Plus, how hundreds of thousands of people are coerced into engaging in scams as part of a Southeast Asian fraud network.
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June 8, 2026, 7:06 AM EDT
By Kayla Hayempour
In today’s newsletter: Iran and Israel exchange attacks for the first time since the April ceasefire. Nithya Raman takes a narrow lead for second place over Spencer Pratt in the L.A. mayoral race. And in a Southeast Asia fraud network, enslaved workers are forced to target Americans.
How Israel is frustrating Donald Trump’s Iran plans
Ceasefire alarm: Iran and Israel trade strikes
Israel and Iran trade strikes in major escalation, Trump abruptly ends NBC interview, changing habits of US consumers
US and Iran trade strikes, Platner’s big night and Tuesday takeaways, House passes $70B bill to fund immigration enforcement
Iran, Israel exchange strikes after Trump warnings
Plus, staffing shakeups at U.S. health agencies point to a new leadership vision amid the MAHA movement.
Plus, a “warm” welcome back to the flesh-eating screwworm, and a papal popularity contest.
Israel says so, but there are grounds for doubt
Much hinges on the stubborn supreme leader and America’s mercurial president
Binyamin Netanyahu’s fight with Hizbullah is complicating the president’s talks with Iran
Donald Trump promises to “rescue” Iranian protesters. How could he try?
