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President Trump announced that he would shut down the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which has seen cancellations and boycotts, starting this summer.

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At the 2026 Grammys, Bad Bunny became the first artist to win the album of the year award for a Spanish-language release. Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga also took home major awards.

President Trump’s announcement comes as the center has been rocked by cancellations and boycotts from performers, contributors and concertgoers.

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Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court’s workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday a plan to shut down the Trump Kennedy Center on July 4 for a two-year reconstruction. "If we don't close, the quality of Construction will not be nearly as good, and the time to completion, because of interruptions with Audiences from the many Events using the Facility, will be much longer," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "The temporary closure will produce a much faster and higher quality result!" [Full Story]

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The dollar is declining against other currencies as the president’s economic policies roil global financial markets.

The federal government partially shut down over the weekend after senators advanced the the bill without Department of Homeland Security funding.

His proposal comes amid a series of cancellations and internal upheaval since he took over the storied institution, a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, nearly a year ago.

Savannah didn’t show up to work on Monday, but she did release a statement about her mom’s disappearance.

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The House is returning to Washington on Monday, where GOP leaders are aiming to move swiftly to approve the funding package.

House Speaker Mike Johnson faces tough days ahead trying to pass a federal funding package and prevent a prolonged partial government shutdown.

President Donald Trump told Grammy Awards host Trevor Noah to expect a lawsuit over the comedian's "false and defamatory statement" claiming the president had visited disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's island. [Full Story]

With Zohran Mamdani now mayor, Diana Moreno’s run for his old assembly seat in Queens tests how durable democratic socialist organizing has become in New York.

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Farmers in the U.S. have grown cannabis since the 1600s — but policymakers are still figuring out how to regulate two famous types of Cannabis sativa. A historian calls the plant "incredibly cryptic."

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The president has turned his biggest political asset into a liability.

A Trump-endorsed candidate for the Texas state senate lost to a Democrat over the weekend.

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Authorities investigating the mysterious disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s elderly mother in Arizona have confirmed they are investing a crime.

Minnesota provides a blueprint for how to prevent a slide into authoritarianism we’ve seen in other countries.

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, called President Trump while meeting with F.B.I. agents who seized ballots from a Georgia election center.

“Melania”’s weekend box office haul of $7 million represents the best opening weekend for a documentary in a decade.

Turns out those Reddit polls might have been rigged.

The deal will result in India charging a zero percent levy on American goods entering the country, according to the president.

Tulsi Gabbard brokered the call and President Trump directly pressed frontline agents involved in the search of an election center, The Times learned.

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, called President Trump while meeting with F.B.I. agents who seized ballots from a Georgia election center.

Israel and Egypt had disagreed for months about how to resume operations at the Rafah border crossing, which has been largely closed since May 2024.

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White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt touted the nationwide decline in rents amid President Trump’s crackdown on illegal migration and before the November midterm elections.

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When asked whether Martin still served in the role, a DOJ spokesman said he continued on in a separate role, as pardon attorney.

Martin was serving as leader of the "Weaponization Working Group" to investigate prosecutors who probed President Trump and his allies.

Anti-aging physician and newly minted CBS News contributor Peter Attia admitted Monday he was “ashamed” after a trove of “very embarrassing” emails he once swapped with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein surfaced.

ICE is out of control. Democrats have numerous ways to reel the agency in, from barring ICE from domestic spying and terminating its contracts with tech companies to creating and fully funding an independent body to investigate its many abuses.

A federal judge ordered ICE to restore immediate access for members of Congress seeking to make inspections of detention facilities, saying the agency seems to be playing games with its funding to try to block the lawmakers.

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Sam Adams

The Trump administration says it's reviewing thousands of cases to look for potential fraud. A judge ordered a temporary pause, saying refugees cannot be arrested "without warrants or cause."

A search is currently underway for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from Tucson’s Catalina Foothills on Saturday. After her family reported her missing on Sunday morning, police discovered "concerning" signs of a violent struggle at her home.

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Despite pessimistic predictions by Hollywood critics, Amazon MGM Studios' major investment in the new documentary film "Melania" appears to be paying off at the box office. The first lady-produced film opened much stronger than anticipated, grossing $7.04 million domestically over its debut weekend.

The president said his former adviser had been badly treated but was now “better than ever”.

The NFL will conduct its own investigation into Giants co-owner Steve Tisch’s sexually charged correspondence with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Gabbard's press secretary said the intelligence chief had not tried to stonewall Congress and that the whistleblower complaint was "baseless."

Critics hated it, but director Brett Ratner's first lady documentary "Melania" Trump outperformed box-office expectations with a $7 million opening.

"Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis," Noem wrote on social media, adding that as funding becomes available, the body camera program "will be expanded nationwide." ICE agent conduct is facing increasing scrutiny after the deaths of two protesters in separate Minneapolis incidents. [Full Story]

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said immigration officers will begin wearing body cameras "immediately," after the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens during the crackdown in Minneapolis.

The president’s announcement shocked artists and staff. A letter obtained by The Washington Post brought the National Symphony Orchestra’s future into focus.

Ed Martin is exiting as the DOJ comes under fire from MAGA for its lack of success targeting Trump foes.

Dahlia Lithwick

The president, after bulldozing the East Wing, now has his sights on the performing arts center.