Monday morning news: June 15, 2026

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Iran war latest » The United States and Iran have reached a deal to end the monthslong war.

President Trump Sunday, on his 80th birthday, reacted on social media, stating “Congratulations to all!”

Full details of the agreement were not immediately available, but Vice President JD Vance said last night:

VANCE:  This is the immediate opening of the Straits of Hormuz, and of course, the lifting of the naval blockade that we've had on Iran along with it.

As much as a quarter of the world’s oil supply normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. And Iran’s effective shutdown of the strait has pushed energy prices higher globally.

Hours before Sunday’s announcement, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told CBS' Face the Nation that the agreement would guarantee at least one thing:

HEGSETH: Is that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. Never. Full stop. And this deal—as we talk about aspects of the deal, some of which have come up publicaly are totally wrong—it's performance-based. No money released to Iran until they perform.

Under the framework, Iran reportedly would agree to never build a nuclear weapon, with sixty days of talks to follow on its nuclear program.

Critics say the reported framework echoes the 2015 nuclear deal struck under the Obama administration. 

But U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz told ABC's This Week that this deal differs in a number of important ways. He said among those, crucially, Iran is far weaker now than in 2015, and the consequences for Tehran violating the deal would be dire.

WALTZ: This president has always put diplomacy first, but unlike his predecessors, it has to be backed with credible military force. That is what we've seen over the years—the only thing that regimes like Iran will ultimately respect.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister confirmed the agreement on state television, but said that Iran would not start implementing it until it’s signed on Friday.

FISA » On Capitol Hill, some lawmakers are still working to reauthorize a spy program that expired last week. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (or FISA for short) lets the government collect the calls and emails of foreign targets overseas without a warrant.

The catch is that the program also sometimes sweeps up Americans—their messages can be captured when they're in contact with a foreign target.

GOP Congressman Chip Roy was one of nineteen Republicans to vote 'no' on re-authorizing 702.

ROY: We believe we ought to be working together to figure out how to ensure that we can get the data that we want to collect on bad guys overseas, but protect the American people with the reforms necessary, including warrant protections, whenever you're targeting American people.

But the lapse does not mean the surveillance has stopped. A federal intelligence court approved the current collection orders back in March, and those stay in force through next spring.

Many lawmakers want to begin requiring warrants before agents can search that data for Americans' information.

Plane crash » Twelve people were killed in western Missouri Sunday when a small plane taking off for a skydiving excursion crashed into a field.

Skies were clear at the time and investigators do not yet know the cause of the crash.

Bates County Sheriff Chad Anderson says there is little to go on so far.

ANDERSON: The plane took off and then it at that point it went down. We're not sure exactly anything beyond that. Investigation is going to be handled by the NTSB and the FAA.

The plane had just taken off from Butler Memorial Airport—about sixty-five miles south of Kansas City—when the plane made a sharp left turn, struggled to climb, and went down nose-first, bursting into flames.

FIFA security » World Cup soccer is now underway across eleven American cities. And the official in charge of securing it says the country's threat level has never been higher.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox News Sunday the games—overlapping with the nation's 250th birthday celebrations—are stretching law enforcement thin.

MULLIN: We have 78 games against 11 cities in 38 days, which is essentially 78 Super Bowls. On top of that, you have Freedom 250 with all the activity that's going on. Tremendous amount of local partnership that has to take place, and not all have the resources.

Mullin says weaponized drones are his single biggest worry. The FAA has declared every stadium a no-drone zone and Washington is pouring more than $600 million dollars into protecting the host cities.

The tournament runs through July 19th, ending with the final at MetLife Stadium outside of New York.

Box office » At the weekend box office, Steven Spielberg's latest offering invaded theaters as Disclosure Day debuts in the top spot.

CLIP (Disclosure Day trailer): This 79 terror campaign of lies has to end! / What are you going to do? / Full disclosure to the whole world.

The alien sci-fi flick hauled in $44 million domestically and $93 million globally.

That was followed by a trio of horror flicks, as well as Masters of the Universe and Star Wars: Mandalorian and Grogu, both of which continue their disappointing box office returns.

I'm Kent Covington.

And straight ahead: We’ll unpack several Supreme Court decisions on Legal Docket. Plus, the world’s first trillionaire.

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