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8:20 AM ET, June 8, 2026

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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump struggles to end an Iran war he never should have started  —  All the options are bad, and the president has no one but himself to blame.  —  On May 23, President Donald Trump said a deal to end the war with Iran was almost finalized and would be “announced shortly.”
Discussion: HuffPost, GV Wire, Daily Mail and Mediaite
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Israel says it has struck Iran after taking missile fire
Megan K. Stack / New York Times:
Israeli Expansionism Is Shaking the Middle East
Discussion: Reuters
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel strikes Beirut after Hezbollah attack, risking Iran response
New York Times:
Live Updates: Iran Fires Missiles at Israel for First Time Since April Cease-Fire
Associated Press:
Israel strikes Beirut's southern suburbs days after US-supported ceasefire deal
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump tells Netanyahu not to strike Iran … - The senior U.S. official said the Trump administration didn't give a “green light” to the Israeli strike in Beirut. … - Netanyahu pushed back but ultimately “pseudo agreed” to stand down, the official said.  — The official said Sunday's call …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump tells Axios he will ask Netanyahu not to strike back at Iran
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iranian missile launches target northern Israel, Israeli military says
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 and twitchy.com
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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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
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 …
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Jacques Berlinerblau / MS NOW:
The hypocrisy of Republicans trying to shame James Talarico for his faith  —  As Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ramps up his Senate campaign against James Talarico, he and his party have dug in to “othering” the fresh-faced Democrat.  Paxton's reference to his opponent as “Talafreako” …
Steve Vladeck / One First:
231. The Death of Purcell's “Principle”  —  There is no coherent defense of the “Purcell principle” that can be rationalized with the Supreme Court's behavior over the past six weeks in the Alabama and Louisiana redistricting cases.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” a newsletter that aims …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
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
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Deep in Rural Virginia, a MAGA Pro-Gun Push Takes an Unnerving Turn  —  When Governor Abigail Spanberger signed a new assault weapons ban in Virginia last month, it got almost zero national news coverage.  Yet it amounted to an important milestone: It marked the first time in U.S. history …
Discussion: IJR
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.
Matt Burgess / Wired:
All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology  —  A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.  —  Europe is done with American Big Tech.  Well, sort of.
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 …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Pam Bondi was the worst AG in history.  Until now.  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ☀️ Subscribe to PN ☀️  —  Pam Bondi has a strong claim to being the most corrupt and subservient attorney general in US history.
Milan Singh / The Argument:
Why centrists can't win the Democratic presidential primary  —  The liberal wing of the party is now the majority wing  —  On Wednesday, I went to WelcomeFest, the annual gathering of centrist Democratic operatives and D.C. types.1 The purpose of the conference is to advocate for moderation …
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 …
 
 
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Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
The Justice Department Hasn't Taken Its Usual Steps to Protect the 2026 Election
Irina Anghel / Bloomberg:
New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years on, Poll Finds
Discussion: The New World and Politico
Wall Street Journal:
How SpaceX Became Embedded in America's War Machine
Bloomberg:
Stocks Extend Selloff on Tech, Oil Climbs on Iran: Markets Wrap
Discussion: Associated Press
Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
Flu Vaccines Should Not Be This Hard
Discussion: The Guardian
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats eyeing investigations, and perhaps prosecutions, of Trump officials
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Maine Dems plot response if Nebraska GOP tweaks Electoral College votes
 

 
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