President Donald Trump says the United States will be hitting Iran “very hard” tonight, adding that Washington will take over Iran’s Kharg ⁠island and ⁠other oil ⁠infrastructure points. @AlJazeera has a live blog with the latest: https://flip.it/bc9-Wz #iran #trump #news #middleeast

Transcripts relating to the "Broadview Six" case reveal that the grand jury did not want to move forward with the indictment of activists at an Illinois immigration facility. Judge April Perry has initiated proceedings to determine whether the government should be sanctioned for prosecutorial […]

The United Nation’s atomic watchdog is demanding that Iran provide complete information about its stockpile of near weapons-grade nuclear material and grant its inspectors access to its nuclear sites. Read more from @AssociatedPress https://flip.it/NctVrT #un #iran #nuclear

An Air Canada pilot has been charged with flying hundreds of international flights without proper credentials. “This is similar to a doctor that is licensed to practice family medicine but is doing brain surgery in their office,” a police official says. Read more from @CBSNews […]

After a horrific knife attack in Belfast, a Sudanese asylum-seeker was charged with attempted murder. "The far-right was quick to exploit the situation to further an anti-immigration agenda," writes Paul Reilly for @TheConversationUS. https://flip.it/47EzFC #uknews #belfast #misinformation

For my newsletter today, I wrote about the decisions made by 3 separate left/center left politicians this week that let down trans people and why they are wrong. www.burnsnotice.com/the-list-of-...

RE: https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk/116717017812260481 Further update: David Eby, Premier of British Columbia, says Omar Artan would be welcome to referee World Cup matches in Vancouver as Somalis urge Ottawa to issue a visa. However FIFA appears to have ruled this out because referees […]

Taliban forces opened fire on a rare protest in Afghanistan, killing at least one woman and a child. The crowd gathered to demonstrate against the recent arrest of women and girls for defying the Taliban’s strict dress code. Read more from @CBSNews https://flip.it/alZKBB #taliban #middleeast […]

Progressive candidate Nithya Raman advances over Spencer Pratt in Los Angeles mayoral race, facing Karen Bass in the general election. @abc reports: "Despite reality TV star Pratt’s captivating social media presence and the significant online traction his campaign has garnered, the former 'The […]

From me: The return of the New World screwworm to America for the first time since 1966 is a reminder that government actually does important things, no matter how much its functions are demonized by know-nothings. prospect.org/2026/06/09/w...

RE: https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk/116715991617607884 Update: The U.S.Department of Homeland Security confirmed to @AlJazeera that it denied entry to Somali referee Omar Artan, saying he was "determined to be inadmissible due to vetting concerns." https://flip.it/0ijqRZ #worldcup […]

Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan has been denied entry to the United States at Miami International Airport, in spite of the fact that he holds a valid visa. He was set to be the first person from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals. Here's more from AFP […]

Four years after the Uvalde school shooting, the Texas city might soon be represented in the U.S. House by a gunmaker known as the AK Guy. @TexasObserver explains who Brandon Herrera is, the "gunfluencer"culture he represents, and how his candidacy may present an opportunity for Democrats […]

New York Knicks fans were perhaps not that excited about President Donald Trump attending Game 3 of the NBA finals tonight, and that's before all the new security measures were introduced. Here's NBC New York with a rundown on the latest: TSA-level security, a no-bag policy and now, the closure […]

Iran says it has ended wave of strikes toward Israel. @WSJ reports: "The attacks and counterattacks, which began over the weekend and spilled into Monday, marked the first time Iran and Israel have targeted each other since a ceasefire brokered by the U.S. went into force in early April." Gift […]

Iran launches missiles at Israel in retaliation for its earlier strike in Beirut, complicating efforts to the end war. @[email protected] reports: https://flip.it/4a_SDs #iran #israel #war

Israel strikes Beirut suburb days after a ceasefire agreement in Washington went into effect and despite the U.S.'s request not to attack Lebanon’s capital, killing two and wounding 11. @AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/jHTdJt #israel #lebanon #war

Iran said it was targeting American military assets when it launched a ballistic missile and drone attack in Bahrain and Kuwait early Saturday, once again putting the fragile Gulf ceasefire to the test. The attack came after the U.S. targeted surveillance facilities on Qeshm Island, which Tehran […]

President Trump pardoned Stephen Buyer, a former Indiana Republican lawmaker convicted of insider trading in 2023. @TheHill has more: https://flip.it/0JXyuO #news #politics #gop

When an Ebola outbreak hit West Africa a decade ago, it caused 20,000 infections and at least 4,000 deaths over three months. The CDC says that without rapid intervention, the one currently raging could be worse. Read more from @npr https://flip.it/Mxnycl #ebola #africa #health

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s request for a meeting to discuss ending the war, saying he sees “no point.” Read more from @CBSNews https://flip.it/NX0dcd #russia #ukraine #putin

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is warning that a strong El Niño may amplify already-rising temperatures across Europe, and 50 mayors are determined to fight back. Read more from @euronews https://flip.it/6C7-18 #wmo #elnino #heat

Didn't go to journalism school but I have a rule that if I can help it — and I think you can — don't leave a source who tells me their story worse than I found them. You lose stories but proactive and collaborative consideration about how a story will affect a source matters.

