Here are the stories shaping the day:
- Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected a call by U.S. President Donald Trump for Iran to unconditionally surrender amid the regimeâs aerial war with Israel.
- The Supreme Court upheld Tennesseeâs ban on transgender procedures. Here are the five takeaways from the consequential ruling.
- Border Patrol did not release any illegal immigrants into the country in May, a âstaggering dropâ from the more than 62,000 illegal immigrants whom Border Patrol was âforced to release along the southwest borderâ during the same period in 2024, Customs and Border Protection said.
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