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Courts 1 of 12

Trump tells the Supreme Court he will appeal the $83 million award to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her after she said he sexually assaulted her in 1996.

His DOJ now investigates her case's participants

Source: USA Today

June 2, 2026

Courts 2 of 12

New Jersey sues GEO Group in state court after inspectors were allowed into only the food service areas of the Newark migrant jail where detainees report tuberculosis and untreated illness.

Twelfth day of hunger strike and protests

Source: The New Jersey Monitor

June 2, 2026

Media 3 of 12

The White House Correspondents' Association reschedules its annual dinner for July 24 at the former Trump International Hotel in DC, weeks after a gunman halted April's event.

Trump teases repeating his nasty remarks

Source: CNN

June 2, 2026

Military 4 of 12

The Pentagon hires Elias Irizarry, who pleaded guilty to storming the Capitol on January 6, into a sensitive office running counterterrorism and hostage rescue missions.

Entered through a broken window with pole

Source: The Independent

June 2, 2026

Fighting Back 5 of 12

Seven states sue to block the administration's $795 million deal paying a foreign energy company to abandon offshore wind off New York and New Jersey and drill oil and gas instead.

Move follows repeated administration court losses

Source: The Maritime Executive

June 2, 2026

Economy 6 of 12

U.S. proposes new tariffs of up to 12.5% on 60 countries over forced labor, reviving Trump's nation-by-nation levies under a different law after the Supreme Court struck down the originals.

Section 301 replaces the struck-down authority

Source: CNBC

June 2, 2026

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