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9:25 PM ET, June 28, 2026

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Wall Street Journal:
Iran Asserts Sole Control of Hormuz, Warns Challenges Will Bring More Violence  —  The comments by Iran's foreign minister followed several days of back and forth fighting with the U.S.  —  Iran has the exclusive right to manage traffic in the Strait of Hormuz under the preliminary peace deal signed …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. and Iran agree to halt strikes and meet this week, U.S. official says  —  The U.S. and Iran agreed to stop attacking each other, according to a senior U.S. official, as the two sides plan to meet Tuesday in Qatar's capital to work out their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S.-Iran ceasefire could go up in flames … - Over the past few days, tension between the U.S. and Iran has been escalating with another exchange of strikes on Saturday. … - With the situation escalating by the day, it isn't clear if the next round of negotiations between the U.S …
Jenna Monnin / NOTUS:
A U.S. Official Says Peace Talks Are Ongoing After Iran Claims They Canceled
Erika Solomon / New York Times:
Iran Risks Peace Talks With U.S. to Maintain Leverage Over Strait
Elwely Elwelly / Reuters:   Iran canceled participation in technical talks over recent attacks, official tells state TV
Associated Press:
Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes and threatens to halt talks to end the war
Ali Bianco / Politico:   The Dem primary on ICE
Barak Ravid / Axios:   Behind the scenes: How shared fear of Iran led to an Israel-Lebanon deal
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Sen. Thom Tillis rails against Trump's fixation on voting legislation … Rather than promoting the bill — which would require voters to present a photo ID at the ballot box and effectively end widespread mail-in voting — Tillis said Republicans should tell voters about …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Johnson says he will send housing bill to Trump on Monday … The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Johnson's remarks.  —  The bill is the product of almost a year of back-and-forth between all four congressional corners and aims to increase affordability by boosting housing supply and home ownership.
Discussion: NewsMax.com, RedState, UPI and The Hill
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Sen. Bill Cassidy on Trump: ‘Sometimes he acts as if Congress is merely an appendage’ … “If I were president, I would be focused on those people that they have, my people, our people, us at the kitchen table.  How do you make their life better?  And that's what I think the president should be focused on,” Cassidy said.
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump sets Sept. 1 start for D.C. golf course overhaul  —  President Trump said the federal government will begin renovating East Potomac Golf Links on Sept. 1, with plans to reopen the redesigned course to the public after construction. … - Trump, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum …
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
GOP Sen. Cassidy seeks to explain RFK Jr. confirmation vote for Health and Human Services  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in a Sunday interview sought to explain his controversial vote to confirm Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as he said Kennedy is dug …
Discussion: The Independent and CBS News
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Social Security's insolvency is No. 1 issue, says Sen. Bill Cassidy
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
Cassidy accuses RFK Jr. of building public health “upon a foundation of lies”
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Leaves Trump's Fed, Citizenship Gambits for Last  —  President Donald Trump is on the brink of learning whether the US Supreme Court will bless two of his most audacious gambits, his bids to oust a Federal Reserve governor and roll back automatic birthright citizenship.
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Massive Police Force
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Supreme Court's blockbuster week will put Trump's power to the test
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
'It's dangerous and it's going to erode trust': redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears  —  The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites  —  An opaque White House office staffed largely by veterans of Elon Musk's …
The Colorado Sun:
Three federal firefighters killed in Mesa County as Snyder wildfire exploded in high winds  —  The firefighters used survival shelters but did not survive when heavy winds caused the fire to blow up on Saturday.  Two others were injured.  —  GRAND JUNCTION — Three federal firefighters …
New York Times:
Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal.  His Sons Stand to Profit.  —  An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the commerce secretary access to one of the world's largest untapped reserves of tungsten.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mother Jones
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Again, Trump said nobody left his speech.  Again, that wasn't true  —  President Donald Trump posted on social media on Thursday about the speech he gave the day prior to kick off the Great American State Fair in Washington, DC: “Everybody stayed right until the end of my Speech …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Wrap
NewsNation:
MAHA feels betrayed after Supreme Court ruling on Monsanto, glyphosate  —  Prominent activists with the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement are raging and saying they feel betrayed after the Supreme Court sided with pesticide maker Monsanto on Thursday and said it did not need to put …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Kylie Williams / Politico:
Amid stark opposition, data center developers think twice about Florida … “Everybody's concerned about their quality of life, and nobody wants to lose it for a data center next door,” said Margaret Kirkland, the chair of Conserve Nassau, a local conservation group in the Northeastern corner of Florida.
New York Times:
White House Secretly Swayed Board Meant to Stop Civil Service Politicization  —  Behind the scenes, the Trump White House went to extensive lengths to advance its theory of executive power, potentially giving the president remarkable leeway to install loyalists at nearly every echelon of government.
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Zapler / Axios:
The Republican Party is starting to turn on Israel  —  Benjamin Netanyahu lost the Democrats.  Now a growing number of Republicans are souring on him and his country, too. … - For 15 years, Netanyahu offset collapsing Democratic support by cultivating Republicans.
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ is bringing a big set of student loan changes  —  Starting Wednesday, many student borrowers may tackle higher repayment requirements, fewer program options and greater loan limits.  —  One year after President Donald Trump signed his core domestic policy package into law …
 
 
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David French / New York Times:
The Purging of General Donahue Is a Breaking Point
Paul Krugman:
Corruption for Make Benefit Glorious Family of Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Tension with unions shadows Moore's run-up to 2028
Max Rego / NewsNation:
House Republican says Congress ‘probably’ will have to use reconciliation for Iran war funding
David Rohde / MS NOW:
‘Horrifying’: Pulte's choice for top spy aide stokes fears of Trump vote tampering
Discussion: SpyTalk
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Mideast Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Trade Attacks With Few Signs of De-escalation
Discussion: UPI
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Observers are noting that the reflecting pool fiasco, in which Trump created the idea …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Why the nation's founding document is marred by stains, a mysterious handprint
Emma Crabtree / The US Sun:
Streamer dressed as Uncle Sam arrested for masturbating during show at Great American State Fair in latest embarrassment
Discussion: The Independent
Washington Post:
Trump's vision for White House park: 47 trees to mark his presidency
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Raw Story
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With time running out, Trump digs in on changing midterm election rules
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