What started as a fight over a tourism project in a protected area of Albania tied to U.S. President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has turned into a flashpoint about Albania’s future in the EU. Read more from @dw https://flip.it/qT7otZ #albania #kushner #trump

Hungary says it intends to lift its two-year veto on Ukraine's bid to join the European Union. Here's more from @euronews. https://flip.it/zW2Mgi #europe #hungary #ukraine

After being missing for a week, a Sherpa guide was found by a mountain cleanup crew crawling to base camp on Mount Everest. His family had already started funeral plans when they got word he was alive. Read more from @AssociatedPress https://flip.it/vRSKBK #sherpa #everest #rescue

The U.S. House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran in a rebuke of Trump. @AssociatedPress reports that four Republicans joined Democrats in passing the measure. https://flip.it/7P0B81 #iran #trump #news

The Strait of Hormuz crisis is leading the oil and gas industry to the ends of the earth to find product they can extract and ship. One of these places is Guyana, where our writing fellow Naomi Bethune has family. She writes about how U.S. and oil interests are changing the country.

Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s birthplace of St. Petersburg, just before the city is set to host Putin at an economic forum. The strikes comes a day after Russia launched a large-scale drone attack on cities in Ukraine. Read more from […]

When Disney and ABC were first targeted by the Federal Communications Commission, they folded, paying $15M over a George Stephanopoulos interview with Trump, and briefly pulling Jimmy Kimmel off the air. But now, Disney has lawyered up to fight the FCC's latest demands. For @Slate's What Next […]

At least 21 people, many of them foreign nationals, are dead after a fire swept through a bed-and-breakfast in a dense New Delhi neighborhood. Read more from @euronews https://flip.it/E1d3_a #india #fire #newdelhi

"When '60 Minutes' is in trouble, we are all in trouble." Jim Acosta writes for his newsletter about CBS, the firing of Scott Pelley, and what to do next. "Pelley was famous for giving reporters this piece of advice: 'you can either be too aggressive or not aggressive enough,'" Acosta writes […]

Takeaways from Tuesday’s U.S. election primaries as Democrats try to make Iowa inroads and defend California. @AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/4UQ9o- #elections #uspolitics #news

The Supreme Court will allow Alabama to use a contested congressional map that a lower court had called "intentional race-based discrimination." This will let the GOP eliminate one of two majority-Black districts occupied by Democrats. Here's more from @abc […]

RE: https://flipboard.social/@Flipboard/116677177733288629 Updated: CBS News has fired Scott Pelley over his conversation with "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton. “Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you,” Bilton wrote in a letter […]

“Insider reporting from an unnamed White House official says the Iran deal is ‘95% done.’ The remaining 5% of negotiations are focused on Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz and turning over all nuclear material," wrote conservative pollster Frank Luntz on X recently. @McSweeneysFlip's Jack […]

Ebola is a brutal pathogen, but the sickness and death spreading in Africa isn’t inevitable. @npr takes a look at how a lack of resources and health care disparities make the infection so hard to fight. https://flip.it/zIcv4c #ebola #africa #health

Is Los Angeles so fed up that it might actually vote for Spencer Pratt? Here's Playboy's analysis of his chances of progressing to the November election after tonight's primary. https://flip.it/n6bBOr #uspolitics #losangeles #spencerpratt

European Union lawmakers have agreed in principle to tighten asylum rules and establish “return hubs” outside the bloc, as far-right parties in Europe have gained power and anti-immigration sentiment has grown. Read more from @dw https://flip.it/cSbe34 #eu #immigration #asylum

I did the math: Here's exactly how James Talarico can beat Ken Paxton for the Texas Senate race. (He doesn't need as many Trump voters as conventional wisdom dictates.) www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-01-01...

Russia launches "horrific" drone, missile strikes on Ukraine, killing 17. @abc reports: "Ukraine's air force said ... that Russia launched 73 missiles and 656 drones into the country, of which 40 missiles and 602 drones were intercepted or suppressed." https://flip.it/_Vpcx9 #russia #ukraine […]

"She is murdering '60 Minutes.'" @newyorktimes reports on an explosive CBS staff meeting in which "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley excoriated network editor in chief Bari Weiss and the show's new executive producer Nick Bilton. “She has no qualifications for her job; you have slender […]

U.S. bombs Iranian military sites and Tehran targets American troops in Kuwait. @AssociatedPress reports: "The nominal ceasefire ... has been repeatedly tested with such back-and-forth attacks, even as officials from both countries try to negotiate an end to the war." https://flip.it/iferrQ […]

Colombians voted Sunday in the first round of a presidential election between two candidates with radically diverging visions for the future in a country haunted by a decadeslong fight for peace inside its own borders. @AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/PoV7vT #politics #colombia #news

Israeli forces make deepest incursion into Lebanon in 26 years as Netanyahu vows to continue military’s expansion. Read more from NBC News: https://flip.it/e2-S85 #israel #lebanon #war

Hundreds of rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now pardoned by President Trump, many are clamoring for payouts via the controversial “anti-weaponization” fund. Read more from @AssociatedPress: https://flip.it/DpSlVL #trump #politics #jan6

China may be providing weapons to Iran, including missile used to shoot down U.S. fighter jet, sources say. Does this complicate President Trump’s relationship with Beijing? Read more from NBC News: https://flip.it/d9pb9r #news #trump #iran

Pride will return to Budapest in June. Former leader of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, banned the march last year, and attempted to prosecute the city's mayor, Gergely Karácsony, after he rebranded it as a municipal event. “Freedom and love cannot be banned,” Karácsony posted on social media. “This is […]

What's going on in the race to be California governor? @COYOTEMedia has rounded up the 61 "politicos, cranks, and other randos vying for the hottest seat in Sacramento," and assigned each a Dungeons & Dragons class. https://flip.it/FxY-.C #uspolitics #californiagovernor #d&D

Louisiana’s Legislature passes a new congressional map designed to give Republicans another seat ahead of November’s midterm elections. @AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/P0ZlTL #news #usa #politics