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10:35 AM ET, June 20, 2026

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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran closing Strait of Hormuz over Israeli attacks on Lebanon  —  The Iranian armed forces announced Saturday they will close the Strait of Hormuz — just three days after it reopened — alleging America's failure to rein in Israeli attacks on Lebanon violates the new ceasefire deal.
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NBC News:
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz over ceasefire violations, state media says after continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon  —  Iran and the U.S. have both shown frustration with Israel for continuing to strike Lebanon despite the deal signed this week, which committed to end fighting on all fronts.
Associated Press:
Pakistan says technical-level Iran-US talks on their interim deal will begin Sunday in Switzerland  —  Key mediator Pakistan says technical-level talks between Iran and the United States on their interim deal will begin on Sunday in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, with Qatari mediators also participating.
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Israel Is Likely to Continue Attacks in Lebanon, U.S. Intelligence Concludes  —  The new cease-fire between the United States and Iran calls for an end to fighting in Lebanon, but U.S. intelligence officials do not expect Israel to halt its strikes on Hezbollah.
New York Times:
Lebanon Emerges as Weak Link in U.S.-Iran Deal to End War  —  The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, once seen as a secondary front to the American-Israeli war on Iran, has become one of the main obstacles to ending it.  —  The preliminary agreement between Iran and the United States …
Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
Chaotic run-up to U.S.-Iran talks signals steep hurdles ahead  —  Neither Washington nor Tehran wants the peace process to collapse completely, but diplomats say they expect a process full of challenges and distrust.  —  Summary  —  ZURICH — Iranian and American negotiators gave themselves …
Bloomberg:
US-Iran Nuclear Talks Stall as Fighting Rages On in Lebanon  —  Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continued unabated in southern Lebanon, casting fresh uncertainty over planned talks between the US and Iran to permanently end the war in the Middle East and curb Tehran's nuclear program.
Washington Post:
U.S. intelligence warns Israel is likely to undermine Iran peace deal, officials say
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Creature From the Green Lagoon  —  A historian once told me that the presidency would distill Donald Trump to his essence.  —  That essence, it turns out, is trillions of microscopic organisms that suck up all the oxygen and endanger life around them.  —  That essence is slimy …
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NBC News:
Blue paint seen chipping off in Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after algae turn it green
Matt Viser / The Atlantic:
Science Has a Name for What's Plaguing the Reflecting Pool
Discussion: The Guardian, NPR and Mediaite
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Tom Cotton, the Senate's foremost Iran hawk, is in a Trump-induced jam … Cotton moved toward critiquing that framework in a Fox News interview Thursday, crediting Trump for “making Iran weaker than it's been in decades” while airing concerns that “certain aspects of this deal are a step in the wrong direction.”
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump Was Right.  The War Ended With a Surrender.  —  President Trump declared in March that a deal to end his war with Iran would require “unconditional surrender,” but that wasn't quite right.  The preliminary agreement he just reached with the Iranian regime was more like a conditional surrender — by the United States.
Discussion: Reason and Melanie Phillips
New York Times:
Memo by Rubio Approved Detention of Immigrant Who Criticized Trump Ally  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Beto Coral's criticism of a presidential candidate in his home country of Colombia undermined U.S. foreign policy.  —  The Trump administration detained a Colombian immigrant …
Aleena Fayaz / CNN:
Trump claims Reflecting Pool was vandalized and says law enforcement is investigating  —  President Donald Trump on Friday claimed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was intentionally vandalized and said law enforcement is actively investigating, as the administration has scrambled to fix …
Bloomberg:
Trump Displays Refitted Qatar-Gifted Jet to Be Air Force One  —  President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled the Boeing Co. 747-8 that will serve as the new US presidential jet, proclaiming the gifted plane from the Qatari government “virtually double the size” of the previous model.
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Arden Farhi / CBS News:
Trump unveils new Air Force One, a $400 million plane gifted by Qatar
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
‘A Literal Coverup’: What Is the Kennedy Center Hiding Behind Those Tarps?  —  The arts center says it pulled President Trump's name from the building front.  But the result remains hidden by tarps, prompting questions and speculation.  —  In the early hours of June 13 …
Discussion: Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Forbes
Marcia Brown / Politico:
The Quiet Unraveling of America's Food Safety Net … Last year's passage of the massive federal tax-and-spending One Big Beautiful Bill Act has set in motion one of the biggest transformations of the welfare state that the United States has seen in decades.
Gabriel Gatehouse / Financial Times:
Big Tech is stoking unrest in the UK.  Why?  —  Elon Musk's amplification of anti-immigrant sentiment in Belfast, Southampton and beyond cannot be explained by ideology alone  —  Here are some images that are seared in the mind: a knife-wielding refugee, a Black man from Sudan …
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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
America's Economic Anxiety Is Rising Up the Income Ladder  —  A Wall Street Journal poll finds that even the wealthiest worry about financial security for themselves and their children  —  America's economic anxiety is rising up the income ladder.  —  A new Wall Street Journal poll finds …
Financial Times:
UK unveils prototype missiles for Ukraine with no US components  —  Low-cost, long-range weapons could be deployed as soon as this year in war against Russia  —  The British government has unveiled three prototype long-range strike missiles designed for use by Ukraine's military in its war against Russia …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Public Notice:
Purged BLS leader on the “surprisingly resilient” US economy  —  Erika McEntarfer talks to PN nearly one year after her firing.  —  ∙ Paid  —  This special Saturday edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  Last August, then-Commissioner …
Richard Meade / Lloyd's List:
Iran imposes mandatory insurance on ships transiting Strait of Hormuz, with fees likely to follow  — Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority is imposing mandatory, Iran-approved insurance for all ships using the Strait of Hormuz — free for 60 days, but with fees likely afterward
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Wall Street Journal:
California's Newsom, Under Federal Investigation, Leans Into Fight With Trump
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump's arch — or any federal building — can flout D.C. height law, administration argues
Discussion: NOTUS
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump says Cuba operation could mirror Venezuela triumph
Discussion: HotAir and Joe.My.God.
John Sakellariadis / Politico:
How Pulte's new role is a win for CIA's John Ratcliffe
Adam Wollner / NBC News:
Trump endorses a second candidate in the South Carolina governor's race
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Federal judge gives DOJ green light to turn Biden's audio files over to the Heritage Foundation
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Bloomberg:
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