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Trump news at a glance: US president holds a rare bipartisan bill hostage

Trump says he’ll sign housing bill aimed at lowering costs only after Senate passes restrictive voting measure – key US politics stories from Wednesday 24 June at a glance

National park staff ordered not to divulge park deaths

The Interior Department has directed National Park Service employees and other agency staff not to publicly confirm deaths or severe injuries in national parks, according to a report.

Political earthquake strikes House Democrats and Hispanic caucus with Espaillat's loss

Updated on: June 24, 2026 / 8:11 PM EDT / CBS News

WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers remarks to commence Great American State Fair

President Donald Trump is delivering a speech on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to commence the Great American State Fair celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S.’s founding.

Man arrested by Reflecting Pool says he'll contest obscenity charge

A Washington, D.C., man arrested near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool said he plans to contest a federal obscenity charge after being arrested near the recently renovated landmark that President Donald Trump says has been damaged by vandals.

Abelardo de la Espriella, right-wing millionaire backed by Trump, declared winner of Colombia's presidential runoff election

Conservative outsider Abelardo de la Espriella, a millionaire political neophyte, will be Colombia's next president after electoral authorities on Wednesday declared him the winner of Sunday's runoff election.

Trump's Other Paint Job

Before he botched the Reflecting Pool, the president wanted the border wall black.

Trump administration seeks $67 billion for Pentagon after Iran war

The White House has requested Congress pass a supplemental spending bill for $87.6 billion, roughly $67 billion of which would go to the Pentagon to cover the cost of the Iran war.

Some states want to regulate prediction markets. Should the feds let them?

Updated on: June 24, 2026 / 6:18 PM EDT / CBS News

The Whiplash of Trump’s Iran Capitulation

America’s foreign policy is about one man and little else.

Trump’s No-Limits Presidency

Most presidents become chastened about their power over time. Trump is doing the opposite.

Four in five under-16s in Australia using social media despite ban, study shows

Experts say law not enough to stop children accessing harmful content online and more ‘convincing strategy is required’