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  "description": "Republished from WTF Just Happened Today, a daily newsletter breaking down national news.",
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  "textContent": "Curated by Matt Kiser, WTF Just Happened Today\n\n6.1.26/  _Today in_**One Sentence**\nTrump insisted that talks with Iran to extend the April ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and set terms for future nuclear negotiations were continuing “at a rapid pace,” despite Iran’s state-affiliated media reporting that Tehran had suspended talks and was threatening to “completely block” the strait ¶ White House economic director Kevin Hassett insisted that Americans are better off despite rising inflation, high gas prices, and worsening consumer sentiment ¶ Trump plans to drop his $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund after a federal judge blocked it ¶ a federal judge ordered Trump to answer allegations that his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS was a pretext to create a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund for his political allies ¶ a federal judge ordered Trump’s name removed from the Kennedy Center and blocked his handpicked board from closing the venue for a two-year renovation ¶ former Attorney General Pam Bondi shifted responsibility for the release of the Epstein files to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche ¶ a former Colorado county clerk who was convicted for breaching voting systems in search of election fraud in 2020 was released from prison ¶ Trump will headline the opening ceremony for the Great American State Fair after more than half of the performers withdrew saying they had been misled about the event’s political ties ¶ and the White House released a medical memo from his third Walter Reed checkup in 13 months, saying Trump’s in “excellent health” and “fully fit” to serve despite persistent questions about bruising on his hands, swelling in his legs, and apparent drowsiness in televised meetings.\n\n\n_Today's_**Top Story\nTrump insisted that talks with Iran to extend the April ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and set terms for future nuclear negotiations were continuing “at a rapid pace,” despite Iran’s state-affiliated media reporting that Tehran had suspended talks and was threatening to “completely block” the strait**, which carries about a fifth of the world’s oil supply. The report cited no source and wasn’t directly confirmed by Iranian officials, but oil prices jumped more than 7% anyway. Trump, meanwhile, said he “couldn’t care less” if negotiations were over, because they had “started to get very boring,” adding: “We’ll keep the blockade.” Separately, the U.S. said it struck Iranian radar and drone sites near the Strait of Hormuz after Iran downed an American drone, while Iran fired two ballistic missiles toward U.S. forces in Kuwait that CENTCOM said were intercepted. Iran’s foreign ministry accused the U.S. and Israel of violating the ceasefire “on all fronts, including in Lebanon,” where Israel ordered new strikes near Beirut before Trump claimed Israel and Hezbollah had agreed that “all shooting will stop.” (CNBC / New York Times / Washington Post / NBC News / ABC News / CBS News / CNBC / CNN / Bloomberg / Associated Press / Reuters)\n\n  * **The U.S. military killed three men in another strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific** – the fourth in a week. The campaign has now killed 205 people since September. (CBS News / NBC News)\n\n\n\n* * *\n\n5.28.26/_Today in_**One Sentence**\nU.S. and Iranian negotiators moved toward a tentative 60-day ceasefire extension to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that neither Trump nor Iran’s leadership has approved ¶ a federal judge declined to block Trump’s executive order creating a federal voter list to limit mail-in voting ¶ inflation accelerated to 3.8% in April, its highest level in nearly 3 years ¶ the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into whether E. Jean Carroll lied under oath ¶ Trump refiled his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, and two Wall Street Journal reporters over its report on a lewd birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein ¶ White House adviser Peter Navarro initiated a Pentagon request for a $620 million loan to a startup tied to Trump Jr.’s venture firm ¶ Trump bought more than $1 million in Dell stock before the Pentagon awarded Dell a $9.7 billion contract ¶ Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s son quietly took a political appointee job as a Treasury Department lawyer while the Supreme Court handled cases involving the department ¶ and Trump’s Treasury Department has prepared a design for a $250 bill with his portrait and signature, despite laws barring living people from U.S. currency.\n\n\n_Today's_**Top Story\nU.S. and Iranian negotiators moved toward a tentative 60-day ceasefire extension to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that neither Trump nor Iran’s leadership has approved**. