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A Battered Iran Signals It Wants to De-Escalate Hostilities With Israel and Negotiate — Messages passed by Tehran through intermediaries seek a return to talks if the U.S. stays out of the fight — DUBAI—Iran has been urgently signaling that it seeks an end to hostilities and resumption …
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Israel bombs Iranian state TV during live broadcast — Iranian state television was broadcasting live on Monday when a massive explosion rocked the studio, with the anchor fleeing her desk amid smoke and rubble. The broadcast then went dark. — The big picture: Israel's strike …

How Tough Is Iran? A String of Military Losses Raises Questions. — Iran is often portrayed as one of the world's most dangerous actors, but with its attacks on Iranian defenses, nuclear sites and proxy militias, Israel has exposed a compromised and weakened adversary.
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Israel attacks Iran's state television, live on the air.
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Jeet Heer / The Nation:
Donald Trump Is Hurtling America Into a Catastrophic Middle Eastern War
Donald Trump Is Hurtling America Into a Catastrophic Middle Eastern War
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Pentagon pizza account reported high activity before Israel's attack on Iran

Mike Lee confronted by Minnesota colleague over shooting comments — Sen. Mike Lee of Utah was confronted by a Senate colleague Monday over his social media post that blamed the Minnesota shootings over the weekend that killed a former Democratic legislative leader on “Marxists.”
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Mike Lee Draws Outrage for Posts Blaming Assassination on the Far Left — The Republican senator from Utah suggested in social media posts that the killings were the work of “Marxists,” and mocked Minnesota's Democratic governor. He later issued a more sober condemnation of the violence.
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‘This is not a joke’: Sen. Amy Klobuchar rips Mike Lee for posts about a deadly Minnesota shooting — “This isn't funny,” Sen. Klobuchar says of Lee's misleading posts about targeted slaying. — After spending the weekend on lockdown to protect against a gunman who shot …
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The Trump Mobile T1 Phone looks both bad and impossible — It's supposedly made in the US, cheap, and coming this fall. I doubt it all. … It costs $499, and you can reserve one now with a $100 down payment. It is, according to the website, coming in September. — That's about all I feel confident saying.
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Trump's Smartphone Can't Be Made in America for $499 by August — Trump Mobile's phone shows some specs that would beat Apple's biggest, priciest iPhone models — When the Trump Organization said it would launch a mobile-phone service, it also said it would sell a $499 T1 Phone beginning …
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Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China
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I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount
I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphone
Trump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphone
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Sean Duffy to withhold transportation funds from cities with anti-ICE protests — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday his department would withhold funding from cities where anti-ICE demonstrations were allowed to take place. — In a Monday post on X, Duffy responded …
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The Tyrant Test — A leader who uses military force to suppress his political opposition ought to lose the right to govern.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders / Foreign Affairs:
Imperial President at Home, Emperor Abroad
Imperial President at Home, Emperor Abroad
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Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
It sure looks like anti-Trump protest fatigue has vanished
It sure looks like anti-Trump protest fatigue has vanished
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Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Trump Orders ICE Vengeance on ‘No Kings’ Protest Cities
Trump Orders ICE Vengeance on ‘No Kings’ Protest Cities
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump Has Reawakened the Resistance

Chilling details emerge in Minnesota shootings as Vance Boelter faces federal charges: ‘Stuff of nightmares’ — Two state lawmakers were spared, authorities said. — Authorities gather at a baseball park in Green Isle, Minnesota, June 15, 2025. — The man suspected of shooting and killing …
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After Two-Day Manhunt, Suspect Charged with Shooting Two Minnesota Lawmakers and Their Spouses
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Alleged shooter found Minnesota lawmakers' addresses online, court docs say
Alleged shooter found Minnesota lawmakers' addresses online, court docs say
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
More Dems from outside Minnesota found in shooting hit list
More Dems from outside Minnesota found in shooting hit list
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‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans — Department of Veterans Affairs says the changes come in response to a Trump executive order ‘defending women’ — Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) …
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White House denies reporting by Guardian on VA benefits: ‘Totally FALSE story’
White House denies reporting by Guardian on VA benefits: ‘Totally FALSE story’
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Senate unveils trickiest text of Trump's “big, beautiful bill” — Senate Finance Committee Republicans published their text of President Trump's “one big, beautiful bill” Monday evening, which includes major tax reforms and even steeper Medicaid cuts than the House called for.
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Senate GOP tax bill would hit politically explosive Medicaid provision
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GOP senator says he will oppose Senate tax, Medicaid bill
GOP senator says he will oppose Senate tax, Medicaid bill
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Senate Republicans Propose More Aggressive Medicaid Cuts to Help Pay for Tax Bill
Senate Republicans Propose More Aggressive Medicaid Cuts to Help Pay for Tax Bill
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Terminated National Institute of Heath grants must be restored, judge orders — A federal judge Monday ordered the National Institutes of Health to restore grants that the agency cut based on gender ideology or diversity, equity and inclusion, calling the move illegal.
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Trump's Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Focused on Minority Groups Are Illegal, Judge Rules
Trump's Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Focused on Minority Groups Are Illegal, Judge Rules
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Jury finds MyPillow founder defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company — A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation's most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company …
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MAGA Whips Up Conspiracy Theories To Muddy An Act Of Right-Wing Violence — It took only hours after an allegedly Trump-supporting gunman shot multiple Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses for the right-wing misinformation machine to chug into action.
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FIFA Club World Cup Ticket Sales TANK After DHS Says Agents Will Be At Stadium — Tickets to the opening match that were once $349 (and up) could be had for just $4. — Turns out authoritarianism can be bad for business. — Sales for the FIFA Club World Cup, a series of precursor games ahead …

Netanyahu tells ABC he's not ruling out taking out Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — “They're deliberately targeting our population,” Netanyahu told ABC News. — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with ABC News, June 16, 2025. — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
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Scoop: U.S. tells allies it won't join war unless Iran targets Americans
Scoop: U.S. tells allies it won't join war unless Iran targets Americans
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Many Exporters No Longer Want Dollars, US Bank Executive Says — When Paula Comings, the head of currency sales for US Bancorp, talks to US importers, she increasingly hears the same message: Their foreign counterparties no longer want to be paid in dollars.

Trump to return to Washington early from G7 summit for ‘important matters’ — U.S. President Donald Trump will return to Washington from the G7 summit in Canada on Monday night to attend to many “important matters,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
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Duluth Man Indicted for Threatening Two U.S. Senators and their Families — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia — ATLANTA - Robert Davis Forney, 25, of Duluth, Georgia, was arraigned today before a United States Magistrate Judge on federal charges …
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The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE's Chaotic Takeover of Social Security … Elon Musk stood before a giant American flag at a Wisconsin political rally in March and rolled out an eye-popping allegation of rampant fraud at the Social Security Administration.
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