Morning Headlines

Eighteen House Republicans crossed the aisle to pass a $9.8 billion Ukraine security package — including military loans and sweeping new oil-and-gas sanctions on Russia — in a 226–195 vote that openly rebuffed President Trump. The White House vowed an immediate veto, but the bipartisan revolt marks the sharpest congressional challenge yet to Trump's stance on the war in Ukraine.

Kim Jong Un inspected a newly disclosed uranium enrichment facility and declared that North Korea's nuclear materials production capacity has more than doubled in five years, pledging to expand it exponentially. South Korea's military assessed the site as a weapons-grade uranium plant and said it is coordinating closely with the U.S. to monitor the escalation.

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has reached a plea deal, agreeing to plead guilty to retaining classified national-security details in a private diary that he shared with his wife and daughter — both without security clearances. Bolton faces up to five years in prison and a $2.25 million fine at his June 26 court hearing.

After a marathon 'vote-a-rama,' the Senate approved a reconciliation measure guaranteeing three years of dedicated ICE funding without an accompanying DOJ spending ban, delivering a major win for the administration's immigration enforcement agenda. The bill advances toward final congressional passage.

Satellites captured rare atmospheric gravity waves rippling outward from Super Typhoon Sinlaku — the strongest Pacific tropical cyclone of 2026 — as it rapidly intensified to Category 5 equivalent, with the waves spreading like concentric rings far into the upper atmosphere. Scientists say the event offers an unprecedented view of how extreme storms can disturb the atmosphere at global scale.