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11:55 AM ET, June 22, 2026

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BBC:
Keir Starmer resigns, as Andy Burnham confirms he will run to replace him as Labour leader and PM  —  Summary  — Keir Starmer resigns, with Andy Burnham confirming he will stand to replace him  — Minutes later, former Health Secretary Wes Streeting says he'll back Burnham's bid to become Labour leader and prime minister
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Elizabeth Piper / Reuters:
Unloved Starmer quits as UK PM after just two years
Discussion: The Atlantic and RTÉ
Bloomberg:
Iran Cites ‘Major Progress’ After All-Night Talks With US  —  Iran said there had been “major progress” in all-night discussions with the US, as the warring sides try to reach a peace deal within two months.  —  The countries began technical talks in the Swiss resort of Bürgenstock over the weekend …
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Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
US-Iran talks strained as Trump threats spark Iranian walkout
Mike Pence / Wall Street Journal:
Victory Over Iran Is Still Possible
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Alan Greenspan, economist and longtime head of the Federal Reserve, dies at 100  —  The influential economist died Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell.  —  Alan Greenspan, the influential economist …
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Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Exclusive / ‘The president seems to revel in chaos’: Cornyn goes his own way  —  A few days after losing his Senate runoff, John Cornyn did something unusual for him: He used his leverage against his own party.  —  The Texas Republican was frustrated by a nearly year-long delay in getting …
Discussion: The Hill and The Independent
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Mychael Schnell / MS NOW:
'It's awkward for everybody': Inside the Trump-Thune relationship
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The money behind a network of sham “progressive” super PACs  —  A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance (APA).
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CNN:
Conservatives spent heavily in key Democratic primaries, filings show
Discussion: Politico
Paul Krugman:
How MAGA Undermined the Military  —  Ideology, bigotry and cronyism have endangered national security  —  When Donald Trump promised to make America great again, he clearly wanted among other things to start throwing our military weight around.  As Timothy Snyder says,
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The MAGA stars freaked out by their own movement  —  In 2017, US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) offered what remains one of the most insightful explanations of Donald Trump's rise from any elected official.  Massie, a Tea Party libertarian in the Rand and Ron Paul mode, was wondering …
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Supreme Court allows a ruling that ends a tool to protect minority voters in 7 states  —  By declining to take up a lower court ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has dealt another blow to the Voting Rights Act.  —  The court announced Monday that it will not review an Arkansas-based lawsuit …
Discussion: USA Today and Democracy Docket
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DOJ now 0-9 in voter roll cases after Trump-appointed judge tosses its Maryland demand  —  A federal judge threw out the Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit seeking Maryland's statewide, unredacted voter registration list, dealing another blow to President Donald Trump and the department's sweeping campaign …
Alyssa Lukpat / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Vents Growing Frustrations With Reflecting-Pool Problems  —  President says multiple people have been arrested for vandalism and the pool will likely need to be drained for repairs  —  President Trump poured out his frustrations with the problems plaguing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool …
Discussion: UPI, Axios, Straight Arrow and Scripps News
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Amina Niasse / Reuters:
People ticketed for vandalizing Washington Reflecting Pool to be fully prosecuted, US Attorney Pirro says
Adam Wren / Politico:
Turek leads Hinson in Iowa Senate poll of likely general election voters  —  Iowa Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek has a narrow lead over GOP rival Ashley Hinson in a new internal poll of likely general-election voters.  Turek leads Hinson 47 percent to 45 percent in the poll …
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction in case of Etan Patz, missing New York City boy  —  The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.  The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged …
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Why Trump has been attacking the Supreme Court, with 3 key rulings ahead  —  As the court prepares to rule on several of the president's priorities, tensions are running high — even with his own appointees.  —  Summary  —  When Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch hosted a gathering …
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Rodriguez / CBS News:
LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho resigns amid FBI investigation  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Nearly four months after federal agents raided his home and district headquarters, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced his resignation as the head of the Los Angeles Unified School District on Sunday.
Anna Maria Barry-Jester / ProPublica:
“A Huge Grab of Power”: Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid  —  After the Trump administration upended the world's largest foreign aid provider last year, terminating thousands of programs and firing nearly all of its staff, its plan for the agency was clear: Eliminate it entirely.
Associated Press:
Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show  —  Even as it battled the deadliest drug epidemic in American history, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico between 2023 …
Discussion: HotAir
Rebecca F. Elliott / New York Times:
U.S. Oil Is Skipping the Chance to Grab Market Share From the Gulf  —  U.S. oil production is expected to grow only modestly next year as companies hesitate to spend more in an uncertain market.  —  The war with Iran has pulled the American oil industry out of a slump …
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
What if we covered Trump's age the way we covered Biden's?  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  Anyone with an elderly parent or grandparent has seen how it goes: With the passage of years …
Discussion: the @smotus report
Tiago Rogero / The Guardian:
Far-right millionaire wins Colombia's razor-tight presidential election  —  Leftwing opponent alleges vote count irregularities after Trump-endorsed lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella secures narrow majority  —  The Trump-admiring far-right millionaire lawyer and self-styled “outsider” …
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Alan Crawford / Bloomberg:
Colombian Voters Add to Trump's Sway in the Americas
 
 
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Reuters:
Jury finds Northern Ireland's Donaldson guilty of historic child sex offences
Magdalena Del Valle / Bloomberg:
US Authorizes Sale of Iranian Oil as Part of Peace Deal
Discussion: New York Post, The Hill and Semafor
New York Times:
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump is still haunted by Hoover's failures
Discussion: MS NOW and Raw Story
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
The Anthony Fauci, COVID-19 origins cover-up runs ‘deep’ into our intelligence community
Casey Michel / New Republic:
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Washington Post:
Democratic turnout is up, even in Republican districts, Post analysis finds
Discussion: Politico and The Independent
Politico:
A rising populist tide is threatening New York's powerful incumbents
Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Health affordability is shaping the midterms
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Elena Schneider / NOTUS:
Priorities USA Will Spend $30 Million To Define JD Vance and Marco Rubio
Oriana González / NOTUS:
Republicans Unlikely to ‘Defund’ Planned Parenthood Again
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Mad Scientist’ Behind Graham Platner's Scandal-Plagued Rise
Discussion: Washington Examiner
David French / New York Times:
A Malicious Chapter in the History of American Justice
 

 
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Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Google invests in independent movie studio A24 as part of a new AI partnership; sources say Google is investing $75M, equal to what Thrive invested in 2024

Max Tani / Semafor:
The Atlantic ramps up its video podcasts, doubling its video team from ~10 to ~20, and says its podcast revenue is up 104% YoY and downloads rose ~50% YoY

New York Times:
People Inc., a major food content creator, is ramping up social media video production that emphasizes human-made recipes and testing to stand out from AI slop
 
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