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8:00 AM ET, June 19, 2025

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Washington Post:
We asked 1,000 Americans if they support U.S. strikes on Iran.  This is how they responded.  —  if they support U.S. strikes on Iran.  —  Cannot allow Iran to have nukes  —  Israel can handle it defend our country Diplomacy first  —  going to war and dying  —  Too dangerous
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Privately Approved Attack Plans For Iran But Has Withheld Final Order  —  The president is hoping that threatening to join Israel's strikes will lead Tehran to abandon its nuclear program  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he approved of attack plans for Iran …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Privately Approved of Attack Plans for Iran but Has Withheld Final Order  —  As the conflict between Iran and Israel continues, President Trump is considering multiple options, including a U.S. strike on Iran  —  President Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he approved of attack plans for Iran …
The Economist:
Exclusive: inside the spy dossier that led Israel to war  —  We review its secret intelligence on Iranian nukes  —  When israel launched its war on Iran on June 13th it did so on the basis of intelligence that it claimed showed Iran had reached a “point of no return” in its quest for a nuclear weapon.
Discussion: NBC News
Rolling Stone:
Fox News Is Demanding War With Iran.  Donald Trump Is Listening  —  Trump's heavy consumption of Fox News content is increasing his appetite for direct military confrontation with Iran  —  As President Donald Trump weighs sending U.S. forces to help Israel bomb Iran …
Sam Dagher / Bloomberg:
Gulf States Caught Off Guard by Speed of Israel's Iran Attack
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Strike on Iran Would Bring Risks at Every Turn
Discussion: Associated Press, UPI, The Week and Semafor
Edward Wong / New York Times:
U.S. to Review Social Media Posts of Student and Scholar Visa Applicants  —  The State Department is restarting the processing of visa applications from students and visiting scholars, but is screening for “hostility” toward the United States.  —  The State Department plans to review …
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Politico:
State Department unveils social media screening rules for all student visa applicants  —  Applicants will be vetted for “any indications of hostility towards the citizens, culture, government, institutions or founding principles of the United States.”  —  U.S. diplomats have officially …
Washington Post:
State Dept. restarts student visa interviews with tougher social media rules  —  The new visa requirements could impact hundreds of thousands of visa applications each year, raising concerns about staffing requirements.  —  The State Department is restarting interviews for new student visas …
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles
Discussion: Scripps News and UPI
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's incoherent new attack on trans rights, explained  —  What the hell did the Court just do to equal protection law? … It was obvious, if you listened to the Supreme Court's oral argument in United States v. Skrmetti last December, that the Court would vote …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors, big loss for transgender rights
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Supreme Court's Anti-Trans Decision Will Live in Infamy
SAMHSA:
SAMHSA Statement on 988 Press 3 Option  —  On July 17, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will no longer silo LGB+ youth services, also known as the “Press 3 option,” to focus on serving all help seekers, including those previously served through the Press 3 option.
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
FDA approves 6-month HIV prevention shot  —  Pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences announced Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its six-month, twice-yearly HIV PrEP injection, which was found in trials to be more than 99.9 percent effective among participants.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Justice Dept. to Cut Two-Thirds of Inspectors Monitoring Gun Sales  —  The move is part of the Trump administration's effort to defang and downsize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.  —  The Justice Department plans to slash the number of inspectors …
Ben Goggin / NBC News:
Accounts peddling child abuse content flood some X hashtags as safety partner cuts ties  —  Thorn, a non-profit that provides detection and moderation software related to child safety, said they canceled their contract with X after the platform stopped paying them.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Some Democratic senators regret voting to confirm Kristi Noem as DHS secretary  —  After seven Democrats voted for Noem, some say they'd now oppose her in the wake of Trump's aggressive deportation plans and last week's incident involving Sen. Alex Padilla.  —  WASHINGTON — Five days …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals  —  Limits on travel and visa appointments have delayed or prevented foreign doctors from entering the country for jobs set to begin in weeks.  —  Travel and visa restrictions imposed by the Trump administration threaten patient care …
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Republicans want unregulated AI.  What could go wrong?  —  A provision in Trump's big bill would eliminate state-level regulation for 10 years. … 👇  —  The great artificial intelligence bait-and-switch is almost complete.  —  Here's how it worked.
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Punchbowl News:
6/19/25 ☀️ AM: … We only have one edition today in honor of the Juneteenth federal holiday.  —  Republicans know they have a big, beautiful problem: The centerpiece of President Donald Trump's agenda is polling like garbage.  —  Public surveys from this month paint …
New York Times:
The D.N.C. Is in Chaos and Desperate for Cash  —  Under its new leader, Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee has been plagued by infighting and a drop in big donations, raising alarms from Democrats as they try to win back power.  —  Just months into the tenure of a new party leader …
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times:
US housing construction falls to 5-year low as tariffs weigh on sector  —  Signs of property market weakness come hours ahead of Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates  —  Residential construction in the US dropped to a five-year low in May, as homebuilders grappled with volatile tariffs …
Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal:
Business Leaders Call Trump Attacks on Universities a Competitive Threat  —  More than 200 business leaders signed an open letter calling on the Trump administration to reverse its moves against colleges and universities, arguing that funding cuts and restrictions on student visas threaten America's economic competitiveness.
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
A Wild Number of People Have Already Blocked JD Vance on Bluesky  —  RUDE WELCOME  —  JD Vance's Bluesky launch is not going smoothly.  The vice president had already been blocked by more than 55,000 users on the social media site, according to ClearSky, a third-party tool that tracks Bluesky user activity.
NBC News:
Kennedy's picks for vaccine advisory panel raise concerns about anti-vaccine bias  —  A few of the new members Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed to the federal panel have promoted misinformation about vaccines and public health.  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert …
Politico:
Senate leadership ponders rural hospital fund to sway megabill holdouts  —  Senate Republican leaders are working to assuage a group of key megabill holdouts — “the Medicaid moderates” — as they try to lock down votes next week for President Donald Trump's “big, beautiful bill.”
 
 
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