June 19, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – June 18, 2026

June 19, 2026 by George Bounacos

Dolly Parton seated among young children on oversized alphabet blocks promoting the Imagination Library free book program

Dolly Parton, founder of the Imagination Library, created the free book program Oregon just wrote into law, promising every child under 5 a monthly book as reading scores lag. (Courtesy of the Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care)

Donald Trump’s best birthday present came two days early, right before he had cage fighters and a few thousand guests over to the White House. The present was more than a third of a billion dollars, which his budget director Russ Vought pulled out of the Secret Service and moved into a White House construction … Read more