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The 7

Iran intelligence briefing; RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel; Zohran Mamdani; heat wave; and more

The 7

The Washington Post

Daily News, News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Thursday, June 26. The seven stories you need to know today.


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0:00.0

The Trump administration is suing 15 federal judges.

0:08.4

RFK Jr.'s new panel will review childhood vaccines.

0:13.1

And it turns out that bears really do love dipping their paws into honeypots.

0:18.7

That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post.

0:22.6

I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Thursday, June 26th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

0:30.7

Number one. The White House plans to limit classified intelligence sharing with Congress.

0:40.2

This week, an initial intelligence assessment was leaked to the press. It appeared to undermine President Donald Trump's claim that

0:46.7

U.S. strikes had obliterated Iranian nuclear facilities. That has set the stage for a contentious

0:53.4

classified briefing before senators today.

0:56.9

The White House is expected to send four of its top national security officials to brief lawmakers.

1:03.9

But there will be one notable absence, the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.

1:10.6

She testified in March that U.S. intelligence agencies had assessed that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon.

1:18.4

Trump has since said that she was wrong.

1:21.2

Meanwhile, Trump attended a NATO summit in the Netherlands yesterday.

1:25.6

The military alliance's 32 nations agreed to more than double

1:29.8

their defense spending, and Trump offered his most full-throated backing of a group he once threatened

1:36.4

to abandon. The Trump administration sued all 15 federal judges in Maryland.

1:48.8

That's number two.

1:51.3

Since President Trump returned to office, Maryland's federal courthouses have played a big role in slowing or stopping much of his agenda.

2:00.8

Trump officials have responded to rulings they don't like by attacking judges, and also by

2:06.0

questioning the power of federal courts to second-guess decisions made by Trump and his

2:11.2

cabinet. But the administration went a step further yesterday. The Justice Department sued

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