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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
‘Everyone just needs to copy what I say’: Trump vented anger with Vance over Iran messaging … Asked hours after the strikes by ABC News' Jonathan Karl if Tehran's nuclear facilities had indeed been “obliterated,” Vance told him, “Well, Jon, severely damaged versus obliterated, I'm not exactly sure what the difference is.
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Politico:
Senate Armed Services chair slams Iran peace deal  —  Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker on Thursday panned the Iran peace deal signed by President Donald Trump this week, saying the agreement “negotiates away the victories of Operation Epic Fury in ways that are completely out of step with the president's goals.”
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Vance Delays Trip to Switzerland for Direct Talks on Iran Deal  —  Mr. Vance said earlier at a press briefing that he did not know if he would travel to Switzerland on Friday for the talks, where he was initially expected for a signing ceremony.  —  The White House said late Thursday …
Wall Street Journal:
JD Vance's Risky Pivot to Iran Deal Defender  —  For better or worse, the vice president now owns the agreement as talks enter a difficult new phase  —  WASHINGTON—This wasn't the book tour that JD Vance planned.  —  What started as a gantlet of promotional interviews this week …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Vance postpones Iran talks trip
Rolling Stone:
Republicans Slam Trump for Caving to Iran in ‘Disaster’ of a Deal
New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Vance Issues Blunt Warning to Israel as He Defends Trump's Deal
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Israel, Stunned by Trump's Iran Deal, Sees It as a ‘Catastrophic Capitulation’
New York Times:
Vance's Defense of Iran Deal Rests on Vague and Misleading Claims
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Vance warns Israel: Don't fight “only ally” Trump on Iran deal
Zeeshan Aleem / MS NOW:
Trump has alienated his entire base over Iran
Discussion: The Atlantic, NewsMax.com and USA Today
Hugo Lowell / Wired:
Trump Mocked Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos by Showing Off Fawning Texts  —  “You would not believe the texts I got from these tech guys,” NYT reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan quote Donald Trump as telling associates in an upcoming book.  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg …
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CNN:
New book reveals how Trump compared himself to Mao, Stalin, Attila the Hun  —  Donald Trump War in Ukraine The Middle East  —  When President Donald Trump sat down for an interview in March with New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan for their new book …
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Takeaways From ‘Regime Change,’ Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's Book on Trump's White House  —  The book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan of The New York Times, “Regime Change,” reveals a host of details and surprising exchanges as President Trump pushed to drastically expand his power.
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump from ‘hunted’ to ‘hunter’: New book details Trump's push to test the limits of executive power
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional  —  The defense secretary described the vaccine requirement, which he lifted in April, as an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.  —  A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas less …
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Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses.  Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to sell or give away most of the 11 warehouses it bought to detain migrants, reversing course on a signature initiative.  —  The idea was meant to supercharge President Trump's mass deportation plan.
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
ICE is offloading seven concentration camp warehouses. What does it really mean?
Discussion: The Jersey Vindicator
David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:
Firm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool  —  A White House spokeswoman said the president was not involved in selecting Greenwater Services, the business owned by a trust led by John J. Cafaro.  —  A business tied to a longtime supporter of President Trump …
York Revolution:
York Revolution Club Statement  —  York, Pa.): It is with great disappointment and that the York Revolution have issued important changes to our 11th Annual Pride Night on Thursday, June 18th.  Most significantly, the scheduled game between York and Southern Maryland will not be played …
Wall Street Journal:
Union Behind California Billionaire's Tax Offers to Drop It in Favor of Smaller Tax  —  Offer comes after state said proposal had enough signatures to make ballot, but it faces opposition from billionaires—and another union  —  LOS ANGELES—The architects of California's proposed billionaire tax …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
California billionaire tax proposal qualifies for the November ballot
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump tells The Axios Show there are “no limits” to his power after Iran war  —  President Trump denied that the Iran war revealed the limits of his ability to exert power, telling “The Axios Show” he still believes there are “no limits.” … He ended it with a limited memorandum of understanding instead.
