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What Happened Today – June 30, 2026

Two wildland firefighters in yellow gear stand before a wall of flames in dry grassland

Wildland crews worked a fire as Trump's new full-suppression policy, a reversal of decades of wildfire science, drew scrutiny after three federal firefighters died in Colorado. (National Park Service photo)

You were always going to pay for Donald Trump’s ballroom. He told you private donors would cover it. Then the Washington Post got hold of the contract: a secret, no-bid deal worth up to $500 million, run through a government office that is exempt from getting multiple estimates, with taxpayers covering half. He knew every … Read more

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