President Donald Trump warned the United States could be forced to return to war as a series of escalating reciprocal strikes with Iran continued into Sunday, threatening to unravel peace efforts between the two countries.
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Bahrain and Kuwait faced fresh Iranian attacks, hours after U.S. Central Command said it hit multiple targets in response to “continued aggression” against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
“United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!” Trump posted Saturday on Truth Social.
Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., said on “Meet the Press” that the war between the U.S. and Iran has moved into a stage he called “a mop-up operation” following the latest strikes.
Tehran, which had committed to reopening the critical waterway, has insisted that vessels follow a specified route close to its coastline, but many vessels are choosing to instead transit through the waters of the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah rejected a U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon security deal describing it as a “surrender” to Israel.
Politics in brief
- MAGA win: Rep. Julia Letlow won the Republican primary runoff for Senate in Louisiana, NBC News projects, defeating state Treasurer John Fleming in another victory for President Trump’s slate of preferred candidates.
- New ICE chief: Trump announced the nomination of Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to take over as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Festival vibes: Great American State Fair attendees said they haven’t noticed politics overshadowing the celebration on the National Mall.
Teams scramble to locate survivors four days after Venezuela earthquakes
Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock Sunday to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.
World cup ends group stage, Canada/South Africa first team in knockout rounds
It took until stoppage time in the second half, but Canada finally broke a scoreless draw to win 1-0 and advance to the World Cup Round of 16 for the first time in the country’s history.
A cross into the box was headed out by a South African defender right toward Stephen Eustáquio, who obliged with a right-footed volley into the back of the net.
Alphonso Davies, playing in his first match for Canada since March 2025, was subbed on late in the second half as the co-hosts pushed for the breakthrough.
Canada will next play the winner of Netherlands-Morocco in Houston on Saturday.
Memo’s moment
When Guillermo Ochoa stepped onto the pitch in the 78th minute of Mexico’s match with Czechia last week, the stadium let out a roar that seemed to reverberate across the country and beyond.
It was a poetic return to the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City where the goalkeeper kicked off his career at Club América as a fresh-faced 19-year-old. After six World Cup selections, more than 150 national team games, six CONCACAF Gold Cup titles and an Olympic bronze medal, Ochoa is hanging up his gloves.
“For others it’s Ronaldo or Messi, but for Mexicans it’s Memo,” said Eva Santana, a 40-year-old Chicagoan and fan of El Tri.
Beyond the goals
Fans from around the world have traveled thousands of miles to the World Cup, bringing with them displays of national identity that have delivered some of the tournament’s most iconic moments.
The Viking Row, a human statue and a Tartan takeover: From national instruments to nods to history, fans from around the world have been making their presence felt in the U.S. cities hosting the tournament.
Family of 1-year-old boy fatally shot by Mississippi police says goodbye
Before the outcry, before the demands for justice, before he was placed inside a small casket with a stuffed Bluey, a family looked forward to sharing simple moments with Kohen Wiley, who was just months away from his second birthday and named by his maternal grandma.
Fishing trips with grandpa. Getting to know his cousins. The first day of school.
Those dreams ended June 14 in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Mississippi, when 1-year-old Wiley was shot by police responding to a shoplifting call. Thirteen days later, after his mother watched him take his last breath, she walked into a rural Mississippi church to say goodbye to her baby boy.
During a visitation Friday, dozens sat in the pews of West Gilmore Church of Christ back in Senatobia. As mourners talked quietly, nursery rhymes were interspersed with traditional gospel hymns.
Standing outside in a T-shirt bearing Kohen’s face, Renay Jones, who grew up in Senatobia and knows one of the child’s grandmothers, said she once recalled friendly relationships with Black officers. But, she said, a troubling change had occurred in the department over the years.
“Senatobia could be a good place,” she said. “It just needs the right people running it.”
Notable quote
I would have hoped that I would be making a decent living on the education that I paid such a dear price for. But I was sold a dream.
Lori Correa, a North Carolina woman who owes roughly $200,000 in student debt
One year after President Donald Trump signed his core domestic policy package into law, student loan borrowers are bracing for a major overhaul of the federal lending system that will begin this week.
In case you missed it
- Khadijah Farrakhan, the longtime wife of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, died at 90.
- France recorded 1,000 excess deaths during record-breaking heatwave.
- Three firefighters died and two were injured while tackling fires on the Colorado-Utah border, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service said.
- An intense and prolonged heat wave is expected to grip the central and eastern U.S. ahead of Independence Day, with 111 million people under heat alerts this week.
- O.J. Simpson will not be honored at the Buffalo Bills’ new stadium on its Wall of Fame, with the team’s president of business operations saying the former running back “is not a fit” to include in the display honoring team legends.