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11:30 AM ET, June 16, 2026

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New York Times:
President Trump Lost This War  —  The preliminary deal ending President Trump's four-month war with Iran is welcome but brings with it hard truths.  Mr. Trump made a terrible mistake starting this war.  He prosecuted it recklessly and in open defiance of the law.
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
This time, Trump and Netanyahu have really fallen out  —  Rarely has a geopolitical roll of the dice gone so rapidly wrong as the Israeli PM's  —  Put yourself in Donald Trump's shoes.  It was his 80th birthday and he was planning to cap White House festivities with his US-Iran deal.
Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
Trump denies U.S. will put ‘any money’ into Iran, as he meets allies at G7 summit … U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that America will not invest money in Iran after a Memorandum of Understanding was agreed with Tehran.  —  “We are not investing any money in Iran, by the way …
Farzan Faramarzi / Washington Examiner:
Trump's Iran deal: $300 billion for a regime we can't trust  —  The United States and Iran have reached an agreement.  While the deal is set to take effect on Friday, we still do not know its full details.  What we do know is that the U.S. is lifting its naval blockade on Iranian ports and that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Stages an Iran Retreat  —  The regime gets financial relief to reopen Hormuz and hold more nuclear talks.  —  President Trump is touting his latest cease-fire deal with Iran as peace in our time, but the world is more likely to see it as a strategic retreat short of achieving his war aims.
Politico:
A big week in the 2028 race
Politico:
Trump leaves Congress in dark on Iran deal
NOTUS:
Senate Republicans Won't back Iran Deal without Details
Discussion: Politico, Esquire, Semafor and New Republic
Fox News:
FBI disrupts alleged explosive-drone plot targeting White House UFC event, officials say  —  FIRST ON FOX: The FBI and its law enforcement partners disrupted an alleged plot targeting this weekend's UFC Freedom 250 event in Washington, D.C., officials told Fox News Digital.
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ABC News:
FBI disrupts plot targeting UFC event at White House with explosive drones: Sources  —  Five people are in custody, according to sources.  —  Brazil's Diego Lopes fights US's Steve Garcia in a featherweight bout during UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, June 14, 2026.
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
FBI thwarted attack targeting UFC event at White House, director says  —  People have been taken into custody in connection with the alleged planned attack on the UFC event Sunday that President Donald Trump attended, FBI Director Kash Patel said.  —  Summary
Associated Press:
Multiple arrests as FBI disrupts ‘planned attacks’ targeting White House UFC show, director says
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
FBI foiled alleged plot to attack White House UFC event, Kash Patel says
Washington Post:
Records reveal $600M estimate for Trump's ballroom project, with half from taxpayers  —  An internal cost estimate in March by the project's contractor ran $200 million more than Trump has said publicly and counters his claims that no taxpayer money will be spent.  —  Summary
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The Bulwark:
Trump Is Stalled Out  —  But the show must go on.  —  Would you be shocked to learn …
Discussion: New York Times
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
Kash Patel may have a ‘personal slush fund’ of taxpayer dollars to pay loyalist agents, says Raskin  —  FBI Director Kash Patel may have authorized taxpayer-funded special payments to his inner circle of FBI executives and agents on his protective detail, according to the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.
Politico:
Trump is turning his attention back to Ukraine — and Kyiv's allies are worried  —  Kyiv's allies want the United States to join their strategy of maximal pressure on Russia.  It's not clear if Trump is on board.  —  EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Kyiv's allies are scrambling to avoid a blowup …
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Emily Goodin / New York Post:
Macron says he had a ‘difficult’ meeting with President Trump
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump: ‘There would be no Israel’ without me
Emmett Lindner / New York Times:
High Gas Costs May Linger After U.S.-Iran Deal  —  The preliminary agreement may not have an immediate effect on prices at the pump.  Damaged infrastructure and risky transport could keep costs up.  —  Drivers hopeful that the U.S.-Iran framework deal will translate to lower gasoline prices …
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Mae Anderson / Associated Press:
Higher prices for gas, groceries and flights will likely outlast the Iran war
Discussion: The Independent
Callum Jones / The Guardian:
Algae thwarts Trump's $14.2m attempt to turn reflecting pool ‘American flag blue’  —  Administration had claimed algae at Lincoln Memorial pool would be cleared after the renovation, but it has proliferated amid warm weather  —  Donald Trump's $14.2m bid to turn the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool …
Discussion: Metro.co.uk, The Hill and Washingtonian
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Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr. Orders American Exposed to Hantavirus to Stay Quarantined Against Medical Advice  —  Health secretary said cruise passenger Angela Perryman had to stay isolated in Nebraska despite CDC report advising otherwise  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered an American passenger exposed …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:   Kennedy Orders Woman to Stay in Hantavirus Quarantine, Despite C.D.C. Recommendation
New York Times:
How an Addictive Gas Station Drug Found Allies in Trump's Cabinet … Bottles of Feel Free, a kratom product produced by Botanic Tonics, displayed at a smoke shop in Oklahoma City last month.  Nick Oxford for The New York Times  —  For years, federal health officials have warned …
Discussion: Wired
Greg Beacham / Associated Press:
Iran coach says team ordered out of US right after 2-2 draw with New Zealand in World Cup opener  —  The coach of Iran's World Cup team said it was ordered to leave the U.S. and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours after opening its politically charged tournament by playing …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Democrats lead by 13 points on trust to handle voters' top problems  —  This poll question has predicted all but one election since 1948.  It suggests Democrats could win by 8-12 points in November.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Every month in our Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll …
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Paul Krugman:
The Theory of the Vulgar Class  —  Collapsing norms, cage matches, and a republic in danger  —  On Sunday Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday with a cage match on the White House lawn.  The match and the events that surrounded it — especially the press conference with UFC fighters …
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Trump's name is off the Kennedy Center, but a tarp is hiding the proof  —  Some visitors are reading political meanings into the cover-up, but center officials say that spot is staying shrouded until the marble facade can be repaired.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump's name came off …
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump just found the worst way to regulate AI  —  In a sense, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is getting what he wanted.  —  Amodei has long argued that AI is becoming dangerously powerful — and thus, that regulatory restrictions on the technology are urgently needed.
Carmen Paun / Politico:
RFK Jr. keeps showing up in districts Republicans need to win … None of the visits were for official campaign events, but all four districts are considered among the couple dozen in which both parties have a good shot to win and are likely to decide which party has the majority next year.
Ephrat Livni / New York Times:
Will Commercial Ships Have to Pay to Pass Through the Strait of Hormuz?  Maybe.  —  Charging a toll is illegal under international law, but some fees are allowed for services.  It is not clear what services Iran would provide, but there were no fees charged before the war.
Molly Taft / Wired:
DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit  —  In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI's polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War.  —  The Department of Justice intervened in a lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines on Monday.
New York Times:
The Untold Story of Jeffrey Epstein's Death  —  Late in the afternoon of July 6, 2019, about a dozen F.B.I. agents and New York Police Department officers gathered at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, waiting out of view of the tarmac so as not to spook their quarry.
 
 
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
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Jeff Stein / NOTUS:
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
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