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Dispatch Washington · July 1, 2026 Israel and Lebanon convened their fifth round of U.S.-mediated peace talks in Washington this week, even as a freshly signed memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran inserted Tehran into a diplomatic process Beirut and Jerusalem had been negotiating on a separate bilateral track. The concurrent proceedings…
Dispatch Washington · July 1, 2026 At least four senior officials at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence departed around the time acting Director Bill Pulte assumed control of the agency on June 19, 2026, according to POLITICO. Alexa Henning, who served as chief of staff to former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi…
Dispatch Washington · July 1, 2026 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced June 22 that he will resign as leader of the Labour Party and as prime minister, ending a tenure of less than two years after a sustained internal party rebellion rendered his position untenable. Starmer said in a statement that he was stepping…
Dispatch Washington · July 1, 2026 The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued Iran General License X on June 22, 2026, authorizing the production, delivery, and sale of Iranian-origin crude oil, petrochemical products, and petroleum products through Aug. 21, 2026. The license creates an authorization for U.S. businesses to engage in commercial transactions…
Dispatch Washington · July 1, 2026 Vice President JD Vance announced June 22 that Iran has agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors back into the country, a development Vance called "a major milestone for the American people, and the first step in permanently denuclearizing or permanently ending a nuclear weapons program in Iran."…
Dispatch Washington · July 1, 2026 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated June 22 that the Trump administration supports allowing Ukraine to produce Patriot air defense interceptors under a U.S. license, a claim that, if formalized, would mark a significant shift in American technology-transfer policy toward Kyiv. Zelenskyy said Ukraine possesses the technical capabilities to produce…
Dispatch Washington · July 1, 2026 The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has placed the operators of three internal systems on "probationary status" and set a Sept. 3 remediation deadline following a contractor-caused exposure of login credentials and cloud access keys on a public GitHub repository [POLITICO]. CISA confirmed the existence of the memos, stating…
Dispatch Washington · July 1, 2026 Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin of Illinois and Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Ranking Member Alex Padilla of California wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and ICE Acting Director David Venturella on June 22, demanding records on every death in ICE custody since January 2025…
Dispatch Washington · July 1, 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels on June 18 to announce a six-month Pentagon review of U.S. force posture in Europe, tying the outcome directly to how quickly European allies assume primary responsibility for their own conventional defense [1][4]. Hegseth told his counterparts…
Dispatch Washington · July 1, 2026 Ukraine struck the Kapotnya oil refinery in southeast Moscow on June 18, 2026, marking the second hit on the facility in a single week and one of the largest drone operations against the Russian capital since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022. The attack disrupted commercial flights at…