After strike on Iran, Trump focuses on his megabill

In his first remarks since Iran attack, Trump pushes his 'big, beautiful bill."

ByKevin Shalvey, Alexandra Hutzler, and Ivan Pereira

Last Updated: June 22, 2025, 1:53 PM EDT

President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed Republicans to get behind his taxation bill that will fund his agenda as the self-imposed Fourth of July deadline approaches.

“Great unity in the Republican Party, perhaps unity like we have never seen before. Now let’s get the Great, Big, Beautiful Bill done,” Trump wrote on social media.

Trump addressed the nation on Saturday night after the U.S. carried out airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facility, which he called "a spectacular military success."

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Jun 19, 2025, 1:48 PM EDT

Leavitt defends repeated '2 weeks' line for foreign negotiations

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about President Donald Trump's repeated line that foreign peace deals would be revealed in two weeks only for no such announcement to take place.

The press secretary did not answer the question directly, and instead laid blame on the Biden administration for their handling of the situations in the Middle East and Russia-Ukraine conflict.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House, June 19, 2025, in Washington.
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"Again [Trump] is a peacemaker in chief. He is the peace through strength president. And so if there's a chance for diplomacy, the president's always going to grab it," she said.

Jun 19, 2025, 1:41 PM EDT

Trump will make a decision on Iran within next 2 weeks, White House says

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, at the top of her briefing on Thursday, shared a message from President Donald Trump regarding the Israel-Iran conflict.

"I know there has been a lot of speculation amongst all of you in the media regarding the president's decision making and regarding whether or not the United States will be directly," Leavitt said.

"I have a message directly from the president: Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make whether or not to go within the next two weeks," Leavitt said, adding that's a direct quote from Trump.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House, June 19, 2025, in Washington.
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Jun 19, 2025, 1:06 PM EDT

Steve Bannon seen walking into the White House

Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon was seen walking into the White House Thursday morning.

Bannon's arrival at the White House comes as he's been vocal about the U.S. not getting involved in the conflict between Iran and Israel.

Moments after entering the West Wing, Bannon posted on social media a video clip of him arguing for negotiations with Iran and economic warfare.

Bannon said on his show, "War Room," "Netanyahu, just finish what you started."

Steve Bannon speaks during the Semafor World Economy Summit 2025, April 23, 2025 in Washington.
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"Our position at the 'War Room' is clear. Iran must never get a nuclear weapon. And Israel is fully capable of finishing what they started," he wrote in the caption.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

Jun 19, 2025, 11:33 AM EDT

Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for 3rd time

President Donald Trump announced he signed an executive order Thursday extending the deadline for TikTok's ban.

ByteDance, the parent company of the social media platform, was forced to sell its company or be shut down, by an act of Congress passed last year.

This will be Trump's third time pausing the enforcement of the bipartisan law passed in Congress that gave ByteDance until Jan. 19 to sell TikTok's U.S. operations or be removed from app stores nationwide.

Upon taking office, Trump delayed the ban's enforcement for 75 days before announcing another 75-day extension in April, after a potential deal to sell the app to American owners was curtailed due to Trump's imposition of steep tariffs on Chinese goods.