06/04/2026
Here’s everything that happened in America today.
The House passed a war powers resolution 215 to 208, delivering a historic rebuke to Trump over the Iran war, with four Republicans crossing party lines to join every Democrat in demanding congressional authorization before any further strikes.
Newport Coast, California tech CEO Jamshid Ghomi was arrested for illegally smuggling over 250 metric tons of sophisticated U.S. networking and encryption equipment to Iran's nuclear program and military over more than a decade, facing 20 years in prison.
Steve Hilton leads California's governor primary at 28 percent with Xavier Becerra at 25 percent and Tom Steyer at 20 percent, with the race still too close to call as vote counting continues Wednesday morning.
The FBI shot and killed 41-year-old Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, a registered s*x offender, after he held 10 people hostage inside a Bakersfield Chase Bank building for over 15 hours, with all hostages rescued completely unharmed.
The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean monitoring network of 900 instruments tracking ocean temperatures, greenhouse gas absorption, and Atlantic current shifts, sparking alarm from scientists about dangerous climate blind spots.
Senate Majority Leader Thune moved ahead with a vote-a-rama on the $72 billion immigration reconciliation bill Wednesday after stripping the White House ballroom security funding and the anti-weaponization fund following a parliamentarian ruling and Republican pushback.
The Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use its Republican-drawn congressional map for November's midterms in an unsigned order over liberal dissents, effectively eliminating Democrat Shomari Figures' majority-Black seat ahead of the midterm elections.
New York City reversed its ban on outdoor Knicks watch parties, approving a massive gathering outside Madison Square Garden and in Central Park for Game One of the NBA Finals on Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs.
