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11:00 PM ET, June 20, 2026

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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Cyclist arrested at Reflecting Pool is former Olympian who denies vandalism claims  —  David Hearn said he touched the pool's detached liner but “didn't destroy or break or peel anything.”  Trump accused vandals of sabotaging the refurbishment.  —  Summary
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Minho Kim / New York Times:
Trump, Claiming Vandalism, Says Reflecting Pool Will Likely Need to Be Drained  —  The pool has taken on clouds of algae after a hasty renovation.  A three-time Olympian was charged with destroying government property after he says he touched one of the strands of blue paint peeling off the pool's bottom.
Discussion: USA Today, NBC News, Mediaite and Forbes
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Creature From the Green Lagoon
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Aleena Fayaz / CNN:
Trump claims Reflecting Pool was vandalized and says law enforcement is investigating
William James / Reuters:
UK PM Starmer expected to resign on Monday and set out orderly exit, Observer newspaper reports  —  British Prime Minster Keir Starmer is expected to resign on Monday and set out a timetable for his departure, the Observer newspaper reported on Saturday.  —  The newspaper said Starmer …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mediaite
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Rachel Sylvester / The Observer:
Starmer expected to resign on Monday and set out orderly exit  —  The prime minister now accepts that his time has run out as majority of Labour MPs back Andy Burnham  —  Nigel Farage urged to sack ‘problem’ Zia Yusuf  —  Scale of Burnham's triumph piles pressure on Starmer to take a ‘dignified exit’
New York Times:
Mideast Live Updates: Strait of Hormuz Re-emerges as Point of Tension After Iran Says It's Closed  —  Iran's military command said it had closed the waterway over the continued fighting in Lebanon.  But the U.S. military said traffic continued to flow.  Still, the next phase of talks between Washington …
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Euan Ward / New York Times:
Israel and Hezbollah Are Still Fighting, Several Cease-Fires Later  —  For the second time in two days, Lebanon was again at the center of whether the fragile U.S.-Iran deal would hold.  —  After a cease-fire was announced in Lebanon on Friday afternoon, the sixth such effort in a matter of weeks …
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran closing Strait of Hormuz over Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Bloomberg:
US-Iran Talks Set to Open With Vance Due at Swiss Venue
Associated Press:
Pakistan says technical-level Iran-US talks on their interim deal will begin Sunday in Switzerland
NBC News:
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz over ceasefire violations, state media says after continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon
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Seung Min Kim / Associated Press:
Trump deepens the dustup with Italy's Meloni over a disputed photo from the G7 summit  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, insisting that she asked “over and over” for a photo with him at the recent Group of Seven summit and criticizing …
Tommaso Lecca / Politico:
Meloni, Trump trade barbs in escalating spat after G7
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
US treasury chief urged Trump not to host ‘Mr Bean on crack’ Zelenskyy, book says  —  Suggestion that Scott Bessent so described a world leader included in Regime Change, by New York Times reporters  —  Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, advised Donald Trump not to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:   Congress wonders as the Iran war draws to a close: Was it worth it?
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
A small conservative group rises in influence under Trump 2.0 … Some of CRC's critics say its work is biased and superficial, and many of its targets, like the Southern Poverty Law Center, are well-worn bogeymen for the right. … “We're the intel operation for the conservative movement as a whole …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Stephen Starr / The Guardian:
Trump loyalist Jim Jordan linked to group that received ‘dark money’ from ICE detention contractor  —  Report finds close ties between the Trump administration and Geo Group, which profits from anti-immigration crackdown  —  Jim Jordan is among the most famous names in this stretch of Ohio.
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Cool name!  Trump asks Americans to vote on this acronym rebranding ICE  —  See more of our coverage in your search results.  —  Add The New York Post on Google  —  President Trump is floating a rebranding effort that might cool down some critics of his tough crackdown on illegal immigration — and infuriate others.
Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Black Democrats push back on Wasserman Schultz's bid in Florida's 20th District  —  Some Black Democrats are frustrated with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's (D-Fla.) decision to run in a South Florida congressional district home to a large Black voting population, sparking an intraparty clash …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Gateway Pundit
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.
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Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark:
Trump's One Big Beautiful Hunger Crisis
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 
 
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Rich Calder / New York Post:
Hochul extends free healthcare program for sex workers, and taxpayers will foot the $2.5M bill
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Josie Fischels / The Hill:
Trump cabinet's fermented food craze should be balanced, doctor says
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
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Associated Press:
President Donald Trump unveils the new Air Force One, a converted Qatari jet
Brendan Rascius / The Independent:
Two websites restrict reviews of JD Vance's book after savage critiques
Discussion: Raw Story
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