- Trump tries to explain why Reflecting Pool is algae green and its blue lining is peeling. Police arrest a former Olympic canoe racer on a bike rideby The Associated Press on June 20, 2026 at 11:08 pm
“I'm a curious citizen. I reached down to see what it felt like. It was very rubbery.”
- Vice President JD Vance heads to Switzerland for talks with Iran but says he will only be there ‘for a day or two’by Kareem Chehayeb, Bassem Mroue, Seung Min Kim, Munir Ahmed, The Associated Press on June 20, 2026 at 10:49 pm
The announcements indicated a rough start to the technical-level talks that key mediator Pakistan said will begin Sunday, with Qatari mediators also participating.
- A new trade war may be brewing. This time, Europe is taking a page from Trump’s playbook — ‘We no longer live in a world of pink ponies and rainbows’by Jason Ma on June 20, 2026 at 10:12 pm
China's goods trade surplus with the EU hit 360.6 billion euros in 2025, up 15% from 2024. And in the first four months of this year, the gap has expanded by 10%.
- Shipping companies will decide when the Strait of Hormuz is truly open—not the U.S. or Iran—and the latest deal is already sowing confusionby Jason Ma on June 20, 2026 at 8:32 pm
"Will the Iranian announcement be enough to deter them? Or will Iran need to resort to force and directly violate the MOU's terms?"
- Trump threatens to charge U.S. tolls in Strait of Hormuz for ‘services rendered as the Guardian Angel to the countries of the Middle East’by Kareem Chehayeb, Bassem Mroue, Munir Ahmed, The Associated Press on June 20, 2026 at 8:19 pm
Iran’s joint military command said the strait was closed because of the U.S. “clear breach of its commitments” by failing to end the war.
