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9:05 PM ET, June 17, 2025

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New York Times:
How Trump Shifted on Iran Under Pressure From Israel  —  President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel's push for an assault on Iran's nuclear program.  With the war underway, his posture has gyrated as he weighs sending in the U.S. military.
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New York Times:
Iran Is Preparing Missiles for Possible Retaliatory Strikes on U.S. Bases, Officials Say  —  American commanders have put troops on high alert throughout the region as fears of a wider war grow.  —  Iran has prepared missiles and other military equipment for strikes on U.S. bases …
Discussion: Townhall, [your]NEWS and NewsMax.com
Axios:
Trump considers strike on Iran ahead of crucial Situation Room meeting  —  President Trump will meet with his national security team in the White House Situation Room at 1pm on Tuesday to make decisions about U.S. policy towards the war between Israel and Iran, three U.S. officials tell Axios.
Associated Press:
US spies said Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon.  Trump dismisses that assessment  —  Tulsi Gabbard left no doubt when she testified to Congress about Iran's nuclear program earlier this year.  The country was not building a nuclear weapon, the national intelligence director told lawmakers …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Thoughts on Israel's Iran Campaign and Donald Trump … I haven't had a lot to say about Israel and Iran because I haven't had a lot to add.  But I want to suggest something about the possible entry of the United States into the war.  These aren't conclusions, more questions I've had and questions …
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Tucker Carlson and Trump are falling out over the Iran war  —  Tucker Carlson has been one of the right's loudest voices urging the United States to stay out of Israel's war with Iran — part of a broader effort to overturn the GOP's hawkish consensus.  —  But now, as tensions rise amid Israeli strikes …
Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Trump threatens Iran's supreme leader, escalating his rhetoric about the conflict
Wall Street Journal:
Israel Built Its Case for War With Iran on New Intelligence. The U.S. Didn't Buy It.
Discussion: Slate and The Dispatch
AM New York:
Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at ICE court hearing  —  City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.  —  The city's elected financial watchdog, and a Democratic candidate for mayor, appeared at 26 Federal Plaza …
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Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
Brad Lander Is Arrested by ICE Agents at Immigration Courthouse  —  Mr. Lander, the New York City comptroller and a candidate for mayor, was handcuffed as he tried to steer a man past Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.  —  Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor …
The City:
Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents and Accused of Assault — But Released With No Charges  —  Federal agents detained New York City Comptroller Brad Lander inside a Lower Manhattan immigration court building Tuesday morning as he attempted to escort a man from his court appearance there.
Cedar Attanasio / Associated Press:
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court  —  New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday as he was trying to accompany a person out of a courtroom.
Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem transported by ambulance to DC-area hospital, sources say  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was transported by ambulance on Tuesday to a hospital in Washington, DC, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
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Wall Street Journal:
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Hospitalized  —  Noem suffered an allergic reaction, her spokeswoman said  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, age 53, was taken to a Washington, D.C., hospital by ambulance on Tuesday after suffering an allergic reaction, according to a spokeswoman.
Associated Press:
Kristi Noem is ‘alert and recovering’ after trip to hospital over allergic reaction, official says
Politico:
‘Insensitive, to say the least’: Mike Lee deletes Minnesota posts amid GOP criticism  —  Utah Sen. Mike Lee, amid widespread outrage, has deleted a pair of social media posts associating the deadly Minnesota shootings last weekend with “Marxists” and the state's Democratic governor.
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Has Been Privately Trash Talking Gov. Walz in Response to Minnesota Assassinations
Discussion: The Hill and Slate
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Trump Says He Has No Plans to Call Walz After Shootings in Minnesota
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Sen. Mike Lee deletes social media posts about the Minnesota shooting after facing criticism
Wired:
Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC  —  The “Appeal To Heaven” flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.  —  A controversial “Appeal to Heaven” …
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump's Own Staff Don't Think He's Fit to Be President  —  Dissent against Donald Trump is bubbling within his administration—but people are too scared to act on it.  —  Some White House staffers no longer believe that Trump is fit to be president, according to Miles Taylor …
Discussion: Raw Story and MeidasTouch News
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
California court upholds John Eastman's disbarment for role in Trump 2020 plot  —  Eastman's “false narrative” about the 2020 results undermined American elections and the legal system, the court wrote.  —  A California court has upheld a recommendation that attorney John Eastman should lose …
Discussion: Reuters and Daily Kos
Makayla Richards / WXIA-TV:
Family says baby delivered through C-section from Georgia mom who was declared brain dead  —  Family members said Adriana Smith will be taken off life support this week. … ATLANTA — The family of Adriana Smith, a metro Atlanta nurse who was declared brain dead in February while pregnant, said her baby boy has arrived.
