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3:15 AM ET, June 21, 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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Washington Post:
Trump likely to drain Reflecting Pool again, following peeling paint and algae  —  The president blamed “disgraceful Vandalism” for the damage and peeling paint, which emerged after workers spent days treating algae.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump said Saturday night that he was likely …
Discussion: Raw Story
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: NBC News
CNN:
Trump claims vandals will force drainage of algae-plagued Reflecting Pool
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’
Bloomberg:
US-Iran Talks Set to Open as Vance Arrives in Switzerland  —  US-Iran talks on a permanent ceasefire were set to kick off Sunday with top officials including US Vice President JD Vance converging in Switzerland, even after Iran issued a renewed order to close the Strait of Hormuz.
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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 …
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 …
Al Jazeera:
Iran war live: Diplomacy ‘back in motion’ in Switzerland, Iran, Egypt
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran closing Strait of Hormuz over Israeli attacks on Lebanon
NBC News:
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz over ceasefire violations, state media says after continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon
Andrew Dowell / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz as Fighting Flares Again in Lebanon
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Wrap
Associated Press:
Pakistan says technical-level Iran-US talks on their interim deal will begin Sunday in Switzerland
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Italy's Meloni unloads on Trump as fracture grows over G7 incident  —  Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni's war of words over a factually contested photo op request at the G-7 exploded on Saturday, with the one-time friends blasting each other in angry terms on social media.
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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
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
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.
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
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
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.”
Discussion: NewsMax.com and New York Times
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:   Congress wonders as the Iran war draws to a close: Was it worth it?
 
 
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