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Lula Wins PT Nomination for Brazil's 2026 Election With Alckmin as Running Mate
Brazil's Workers' Party formally selected Lula and Geraldo Alckmin for the 2026 presidential election. Candidate registration is due August 15.
News
Justice Department Subpoenas New York Times Reporters Over Air Force One Story
The Justice Department has subpoenaed four New York Times reporters over Air Force One security reporting. The more useful question now is what the department's own media-subpoena rules require before prosecutors can force journalists to testify.
Sports
The Knicks Accepted Trump's White House Invite. The Real Test Starts When the Parade Ends.
James Dolan said on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 that the Knicks accepted a White House invitation after ending a 53-year title drought. The bigger story is not etiquette. It is what happens when the NBA's most awkward modern ritual lands on a franchise that just turned civic joy into a fresh political choice.
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Mike Collins Won Georgia's Runoff. Now Republicans Have to Decide What Kind of Fight They Want With Ossoff
Mike Collins won Georgia's Republican Senate runoff and will face Jon Ossoff on November 3. The harder question now is whether Republicans want a pure MAGA loyalty race or a broader Georgia persuasion campaign.
World
The Geneva G7 Protests Made Security the Summit's First Real Headline
The anti-G7 march in Geneva on Sunday, June 14, did more than disrupt the eve of the Evian summit. It showed that before leaders could debate the Middle East, Ukraine, growth or artificial intelligence, France and Switzerland were already being judged on whether they could keep one border region governable under maximum political strain.
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Trump's Public Break With Netanyahu Shows How Fragile the Iran Deal Still Is
Donald Trump's anger over Israel's Beirut strike was not just another personality flare-up. It exposed the central weakness in the emerging U.S.-Iran deal: Washington is asking Tehran to trust a diplomatic landing while its closest regional ally keeps testing the edge of the bargain.
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Trump's Georgia Endorsement Is Really a Runoff Test of Whether Loyalty Still Beats Electability
President Donald Trump's endorsement of Mike Collins on Sunday, June 14, lands just two days before Georgia's Republican Senate runoff. The move does more than boost a favorite. It turns the race into a blunt test of whether GOP voters still trust general-election math when Trump's late blessing points the other way.
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Trump Turned 80 by Putting a UFC Cage on the White House Lawn. That Was the Message.
Donald Trump's June 14, 2026 birthday event at the White House was not a quirky sideshow. It was a carefully staged argument that age matters less when a president can still make politics look like spectacle.
Entertainment
Trump's Name Came Off the Kennedy Center. The Harder Problem Is What the Venue Looks Like Next.
Workers removed Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center on June 13, 2026 after courts refused to pause the order. That settles the lettering question, but not the larger credibility crisis hanging over one of Washington's signature cultural venues.
World
The U.S.-Iran Deal Now Has a Text. The Harder Part Is Getting Two Capitals to Own It.
Pakistan says Washington and Tehran have agreed on the wording of a June 13, 2026 peace deal, but the real test has shifted to final approval, Hormuz enforcement and whether the region is being asked to live with a settlement neither side has fully owned in public.
World
Trump Says the Iran Deal Is Close. Tehran Is Warning Markets Not to Confuse Drafting With Peace.
President Donald Trump said a U.S.-Iran deal could be signed within days, but Tehran said it had not made a final decision, leaving markets to price optimism long before diplomats can bank it.
Entertainment
The Kennedy Center's Late Appeal Turned Compliance Into a Power Test
The Kennedy Center's board asked on June 11 to pause a court order stripping Donald Trump's name from the building, turning a branding fight into a sharper test of who really controls a national arts institution.
Business
The AI Public-Stake Debate Is Moving From Slogan to Balance Sheet
Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are now circling the same question: if AI creates trillion-dollar companies, should the public own part of the upside?