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring  —  The reversal comes after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to block the removal of deep-sea monitoring instruments.  —  The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical …
Carmen Paun / Politico:
Trump administration to phase out HIV funding for South Africa … Afrikaners ruled South Africa for nearly half a century under an apartheid system of discrimination against black South Africans.  That ended in the early 1990s because of resistance from black South Africans and international sanctions.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Adrian Elimian / Semafor:
Trump administration to end PEPFAR funding for South Africa
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Washington Post:
Reflecting Pool algae blooms have roared back, reaching highest levels in years  —  An analysis of satellite imagery of the Lincoln Memorial shows algae levels spiked days after a $14 million renovation was completed.  —  Summary  —  Days after the completion this month of a $14 million renovation …
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Wall Street Journal:
Pentagon Tells Lawmakers It Needs $80 Billion for Iran War and Other Bills  —  Military officials say the services could run out of money for operations this summer unless Congress passes a new wartime spending bill  —  WASHINGTON—The Pentagon needs $80 billion to cover costs from the Iran war …
Lauren Green / Washington Examiner:
Seven House races shift toward Democrats: Cook Political Report  —  Democrats' chances of recapturing the House in the 2026 elections improved Thursday, as new ratings reflect the troubling political environment for Republicans.  —  Though an advantage in redistricting has insulated Republicans …
Discussion: The Hill and NewsMax.com
The Moscow Times:
Ukraine Sets Major Oil Refinery Ablaze in Largest-Ever Drone Attack on Moscow  —  Black smoke blanketed the skies of southern Moscow on Thursday morning after Ukrainian drones struck and set fire to a major oil refinery, in what was the largest-ever attack on the Russian capital since the start of the war.
Politico:
Congress lays out path for final passage of housing bill  —  Congress is expected to send a landmark, bipartisan housing affordability bill to President Donald Trump's desk by the end of next week as the Senate and House schedule action on the legislation in the coming days.
Mother Jones:
Trump Resurrected the Statue of a Slave Owner.  Its Pedestal Cost Taxpayers $527K.  —  In April, the National Park Service placed a statue of Caesar Rodney, one of America's Founding Fathers, in Freedom Plaza, a small park near the White House.  —  That installation drew notice, and criticism …
Discussion: The Independent
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Tom Kean Jr. will return June 30 to House, spokesperson says  —  Rep. Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican who has been missing from Capitol Hill since March 5, will return to work later this month — 117 days after his last vote.  Harrison Neely, a spokesperson for Kean …
Madison Fernandez / Politico:
AIPAC looms large ahead of New York primaries … Across the country, attacks over AIPAC have hit a fever pitch this cycle on both sides of the aisle, speaking to the public's increasingly negative view of Israel.  In New York, insurgent challengers in Democratic primaries are using AIPAC …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Jewish Insider
Wall Street Journal:
'I'm the President and You're Not': Trump Tests His Power and Frustrates the GOP  —  The president has made a series of decisions that have confounded Republicans and are challenging his grip on the party.  —  President Trump has delivered the same retort to political allies who have offered …
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Charges dropped in suburban ATF sting, further straining trust between Boutros' office and judges  —  Trust between federal prosecutors and judges in Chicago is under new strain after the feds dropped charges this week tied to an attempted robbery of undercover federal officers in Country Club Hills …
Discussion: Politico and NOTUS
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Governor Overruled His Own Clemency Board to Release an Election Denier  —  Two members of Gov. Jared Polis's board that reviews commutation requests came forward to say the secretive panel had twice rejected the release of Tina Peters, convicted of election tampering.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
Texas Senate Race Turns Into a Battle Over Who Is More of a Man  —  GOP's Paxton is trying to appeal to Hispanic voters by questioning masculinity of Democratic rival Talarico  —  AUSTIN, Texas—When Senate hopeful Ken Paxton attacks the masculinity of his Democratic opponent, James Talarico …
Discussion: Townhall
 
 
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
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Finya Swai / The Hill:
Fake FIFA sites being used to steal private information: FBI
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Discussion: Raw Story
Hannah Grabenstein / PBS NewsHour:
Trump's economic approval rating hits new low, poll finds
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