SCOOP: Amid the Musk fight, Bill Gates quietly visited the White House and Marco Rubio on Friday to argue for reversing DOGE cuts to USAID...

Trump Gives U.S. Negotiators Room to Lift Export Controls on China wsj.com/livecoverage/s… via @wsj

Two lawmakers who have called for stock-trading bans in the past—Reps. Ro Khanna and Rob Bresnahan--traded the most during the April market turmoil WSJ Markets Katy Stech Ferek Jack Gillum James Benedict

NEW: Longtime GOP advisers Garrett Ventry and Jason Thielman held a fundraiser for Senator Jim Banks tonight in DC. They raised over $50,000. Company representatives spotted at the event include those from Boeing, BlackRock, and Archer Aviation, per a source.

Breaking: JD Vance and Susie Wiles pushed Elon Musk to repair his relationship with President Trump after the two had a dramatic falling out on.wsj.com/43G0Mtg

Beijing Puts Six-Month Limit on Its Ease of Rare-Earth Export Licenses—Tentative deal reached in London gives Beijing continued leverage in trade negotiations Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 Gavin Bade Brian Schwartz wsj.com/world/china/be… wsj.com/world/china/be…

SCOOP: David Hogg is out of the DNC. Will not compete in the new vice chair elections that were called today. Malcolm Kenyatta is now the only candidate for the male vice chair slot. The three women who lost to Hogg in February will compete for the second.

🚨BREAKING: US officials have been told Israel is fully ready to launch an operation into Iran. This is part of the reason the US advised some Americans to leave region. US anticipates Iran could retaliate on certain US sites in Iraq. Witkoff is still planning to meet with Iran

With the L.A. protests, Gov. Gavin Newsom is positioning himself as the leader of the opposition. "Our Founding Fathers didn’t live and die for this." on.wsj.com/4dVnTmW

Democratic strategist David Plouffe to become Coinbase’s newest adviser - POLITICO politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

Scoop w/Marisa Taylor : Trump-Musk feud just hit orbit: SpaceX’s role in the $175 bln Golden Dome missile defense project is suddenly in jeopardy. First real blow to Musk’s government business since their fallout.

BREAKING: Explosions rang out across Iran’s capital as Israel claimed it was attacking the country. apnews.com/article/iran-e…

Asked President Trump if the US was given any kinds of heads-up ahead of the operation. "Heads-up? It wasn’t a heads-up. It was, we know what's going on." POTUS said he spoke with Israeli PM Netanyahu yesterday and plans to speak with him again today: wsj.com/livecoverage/i…

SCOOP: The House tax bill includes a carve out sought behind the scenes by a $75 billion private credit giant The firm is owned by billionaire brothers Lawrence & David Golub, who have given $2 million in campaign contributions since 2020 The provision, an exemption to a global

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick releases details of the Nippon- U.S. Steel deal 👇 Details have been lacking for weeks since Trump announced the deal

BREAKING: Authorities are searching for a 57-year-old man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, AP sources say. apnews.com/article/minnes…

Scoop: ICE has reversed its guidance from Thursday that exempted farm, hotel + restaurants from immigration raids. In a call today, DHS said agents should continue those raids. w/ Carol Leonnig Marianne LeVine Lauren Kaori Gurley washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

NEW: Inside the private G7 U.S. Canada meeting, key differences remained and a path to a deal unclear: - Trump privately told Carney the dairy industry was rigged against the U.S. due to Canada’s high dairy tariffs - The U.S. side also brought up their dislike of Canada’s

NEW: How Trump Shifted on Iran Under Pressure From Israel. Jonathan Swan Mark Mazzetti Ronen Bergman Eric Schmitt helene cooper Julian E. Barnes me nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/…

Exclusive: President Trump told senior aides he approved attack plans for Iran, but is holding off on giving the final order to see if Tehran will abandon its nuclear program on.wsj.com/43QVA5U