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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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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Vance postpones Iran talks trip  —  Vice President JD Vance postponed a planned trip to Switzerland for U.S.-Iran talks expected to begin Friday, the White House said. … - “The U.S. delegation has been prepared to depart at the first available opportunity. … - “As of now the Vice President is not departing tonight.
Reuters:
US-Iran peace talks in Switzerland called off, clouding prospects for lasting truce  —  Switzerland said U.S. talks with Iranian negotiators on a pact to end the Middle East conflict would not take place on Friday, as Vice President JD Vance dropped plans to travel to the country …
New York Times:
Vance's Defense of Iran Deal Rests on Vague and Misleading Claims
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Vance Delays Trip to Switzerland for Direct Talks on Iran Deal
New York Times:
The Costs of the Iran War: Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars
Fred Fleitz / American Greatness:   Trump's Iran Deal: Pragmatic Victory, Not Appeasement
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
Discussion: Associated Press
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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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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Independent
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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 …
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Trump's Military Budget Hits Snags Amid Questions on Iran War Costs
Discussion: Politico
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?  —  A Q+A with Michael Wriston of Project Salt Box … As soon as I saw the New York Times report drop Thursday afternoon about ICE looking to sell seven of the 11 warehouses they'd purchased to convert …
Discussion: The Jersey Vindicator
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 …
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Russia threatens escalation after Ukraine hits Moscow with largest-ever drone attack … Russia has pledged to carry out frequent and “massive group strikes” against Ukraine shortly after Kyiv launched a barrage of drones on Moscow, triggering a huge explosion in one of the Russian capital's key oil refineries.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Redirects Millions From Secret Service Amid White House Construction  —  The White House insists that private donations are paying for a new ballroom, but the administration is using taxpayer money for a series of security upgrades.  —  The Trump administration has transferred …
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Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
Trump administration quietly shifts $352m in federal funds for White House ballroom
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
Associated Press:
Trump approval on Iran low even as tentative deal to end fighting emerged, new AP-NORC poll finds  —  Most Americans continue to disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling Iran, while his overall presidential approval holds steady, according to a new AP-NORC poll that was conducted …
Zach Schonfeld / NewsNation:
Supreme Court rules for marijuana user prosecuted for gun possession  —  The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday the government can't criminally prosecute a man for possessing a firearm simply because he regularly smoked marijuana, rejecting the government's comparison to the disarmament habitual drunkards in the founding era.
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 …
Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:
Behind Trump and Melania's separate White House bedroom doors: Missing decorations, simmering tension and the habit that stunned staff  —  Call it the battle for the better bedroom.  —  It's long been lore that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump keep separate quarters on the second floor of the White House residence.
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.
Bloomberg:
Iran Asserts Control Over Hormuz With Rules Paving Way for Tolls  —  Iran said ships that cross the Strait of Hormuz need its permission to pass the vital waterway, in a document that sets the stage for future tolling arrangements by requiring them to buy insurance from Tehran.
Agenzia ANSA:
I never beg, nor does Italy, Meloni says responding to Trump  —  Italian premier ‘stunned’ at US president's ‘fabricated’ declarations  —  Premier Giorgia Meloni on Friday said US President Donald Trump's assertion that she begged him to have a photo with her during this week's G7 summit is false.
Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Hunter Biden challenges Donald Trump Jr to cage fight in unhinged rant attacking UFC Freedom 250 event  —  See more of our coverage in your search results.  —  Add The New York Post on Google  —  Hunter Biden has challenged Donald Trump Jr. to a cage fight in an unhinged social media rant attacking …
Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Farmers backed Trump.  Now some say they're losing patience.  —  Rural approval of the president falls to a new low amid rising bankruptcies and trade uncertainty, and some farmers accuse the GOP of making a hard business harder.  —  Scott Thomsen is a fourth-generation Nebraska farmer and three-time voter for President Donald Trump.
Paul Krugman:
Donald Trump, Champion of Renewable Energy  —  Part of a 12 square mile solar farm in Spain  —  On Wednesday the Interior Department announced that it would pay the energy developer Invenergy $765 million not to develop three offshore wind farms.  This is the third such payment …
Discussion: MS NOW and New York Times
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: NewsMax.com and The Hill
 
 
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Jody Godoy / Reuters:
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
The Most Surprising Miscalculation of Trump's Second Term
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
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Jenna Russell / New York Times:
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Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Delivers 13 Straight Months of Zero Illegal Alien Releases at U.S.-Mexico Border
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Minneapolis 15 ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Meta faces calls for Congress to probe scam ads targeting seniors
NBC News:
Some Republican lawmakers raise concerns about U.S.-Iran deal
 Earlier Items: 
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Trump's Intelligence Pick Renews Debate: Is the Office Needed?
Discussion: Politico
Politico:
Congress lays out path for final passage of housing bill
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Charges dropped in suburban ATF sting, further straining trust between Boutros' office and judges
Discussion: Politico
Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
Texas Senate Race Turns Into a Battle Over Who Is More of a Man
Discussion: Townhall
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Obama and Michelle take digs at Trump in 3-hour presidential center opening ceremony with A-listers and ex-presidents
Mother Jones:
Trump Resurrected the Statue of a Slave Owner. Its Pedestal Cost Taxpayers $527K.
Discussion: The Independent
 

 
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Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Netflix subscribers in France can now access TF1 broadcasts and TF1+ on-demand content within Netflix at no extra cost; TF1 handles ad sales and programming

Andrew Cohen / InvestmentNews:
Robinhood plans to shutter the Sherwood News site in favor of newsletters and the Robinhood app; at least three reporters were cut in company layoffs this week
 
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