The United States sanctioned Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife and relatives of Raúl Castro as Washington intensifies pressure on Havana. The measures come as Cuba faces severe blackouts, food and medicine shortages, and rising tensions with the Trump administration.
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President Trump plans to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden as the Knicks host the Spurs. The visit is expected to bring heightened security to the Midtown arena above Penn Station.
The Obama Presidential Center opens on Chicago’s South Side with an eight-story museum, public library branch, basketball court, gardens and public art. The nearly 20-acre campus opens on Juneteenth, with museum tickets sold out for opening weekend.
California’s all-party gubernatorial primary remained too close to call, with Steve Hilton, Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer competing for two November ballot spots. Key mayoral and House races also remained unresolved as ballots continued to be counted.
President Donald Trump said he will attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on July 24 after the April event was canceled following an armed security breach. Association president Weijia Jiang said the rescheduled gathering will show that violence will not silence a free press.
Senate Democrats are intensifying efforts to block the Trump-era $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund amid legal challenges and concerns over taxpayer payouts. A new bill seeks to shut down the fund and bar payments linked to lawsuits by the president or vice president.
Ken Paxton, backed by Donald Trump, defeats Senator John Cornyn in Texas GOP Senate primary runoff. Paxton faces Democrat James Talarico in November amid shifting Latino voter dynamics and party realignments.
Barney Frank, a Massachusetts congressman who co-authored the Dodd-Frank financial reform law and was a pioneering openly gay politician, has died at 86. He served 32 years in Congress and was known for his sharp wit and advocacy on banking and civil rights.