Monday, June 29, 2026

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Axios: US and Iran Agree To Stop Striking Each Other

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Axios reported on Sunday that the US and Iran have agreed to stop striking each other after several days of attacks across the Strait of Hormuz and that the two sides will meet for talks in Doha this Tuesday. So far, the story hasn’t been confirmed by the...

US Marine Missing Off the Coast of California

(Headline USA) Multiple agencies continued to search Sunday for a U.S. Marine who went missing during a training exercise off the coast of southern California, military officials said. Crews began searching for the Marine early Thursday morning, shortly after midnight, according to a Navy news release. The Marine was reported missing...

Vance Says Iran Agreed To Establish a Direct Line Between the IRGC and the US Military

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Vice President JD Vance has said that during talks in Switzerland, Iranian officials agreed to establish a direct line of communication between Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the US military. Vance told Sohrab Ahmari, the US editor for UnHerd, that one of the things the...

Trump Demands DOJ Investigate Oil Price Gouging

(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump instructed the Justice Department to launch an inquiry into petroleum corporations he accused of artificially propping up gasoline prices while crude oil costs tumble, ABC News reported. The president vented his frustrations on Truth Social, alleging that energy companies exploit motorists at the...

Lawmakers Clash Over Prediction Market Restrictions

(José Niño, Headline USA) Republican members of the House Administration Committee advanced legislation Wednesday that would stop members of Congress and their family members from wagering on politically oriented prediction markets, Politico reported. The GOP majority backed the proposal along strict party lines. The legislation would block representatives, their spouses,...

Secret Service Text Messages Were ‘Compromised,’ Inspector General Finds

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A Homeland Security Inspector General’s investigation has revealed that some Secret Service text messages were “compromised” thanks to an unsecured third-party messaging app. In a report issued earlier this week, the DHS-OIG said that the Secret Service deployed a third-party messaging app on agency-owned devices in...

Trump Asks Congress for Additional $87.6 Billion, Mainly for Iran War

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The White House sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday requesting an additional $87.6 billion in supplemental funding, with the vast majority going toward “costs incurred” by the US-Israeli war against Iran. The White House Office of Budget Management told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that the...

Congress Passes War Powers Resolution To End Iran War

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Senate on Tuesday approved a House-passed concurrent War Powers Resolution directing President Donald Trump to end hostilities against Iran, marking the first time Congress has approved a concurrent resolution under the 1973 War Powers Act directing the termination of an unauthorized war. In previous years, Congress...

Downed US Pilot Reported Seeing Iranian Drones Swarm

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) CNN reported on Tuesday that the pilot of a US F-15 fighter jet that was shot down over Iran during the US-Israeli bombing campaign in April reported seeing a swarm of Iranian drones in a formation that resembled a jellyfish before he ejected from the aircraft. Sources...

Trump Demands Faster Arms Production from Military Contractors

(José Niño, Headline USA) The White House has summoned top Pentagon brass and chief executives from the nation's premier defense firms to a Wednesday meeting focused on rebuilding American weapons reserves that shrank dramatically during combat operations, the Wall Street Journal reported. Deputy War Secretary Stephen Feinberg contacted industry executives earlier...

Intelligence Report Says Israel Will Sabotage Trump’s Peace Deal

(José Niño, Headline USA) U.S. spy agencies warned the Trump administration that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will probably undermine President Donald Trump's pursuit of a durable peace agreement with Iran, the Washington Post reported. Analysts determined that Netanyahu confronts powerful domestic political forces pushing him to sustain military action...

Vance Says ‘Progress’ Made in Talks with Iran

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square)  Following what appeared to be a bumpy weekend between the United States and Iran, Vice President J.D. Vance said progress is being made. Vance, leading a U.S. delegation in talks with Iran, mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, reassured that talks remain ongoing in Switzerland after...
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