Rubio Makes Mojtaba Khamenei the Name U.S.-Iran Talks Have to Deal With
By saying Khamenei is alive and influential, Rubio turned Tehran’s internal power structure into the day’s central diplomatic variable.
Marco Rubio · Jun 29, 12:07 PM
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By saying Khamenei is alive and influential, Rubio turned Tehran’s internal power structure into the day’s central diplomatic variable.
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Ocasio-Cortez Keeps Senate Door Open After New York Progressive Primary Wins
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6 live items01 · Politics4:07 AM
Fact Check Says Graham-UFC Fighters Image Is Fake, Handing Senator A Clean Win
The fabricated image appeared to show Lindsey Graham posing with shirtless UFC fighters, a photo op the fact check said did not happen.
Lindsey Graham · Source-backed update
02 · Politics8:02 PM
Trump Warns Iran of Severe Consequences After Gulf Strikes Hit US Targets
The president cast the attack as the exact threshold he has long said would demand a forceful American response.
Donald Trump · Source-backed update
03 · Politics4:04 PM
DeSantis Turns Live Local Act Into Statewide Housing Victory
The Florida law puts hundreds of millions of dollars, tax incentives, and zoning preemptions behind a broad affordable-housing push.
Ron DeSantis · Source-backed update
04 · Politics4:02 PM
Ocasio-Cortez Keeps Senate Door Open After New York Progressive Primary Wins
The New York congresswoman did not announce a campaign, but primary results gave her political lane a useful statewide exhibit.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · Source-backed update
05 · Media8:02 AM
Maddow Finds Democratic Silver Lining In Presidency She Considers Bad
The MSNBC host framed Donald Trump’s presidency as a stress test that made accountability harder to ignore and her long-running critique newly useful.
Rachel Maddow · Source-backed update
06 · Politics8:03 PM
Rubio Rejects Hormuz Ownership Claims And Tolls In Free-Passage Stand
His answer treated the Strait of Hormuz as a shared maritime route, not a revenue opportunity with saltwater views.
Marco Rubio · Source-backed update
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02 · Tech12:05 PM
Musk Turns Scott’s $26 Billion Giving Into Philanthropy’s Results Exam
His comments cast MacKenzie Scott’s donations as a major test of whether elite charity should be judged by measurable outcomes rather than virtuous intent.
03 · Politics4:05 AM
Jeffries Congratulates Progressive Winners Who Would Not Promise Him Their Votes
The House Democratic leader treated the election results as a coalition-building victory, even as several newly victorious progressives kept their distance from his leadership bid.
04 · Tech8:03 AM
Jain Holds Up Pichai’s Google Ascent as Proof Big-Swing Leadership Can Win the AI Era
The Glean CEO said watching Sundar Pichai at Google taught him that leaders facing major technology shifts need more than incremental ambition.
05 · Tech8:06 AM
Musk Gives Grok A SpaceX Engineering Assist
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06 · Tech8:05 AM
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By saying the new model rivals Claude Opus, Musk turned a limited rollout into a direct comparison with one of AI’s high-end benchmarks.