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Kash Patel 'jumped the gun' with announcement of UFC plot arrests, sources say

Secret Service officials are angered that FBI Director Kash Patel prematurely announced on Tuesday the details of a largely sealed and ongoing criminal investigation into an alleged plot to attack Sunday’s White House UFC event with drones, according to three people familiar with the incident. Secret Service and FBI agents had been partnered on the investigation into a group of individuals discussing plans for a drone attack at the White House in the last week, and had discussed unsealing the c ...

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Donald Trump appears ready to wave the white flag in showdown with niece Mary Trump after discovery reversal

Jun 16th, 2026, 2:56 pm Attorneys for Donald Trump and his niece, Mary Trump, jointly told a judge on Tuesday, the day that depositions were supposed to be completed, that the adversaries have "reached a settlement." "The parties are pleased to report they have reached a settlement and anticipate being able to stipulate to the dismissal of this action with prejudice in the ensuing weeks, following completion of certain conditions," a court filing said, asking New York Sup ...

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'I Caution Lindsey': JD Vance Goes After Sen. Graham By Name On Live TV

Vice President JD Vance took a shot at one of President Donald Trump's closest allies on live television Monday. By David Edwards — June 16, 2026 .............. Vance called out Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and Trump's regular golfing partner, by name on ABC's Good Morning America — telling him to stop doubting the newly signed U.S.-Iran deal. "'I am somewhat concerned that Iran's view of the agreement seems different than what the American negotiating team is claimi ...

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Hillary Clinton says Biden's re-election bid cost Democrats the 2024 election

Joe Biden’s decision to seek a second term was “a terrible mistake” that cost Democrats the presidency and may have permanently damaged his legacy, Hillary Clinton has declared. Speaking at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on Monday, the former US secretary of state and 2016 Democratic nominee said Biden had reneged on a prior commitment to step aside – and that the betrayal of that promise proved catastrophic. “He made a terrible mistake for himself, his legacy, and for the country,” she said. ...

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Nebraska man was alleged 'key ringleader' in plot to attack White House UFC fight

Court records say the man identified an abandoned church as a ‘fall back location’ By: Molly Ashford, Nebraska Public Media News - June 16, 2026 12:57 pm Federal prosecutors allege that a Nebraska man helped plan an attempted shooting and explosive drone attack at the White House UFC fight that took place on Sunday. Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, who lives in Omaha, was charged via criminal complaint in federal court with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to commit an offense against the United ...

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President Trump Lost This War

(NY Times) His biggest achievement in the cease-fire framework is the expected reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to global shipping traffic, which will eventually reduce the prices of energy and other goods. That, of course, is merely a reversion to the prewar status quo. Iran closed the strait in retaliation, to damage the global economy and increase political pressure on the United States. The move worked, and Iran’s leaders now understand that they hold a powerful economic weapon. On balance, Iran emerges the strategic winner of the four-month war. The United States, for its part, looks weaker in the eyes of the world.

UpInArms

Iran deal is tacit admission of strategic defeat by Trump administration

(Sky News) The Iran "deal" is a tacit admission of strategic defeat by the Trump administration and of a failure to achieve nearly all of his war aims. The US and Iran have agreed to stop fighting and to open the Strait of Hormuz. Everything else is being kicked down the road over 60 days of ceasefire and beyond. Given that the Strait was open before the conflict was started by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, reopening it is no great achievement. It simply restores the status quo ante bellum.

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Trump hails Iran deal that fixes nothing except a problem his war caused

(The Guardian) If we get to a Friday signing ceremony without this uncertain new US-Iran deal being derailed by any of its inherent ambiguities, then nuclear talks can finally restart in the same place – and at almost exactly the same point they were before this conflict started. The world will have irrevocably been changed in other ways. There is no going back for the 120 Iranian children in Minab killed in their primary school in the war’s first hours, nor for their bereaved parents, or any of the thousands in Iran, Lebanon and around the region whose lives were erased or blighted by a feckless war of choice.

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CIA director doubts Iran's intentions on deal, sources say

(Axios) CIA Director John Ratcliffe told President Trump and other senior officials that intelligence gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies raised 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. Ratcliffe isn't the only skeptic in Trump's top team. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have both expressed concerns and raised questions about the deal in internal discussions, while Vice President Vance and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner advocated for it, according to two of the sources.

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Paratransit drivers avoid strike after reaching deal with DART contractor

11 min ago - KERA | By Pablo Arauz Peña Published June 17, 2026 at 5:04 AM CDT Drivers for Dallas Area Rapid Transit's paratransit service avoided a strike Tuesday after ratifying a contract with the company. Leaders for the Amalgamated Transit Union local ... (KERA News)

US officials downplay text of the Iran agreement, saying it doesn't account for back-channel commitments

19 min ago - PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2026, 6:50 PM ET US negotiators are working to quickly release the text of the agreement between Washington and Tehran, even as they downplay the significance of the specific language in the document, US officials told CNN. The off ... (CNN Politics)

US sues New York health officials over alleged fraud in Medicaid homecare program

58 min ago - June 16, 2026 6:15 PM EDT Updated 9 hours ago NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters) - The Trump administration sued top New York health officials on Tuesday over an alleged scheme ‌to rig the bidding process for managing the state's estimated $10 billion ... (Reuters)

Chronically ill immigrant children to be reported to ICE under Tennessee law

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Trump delays Jay Clayton's nomination for intel director to try to push Congress on voting bill

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Trump asks to toss NAACP pollution suit against xAI

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New ICE rule, requested by top contractor, ends pay requirement for migrants who work while detained

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Obama Slams Institutions Caving to Trump: 'Fallen Victim' to the Idea 'Everything Is About Money'

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Judicial committee votes to remove judge who threatened to 'personally have ICE' deport families during truancy hearings

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Struggling Pizza Hut restaurant chain will be sold for $2.7 billion

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Georgia Republicans choose Collins for Senate and Jackson for governor, a mixed result for Trump

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New congressional districts will be used for primary in Boone County, county clerk says

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QVC Hosts Attempt to Unionize With SAG-AFTRA

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Republicans and Democrats unite: Trump's Iran nuclear deal needs a vote in Congress

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Iran's top envoy says peace deal with US dependent on Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon

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Trump's DOJ says it's illegal race discrimination to pay people who experienced illegal race discrimination

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CBS forced to pay for Stephen Colbert's final prank on The Late Show

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Ex-Social Security administrator calls for raising cap

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Hillary Clinton says Biden's re-election bid cost Democrats the 2024 election

11 hrs ago - Joe Biden’s decision to seek a second term was “a terrible mistake” that cost Democrats the presidency and may have permanently damaged his legacy, Hillary Clinton has declared. Speaking at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on Monday, the ... (The Guardian)

Senate rejects latest resolution to limit Trump's Iran war powers

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