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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump says ‘I love the inflation’ after consumer price index hits 3-year high … President Donald Trump on Wednesday said, “I love the inflation” after being asked if he was concerned about new consumer price index data that showed the annual inflation rate at 4.2%, a three-year high.
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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Trump says ‘I love the inflation’ as annual rate jumps to a 3-year high  —  The president suggested the recent numbers mean there will be a bigger decline in inflation once the war in Iran is over. … President Donald Trump embraced an unlikely foe Wednesday: inflation.
Axios:
Key Trump economic win disappears: Wage gains wiped out  —  A year's worth of inflation-adjusted wage gains vanished in just four months, leaving workers little better off than when President Trump returned to office.  —  Why it matters: The reversal shows how the recent energy-driven inflation surge …
Tyler Monroe / Media Matters for America:
Fox News buries the worst inflation report in three years
Discussion: CBS News, UPI and Raw Story
Harriet Torry / Wall Street Journal:
Inflation Heated Up to 4.2% in May, as Energy Costs Continued to Bite
Alicia Wallace / CNN:
US inflation tops 4% for first time in three years as oil prices jump
New York Times:
Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility  —  It is unclear if the U.S. intentionally struck the facility or knew what it was.  Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime.
Discussion: The Hill and New Republic
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump boils over after Tehran kept him waiting  —  The trigger for President Trump's strikes on Iran was the downing of a U.S. helicopter, but behind the scenes Trump had been growing more and more frustrated over nearly two weeks of waiting for an Iranian response to his latest offer that still has not arrived.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. bombing Iran for second straight night  —  The U.S. military launched strikes on Iran for the second consecutive evening.  U.S. officials say the intent is to pressure Tehran to sign a deal, but the strikes also carry a risk of military escalation.
Associated Press:
US military says it's striking ‘multiple targets’ in Iran in second day of renewed fire
The Atlantic:
Democrats Are Starting to Worry About California  —  When it comes to counting votes, there's no rushing California.  America's most populous state is also home to the nation's most frustrating political tradition—a lengthy wait to find out the winners of key elections.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Judge warns DOJ not to ‘play possum’ with ‘anti-weaponization’ fund it says is dead  —  The Trump administration has said the fund isn't moving forward, but the president has said he'd like to pay purported victims “the kind of money that they deserve.”
Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and MS NOW
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Washington Post:
Trump sees 22 medical specialists, appearing to set new bar for presidents  —  Trump saw about a dozen specialists for prior checkups, per past statements.  The White House has declined to identify which physicians assessed him.  —  Summary  —  For George H.W. Bush's first medical checkup …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
Mike DeBonis / Politico:
Trump demands $350B Pentagon infusion, elections overhaul in next party-line GOP bill  —  President Donald Trump laid out twin demands for new party-line Republican legislation Wednesday night, directing lawmakers to deliver a massive Pentagon cash infusion and to push through an election overhaul …
Discussion: The Hill
Graig Graziosi / The Independent:
Knicks fans burning sage outside MSG ahead of Game 4 to purge the bad luck left behind from Trump's attendance  —  ‘It felt so dark yesterday, I was like, this is not the Garden that I know,’ the fan said  —  The NBA Finals have New Yorkers desperate for a Knicks victory trying everything in their powers to help the team.
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Administration plans intensive, year-round construction schedule for Trump's triumphal arch  —  Construction of the 250-foot-high triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built near the Lincoln Memorial could occur 20 hours per day, year-round, as officials push to complete …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Pulte sought Gabbard's early removal as intel czar … - Gabbard was surprised. … - “I need to hear it from the president or the White House,” Gabbard told Pulte, two officials briefed on the discussion told Axios. … - After the conversation with Pulte, Gabbard got ahold of Trump …
Washington Post:
A new wave of anti-immigrant violence hits U.K. as riots convulse Belfast  —  Attackers torched neighborhoods across Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, after a Sudanese asylum seeker was arrested and accused of stabbing a man.  —  Summary  —  BELFAST — Masked men set houses …
Financial Times:
Donald Trump suggests he may not renew trade deal with Mexico and Canada  —  'We don't need anything that they have,' US president says of 2020 trilateral agreement  —  Donald Trump has suggested he will not renew the trade deal he forged with Canada and Mexico in 2020 …
Politico:
Hawkish GOP lawmaker Don Bacon says he was hacked by Russia  —  Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a frequent critic of Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Moscow's war in Ukraine, says his Signal messaging account was recently hacked by Russians.  The hawkish Nebraska lawmaker told POLITICO Wednesday …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Natalie Korach / Status:
The Curious Disappearance of Daniel Dale … In late February, Daniel Dale appeared on CNN to dismantle the more than 20 false or misleading claims that he identified during Donald Trump's State of the Union address.  “There was just a lot of lying tonight,” Dale, the network's fact-checker …
Discussion: Mediaite
Edward White / Financial Times:
Trump's Iran war has propelled China's cleantech industry  —  Disruption to global energy supplies sparks surge in demand for alternatives  —  At the start of 2026 there was an air of uncertainty about China's clean technology industry.  —  Companies such as electric vehicle maker BYD …
Stephen Neukam / NOTUS:
Bill Gates Says Epstein Tried to Blackmail Him  —  The tech billionaire told the House Oversight Committee that Epstein leveraged information about Gates' affairs to pressure him into a friendship.  — Copy  —  Tech billionaire Bill Gates told the House Oversight Committee …
Mike Allen / Axios:
“Regime Change”: New book reveals Trump team's Epstein leak fears … - In a New York Times Magazine excerpt, posted today ahead of the book's publication on June 23, the two Times reporters describe in cinematic detail how top Trump officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles …
US Department of Justice:
Department of Justice indicts eight conspirators who threatened University of Michigan officials, businesses, and the Jewish Federation  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Michigan  —  DETROIT - Eight individuals associated with the University of Michigan …
Simon J. Levien / Politico:
America's doctors just voted for war with RFK Jr. … Fryhofer, who advised the vaccine committee whose members Kennedy fired last year, suggested that would be an abdication of doctors' moral duty.  —  “Measles running rampant, public health destroyed, a trillion dollars ripped from Medicaid …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Sophia Cai / Politico:
Trump will not attend US opening match of World Cup
Discussion: NewsMax.com, ABC7 and Fox News
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Trump on World Cup visa disputes: 'We're working ... to make sure the right people' come in
NBC News:
Defense industry leaders preparing to meet with Trump as worries over missile supply grow, sources say
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