Jay Willis / Balls and Strikes:
Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump's Judicial Nominees Off the Hook  —  On Sunday, 11 days after the Senate Judiciary Committee held confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's first batch of judicial nominees, the committee published the nominees' answers to follow-up questions posed by the committee's members.
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Trump's pardons cost victims and taxpayers $1.3 billion, House Judiciary Committee Democrats' review says  —  President Trump's flurry of recent presidential pardons has cost crime victims and taxpayers approximately $1.3 billion in restitution and payments, according to a review by House Judiciary Democrats.
Discussion: NOTUS, The Hill and Axios
Sarah Polus / The Hill:
Clintons, Harris attend Hamptons wedding of Huma Abedin, Alex Soros  —  Huma Abedin, political strategist and former Hillary Clinton aide, dished the details of her Saturday wedding to philanthropist Alex Soros, the son of progressive billionaire George Soros, to Vogue.
Discussion: Vogue and NewsMax.com
CBO Publications:
H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Dynamic Estimate)  —  As passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025 … 383.21 KB  —  On This Page  —  H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act  —  As passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025  —  By Fiscal Year, Billions of Dollars
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Sarah McBride on Why the Left Lost on Trans Rights  —  This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing to the show on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.
Yurii Stasiuk / Politico:
Denmark's Frederiksen moves to keep Greenland out of Trump's clutches  —  The plan includes investment in the Arctic island's critical infrastructure.  —  Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Copenhagen is willing to invest more in Greenland as Denmark tries to fend off U.S. President …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
US judge blocks Trump passport policy targeting transgender people  —  A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans nationwide that reflect their gender identities, after finding it was likely unconstitutional.
Discussion: CBS News, Washington Examiner and Axios
Mary Kekatos / ABC News:
Ohio lawmakers to introduce bill banning abortion, criminalizing the procedure  —  The bill would overturn a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights.  —  In this Nov. 7, 2023, file photo, Issue 1 supporters cheer as they watch election results in Columbus Ohio.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Carrie Shepherd / Axios:
No Kings protest organizers announce July 17 as next demonstration  —  Organizers of last weekend's “No Kings” protests are celebrating the event as the one of the largest mass demonstrations in U.S. history, and already have another rally on the books.  —  Why it matters: Building off …
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 153. 6/17/25  —  ... Director of WH Personnel Sergio Gor refuses to say what country he's from and refuses to complete the paperwork for his background check.  NY Post: “Gor is in charge of picking about 4,000 executive-branch staff ... but has not turned in his Standard Form 86 …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Federal judge blocks Rubio's anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy for all  —  Judge Julia Kobick granted a classwide preliminary injunction that applies to all trans and nonbinary people on Tuesday.  —  A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration …
Washington Post:
Poll: GOP budget bill faces nearly 2-to-1 opposition, with many unaware  —  A plurality of voters oppose the tax-and-spending legislation, with mixed opinions on specific provisions, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll this month.  —  As Senate Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump's …
John Knefel / Media Matters for America:
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill threatens rural hospitals.  Fox News personalities have falsely claimed immigrants are “bankrupting” them.  —  New research from KFF shows how Trump's so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” could shutter hospitals around the country  —  Fox News personalities …
Davis Winkie / USA Today:
Truck carrying tank after Army's 250th birthday parade kills pedestrian in DC  —  The accident occurred on the evening of June 16.  —  A truck carrying one of the Army M1 Abrams tanks that participated in President Donald Trump's parade in honor of the service's 250th birthday struck and killed a woman in Washington.
 
 
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David Rothkopf / New Republic:
We Better Pray That No Unexpected Crisis Hits While Trump Is President
Courtney Tanner / Salt Lake Tribune:
ICE detained University of Utah student after gaining secret access to Colorado deputy's communications, sheriff's office says
Discussion: Denver Post and Newsweek
Steve Cortes / The Daily Caller:
Poll Shows Trump's Immigration Agenda Hugely Popular
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
GOP wants people up to age 64 to work for food stamps and Medicaid. Some experts say it won't work.
Discussion: Mississippi Free Press and Forbes
Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
China Is Unleashing a New Export Shock on the World
Erich Wagner / GovExec.com:
Senate reconciliation bill would give Trump ‘carte blanche’ to reorganize agencies, lay off feds
NBC News:
FBI Director Kash Patel feeds 2020 election conspiracy theories with documents about unverified tip
 Earlier Items: 
Pew Research Center:
Americans Have Mixed to Negative Views of Trump Administration Immigration Actions
Discussion: Axios and Newsweek
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Armed man arrested at Nashville's ‘No Kings’ protest had long fascination with Nazis, mass murder
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Centrist Identity Politics Is out of Control
Ronald Brownstein / Bloomberg:
The White House Wants to Numb Voters to This
Discussion: USA Today and Reuters
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