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President Donald Trump looks at a document at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.<\/p>\n
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President Donald Trump speaks at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.<\/p>\n
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The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump\u2019s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill.<\/p>\n
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Also, Trump said Thursday that federal housing finance regulator Bill Pulte, his pick for acting director of national intelligence, would not be his \u201cpermanent\u201d choice for the critical security post following bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill in recent days over Pulte\u2019s lack of national security experience.<\/p>\n
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Employers added 172,000 jobs last month as US job market shows resilience despite Iran war<\/p>\n
The Labor Department reported Friday that job growth was down slightly last month from a revised 179,000 in April. The unemployment rate stayed at a low 4.3%<\/p>\n
The job market has been recovering this year from a miserable 2025, so far shrugging off higher energy prices and increased economic uncertainty since the United States and Israel attacked Iran in late February.<\/p>\n
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Hiring has bounced back this year from a miserable 2025, showing unexpected strength in the face of economic uncertainty and painfully high energy prices caused by the Iran war.<\/p>\n
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Trump looms large over upcoming primary elections in Washington, DC<\/p>\n
The last time Washington, D.C., residents chose a new delegate to Congress and a new mayor in the same election, gas was $1.33 a gallon and George H.W. Bush was president.<\/p>\n
This fall they\u2019ll do it again \u2014 under starkly different circumstances.<\/p>\n
As the city heads toward pivotal primaries this month to pick candidates for those roles, President Trump\u2019s influence on the nation\u2019s capital is shaping up as a major campaign issue. The fresh slate of candidates is weighing how best to approach Trump\u2019s Republican administration and congressional control over the heavily Democratic city\u2019s affairs.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a big sea change in city politics, no matter how the elections shake out,\u201d said Amanda Huron, a professor at the University of the District of Columbia who teaches courses on D.C. history and politics. But Washington\u2019s lack of full autonomy brings \u201call sorts of peculiarities around the city\u2019s governance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump says he will attend NBA Finals game in New York to root for his hometown Knicks<\/p>\n
Trump, a longtime New York Knicks fan, said he plans to attend an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden next week at the invitation of the team\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n
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Describing himself as a \u201cbig fan\u201d of the team and owner James Dolan, Trump said Thursday that he will be in the arena for at least one game next week. The NBA believes it would make him the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe answer is yes \u2014 he\u2019s invited me, I\u2019m going,\u201d Trump said of Dolan\u2019s invitation. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he was eyeing Game 3 on Monday but didn\u2019t rule out Game 4 on Wednesday. \u201cMaybe I\u2019ll do both.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump, who is simultaneously contending with a war in Iran, strife in Congress and looming midterm elections, said he made sure to catch some of Game 1 on Wednesday as the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs and took a 1-0 lead in the series.<\/p>\n
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Water begins refilling Reflecting Pool after Trump\u2019s renovation to repaint it \u2018American flag blue\u2019<\/p>\n
Water began refilling the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Thursday, Trump announced from the Oval Office.<\/p>\n
Trump showed a video during an unrelated event with water bubbling into the freshly painted basin at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s clean, beautiful water,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n
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Live video showed water accumulating in the center of the basin, with workers and trucks still inside the pool.<\/p>\n