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White House Correspondents' Dinner rescheduled for July 24 after shooting disrupted initial event

Updated on: June 2, 2026 / 2:03 PM EDT / CBS News

Trump delivered a victory over Iran. Now he's negotiating it away

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LGBT activists want to be seen as victims at the World Cup in San Francisco

For the first time in over a decade, the FIFA World Cup is coming to a country that respects basic human rights. But, because that country is the United States, the “LGBT community” has to get its victimhood points in while it still can.

Kyiv picks up the pieces after another attack by Russia

On Monday night residents faced the third heavy assault on Ukraine’s capital in less than a month, as Putin appears to be trying to take advantage of a shortage of US-made air defence systems

Faced with being outflanked by those to his right, Farage seeks to channel public anger

As ethnonationalist far right drives racist agenda, Reform UK leader felt need to weigh in on murder of Henry Nowak

The Guardian view on Trump and Lebanon: civilians need lasting peace, not short-term patches

The US president seeks to curb Israel’s intensified offensive as he looks for an exit from war with Iran, but turmoil in the Middle East will not easily be ended

Rubio and Booker spar over whether Iran is in stronger position

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) fumed at Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting, accusing the White House of putting Tehran in a position of geopolitical strength.

Why neither Trump nor Iran wants a return to war

The U.S. military and Iranian forces continue to launch attacks on one another. So, why does the ceasefire broadly still hold?

New Danish government vows to resist Greenland pressure and tackle cost of living

Mette Frederiksen, who returns for third term as PM, says minority coalition will ‘improve everyday lives’

Kirpans and UK knife law: what are the rules?

Henry Nowak murder case has prompted questions about religious exemptions for Sikh ceremonial blades

Blue states sue Trump admin over offshore wind lease cancellation

New York is leading a coalition of seven Democrat-led states that is suing the Trump administration over a buyout deal struck earlier this year that resulted in the cancellation of an offshore wind farm lease.

UK police bodycam footage shows officers ignoring man's dying pleas

U.K. police are under fire after the release of damning bodycam footage showing the final moments of student Henry Nowak, who was handcuffed after his murderer accused him of racism.