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■ THE VANCE GAMBIT: IRAN'S FALL GUY OR NEXT IN LINE
JD Vance's Fiery View Debut: Called Himself an Epstein Conspiracy Theorist, Debated Iran and Race
NY Post: Vance Drew Mix of Applause and Stone-Cold Silence in Tense View Appearance
The Bulwark: JD Vance Is Being Set Up as the Iran Deal Fall Guy Inside the White House
Vance Admits His 'Childless Cat Ladies' Comment Is 'One of the Dumbest Things' He's Ever Said
Vance Rejects View Hosts Claiming Black History Has Been Erased Under Trump Administration
■ POWER & ITS PRICE TAG
Trump's $600 Million White House Ballroom Tracks Its Broken Promises — Half Billed to Taxpayers
Trump Crypto Firm Expected to Receive Federal Banking Privileges in Unprecedented Move
Kash Patel Accused by Top Democrat of Running a 'Personal Slush Fund' to Pay FBI Loyalists
Trump Pulls Special Education and Civil Rights Oversight Out of the Education Department
Secret Service Enraged at FBI Director Kash Patel Over Premature UFC Terror Plot Announcement
■ THE EPSTEIN FILES: NEW REVELATIONS
Epstein's Jailhouse Notes Reference Trump in Apparent Bid to Seek Leniency, Documents Show
NYT Investigation: The Untold Story of Epstein's Final Days Before His Prison Death
Epstein's Cellmate Claims He Made Multiple Suicide Attempts Behind Bars Before His Death
■ BALLOT BOX 2026: PRIMARIES AND POWER PLAYS
Former Trump Attorneys and Aides Plead Not Guilty to Wisconsin Fake Elector Felony Charges
Georgia Senate Runoff Pits Trump's Candidate Against Governor Kemp's Pick as Votes Are Counted
Poll: Political Independents Hit Decade High as GOP Loses Ground Heading Into Midterms
DC Mayoral Race: Trump Watches Closely as City Chooses New Leadership — and Threatens Takeover
Hillary Clinton Publicly Says Biden's Re-Election Bid Was What Cost Democrats the 2024 Election
■ CRIME & THE LAW
DOJ Weighs Death Penalty for Suspect Charged With Shooting National Guard Troops
15 Antifa Activists Indicted and 12 Arrested in Federal Probe Into Minneapolis Anti-ICE Operations
UFC White House Attack Suspect Posted Anti-Trump and Antisemitic TikTok Memes Used to Recruit
Federal Judge Blocks Idaho Law That Would Have Criminalized Transgender Bathroom Use
Gilgo Beach Killer Rex Heuermann Delivers Cold, Defiant Stare in New Mugshot Before Sentencing
B-52 Plunged at Nearly a Mile a Minute Before Crashing at Edwards Air Force Base, Killing 8
■ MEDIA & POWER
FOX BETS BIG ON MAKING STREAMING FREE — $22 billion Roku deal reshapes TV
PARAMOUNT POLITICS: $111B WBD merger becomes midterms battlefront as state AGs circle
Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel's Secretive 'Dialog' Society
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■ THE IRAN REVERSAL: WINNERS, LOSERS & WHAT COMES NEXT
Trump's $300 Billion Problem on the Iran Agreement
Iran's Text Reportedly Leaks, and Critics Say the Deal Gives Tehran Everything It Wanted
Telegraph: Fear of Runaway Inflation Was the Real Force That Drove Trump Into the Iran Deal
Semafor: Hormuz Will Never Really Be 'Open' Again — Here's Why Tankers Won't Return for Weeks
Bloomberg: Breaking Down the Billions Iran Will Receive in Financial Incentives Under the Deal
Pope Leo Praises the US-Iran Peace Deal After Months of Publicly Sparring With Trump Over War
Al Jazeera: What Has Iran Won — and Lost — From This War With America?
