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"What I'd heard so far was that they think it was likelier an accident, but that's not official yet," Stephen Miller tells me at the White House when asked if he has heard a cause of the fire at South Carolina judge's Diane Goodstein's home.

Head of Eisenhower library resigns after sword spat with Trump administration A dispute over a gift given by President Trump to King Charles forced out the museum boss, sources say.

Scoop: The head of a presidential library resigned this week after a tug-of-war with the Trump admin over a sword and gift selection for King Charles, sources told @CBSNews. 
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Scoop: The press secretary is back in the press secretary's office in White House. Karoline Leavitt is reclaiming the roomy space with a fireplace that Taylor Budowich occupied until he left the admin this week. Leavitt will take over some duties that Budowich handled, along with Steven Cheung.

U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz isn't part of Trump's Cabinet, sources say President Trump has decided the position will not be a Cabinet-level post, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

Scoop: The post of United Nations ambassador isn't a Cabinet position, sources familiar with the matter told @CBSNews, as Trump signals the decreased importance of the U.N. to his administration. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-n-amb...

The president confirms Charlie Kirk has died.

Charlie Kirk shot at Turning Point USA event at Utah university Conservative activist and Turning Points USA co-founder Charlie Kirk was shot Wednesday at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University.

Minutes before Charlie Kirk shot, he posted: "Utah Valley University is FIRED UP and READY for the first stop back on the American Comeback Tour." Kirk was speaking to students from an outdoor tent. A university alert said a single shot was fired, suspect in custody
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Poland says Russian drones shot down in its airspace during attack on Ukraine Polish and allied NATO warplanes shot down Russian drones that entered Poland's airspace in what NATO says was the first such intervention during the war in Ukraine.

Poland said Wednesday that, along with NATO allies, it had scrambled warplanes to shoot down multiple Russian drones that entered its airspace during Moscow's latest attack on Ukraine.

Scoop: Two-armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over a US warship today--a show of force, @JimLaPorta and @charliecbs report. The USS Jason Dunham is among a flotilla of U.S. ships dispatched to target criminal organizations and narco-terrorism. @cbsnews.com

Pentagon mulls expediting process to reinstate troops discharged over Covid vaccine Veterans forced out under the mandate have been frustrated by what they described as a slow, arduous process to return to service.

News: Military members forced out for refusing Biden-era covid vaccine mandate but allowed to return to service by Trump have been frustrated by what they describe as a slow, arduous process. Sources told @cbsnews.com Pentagon is considering speeding up that process.
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Joni Ernst won't seek reelection to Senate in 2026, sources say GOP Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next week she's not running for reelection in 2026.

BREAKING: Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa won't seek reelection to Senate in 2026, sources say.

After a day of golf at his course in Sterling, Virginia, President Trump was back at the White House Sunday evening looking out over the rooftop of the West Wing, apparently continuing his strategizing for renovation/construction on the grounds.

Putin needles U.S. by giving Trump envoy an award meant for CIA official whose son died fighting for Russia Vladimir Putin gave Trump envoy Steve Witkoff an award meant for a senior CIA official whose son was killed in Ukraine while fighting with Russian forces, sources say.

Scoop: Putin gave Trump envoy Witkoff an award to pass along to a senior CIA official whose son was killed in Ukraine while fighting alongside Russian forces. The gesture by Putin, known for mind games, was likely meant to raise unhelpful questions
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Kennedy Center Honors could see some changes under Trump The Kennedy Center has slightly delayed naming its list of annual lifetime achievement honorees and may make some other changes, sources said.

Scoop: Kennedy Center Honors could see some changes under Trump
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Trump set to announce initial deal to end conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia President Trump plans to announce a pact for peace between two former Soviet republics, Azerbaijan and Armenia, at the White House on Friday.

Trump plans to announce a pact for peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia at White House Fri, per sources. The pact, 1st ever inked between the 2 heads of state, comes as US seeks to deepen ties with the 2 countries, with energy production and transit as key attractions www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...

Scoop: Two top Justice Department anti-trust officials have been ousted, per sources. Both were deputies to Asst AG Gail Slater. Roger Alford and Bill Rinner were placed on administrative leave last week, then fired today for insubordination, two of the sources said. @cbsnews.com

Despite vow to remove the worst offenders, ICE data shows less than 1% of deportees had murder convictions A majority of the people deported by ICE this year were convicted of traffic or immigration offenses, not violent crimes, according to data obtained by CBS News.

Scoop: Internal friction with the Justice Dept team that fights monopolies has led to private conversations in Trump admin about whether to push out some staff in the antitrust division or to work to smooth out issues. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...

Trump asked GOP lawmakers if he should fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, sources say President Trump has lashed out against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for weeks.

NEW: Some members of House Financial Services Committee were planning to meet with Fed Chair Jay Powell tonight, per sources. Some Congress members want to reinforce the independence of his role. @cbsnews.com
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NEW: Trump asked group of lawmakers if he should fire Jerome Powell – and people in room voiced approval, sources told @cbsnews.com. Several said Trump indicated he will do it. Trump has been socializing possibility of a for-cause firing, but White House has not yet formally built legal predicate.

Trump says he's considering stripping Rosie O'Donnell of her US citizenship.

EPA employees sweat through workplace discomfort that some worry may be more than disrepair Temperatures inside EPA headquarters have soared above 80 degrees and elevators have been breaking down, sources said.

New: For 3rd week in a row, there have been issues with the air conditioning at EPA headquarters, sending indoor temperatures above 80 degrees. Some career staff have wondered among themselves if the issues are another mechanism to induce resignations.
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Travelers no longer have to remove their shoes to get through the regular line at TSA security checkpoints at airports, @CBSNews reports.

Asked what might make him want to launch another strike on Iran, Trump told me: "I hope we're not going to have to do that. I can't imagine wanting to do that.
"I can't imagine them wanting to do that -- they want to meet."
Netanyahu said Iran's nuclear situation needs to be monitored.

Trump said, unprompted, he is "not happy" with Putin. "I'm disappointed, frankly, that President Putin hasn't stopped," he said at Netanyahu dinner. I asked if he plans to send more weapons to Ukraine. He said yes. "They have to be able to defend themselves. They're getting hit very hard now."

Asked if he was pressured to change his assessment or give more rosy intelligence assessment by any political factors, whether it's a president or the secretary, Dan Caine said: "Well, that one's easy. No, no, I have not. And no, I would not."

Operation Midnight Hammer included seven bombers that took an 18-hour flight into target area, Dan Caine says at Pentagon. No shots fired at US on the way in. More than 125 military aircraft involved. At 6:40 pm ET a B2 dropped two GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker busters on Fordo

Trump will address the nation from White House at 10 pm on Iran nuclear strikes.

Trump scheduled to be in Iowa at the state fairgrounds on Thursday, July 3.

News: Morgan Ortagus is departing her job as deputy special presidential envoy to the Middle East and switching into another post in the Trump admin, multiple sources told me. Her new job begins this week.
She is taking a role as a senior adviser at the United Nations, I'm told.

Asked what his "unconditional surrender!" post meant for Iran, Trump says: "Very simple -- unconditional surrender. That means I've had it. I've had it. I give up, no more. Then we go blow up all the nuclear stuff that's all over the place there."

"Yeah," Iran is backchanneling to US, Trump tells us in Canada. "They'd like to talk but they should have done that before," he said. "Iran is not winning this war."
"They should talk, and they should talk immediately before it's too late," Trump told us in Canada.