EPISODE · Jun 29, 2026 · 1 MIN
June 29 1600 UTC Brief
from Iniaes · host Iniaes
In Washington and Tehran President Donald Trump says Iran asked for a ceasefire meeting in Qatar, while Tehran says no talks are scheduled. The White House says envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are headed to Doha for high-level meetings, after U.S. strikes on targets inside Iran and renewed Iranian attacks on U.S. military targets in the region. Those strikes have also split Trump’s own MAGA base, with former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene warning that he may have reopened a foreign war he once promised to avoid. At the Supreme Court The Supreme Court blocked Trump, for now, from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while she fights unproven mortgage-fraud allegations. In a separate ruling, the court made it easier for presidents to fire officials at other independent agencies by overturning a long-standing precedent on removal protections. The justices also declined to take up Alan Dershowitz’s appeal in his defamation case against CNN, and they left in place the $5 million verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case. In international news Police in Germany say a sixth person has died after a shooting at a youth welfare center, where four women and one man were killed at the scene. Authorities have not released more details yet. In Lebanon, thousands of displaced people are trying to return home, but many are finding only destruction and no real place to go back to. In Venezuela, a 4.6-magnitude aftershock struck near the capital as rescuers freed 21-year-old Aaron Levi Cantillo Vargas after 106 hours trapped under a building in Caraballeda. At least 1,450 people are known to have died in the initial earthquakes, and the toll is expected to rise. In business Comcast is splitting into two companies, one focused on connectivity and the other on content. Brian Roberts says big mergers are not on the immediate menu. In politics and sports El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has formally registered to seek a third consecutive term. And in golf, Viktor Hovland beat Scottie Scheffler in a playoff to win the Travelers Championship.
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In Washington and Tehran President Donald Trump says Iran asked for a ceasefire meeting in Qatar, while Tehran says no talks are scheduled. The White House says envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are headed to Doha for high-level meetings, after U.S. strikes on targets inside Iran and renewed Iranian attacks on U.S. military targets in the region. Those strikes have also split Trump’s own MAGA base, with former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene warning that he may have reopened a foreign war he once promised to avoid. At the Supreme Court The Supreme Court blocked Trump, for now, from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while she fights unproven mortgage-fraud allegations. In a separate ruling, the court made it easier for presidents to fire officials at other independent agencies by overturning a long-standing precedent on removal protections. The justices also declined to take up Alan Dershowitz’s appeal in his defamation case against CNN, and they left in place the $5 million verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case. In international news Police in Germany say a sixth person has died after a shooting at a youth welfare center, where four women and one man were killed at the scene. Authorities have not released more details yet. In Lebanon, thousands of displaced people are trying to return home, but many are finding only destruction and no real place to go back to. In Venezuela, a 4.6-magnitude aftershock struck near the capital as rescuers freed 21-year-old Aaron Levi Cantillo Vargas after 106 hours trapped under a building in Caraballeda. At least 1,450 people are known to have died in the initial earthquakes, and the toll is expected to rise. In business Comcast is splitting into two companies, one focused on connectivity and the other on content. Brian Roberts says big mergers are not on the immediate menu. In politics and sports El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has formally registered to seek a third consecutive term. And in golf, Viktor Hovland beat Scottie Scheffler in a playoff to win the Travelers Championship.
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