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12:55 PM ET, June 19, 2026

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Linda Kinstler / New York Times:
Our Allies Are Wondering Whether Supporting the American War Machine Is Worth It  —  Is the Iran war an early sign of “superpower suicide”?  —  President Trump was triumphant when he announced that his 106-day war with Iran had ended.  This initial agreement, which Trump signed at Versailles …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Obama says U.S. may be ‘worse off’ now than before Iran war  —  The former president told NBC's “TODAY” show he questioned the rationale for President Donald Trump's war on Iran.  —  Former President Barack Obama said it seems like the United States has either returned to the status quo or is …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
MAGA Hates This Holiday  —  Thanks to their operational control of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran was able to get away with murder in setting the terms of further peace talks with the United States—and now they're pushing for even more.  The first round of scheduled peace talks under …
Bloomberg:
Iran Delays Nuclear Talks With US as Lebanon Clashes Worsen  —  Iran delayed the start of negotiations over a permanent peace deal with the US after fighting intensified in southern Lebanon, a potential setback to Donald Trump's efforts to end the war and curb Tehran's nuclear program.
Vox:   How Iran won the war
Fred Fleitz / American Greatness:   Trump's Iran Deal: Pragmatic Victory, Not Appeasement
New York Times:
Vance's Defense of Iran Deal Rests on Vague and Misleading Claims
NBC News:
U.S.-Iran talks postponed as Vance cancels trip and Israel intensifies strikes in southern Lebanon
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
‘Everyone just needs to copy what I say’: Trump vented anger with Vance over Iran messaging
New York Times:
Mideast Live Updates: Deadly Attacks in Lebanon and Delay in Talks Test U.S.-Iran Deal
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Vance postpones Iran talks trip
New York Times:
The Costs of the Iran War: Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Italian foreign minister cancels trip to US over Trump's comments about Meloni  —  US President Donald Trump's comments to an Italian media outlet about the country's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have sparked a fresh diplomatic incident.  —  Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced Friday …
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Reuters:
Meloni fights back after Trump tells Italian TV she ‘begged’ for photo with him at G7  —  Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused her one-time close ally Donald Trump of fabricating a story about her on Friday, after the U.S. President told an Italian TV channel that she had “begged” him to take a photo with her at a G7 summit.
Axios:
Trump's all-powerful “Great Man” theory  —  President Trump declared on “The Axios Show” on Thursday that he's discovered “no limits” to his power since going to war with Iran.  — A forthcoming book reveals he's been entertaining an even grander idea: that he may be the most powerful man in history.
Frank Andrews / CBS News:
Italy nixes envoy's U.S. visit as leader Meloni “stunned” by Trump comments: “Neither I nor Italy beg”
Agenzia ANSA:
I never beg, nor does Italy, Meloni says responding to Trump
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Reuters:
White House delays release of US voting machine study as midterms near  —  White House officials have for months delayed the release of a U.S. government report that outlines what it describes as significant vulnerabilities in the nation's voting machines ahead of the November midterms …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth's War on Diversity  —  A Black admiral fixed one of the Navy's worst messes.  Mr. Hegseth blocked his promotion anyway.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the promotions of at least 40 senior officers to general and admiral ranks this year.
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
'I'm the President and You're Not': Trump Tests His Power and Frustrates the GOP
Discussion: Raw Story and OutsideTheBeltway
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Trump's Military Budget Hits Snags Amid Questions on Iran War Costs
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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.
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.
Cuneyt Dil / Axios:
How a democratic socialist swept D.C. … - Unhappiness with the city's direction stood at the highest level (55%) since Marion Barry's reign 28 years ago, per a Washington Post-Schar School poll. … - Washington's influx of white residents, who tend to be younger and more progressive …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
During Trump's Immigration Crackdown, Minnesota Protester Remained Shackled in Hospital for Days  —  The story of one progressive activist arrested in Minnesota in January shows what critics say is the aggressive nature of the Trump administration's response to those who have protested its immigration crackdown.
Discussion: MPR News, Heartland Signal and JURIST
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Minneapolis 15 ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up
Alexander Burns / Politico:
The Most Surprising Miscalculation of Trump's Second Term … The populist premier of Alberta, Smith enjoyed lively relationships across the American right, even hosting Tucker Carlson in Western Canada in 2024.  —  Yet when I asked Smith last fall, at a policy summit in Toronto …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Video contradicts FBI agent's account of shooting during undercover sting in Country Club Hills  —  U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling ordered the video's public release Thursday after its discovery prompted federal prosecutors to drop charges related to an attempted robbery of undercover federal agents in the south suburb.
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 …
 
 
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards set up covert Iraqi cells to attack Gulf neighbors, sources say
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