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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 …
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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.
New York Times:
Trump Angrily Defends Iran Deal, Belittling the One Obama Signed — President Trump denied that the United States would be part of a $300 billion rebuilding fund for Tehran and argued that his agreement was better than the one Barack Obama struck in 2015. — President Trump insisted …
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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.
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Vice President JD Vance says text of U.S.-Iran deal will be released Friday “at the latest”
Vice President JD Vance says text of U.S.-Iran deal will be released Friday “at the latest”
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Does Not Understand the War He Lost
Trump Does Not Understand the War He Lost
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HuffPost, Just Security, The Spectator, Blue Virginia, New Republic, RTÉ and New York Post
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Trump in Defeat — The president went to war triumphant and will likely leave greatly weakened.
Trump in Defeat — The president went to war triumphant and will likely leave greatly weakened.
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Forbes, The Contrarian, New York Times, News Talk 105.9, Grabien and The Hill
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Is Returning to Nuclear Talks No Longer Afraid of America
Iran Is Returning to Nuclear Talks No Longer Afraid of America
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New York Times, The American Conservative and The Philadelphia Inquirer
Jonathan Tirone / Bloomberg:
Trump's Iran Nuclear Deal Risks Falling Short of Obama Version
Trump's Iran Nuclear Deal Risks Falling Short of Obama Version
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New York Times, The Daily Wire, Associated Press, The Plains Sentinel, Asia Times and Al Jazeera
Associated Press:
Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and can sell oil freely under deal with the US, officials say
Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and can sell oil freely under deal with the US, officials say
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CNN:
US officials downplay text of the Iran agreement, saying it doesn't account for back-channel commitments
US officials downplay text of the Iran agreement, saying it doesn't account for back-channel commitments
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Axios, NewsMax.com, The Independent and Reuters
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says Iran deal not ‘final,’ threatens to resume bombing 'if they don't behave'
Trump says Iran deal not ‘final,’ threatens to resume bombing 'if they don't behave'
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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 …
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Asia Times and Truthout
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.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump's DNI fight turns into Senate cliffhanger — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said that Wednesday's scheduled confirmation for President Trump's director of national intelligence nominee, Jay Clayton, is still on for now — hours after the president claimed it was canceled.
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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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Nicole Santa Cruz / ProPublica:
More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program — As a House committee debated President Donald Trump's signature domestic policy bill last year, Republican backers repeatedly emphasized that its changes to the Supplemental Nutrition …
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
OMB nominee touts plan to give Trump appointees power to kill grants — President Donald Trump's nominee for the No. 2 post at the White House budget office told lawmakers Wednesday that the administration will stop federal cash from flowing to “divisive ideologies” under new grant rules in the works.
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Minnesota anti-ICE protesters get the Broadview 6 treatment — This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🚫🧊 Subscribe to PN 🚫🧊 — The Trump administration is fixated on punishing Minnesota — and Minnesotans …
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Spencer Ackerman / FOREVER WARS:
The Next Step in Criminalizing ICE Protests Is Here
The Next Step in Criminalizing ICE Protests Is Here
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
The De-Trumpification Process Begins Now — We are already in a battle for historical memory. Proceed accordingly — My wife and I went to see Disclosure Day 1 Friday evening. Earlier in the day I'd checked in on one of the feeds set up to livestream the facade of the Kennedy Center.
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Washingtonian
Politico:
Rick Jackson's Georgia win is an embarrassing blemish on Trump's record … Trump-endorsed Rep. Barry Moore cruised in his Alabama Senate runoff, though he had help from a pro-crypto super PAC that spent millions. Trump's picks in two Oklahoma races are headed to runoffs after failing …
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Marcia Brown / Politico:
Trump reviews slowed screwworm response, former officials say … “That sense of urgency wasn't there,” said one of the former officials. “Even though screwworm was given a high priority, it did not help us get things done faster.” — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has told Senate lawmakers …
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 …
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Media Matters for America:
Brian Kilmeade questions JD Vance's handling of Iran MOU: Trump “can't be into every detail” but maybe Vance “wasn't the right person to bring this conflict to an end” — Brian Kilmeade blasts nuclear provisions in Trump's MOU with Iran as “not acceptable” — Newsmax's Greg Kelly …
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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
The Power of Vote at Home
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Alabama Political Reporter and The Contrarian
Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Trump administration asks judge to halt first reparations program for Black people in US — The Justice Department is seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging a Chicago suburb's housing reparations program for Black residents, arguing it is “racially discriminatory” and unconstitutional.
New York Times:
This Senator Is an Internet Sensation. Is He Running for President? — The 39-year-old senator has become an internet sensation for Democrats seeking a 2028 contender. He says he's focused on winning a second term in November. — As the most vulnerable Democratic senator seeking re-election this year …
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Politico, Newsweek, NewsMax.com, Straight Arrow and Political Wire
Robert Downen / Texas Monthly:
They're Conservative, Vote Republican, and Love America. The Texas GOP Wants Them to Leave. — Muslim delegates at the party's convention faced multiple attempts to eject them from the premises—at one point, they were told to leave the country. — To stroll through the exhibit hall …
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Good Politics/Bad Politics and LGBTQ Nation
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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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 …
Jeffrey D. Klausner / STAT:
As a physician, I have never been more concerned about rates of congenital syphilis — The U.S. must step up to control syphilis in mothers and babies now — In 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — nearly 4,000 new cases of syphilis in babies, the highest case number since the mid-1950s.
Paul Krugman:
Hype and Glory — The SpaceX frenzy continues — Brief post today on amazing things happening in the markets. — While I don't know anyone who loves Microsoft or its products, it's a wildly successful company with a long track record. Last year Microsoft earned $125 billion in profits on $318 billion in revenue.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Lowe Report: Islamic R*** Gangs Operated Since 1950s in UK With Impunity, Mainly Thanks to Labour — The scope and breadth of rape gangs and sex-trafficking rings in the United Kingdom go much farther than first feared. They also go back in history much longer than people knew …
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants' Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker — A $10 million procurement reviewed by 404 Media indicates ICE is buying records related to immigrants' tax identifiers. “It looks for all the world like Trump is trying to skirt the law and a court order to fuel …


