News for June 11, 2026

Federal authorities are investigating giant “8647” markings on the National Mall after the White House called them a threat to President Donald Trump.

The Pentagon briefly went into shelter-in-place mode after an air quality concern, but officials later said tests found no danger and normal operations resumed.

Vance Boelter pleaded guilty in the killings of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, ending the federal case with prosecutors no longer seeking the death penalty.

The House rejected a last-minute plan backed by Mike Johnson to extend a key surveillance power after Donald Trump’s pick for acting intelligence chief split lawmakers.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. is close to a deal with Iran to pause the fighting, even as U.S. strikes and Iranian attacks continued to raise the risk of a wider war.