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By SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One image shows President Donald Trump staring straight ahead stone-faced, monitoring the mission that took out three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites on Saturday. In another image, Trump stands as his chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, appears to speak. And whenever Trump is pictured, he is donning a bright red hat blaring his signature campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” The series of photos that the White House published on its X account Saturday gives the public a rare glimpse inside the Situation Room — again stirring the…

Teoscar Hernandez #37 of the Dodgers points to the sky after a solo home run against the Washington Nationals in the ninth inning during a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG) CJ Abrams #5 of the Washington Nationals high fives teammates in the dugout after a two run home run against the Dodgers in the seventh inning during a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG) Nathaniel Lowe #33 high fives…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans — and at least one Democrat — immediately praised President Donald Trump after he said Saturday evening that the U.S. military bombed three sites in Iran. “Well done, President Trump,” Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina posted on X. Texas Sen. John Cornyn called it a “courageous and correct decision.” Alabama Sen. Katie Britt called the bombings “strong and surgical.” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., questions Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year…

ARLINGTON, Texas — U.S. forward Haji Wright will miss the rest of the CONCACAF Gold Cup because of an injured left Achilles. A 27-year-old from Los Angeles, Wright scored in the 84th minute of last weekend’s opening 5-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago, 11 minutes after entering. He did not play in Thursday’s 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Soccer Federation said Saturday he will return to Coventry City for evaluation and treatment. U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino said Wright arrived from the League Championship season with the Achilles problem. Wright cannot be replaced on the tournament roster. The…

By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s decision to strike three nuclear sites in Iran could deepen a divide among some of the Republican’s supporters, including high-profile backers who had said any such move would run counter to the anti-interventionism he promised to deliver. Notably though, immediately following Trump’s Saturday announcement of the strike, some of those who had publicly spoken out against U.S. involvement voiced their support. The lead-up to the move against Iranian nuclear sites had exposed fissures within Trump’s “Make American Great Again” base as some of that movement’s most vocal leaders, with large followings of their own, expressed deep…

MINNEAPOLIS — Kayla McBride scored 15 of her season-high 29 points in the fourth quarter, Courtney Williams added 18 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks 82-66 on Saturday night for their third straight win. Napheesa Collier did not play for the Lynx (12-1). The 2024 WNBA defensive player of the year, Collier, left early in the third quarter of Minnesota’s 76-62 win over Las Vegas on Tuesday and did not return. McBride made 9 of 13 from the field, 5 of 7 from 3-point range, and Williams finished with six assists and four steals. Maria Kliundikova…

Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores on Saturday condemned what he called “a wave of alarming immigration-related activity” across that city, and urged his police department to “enforce state and local laws concerning unmarked vehicles, visible license plates and required agency identification.” Flores said the raids involved “masked and unidentified individuals reportedly abducting residents in broad daylight.” ALSO SEE: In LA County and its working-class suburbs, ‘a plague of fear and silence’ in once-busy immigrant hubs “These are not lawful arrests. These are abductions,” Flores said. “For more than a week, we have witnessed families being torn apart, children left without…

CYPRESS — Scenes shift and seasons go by. Kings River Knight remains the same irresistible force. In the first stakes race of Los Alamitos’ early-summer thoroughbred meet, the 7-year-old gelding faced a rare battle down the stretch but responded to jockey Juan Hernandez and outclassed Mr. Disrespectful late to win the $100,000 Bertrando Stakes for California-breds on Saturday. After winning the Crystal Water Stakes at Santa Anita for the third year in a row last month, Kings River Knight won the Bertrando for the second time in as many tries. He won for the seventh consecutive time in 1-mile races…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and THOMAS BEAUMONT After nearly two years of stark divisions over the war in Gaza and support for Israel, Democrats are now finding themselves at odds over U.S. policy toward Iran as progressives demand unified opposition to President Donald Trump’s consideration of a strike against Tehran’s nuclear program while party leaders tread more cautiously. URGENT: US strikes 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign U.S. leaders of all stripes have found common ground for two decades on the position that Iran cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. The longtime U.S. foe…

By AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel ’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict. The decision to directly involve the U.S. comes after more than a week of strikes by Israel on Iran that have moved to systematically eradicate the country’s air defenses and offensive missile capabilities, while damaging its nuclear enrichment facilities. But U.S. and Israeli officials have said that American stealth bombers…