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said there were “perhaps” the “makings of a deal,” but said Trump’s terms still include reopening the strait, surrendering highly enriched uranium, and ending Iran’s nuclear program. The draft would let shipping resume while both sides negotiate Iran’s nuclear program, frozen assets, sanctions relief, and the U.S. blockade. The talks advanced despite new strikes, with U.S. forces hitting Iranian drones near Bandar Abbas and Kuwait intercepting an Iranian missile aimed toward a U.S. base. U.S. Central Command called the launch an “egregious ceasefire violation,” while Iran said it answered U.S. “aggression” and warned of a “more decisive” response. Meanwhile, Trump threatened to “blow up” Oman if the U.S. ally joined Iran in managing or tolling the strait, saying “nobody’s going to control it.” (New York Times / Politico / Washington Post / Bloomberg / Reuters / Wall Street Journal / ABC News / Associated Press)\n\n* * *\n\n5.27.26/_Today in_**One Sentence**\nTrump said “I don’t care about the midterms” and wouldn’t let the upcoming election or Iranian state media reports rush him into a deal ¶ Ken Paxton won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas, turning Trump’s late endorsement into a 28-point rejection of Sen. John Cornyn, a four-term incumbent ¶ Alabama asked the Supreme Court to let it use a 2023 congressional map that would likely give Republicans six of the state’s seven House seats by eliminating a second Black-majority or near-majority district ¶ Biden sued the Justice Department to block the release of about 70 hours of private audio recordings and transcripts from 2016 and 2017 interviews with his ghostwriter ¶ Jill Biden said she was “frightened” that Joe Biden was “having a stroke” during his June 2024 debate against Trump ¶ Trump appointed former Attorney General Pam Bondi to the White House science and technology advisory council ¶ the Trump administration agreed to pay $13.1 million in a no-bid contract to a first-time federal contractor to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ¶ 58% of Americans say Trump has made the economy worse ¶ 25% of Latino Trump voters said they would not vote for him again ¶ Democrats lead Republicans by almost 6 points on the House generic ballot ¶ and 12% of Americans said the worst thing about Republicans is their loyalty to Trump, while 10% said the worst thing about Democrats is that they’re weak and don’t stand up to Trump.\n\n_Today's_**Top Story\nTrump said “I don’t care about the midterms” and wouldn’t let the upcoming election or Iranian state media reports rush him into a deal**. “They thought they were going to outwait me, you know? We’ll outwait him, he’s got the midterms,” Trump said, suggesting that Tehran believed the elections would force U.S. concessions. Trump, however, claimed Iran was “negotiating on fumes” and said talks were going “nicely,” but warned that the U.S. would “finish the job” if he was “not satisfied” with the terms. The White House, meanwhile, dismissed an Iranian state media report about a draft agreement as a “complete fabrication.” Trump also rejected any Iran-Oman control of the strait, saying “nobody’s going to control” the waterway while warning that Oman would have to “behave” or “we’ll have to blow them up.” Talks remain stuck over the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions, and Iran’s enriched uranium. (New York Times / CNN / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / Reuters / Washington Post / CBS News / ABC News)\n\n* * *\n\n5.26.26/_Today in_**One Sentence**\nA federal court blocked Alabama Republicans from using a congressional map that was “tainted by intentional race-based discrimination” ¶ the U.S. struck Iranian missile sites and boats it claimed were laying mines near the Strait of Hormuz, calling the attacks “self-defense” ¶ the Trump administration proposed a governmentwide nondisclosure agreement for federal employees in an effort to crackdown on leaks ¶ Trump declared that “everything checked out PERFECTLY” after what he called a “6 month physical” at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ¶ construction began on a temporary UFC octagon on the White House South Lawn for Trump’s planned fights to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. ¶ and 37% of Americans approve Trump’s job performance.\n\n_Today's_**Top Story\nA federal court blocked Alabama Republicans from using a congressional map that was “tainted by intentional race-based discrimination.”** The 2023 map would’ve likely flipped a Democratic House seat. Alabama argued that the Supreme Court’s April ruling, which narrowed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, allowed the state to reuse the map after the justices sent the case back for review. The three-judge panel, however, rejected that argument, saying the map still violated the 14th Amendment, because lawmakers intentionally diluted Black voting power. Alabama must use the court-drawn 2024 map for now, while Attorney General Steve Marshall called the blocked plan “blandly unobjectionable” and said the state would immediately appeal, adding: “It is not a matter of whether we win this case, only when.” (Politico / CNN / New York Times / CBS News / NBC News / Associated Press / ABC News / Washington Post / The Guardian / Wall Street Journal)\n\n  * **The South Carolina Senate effectively blocked a Trump-backed congressional map that aimed to give Republicans all seven House seats by dismantling Rep. Jim Clyburn’s majority-Black district**. After a procedural vote failed, senators adjourned until June 10 – one day after the state’s primary. (ABC News / NBC News / Politico / NPR / New York Times / Associated Press)\n\n",
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