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DOJ Rebuffs Judge's Demand to State "Anti-Weaponization" Fund Is Officially Dead

Updated on: June 19, 2026 / 2:41 PM EDT / CBS News

Could ‘king in the north’ become Britain’s new prime minister?

Makerfield victory gives Andy Burnham a path back to Westminster and a chance to challenge Keir Starmer

Trump says he can keep Israel from attacking Hezbollah

President Donald Trump expressed confidence in the prospect of keeping Israel from attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon after the United States made substantial progress to end the Iran war this week.

The Iran deal breaks virtually every one of Trump’s promises

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Argentinian TV host resigns after falsely reporting death of Lionel Messi’s father

Florencia Peña quits after the broadcast on Luzu TV

Global framework for reparatory justice adopted at landmark conference in Ghana

Ensuring fair compensation for those affected by legacies of enslavement and measures to address debt burdens, part of a 19-point strategic roadmap.

Martin Rowson on Andy Burnham’s victory in Makerfield – cartoon

Cabinet ministers loyal to Keir Starmer have told him that he faces being forced out of office if he does not set a timetable for his departure soon

Mark Rutte Needs to Stop Talking

Can Mark Rutte please just stop talking? The NATO secretary general, who infantilized an entire continent last year by referring to Donald Trump as “Daddy,” continued his campaign of flattery at the most recent meeting of the G7: “The U.S. action to prevent the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran and degrade its ballistic missile capability improves security for us all,” he told reporters.

Lady Ramsay of Cartvale obituary

MI6 spy on the ‘Moscow watch’ who was involved in the audacious escape of the double agent Oleg Gordievsky

Former DA supervisor suspended for misleading judge to vacate death penalty

A former supervisor in Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office was suspended from practicing in federal court for three years after a disciplinary panel found she knowingly misled a judge while seeking to overturn a death sentence.

Celebrations and a swift exit after a Burnham win ‘beyond our wildest dreams’

After partying into the early hours, supporters were back for the new Makerfield MP’s victory rally which ended with a madcap escape

The week around the world in 20 pictures

Ukrainian strikes on a Moscow oil refinery, protests at the G7 summit, wildfires in Spain and Messi at the World Cup – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists