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11:15 AM ET, June 12, 2026

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New York Times:
A Dangerous Limbo Leaves Iran, and the World, Between Peace and War  —  Since announcing a nominal cease-fire two months ago, Iran, Israel and the U.S. have remained locked in low-intensity violence that has become a new normal.  —  In just the past five days, the United States …
Discussion: Brussels Signal and Foreign Policy
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Politico:
After Trump threatened to attack Iran, a scramble to stop him … The president announced on Truth Social that a deal could be signed as early as this weekend.  —  “We just made a great settlement of the war in Iran and we'll be subject to finalization of documents,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office later Thursday.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
What's in the Iran deal Trump says he's ready to sign
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Iran Deal Is Close but Tehran Says No Decision Has Been Made
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
After Senate Loss, Cornyn Predicts ‘Miserable’ Final Two Years for Trump  —  In his first extensive interview since his defeat by a Trump-backed challenger, the Texas Republican said the Senate was in for a “bumpy ride” as he and others flex new political freedom.
Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
FBI raids Ohio voting rights organization  —  FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters in that state, three people briefed on the search told MS NOW.  —  Agents also fanned out across the state …
Washington Post:
Enormous etchings of numbers interpreted as threat to Trump appear on National Mall  —  Police respond to what appears to be the anti-Trump message “86 47″ etched into the grass near the World War II Memorial.  —  Summary  —  U.S. Park Police, the D.C. fire department and members …
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Michael Williams / CNN:
Huge ‘8647’ etched into grass on the National Mall, aerial images show
NBC News:   Federal authorities investigate giant ‘8647’ markings on National Mall
Nathan Howard / Reuters:
US authorities investigate huge ‘8647’ marking on grounds of National Mall in Washington
Sam Sifton / New York Times:
A Trillionaire?  —  SpaceX is expected to make Elon Musk even richer when its stock begins trading today.  —  Good morning.  Happy Friday.  Let's go to the stock market.  —  SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket-building, satellite-launching and artificial intelligence company, is set to go public today at $135 a share.
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Democratic voters want the party to be more moderate — and more socialist?  —  I'm popping my head up from paternity leave for a few hours this morning to write this note on a topical new poll that everyone seems to be reading incorrectly.  —  If you get value out of data-driven coverage …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
TPUSA's new message to girls: Hate yourself  —  Speakers at the women's leadership summit continued Charlie Kirk's misogynist mission  —  Turning Point USA was co-founded by Charlie Kirk and its fundraising apparatus since his death has centered around fading MAGA fantasies that he will be a movement-reviving martyr.
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Kara Voght / Wall Street Journal:   Erika Kirk Lays Out a Vision for the Conservative Christian Woman
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Kennedy Center board to fight order to remove Trump's name as deadline looms  —  The Kennedy Center's trustees voted Thursday to seek a last-minute stay of a federal judge's directive to take Trump's name off the center's exterior by Friday.  —  Summary  —  The Kennedy Center's board plans …
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New Republic:
Trump Hits Record-Breaking Low in Polls as Aides Leak: He's “Furious”  —  Donald Trump's polling just crashed to new lows.  He's hit a net approval on inflation of negative 50 points in numerous surveys, something no other president has done—ever.  Trump also is at 80 percent disapproval on gas prices.
Discussion: MS NOW, The Daily Caller and HuffPost
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Elon Musk is a real-life Bond villain  —  The X owner is using his platform to amplify extremist opponents of multiculturalism in Britain  —  You might have thought the world's richest man had enough on his plate teeing up history's biggest IPO.  The SpaceX listing is happening today.
Discussion: The Verge
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Allies Are Working on Plan to ‘Expunge’ Impeachments  —  Republican-backed symbolic resolution would put lawmakers on record regarding the two impeachments during Trump's first term  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump and his allies have discussed pushing lawmakers to pass a resolution aimed …
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Before-and-after photos: Trump's $14.2m makeover delivers ... a blue pool  —  President steered no-bid contract for project that he said would cost $1.8m to company that worked on his golf resort  —  The final drops of water have been added, and the nanobubbler switched on.
Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Post and CNN
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Autistic children injected with unapproved stem cell treatments supported by RFK Jr  —  Desperate US parents pay up to $20,000 a session for a procedure scientists say could be bogus  —  Autistic children as young as 18 months old are being injected with human stem cells derived …
Holland Cotter / New York Times:
David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 … David Hockney's “Self-Portrait With Red Braces” (2003).  He remained unfailingly productive almost to the end of his life.David Hockney, photograph by Richard Schmidt  —  David Hockney, the English artist whose deftly designed …
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
Will Democrats become the party of faith?  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🙏 Subscribe to PN 🙏  —  Until recently, it seemed Donald Trump would cement the GOP's status as the political home of “faith”-driven voters that it took on decades ago.
Kirk Siegler / NPR:
President Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn  —  SEATTLE — Few public universities get more federal research funding than the University of Washington.  —  So as President Trump has already cancelled or suspended about a quarter of all funding …
Jason Furman / New York Times:
Social Security Is Going Broke.  Where Is the Outrage?  —  The first major public policy issue I worked on in the White House, almost 30 years ago, was President Bill Clinton's call to “save Social Security first.”  Though the fund wasn't projected to run dry for another three decades, the country seemed gripped by the issue.
Discussion: Robert Reich and Paul Krugman
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New York Times:
Trump Picks Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence After Backlash Over Bill Pulte
New York Times:
Supreme Court Blocks Alabama From Executing Inmate Using Nitrogen Gas  —  The unsigned decision for now spares Jeffery Lee, a convicted murderer, and could lead to a broader fight over the relatively new execution method.  —  The Supreme Court blocked Alabama on Thursday night from using nitrogen gas …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Aftermath: The Economy Is Propped Up by Government Spending  —  In today's edition, we highlight an underdiscussed reason why damage from the war hasn't eaten the U.S. economy: fiscal stimulus.  — Share on Make us preferred on Google (Opens in new window) Make us preferred on Google …
Stefan Becket / CBS News:
Pentagon releases 3rd batch of UFO files, detailing mysterious orb sightings: “Are you seeing this?”  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — The Pentagon on Friday released a new group of documents and videos related to UFOs, or UAPs, the third release since the government began a wave of new disclosures last month.
Dylan Gyauch-Lewis / American Prospect:
New Documents Detail Nine-Figure, Silicon Valley-Funded Abundance Movement  —  The Prospect has obtained a fundraising pitch and historical manifesto from inside the movement.  — Share on Make us preferred on Google (Opens in new window) Make us preferred on Google - Share on Bluesky …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
How the UFC conquered Trump's Washington  —  Dana White likes to say he sells “holy sh*t moments for a living.”  — Sunday night, the UFC CEO will attempt his magnum opus on the biggest stage in combat sports history. … - White brought Trump cageside — reintroducing …
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
AIPAC Wants Democrats to Back Israel.  Instead, They're Turning on AIPAC.  —  Once the guardian of the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus, it is now a polarizing force in the party.  —  When Brad Lander opened his Democratic primary bid for New York's 10th Congressional District late last year …
Discussion: Jewish Insider
 
 
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Progressives empower the American Islamist pipeline
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Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
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Charlie Duxbury / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
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New York Times:
The World Is Draining Oil Reserves, Raising Pressure for a Peace Deal
Discussion: Axios and The Mahablog
Carmen Paun / Politico:
Trump wants you to know this RFK Jr. aide's name
Discussion: Raw Story
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate Democrats' political fortunes have improved. 'It didn't happen by accident,' Schumer says.
Discussion: Punchbowl News and Semafor
New York Post:
Graham Platner cheated on fiancée and bragged Nazi tattoo was reminder ‘US was the evil bad guy,’ lover tells Post
Associated Press:
Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users
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