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11:00 AM ET, June 17, 2026

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Zachary Basu / Axios:
MAGA hawk mutiny deepens Trump's isolation on Iran … - Money: The MOU would allow Iran to immediately begin selling oil while opening the door to sanctions relief, frozen funds and a $300 billion reconstruction fund during the next phase of nuclear talks.
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Does Not Understand the War He Lost  —  The president's comments at the G7 summit revealed that he doesn't understand the war he started—or the words that come out of his own mouth.  —  Donald Trump arrived in France yesterday for this morning's G7 summit and promptly confirmed America's capitulation to Iran.
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Is Returning to Nuclear Talks No Longer Afraid of America
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Associated Press
CNN:
Read the 14-point draft agreement between the US and Iran  —  The agreement between Iran and the US lays out the terms of the ceasefire between the bitter rivals, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, some financial relief for Iran and a reiteration from Tehran that it will never produce a nuclear weapon …
Discussion: Bloomberg and New Republic
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Bloomberg:
Read the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and Iran  —  The US and Iran are expected to formally sign a memorandum of understanding on June 19 in Switzerland, paving the way for 60 days of talks aimed at ending their war for good and putting strict new limits on Iran's nuclear program.
Jonathan Tirone / Bloomberg:
Trump's Iran Nuclear Deal Risks Falling Short of Obama Version  —  US President Donald Trump's emerging nuclear accord with Iran risks securing fewer restrictions than the deal negotiated by the administration of Barack Obama — one he derided and later scrapped.
Emily Goodin / New York Post:
Trump arrives late to G7 after Truth Social screed — tells world leaders: 'I'm the boss'  —  See more of our coverage in your search results.  —  Add The New York Post on Google  —  President Trump arrived late to Wednesday's morning G7 meeting but wasn't fazed as he walked …
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Caroline Kenny / Associated Press:
Trump delays Jay Clayton's nomination for intel director in bid to push Congress on voting bill  —  In a lengthy overnight post to Truth Social, Trump said that he was canceling a confirmation hearing planned for Wednesday.  He accused Democrats of reneging on a deal to renew a powerful surveillance tool.
Jonathan Tamari / Bloomberg:   Why Trump's Intel Pick is Caught Up in a Wider Fight
Washington Post:
Trump says intelligence chief pick's hearing is off and Pulte will remain for now
New Republic:
Elon Musk's Race War Just Took Darker Turn—Time for a Global Response  —  If you were on the verge of becoming the first trillionaire in human history, with the press breathlessly reporting on your every move, that would probably be your focus.  Yet in the days before SpaceX's initial public …
Discussion: Truthout
Mike Collins / NBC News:
Georgia Senate Primary Runoff Results 2026  —  Rep. Mike Collins defeated former football coach Derek Dooley, after the two advanced to a head-to-head runoff to see who will take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.  President Donald Trump jumped into the race with a late endorsement of Collins …
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Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Four takeaways from primaries in Georgia, Alabama and Oklahoma
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump's endorsement fails to save MAGA candidate as billionaire advances in key governor race
Nicole Santa Cruz / ProPublica:
More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program  —  Republican backers of Trump's signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn't affect the most vulnerable.
Tim Caputo / ABC7:
2 SoCal men arrested in alleged plot targeting UFC fights at White House  —  RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KABC) — Two men from Riverside County were arrested in connection with an alleged plot targeting the “UFC Freedom 250” fights at the White House, Eyewitness News has learned.
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US Department of Justice:
Five Men Arrested and Charged in Plot to Attack and Kill Government Officials and Others Attending the Ultimate Fighting Championship at White House
New York Times:
How Slow Vote Counting Invites Suspicion, Even if It's Not Sketchy  —  California's crawling pace after election night can make normal statistical shifts seem like fraud.  —  This month's primary election for Los Angeles mayor displayed a pattern tailor-made for conspiracy theories …
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Phil Keisling / Washington Monthly:
The Power of Vote at Home
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
DOJ urges appeals court to let Trump build ballroom, citing failed UFC attack  —  A top Justice Department official said the ballroom's planned “Drone Port and Sniper Nests” would have been able to “destroy any effort” to attack the UFC event.  —  The Justice Department is asking …
Julia Métraux / Mother Jones:
RFK Jr. Will Oversee Disability Education Policy  —  The dismantling of the Department of Education continues apace.  —  On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced that it would move two key functions of the Department of Education—disability education oversight and the department's Office …
Wired:
Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel's Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society  —  More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III.  An associated app offers matchmaking.  —  A trove of internal records …
Discussion: Novara Media and Straight Arrow
Politico:
Senate threatens to freeze Hegseth's travel in bid for boat strike videos, Iran school strike probe … It also signals continued bipartisan dissatisfaction with the Pentagon ignoring or slow-walking responses to congressional inquiries.  The provisions are part of the annual National Defense …
Discussion: New Republic
Nick Judin / Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Police Officer Shoots and Kills 1-Year-Old Child in Response to Senatobia Shoplifting Call  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  A Mississippi police officer shot 1-year-old Kohen Kartier Wiley while responding to a shoplifting call on Sunday, killing him and critically wounding an adult.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
“I'm begging my own country to let my wife go”: Veteran fights to prevent wife's deportation  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Princeton, Texas — Retired staff sergeant Wilmer Trujillo served roughly 20 years in the U.S. Army and the Texas National Guard, with deployments and assignments in Afghanistan, Iraq and South Korea.
David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
Hawley demands answers from MLB over warning players who wrote Bible verses on Pride hats  —  Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to the MLB on Tuesday, seeking answers on why the professional baseball league threatened to penalize three San Francisco Giants pitchers who wrote Bible verses on their Pride Night hats.
Paul Waldman / MS NOW:
Vance's slick answers on ‘The View’ can't hide his biggest problem for 2028  —  Vice President JD Vance knew the assignment, and he likely knew how that assignment would go.  Promoting his new book in an interview on “The View,” whose co-hosts are no fans of Donald Trump …
Nadeem Badshah / The Guardian:
Jair Bolsonaro's son sentenced to four years in jail for seeking US interference in father's Brazil coup trial  —  Brazil supreme court finds that Eduardo Bolsonaro - who resides in the US - tried to get sanctions put on judges trying ex-president over coup plot
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Congressional staff visit prison facility where Ghislaine Maxwell is held  —  Staff for the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees on Tuesday visited the Texas federal prison facility where Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, is being held, according to the panel's top Democrats.
 
 
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Jeffrey D. Klausner / STAT:
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Paul Krugman:
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Emzari Gelashvili / The Hill:
My family lived through socialism. Most Democrats are frighteningly wrong about it.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Associated Press:
U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat kills 1, leaves 2 survivors
Discussion: The Independent
Yash Roy / Bloomberg:
Bankman-Fried's Quest for Trump Pardon Hits Pushback in Congress
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Gene Healy / Washington Examiner:
The violent delights of UFC Freedom 250
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
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Sam Dagher / Bloomberg:
UAE Moves to Cut Dependency on Strait of Hormuz to ‘Zero’
Discussion: Semafor and The Economic Times
Marcia Brown / Politico:
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Sewer socialism is flowing through America's cities
Ryan King / New York Post:
Glenn Beck claims he got a White House tour so secret Trump made him sign an NDA
Steven Rattner / New York Times:
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
The Shocking Arrest of a MAGA Pit Bull and His Fake Secret Service Pal
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