Defense One
Boeing says they can build F/A-XX *and* F-47, rejecting SecNav's concerns

Defense One
Lockheed says new upgrade package for F-35 is ready

Defense One
U.S. Army expects to make more than a million artillery shells next year

Axios
Padilla calls Trump a "tyrant" in emotional Senate floor speech - More

The New Republic
Mike Lee Deletes Minnesota Tweets After Getting Called Out

CNBC News
NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested by ICE - More

Axios
No Kings protest organizers announce July 17 as next demonstration

The Daily Beast
Trump ‘Reamed Out’ Hegseth for Flop Birthday Parade - More

The New Republic
Trump’s Own Staff Don’t Think He’s Fit to Be President

The Hill
DHS denounces ‘despicable’ California proposal to mandate officers show their faces

Axios
U.S. companies brace for Israel-Iran cyber spillover

NBC News
Federal Reserve set to keep interest rates steady

CNBC News
Trump’s $499 smartphone will likely be made in China

Reuters News Agency
Trump Mobile pulls coverage map after ‘Gulf of Mexico’ label sparks chatter online

Defense One
Inside NATO’s muscular new deterrence plans

NBC News
Trump weighs U.S. strike as Iran's Khamenei says the 'battle begins'

BBC News
Trump's Iran dilemma exposes bitter split among MAGA faithful

BBC News
Russia fears another loss in Middle East from Iran's conflict with Israel

NBC News
Trump weighs U.S. strike as Iran's supreme leader says the 'battle begins'

The Guardian
Thousands flee Tehran after fresh wave of strikes

The Associated Press
Iran’s leader rejects call to surrender, saying U.S. intervention would cause ‘irreparable damage’

The Guardian
‘What if the strikes hit us on the highway?’

The Guardian
Trump demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ and says US won’t kill supreme leader ‘for now’

NPR News
Trump threatens Iran's supreme leader, escalating his rhetoric about the conflict

CBC News
India is sending its first astronaut to space in 40 years

BBC News
How the Air India crash investigation is unfolding

The Associated Press
Eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano creates ash plume visible 90 miles away - More

The Associated Press
Today in History: 18 June - More

This Day in Aviation
18 June

Agence France-Presse
Comment Trump a chamboulé les marchés mondiaux

Agence France-Presse
La Bourse de Paris prudente face au conflit militaire entre Israël et l'Iran

France 24
Frappes puissantes et régulières sur Téhéran, Israël rapatrie ses ressortissants

Agence de presse Reuters
Ali Khamenei : implacable adversaire des États-Unis et d'Israël

International Commentary

William Kristol, Andrew Egger, Cathy Young, and Jim Swift | The Bulwark
Donald Trump, Welcome to the League of Globalists

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Trump talks like a mob boss

Peter Nicholas, Peter Alexander, Jonathan Allen and Dan De Luce | NBC News
Amid escalating global tensions, Trump struggles to be a 'peacemaker'

Andrew Roth | The Guardian
Republican hawks vs MAGA isolationists: The internal war that could decide Trump’s Iran response

Rajan Menon | The Guardian
Trump cannot avoid the question much longer – is he going to join Israel’s war or not?

Zeeshan Aleem | MSNBC News
Lawmakers are scrambling to muzzle Trump on war with Iran. Good.

David Rothkopf | The New Republic
We'd Better Pray That No Unexpected Crisis Hits While Trump Is President

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
The Democratic Party Slides Into Irrelevance

Jonathan Lemire and Isaac Stanley-Becker | The Atlantic
The MAGA Coalition Has Turned on Itself and Donald Trump is caught in the middle

Peter Beaumont | The Guardian
Netanyahu speaks of regime change in Iran; What he means is regime destruction

Hayes Brown | MSNBC News
These new polls prove Trump isn't untouchable on immigration

Ja'han Jones | MSNBC News
Anti-domestic violence groups sue Trump DOJ over anti-diversity restrictions