Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 26 broke his silence for the first time since the Wagner mutiny ended in an uncertain truce on Saturday, with the Russian leader pledging in a televised address that the leaders of the Wagner rebellion would be brought to justice.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told President Joe Biden about Putin’s weakness, in a phone call on June 25.
The Supreme Court lifted the stay on a Louisiana case that challenges a new congressional map. The plaintiffs, two groups of black voters, are accusing the state’s Republican-led legislature of violating section 2 of the Voter’s Rights Act. They argue that the map only makes one black-majority district, which dilutes their voting power. They claim that the law requires the state to create a second black-majority district.
During a trip to southern Texas, presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis laid out his immigration policy, saying he will continue construction of the border wall, give more enforcement power to individual states, and more.
