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Israel, Iran hold their fire after Trump pressures Netanyahu

Farmers spray water in a burned agricultural field next to a projectile near the town of Najha, Syria, Monday, June 8, 2026, after debris from Iranian missile launches during the Iran-Israel conflict fell in the area. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

By Vaughn Cockayne and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Both Israel and Iran announced separately on Monday that their militaries would halt offensive operations against the other following an explosive exchange of fire overnight that threatened to restart hostilities in the region and upend U.S.-led peace efforts.

FCC weighs overhaul of subsidies for classroom internet as Big Tech backlash grows

A phone holder hangs in a classroom at Delta High School, on Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah, at a rural school, where there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

All that screen time in school may not be a good idea after all, and the Trump administration is weighing an overhaul of its decades-old program that pays for public school internet, which some children are using to watch porn in the classroom.

A phone holder hangs in a classroom at Delta High School, on Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah, at a rural school, where there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

FCC weighs overhaul of subsidies for classroom internet as Big Tech backlash grows

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Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at a campaign event Friday, June 5, 2026, in Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Platner’s bid tests how much personal baggage Maine voters will tolerate

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Mexico’s head coach Javier Aguirre gives instructions to his players during the first half of an international friendly soccer match against Australia Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) ** FILE **

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President Donald Trump speaks as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago in in Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before the House Appropriations Committee, Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Trump nominates Todd Blanche to permanent post as attorney general

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago in in Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Iran war pushes Trump-Netanyahu friendship to limit, as Bibi balances Israeli goals and Trump’s ire

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before the House Appropriations Committee, Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Trump nominates Todd Blanche to permanent post as attorney general

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 17, 2018, photo, people arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) **FILE**

Federal judge blocks Trump’s $100K fee for H1-B visas

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, listens during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on oversight of fraud and misuse of Federal funds in Minnesota, Wed., March 4, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Seated left is Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.) **FILE**

Minnesota officials ignored years of fraud warnings, House report says

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

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A small boat moves along the shoreline where an a cargo vessel, tugboat and industrial barge are all anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, June 1, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

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By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, April 21, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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Cargo ships are seen at sea in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as viewed from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair) ** FILE **

U.S. forces disable a blockade-evading ship in Gulf of Oman

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before the House Appropriations Committee, Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

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Roadway disasters pile up as states buck Trump administration’s call to end non-English CDL tests

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Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, a psychologist who for a decade ran a U.S. treatment center for abusive priests, talks to the media at a press conference during a Vatican-backed symposium on clerical sex abuse, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Psychologists told bishops from around the world Tuesday that priests who rape and molest children usually lie when confronted with an accusation, and that they should listen to victims since they usually tell the truth and need to be believed in order to heal. The messages were delivered at a Vatican-backed symposium on clerical sex abuse that is aimed at compelling bishops to create tough policies to protect children and root out pedophiles from the priesthood. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A phone holder hangs in a classroom at Delta High School, on Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah, at a rural school, where there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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People stand near an area roped off after a stabbing at Penn Station on Sunday, June 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Farmers spray water in a burned agricultural field next to a projectile near the town of Najha, Syria, Monday, June 8, 2026, after debris from Iranian missile launches during the Iran-Israel conflict fell in the area. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Israel, Iran hold their fire after Trump pressures Netanyahu

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South Korean National Election Commission officials check boxes containing ballots for the local elections at a gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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