Today in One Sentence. Trump postponed a previously unannounced attack on Iran after Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates asked him to “hold off” Trump’s Justice Department settled Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS by creating a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “Anti-Weaponization Fund” for people claiming they were targeted by the government for political purposes Trump helped defeat a Republican senator who voted to convict him after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol the Supreme Court rejected Virginia Democrats’ emergency effort to use a new, voter-approved congressional maps Minnesota prosecutors charged an ICE agent with four felony assault counts and falsely reporting a crime in the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis during Operation Metro Surge in January the EPA proposed repealing drinking water limits for four “forever chemicals” 76% of Americans are concerned about their personal finances and 64% of voters think Trump made the wrong decision to go to war with Iran.

1/ Trump postponed a previously unannounced attack on Iran after Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates asked him to “hold off.” Trump claimed Gulf leaders told him “serious negotiations are now taking place” and that “a Deal will be made, which will be very acceptable” because it would include “NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN!” Trump, however, told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine to remain ready for a “full, large scale assault” on “a moment’s notice” if talks fail. Iran, meanwhile, insisted it wouldn’t give up its enrich uranium and warned that Iranian forces were “ready to pull the trigger.” (Reuters / Axios / CNBC / Bloomberg / New York Times / NBC News / Politico)

2/ Trump’s Justice Department settled Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS by creating a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “Anti-Weaponization Fund” for people claiming they were targeted by the government for political purposes. A five-member commission appointed by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will decide payouts and issue “formal apologies” through Dec. 15, 2028. Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization, who sued over the leak of their tax records by a former IRS contractor, will receive a formal apology, but no money. The deal also ends Trump’s separate claims seeking damages over the Russia investigation and the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago. It comes two days before a judge had ordered Trump’s lawyers and the Justice Department to explain whether the case presented a real legal dispute or if Trump is suing “entities whose decisions are subject to his direction.” While Blanche called it “a lawful process for victims of lawfare and weaponization,” Rep. Jamie Raskin called it “pure fraud and highway robbery” and a slush fund for “insurrectionists, rioters, and white supremacists.” Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington called it “one of the single most corrupt acts in American history.” (Associated Press / New York Times / Reuters / Politico / Axios / Washington Post / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / CNN / NPR / NBC News / CBS News / CNBC)

3/ Trump helped defeat a Republican senator who voted to convict him after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Bill Cassidy finished third behind Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming in Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary, sending Letlow and Fleming to a June 27 runoff. Trump had endorsed Letlow and celebrated Cassidy’s defeat, writing that his “disloyalty to the man who got him elected is now part of legend” and that “his political career is OVER.” Cassidy also provided the critical vote needed to confirm Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last year despite concerns about Kennedy’s vaccine skepticism. (NPR / New York Times / Bloomberg / Axios / NBC News / Washington Post / Politico / Reuters)

  • Trump called Rep. Thomas Massie “the Worst Republican Congressman in History” and urged Kentucky Republicans to “vote the bum out.” After Massie voted against his tax-and-spending bill, sponsored a measure to stop his Iran strikes, and helped force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files, Trump endorsed Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL. Massie accused outside billionaires of trying to “buy a seat.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, meanwhile, campaigned in Kentucky for Gallrein ahead of Tuesday’s Republican primary. The Pentagon said he appeared in a “personal capacity” and that no taxpayer dollars supported the trip. (NBC News / ABC News / New York Times / Politico / New York Times / NBC News / The Hill)

  • Trump threatened to back a primary challenger against Rep. Lauren Boebert after she campaigned for Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky. He called Boebert “weak-minded” and said he would withdraw his endorsement “if the right person came along.” Boebert said she was “not mad or offended” and “knew the risks” of supporting Massie. (Reuters / The Hill)

4/ The Supreme Court rejected Virginia Democrats’ emergency effort to use a new, voter-approved congressional maps, which could have given Democrats up to four more House seats in the midterms. The unsigned, one-sentence order left the Virginia Supreme Court ruling intact. The state court said lawmakers began the amendment process after early voting had started for the 2025 general election, leaving Virginia’s current 6-5 Democratic map in place. (Axios / Wall Street Journal / CNN / NBC News / New York Times / NPR / CBS News / Associated Press)

  • Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen ended his reelection campaign after the Tennessee legislature’s broke up his existing, majority-Black district into three that favor Republicans. Cohen is Tennessee’s only Democrat in Congress. (CBS News / Washington Post)

5/ Minnesota prosecutors charged an ICE agent with four felony assault counts and falsely reporting a crime in the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis during Operation Metro Surge in January. Prosecutors said Christian Castro fired through a closed front door after agents chased another man to the Minneapolis home, hitting Sosa-Celis in the leg while adults and children were inside. (CNN / ABC News / Wall Street Journal / Washington Post / New York Times)

6/ The EPA proposed repealing drinking water limits for four “forever chemicals,” rolling back part of the Biden administration’s first national PFAS rule meant to cut exposure for about 100 million people. (Washington Post)

poll/ 76% of Americans are concerned about their personal finances, and 29% say Trump’s economy is good. (CBS News)

poll/ 64% of voters think Trump made the wrong decision to go to war with Iran. 59% disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job as president. (New York Times)

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