Senate Blocks Latest Resolution to Limit Trump's Iran War Powers as Peace Deal Nears Signing
MULLAHS MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER: Iranian dissidents feel betrayed by Trump's peace deal
Read the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and Iran
■ THE ECONOMY: MANIC MARKETS AND REAL PAIN
Gas Prices Slip Below $4 a Gallon for the First Time Since April as Iran Deal Hits Oil Markets
The Economist: America's Bull Market Has Now Entered Its Manic Phase
Kevin Warsh Makes His Fed Debut as Trump Publicly Pushes for Rapid Interest Rate Cuts
Housing Bill Deal Reached in Congress After Months of Fighting Over Investor Limits
Amazon Faces Billions in Penalties From Potential FTC Advertising Antitrust Suit
New Construction Sinks to Six-Year Low, Deepening the Crisis for American Home Buyers
Oil Prices Might Not Return to Normal Until Next Summer, S&P and Economists Warn
■ AI POWER: GROK FIRED MISSILES AND SPACEX EATS THE MARKET
SpaceX Surpasses Amazon and Microsoft in Market Cap, Now America's Fifth-Most Valuable Company
SpaceX Agrees to Buy AI Coding Agent Cursor in a Landmark $60 Billion Deal
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says Society Needs 'New Social Norms' for the Age of Artificial Intelligence
G7 Leaders Discuss Giving 'Trusted Partners' Access to America's Most Powerful Frontier AI Models
Trump's Fight With Anthropic Is Now a Fight Over Who Controls Cybersecurity and Frontier AI
Robinhood Cuts 10% of Workforce and Blames AI — But the Note to Staff Shows It's More Complicated
France Ditches Palantir, Bets $655M on Homegrown AI for All Government Services
■ HEALTH & SCIENCE ALERTS
Ebola Outbreak in Congo Could Become the Deadliest in History, Africa CDC Chief Warns
RFK Jr. Orders Woman to Remain in Hantavirus Quarantine Against Medical Experts' Advice
California's San Andreas Fault Is at Its Highest Stress Level in 1,000 Years, New Study Finds
India Bans Over-the-Counter Cough Syrup After Dozens of Children Die From Contaminated Products
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■ RUSSIA'S WAR: PRESSURE MOUNTS AT THE G7
Trump Signals He Could Swiftly Reimpose Oil Sanctions on Russia as G7 Turns Up Pressure
Trump Offers Ukraine an Olive Branch at G7 — But With a Significant Price Tag Attached
Ukraine's Drone Strike Ignites Moscow Region's Largest Oil Refinery in Overnight Attack
US Asks Europe to Fill NATO Military Gaps as America Withdraws Forces From the Continent
Russian Opposition Artist Robert Kuzovkov Shot Dead Near His Home in Poland in Apparent Hit
■ ISRAEL STANDS ALONE
Iran's Foreign Minister Warns That Any Israeli Attack on Lebanon Would Breach the US Deal
Israeli Ambassador to the US: Israel Is 'Not Going to Withdraw From South Lebanon'
Trump Suggests Syria — Not Israel — Is Better Positioned to Handle Hezbollah in the Region
The Netherlands Signals a Possible Shift in Its Stance on Israel After Historic Court Ruling
Lebanon's Economy Faces Devastating Long-Term Blows After Months of War Disrupts Recovery
■ THE WORLD ORDER IS MOVING
Cuba's Communist Leaders Weigh a Chinese-Style Economic Overhaul to Save Failing System
Brazil's Top Court Votes to Convict Eduardo Bolsonaro for Seeking US Help in His Father's Coup Trial
Protests Grow in Albania as Anger Builds Over the Government's Support for Kushner-Linked Resort
China Calls for International Role in Next Round of Iran Nuclear Talks as Beijing Eyes Influence
UN Secretary-General Visits Haiti as Gang Violence Soars and the State Loses More Territory
Sweden Passes 'Good Behaviour' Law to Expel Misbehaving Immigrants
■ SPORTS & SPECTACLE: PASSION, PROTEST & POLITICS
World Cup Generates Record TV Ratings — Proving Live Sports Is Television's Most Valuable Asset
Brawl Erupts Between Argentine and Algerian Fans in Times Square Ahead of World Cup Showdown
Iran World Cup Coach: Team Was Barred From Staying Overnight in Los Angeles After Their Match
Iraq's World Cup Debut Has Dearborn, Michigan Going Wild — Fans Call It 40 Years in the Making
Serena and Venus Williams Partner for Wimbledon Doubles — Seeking Their First Title in a Decade
■ CURIOUS & ODD
Algae Thwarts Trump's $14.2 Million Effort to Paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool 'American Flag Blue'
Government Files Reveal Giant Potato-Shaped UFO Sighting in New Declassified Documents
77 Headless Skeletons Unearthed at Mysterious 7,000-Year-Old Stone Age Settlement
RFK Jr. Sister's Wild Story: He Released a Snake Into a Pool Full of Children
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