GEOFF BENNETT: In the day's other# headlines: President Trump says U.S.## forces struck another boat in the waters off# Venezuela that he claims was a drug vessel.

Mr.

Trump posted video of the strike# on social media, saying all six people## aboard were killed and that no U.S.

forces were# harmed.

It marks the fifth deadly strike in the## Caribbean against alleged drug traffickers,# which the Trump administration is treating## as unlawful combatants who can be met with# military force.

Democrats and those opposed## to the administration's actions say the# strikes violate U.S.

and international law.

Also today, President Trump hosted Argentina's# President Javier Milei at the White House,## where he threatened to end U.S.

assistance to that## country if its internal politics# don't go the way Mr.

Trump wants.

DONALD TRUMP, President of the# United States: If he loses,## we are not going to be generous with.. GEOFF BENNETT: The president said he would not, in# his words, waste our time with further investments## if Argentina turns away from Milei's policies# and that country's upcoming midterm elections.

President Trump sees an ideological# ally in the right-wing leader,## who is up for reelection in 2027.# The visit comes after the U.S.## provided $20 billion in aid to Argentina.

The# administration denies that it was a bailout.

Later in the afternoon, President Trump# awarded Charlie Kirk with a posthumous## Presidential Medal of Freedom, the# nation's highest civilian honor.

(APPLAUSE) GEOFF BENNETT: Kirk's wife, Erika, accepted# the medal for her late husband at a ceremony## in the Rose Garden on what would have been# the conservative activist's 32nd birthday.

The man who set fire to the Pennsylvania# governor's mansion in April pleaded guilty## today to attempted murder and other charges.

As# part of a plea deal, Cody Balmer was sentenced## to 25 to 50 years in prison.

Governor Josh# Shapiro and his family were sleeping inside## when the 38-year-old scaled a fence and used beer# bottles filled with gasoline to start the fire.

No one was injured, but Balmer told# police he planned to beat Shapiro with## a small sledgehammer if he had found him.# Shapiro told reporters today the guilty## plea amounted to real accountability, and# he warned of the dangers of such attacks.

GOV.

JOSH SHAPIRO (D-PA): I# think it's important that,## in this time of rising political# violence, that none of us grow numb## to it or accept this as the normal course# of doing business for elected officials.

GEOFF BENNETT: Balmer turned himself in the day## after the attack.

His family has said# he suffers from mental health issues.

A massive Pacific storm is battering# the West Coast from California to the## Rockies with heavy rain, flash floods# and damaging winds.

The sudden storm## known as a microburst tore through# Tempe, Arizona, late Monday.

High## winds ripped the roof off a business and# collapsed part of an apartment complex.

Some parts of Southern California saw more# than three inches of rain this morning,## as authorities evacuated more than 100 homes.## The National Weather Service issued flash flood# warnings for areas that suffered recent wildfires,## making them more susceptible to mudslides.# L.A.

officials say they are staying prepared.

KAREN BASS (D), Mayor of Los Angeles, California:# The evacuation warning will be in effect for the## burn scar.

There will be strike teams, rescue# teams.

Helicopters are all here at Station 59,## and this is out of an abundance of caution.# We are hoping that the system will not be## as bad as this, but, of course,# we want to be extremely prepared.

GEOFF BENNETT: Meantime a massive Atlantic# storm known as a nor'easter is moving away## from the U.S., but not before it# created dangerous, choppy seas from## the mid-Atlantic to New England, leading to# this water rescue off the coast of Cape Cod.

In Madagascar, an elite military# unit claimed power today after## that nation's president was# removed in an apparent coup.## Outside city hall in the nation's capital,# protesters celebrated the transfer of power## after weeks of anti-government demonstrations.# The announcement of military control came## shortly after Parliament voted overwhelmingly# to impeach the country's president.

The military## says it will appoint a prime minister to# quickly form a new civilian government.

On Wall Street today, stocks ended mixed# amid ongoing worries over trade tensions## between the U.S.

and China.

The Dow Jones# industrial average added around 200 points## on the day.

The Nasdaq lost ground, falling# about 170 points.

The S&P 500 also ended lower.

And R&B singer D'Angelo died.

Starting# with his debut album, "Brown Sugar,## the man born Michael Eugene Archer blended hip-hop# with jazz, funk and gospel into what became known## as neo-soul.

His follow-up, "Voodoo," earned# him the Grammy for best R&B album back in 2001.

D'Angelo then stepped back from the spotlight for# more than a decade until 2014 and the release of## his third and final album, "Black Messiah," which# also won the Grammy.

D'Angelo's family called## him a shining star, saying he died after a battle# with pancreatic cancer.

D'Angelo was 51 years old.

Still to come on the "News Hour": how# public health could be affected by the## latest round of federal government layoffs;# and we sit down with former Supreme Court## Justice Anthony Kennedy to discuss his new# memoir and the state of the Supreme Court.