistan wars -- In a ceremony at the White House, the president paid tribute to retired Marine Corps Maj. James Capers Jr., retired Army Maj. Nicholas Dockery and Marine Col. John W. Ripley, who died in 2008.

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States not required to give community-based care for those with disabilities: DOJ opinion -- The Office of Legal Counsel opinion released Thursday said states aren't required by law to integrate mentally disabled patients with their peers by providing community or home-based care.

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Air Force unit faces flu outbreak weeks after vaccine mandate dropped -- Dozens of service members at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas have fallen ill with the flu in the weeks since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rescinded the vaccine mandate, sources familiar confirmed to CBS News.

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Michelle Obama's speech at center opening moves husband to tears -- Former first lady Michelle Obama delivered a loving and heartfelt tribute to her husband at the Obama Presidential Center's grand opening ceremony in Chicago Thursday.

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GOP congressman, missing for months, set to return on June 30 -- Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey will return to Congress on June 30, his spokesperson said, after being away since March in an unexplained absence that has confounded Capitol Hill.

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Hegseth announces review of U.S. forces in Europe, blasts "shameful" NATO allies -- The Pentagon is launching a six-month review of U.S. forces and bases in Europe, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday at a meeting of NATO defense ministers.

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Photos show celebrations at Obama Presidential Center - The Obama Presidential Center, museum and library opens in Chicago with a star-studded grand opening ceremony and public watch party on Midway Plaisance. 9H ago - 25 photos

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U.S. plans expansion of denaturalization push, aiming for 250 cases by fall -- The Trump administration expects to try to revoke the U.S. citizenship of more than 250 foreign-born citizens by October, a Justice Department official said.

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Supreme Court sides with man who challenged law barring drug users from having guns -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Texas man who challenged a federal law that bars certain drug users from having firearms.

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Trump upends Senate GOP's plans once again with nomination demands -- A number of poorly timed announcements have forced Senate Republicans to squander carefully laid plans, exposing a widening rift within the party.

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Arrests of immigrant parents create mental health crisis for children -- An estimated hundreds of thousands of children, many of them U.S. citizens, have been separated from a parent in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

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