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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Trump-appointed bank regulators' crypto-friendly approach is likely to extend to World Liberty Financial, despite ethics concerns. read more


Fox News' Brian Kilmeade ripped the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran ... read more


Benjamin Netanyahu bet that his joint war alongside Donald Trump would topple Iran's clerical rulers and bolster himself ahead of elections at home, as the architect of a U.S.-Israeli alliance that would reshape the Middle East. read more


The Justice Department says courts must consider the White House's policy of encouraging AI infrastructure. read more


Florida will soon close Alligator Alcatraz, a highly publicized immigration detention center that opened in the Everglades less than a year ago, according to multiple news reports citing unidentified officials. read more


Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Iran's top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon -- a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement, leading to the resumption of all-out war. read more


US Senator John Fetterman, the US Senate failed to advance the Iran War Powers Resolution, a measure that would have directed Trump to withdraw US forces from hostilities against Iran ... read more


Construction of Donald Trump's White House ballroom is projected to cost $600 million, significantly more than the president has previously said ... read more


The National Park Service is deploying hydrogen peroxide in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to combat algae growth, according to a Department of the Interior (DOI) spokesperson. read more


CIA Director John Ratcliffe told President Trump and other senior officials that evidence gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies raises serious doubts about Iran's willingness to make the nuclear concessions the U.S. is seeking in any final deal, according to three sources familiar with those discussions. read more


The world has not reckoned with the violence visited on Iranians in 2026. read more


Two of the U.S. Department of Education's biggest responsibilities will shift to other federal agencies: safeguarding student civil rights and supervising programs for students with disabilities. read more


Al Arabiya English, an arm of the Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya network, published what it called "a copy of the 14-point agreement expected to be signed on Friday between Washington and Tehran" on Tuesday afternoon ... read more


It is the latest sign of rising tensions between the UK and Vladimir Putin's country. read more


When Elon Musk's "Department of Government Efficiency" took its chainsaw to the federal bureaucracy last year, it created bottlenecks that may have hampered the fight against the screwworm infestation currently menacing the southwest while making it much more expensive. read more


A string of leaders with faltering relationships with President Donald Trump walked into this week's G7 summit in France with a delicate task ahead of them: charming the U.S. leader ... read more


 

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