One June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges the Fourteenth Amendment recognizes marriage as a fundamental right which extends to gay couples. Thomas filed a concurring opinion to Dobbs calling for the court to overturn the right to same-sex marriage.

Iran's Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated - and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News The White House June 25, 2025

Today is Global Beatles day.

On June 25, 1966, UC Irvine had its first commencement with fourteen graduates.

June 21, 1964 · Philadelphia, Mississippi James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Henry Schwerner, young civil rights workers, were arrested by a deputy and then released into the hands of Klansmen who had plotted their murders. They were shot, and their bodies were buried in an earthen dam.

Today is World Refugee Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world. Over 122 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced from their homes, according to UNHCR.

More than 15,000 people gathered in a sparse field on June 20, 1964, to hear President Lyndon B. Johnson and other dignitaries dedicate UC Irvine's campus.

As concern over gas prices remains high, President Trump's approval ratings continue falling to record lows, especially over his handling of the economy, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. www.npr.org/2026/06/18/n...

World Blood Donor Day celebrates those whose donations save lives across the globe. Every two seconds, someone in the United States desperately needs blood.

Trump: 6 bankruptcies 2 impeachments 4 indictments 91 felony counts 34 felony convictions Over 38,000 mentions in the Epstein files

Turning a special day into a historic event, President Barack Obama addressed more than 6,000 graduating UC Irvine students and 30,000 family members and friends at a commencement ceremony June 14, 2014, at Angel Stadium.

Workers have taken down President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove it from the building, and less than six months after it was first affixed to the iconic performing arts venue. www.npr.org/2026/06/12/g...

On June 12, 2015, a gunman entered the Pulse LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and committed one of the most devastating acts of hate our nation has seen. Forty-nine people were killed and 53 others wounded in the attack on LGBTQ and Latin American communities.