The White House is retiring the aging Air Force One as President Trump accepts a replacement jet tied to Qatar. The plane the world treats as flying American soil now comes with a foreign return address, and a fight.
A new NBC News poll finds the president’s weak approval rating is dragging Republicans down heading into the 2026 midterms. History says that number is the single best predictor of what comes next.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at NATO allies, announced a review of US forces in Europe, and called for a reboot into a NATO 3.0. For a 76-year-old alliance, this is the loudest warning shot in years.
Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Moscow in what looks like the largest assault on the Russian capital of the entire war. Russia says it shot down 194 of them. The distance that protected Moscow is gone.
A Scary Movie reboot just set a franchise record, May became the first billion-dollar month at theaters since 2019, and 2026 is running 13% ahead of last year. The movie theater is not dead. It is booming.
Cyera raised $600M, TensorWave $350M, Suno $400M, Helion $465M. June 2026’s funding wave proves the money is flowing again, but only to a narrow band of AI, infrastructure and deeptech companies.