Key Events (10)
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials formally launched negotiations on June 21 at the Bürgenstock ski resort in Switzerland to develop a long-term agreement on Iran's nuclear program, building on a fragile interim deal that ended the war and keeps the Strait of Hormuz open.
Trump threatened to renew military attacks on Iran if it does not rein in its proxies in Lebanon, while Iran announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz over Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, creating tensions during ongoing peace negotiations.
The Trump administration shuttered a federal criminal probe into the circumstances behind the commutation of fraudster David Gentile's sentence, which was aided by a Catholic priest with ties to the president.
Trump claimed vandalism caused damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, attributing algae blooms and peeling paint to destruction rather than design flaws in a $14.2 million renovation. A three-time Olympian was charged with destroying government property after allegedly touching peeling paint.
At least seven people were killed in Chicago shootings on June 21, prompting Trump to criticize Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker for refusing to accept national guard troops, while the Chicago mayor stated violence has no place in the city.
A Ukrainian family in Cleveland, including a 10-year-old son, received deportation removal orders after being told that seeking affordable medical care for the child would not impede their re-entry to the United States.
Trump-backed outsider Abelardo De La Espriella, a lawyer with no previous political experience, appeared to win Colombia's presidential runoff election, marking another rightward shift in Latin American politics.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces significant political challenges heading into an Israeli election, with President Trump no longer providing automatic support following Trump's embrace of an Iran nuclear deal that Israel opposes.
A secretive investigation into an Iranian school bombing that killed at least 175 people four months earlier has concluded, but concerns grow that the Trump administration and Defense Secretary Hegseth may suppress or bury its findings.
A Catholic diocese in Las Cruces, New Mexico is fighting to protect a 29-foot Jesus statue on Mount Christo Rey from Trump's border wall expansion, citing religious freedom protections and the site's nearly century-long history as a pilgrimage destination.