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Justina Lee / CNBC:
Oil prices spike over 4% as Iran and Israel trade strikes … Oil prices rose Monday amid heightened tensions in the Middle East as Iran and Israel traded strikes, raising concerns over a fragile ceasefire and an extended conflict.  —  International benchmark Brent crude futures …
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Israel says it has struck Iran after taking missile fire  —  Israel launched airstrikes early Monday targeting central and western Iran in response to missile fire from Tehran, attacks that threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a regional war.  Iranian state television reported …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump tells Axios he will ask Netanyahu not to strike back at Iran  —  President Trump will call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and press him not to retaliate for Iran's missile attack, Trump tells Axios.  — “I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iranian missile launches target northern Israel, Israeli military says
New York Times:
Live Updates: Iran Fires Missiles at Israel for First Time Since April Cease-Fire
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel strikes Beirut after Hezbollah attack, risking Iran response
Associated Press:
Israel strikes Beirut's southern suburbs days after US-supported ceasefire deal
Los Angeles Times:
Nithya Raman surges past Spencer Pratt in L.A. mayor's race, closing in on runoff with Karen Bass  —  Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman surged past reality television personality Spencer Pratt in the city's mayoral primary election Sunday, capping off a five-day turnaround after she fell behind to Pratt on election night.
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Scott Bland / NBC News:
Nithya Raman leaps past Spencer Pratt in tight, unresolved race to make L.A. mayoral runoff  —  NBC News has not yet projected who will join incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in the November runoff election.  —  Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman, a Democrat, has taken a narrow lead …
Joel Pollak / New York Post:
LA voting debacle reflects a democracy in crisis
Discussion: RedState
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump walks out of ‘Meet the Press’ interview when challenged over false claims  —  When pressed by host Kristen Welker, the president cited no evidence for claims about Jan. 6 and elections he said were “rigged.”  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump broke off an interview with NBC's …
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Trump cuts off interview with Welker: 'I've had enough'
Wall Street Journal:
The New York Primary That Is All About Israel  —  From lower Manhattan into brownstone Brooklyn, events 6,000 miles away are dividing neighbors and consuming a Democratic congressional race.  'It's crazy.'  —  NEW YORK—Not long ago, Dan Goldman was a hero of the resistance.
Discussion: The Atlantic
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Axios:   Jewish Dems sound alarm about antisemitism and 2028
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Lawsuit Aims to Stop U.F.C. Fights at White House on Trump's Birthday  —  A federal lawsuit said the event, set for June 14, was unlawfully planned and designed to benefit Mr. Trump and his allies.  —  A political activist and a Vietnam veteran represented by an anti-corruption organization filed …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
President Denies He Pledged Not to Start New Wars
Discussion: The Independent and NewsMax.com
Wall Street Journal:
The Hidden Figure With Close Ties to Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein  —  Melanie Walker was a confidante to Gates and Epstein.  Her lawyer says she was in a ‘coercive relationship’ with Epstein.  —  It was September 2017, and Dr. Melanie Walker's work with Bill Gates was coming to an end.
NBC News:
Read the transcript: President Donald Trump interviewed by NBC News' ‘Meet the Press’ moderator Kristen Welker  —  Trump spoke about the war with Iran, the “anti-weaponization” fund, the economy, recent elections in California and more in June 2026 interview. … KRISTEN WELKER:
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
'I've Had Enough!' Trump Storms Out of Meet the Press Interview in Wild Fashion — Explodes On NBC's Kristen Welker After She Hits Him With Fact Checks
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:   DOJ has other routes to payouts beyond Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
Stephen Neukam / NOTUS:
Ken Paxton's Impeachment Defense Lawyer Endorses James Talarico  —  A Texas lawyer who helped lead Republican Ken Paxton's defense during a 2023 impeachment trial said Paxton “has lost sight of his core mission.”  — Copy  —  A Texas lawyer who helped lead Republican Ken Paxton's defense during …
Discussion: MS NOW
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Trump drags feet on drone deal with Ukraine, mystifying experts  —  The Trump administration's hesitancy in signing a major drone deal with Ukraine is slowing the U.S. military down in an area where it's already trying to play catch-up.  —  Even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
The Justice Department Hasn't Taken Its Usual Steps to Protect the 2026 Election  —  The DOJ appears to be quietly scrapping its typical “command center” that would monitor Election Day emergencies.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump says “if you don't have honest voting, you can't really have a nation.”
New York Times:
Knicks Watch Party at Garden Is Canceled, as Game 3 Security Ramps Up  —  President Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani are expected to attend the game on Monday at Madison Square Garden.  A viewing party on Friday led to more than a dozen arrests.  —  A watch party planned …
Discussion: Gothamist and NewsMax.com
Politico:
Congress thought it had a spy-powers deal.  Then Trump came in. … But Democrats are withdrawing their support in protest of the Pulte appointment, with nearly every Democratic senator joining a handful of Republicans in tanking a procedural vote early Friday morning that would have allowed …
Discussion: New York Sun
Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Maine Dems plot response if Nebraska GOP tweaks Electoral College votes  —  Democrats in mostly blue Maine are threatening to retaliate if Republican-led Nebraska changes how it awards Electoral College votes for the 2028 presidential election. … - Unlike other states …
Bloomberg:
Stocks Extend Selloff on Tech, Oil Climbs on Iran: Markets Wrap  —  Stocks dropped as artificial-intelligence shares pulled back after a blistering rally and stronger-than-expected US jobs data reinforced bets for Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes.  Oil rose and bonds fell as tensions flared in the Middle East.
Discussion: Associated Press
 
 
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