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6:35 PM ET, June 21, 2026

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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Neither the War Nor Trump's Deal Terminated the Main Threats in Iran, Analysts Say  —  Neither the war nor the agreement terminated the main threats emanating from Iran, many analysts said.  —  In igniting a war against Iran on Feb. 28, President Trump billed the U.S. campaign …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Raw Story
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
Why Trump's Iran War Was ‘Doomed From the Very Start’  —  The U.S. president desperately wants out of the bloodbath he started.  It took months to get here, but the fate of the war was sealed in the first 72 hours.  —  ∙ Paid  —  I have spent the past few days looking over old notes …
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Sen. Lindsey Graham: “Let's try a diplomatic solution.  I think it's going to fail.”  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Sunday he expects the U.S.'s attempts to reach a diplomatic solution with Iran to fail, though he noted that he would …
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump faces new hurdles after deal: Iran's leverage, Israel's attacks, MAGA's backlash  —  The ceasefire reopened diplomacy, but it left unresolved the question at the heart of the conflict: what limits, if any, Tehran will accept on its nuclear program.  —  Summary
Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
Middle East live: Trump threatens Iran after JD Vance hails ‘great progress’ made in Switzerland talks
Bloomberg:
Iranian Negotiators Said to Still Be Engaged in Talks With US
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
Transcript: GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” June 21, 2026
Discussion: NewsMax.com
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 6-21-26: Energy Secretary Chris Wright & Susan Rice
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Hill
Ryan King / New York Post:
Vance says US willing to ‘fundamentally transform’ Iran relationship ahead of peace deal negotiations in Switzerland
Associated Press:
US Vice President JD Vance arriving in Switzerland to launch talks with Iran on its nuclear program
Karim Sadjadpour / The Atlantic:
Trump's Second Gamble on Iran
Amina Niasse / Reuters:
People ticketed for vandalizing Washington Reflecting Pool to be fully prosecuted, US Attorney Pirro says  —  People caught vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Washington's National Mall will be fully prosecuted, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said on Sunday.
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Brett Bachman / NOTUS:
Trump, Without Evidence, Blames ‘Disgraceful Vandalism’ for Reflecting Pool Do-Over
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Trump Says Reflecting Pool Will Likely Need to Be Drained
Aaron Timms / The Guardian:
The French aristocrat and the all-American idiot: Henry v Lalas is the World Cup's most compelling battle  —  Fox's broadcast at the tournament has become a story of two contrasting styles.  And there is one clear winner  —  Prefer the Guardian on Google  —  We all know someone like Alexi Lalas.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
CBS News poll finds Americans want Iran war ended, but few say U.S. got better of agreement  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Americans do want the Iran war to end — especially those hardest hit by gas prices — and many see hope for lower prices now.  —  But an ending now also comes …
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New York Times:
How Trump's Fragile Agreement With Iran Is Shaping the Midterms
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Jon Swaine / Washington Post:
Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career … The first time I spoke with Rebecca Saltzburg, she told me Tulsi Gabbard was a freethinker who took orders from no one.  —  “I didn't always agree with Tulsi on everything,” Saltzburg …
Discussion: SpyTalk, Raw Story and Mediaite
New York Times:
Trump Administration Shuttered a Criminal Probe Into Fraudster's Clemency … David Gentile, a private equity executive who was convicted in a $1.6 billion fraud scheme, was released from a New York prison days into a seven-year sentence after being granted clemency by President Trump.Bryan Anselm for The New York Times
The Guardian:
Keir Starmer expected to announce departure as prime minister on Monday  —  Business secretary says Starmer is reflecting on ‘political realities’ amid overwhelming pressure from MPs  —  Keir Starmer is expected to announce on Monday that he will step down as prime minister …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Starmer Reflects on ‘Political Challenges’ as Pressure to Resign Mounts
Jessica Piper / Politico:
FEC filings confirm GOP meddling in Dem primaries … The meddling super PACs, which have spent entirely in open Democratic primaries, have a mixed record so far.  In Maine's 2nd District, state auditor Matt Dunlap — who benefited from a bit over $500,000 in spending from Real Change PAC boosting …
New York Times:
Where Billionaires Summer, a Gardener Died in the Snow  —  A landscaper's difficult life and lonely death reveal the human cost behind the Hamptons' manicured landscape.  —  Landscaper Gilberto Camey walks out of the woods on his way to a day job, retracing the route his brother took before he was found dead after a winter storm.
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Socialism is back in vogue.  Wait for reality to set in.  —  Taxing the rich sounds good, until they move away.  —  It has never been a better time in America to be a socialist.  We aging Gen Xers who thought that socialism had been decisively refuted by the fall of the Berlin Wall …
Luca Léry Moffat / The Kyiv Independent:
Russian-occupied Crimea completely suspends gas sales to civilians as Ukrainian drone strikes squeeze peninsula  —  Gas stations in Russian-occupied Crimea have been instructed as of June 21 to completely suspend sales of fuel to civilians, as Ukraine steps up medium-range drone strikes on energy infrastructure across the peninsula.
 
 
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