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Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Behnam Ben Taleblu discusses the latest on the deal between the United States and Iran, and University of Texas at Austin's Peniel Joseph discusses the history and significance of Juneteenth.

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) celebrated the New York Knicks championship at the team's ticker-tape parade on Thursday.

"For 53 long years we have watched and we have waited," he said. "We waited without ever knowing if this day would come and we waited because we knew deep down in our sick, suffering hearts that it would. New York City, this team has done it. The New York Knicks are NBA champions!"

The Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals in a five-game series, giving the franchise its first title since 1973.

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Vice President JD Vance pushed back Thursday on Israeli critics of the Iran deal, noting the U.S. was Israel's only remaining powerful ally.

"Donald J. Trump is the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time. And he happens to be the head of state of the world's superpower," he told reporters at a briefing.

"If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world."

President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were aligned when launching the war on Feb. 28, but have since grown apart as their war objectives diverge.

Israeli officials, who wanted the war to continue, have reportedly expressed "deep concern" about the deal, according to Axios. Prime Minister Netanyahu has remained silent since the memorandum of understanding was made public on Wednesday.

Vice President Vance pointed out that two-thirds of Israel's defensive weapons were built and paid for by the U.S. and that the country's problem "is not Donald Trump."

"Anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the president of the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of the situation in that country," he said.

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Vice President JD Vance on Thursday urged Republican critics of the Iran deal to "have a little bit of faith" in President Trump.

"The idea that he is going to strike a deal that's bad for the American people, it's preposterous," he told reporters at a White House briefing. "He believes in this deal. He is going to see it to completion. And if the Iranians don't comply, we still have every single tool and point of leverage that we have today."

As the vice president was speaking, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), the chair of the Armed Services Committee, put out a statement saying he was concerned the deal "negotiates away the victories of Operation Epic Fury in ways that are completely out of step with the president's goals."

"Specifically, the $300 billion fund for the reconstruction and economic development of Iran — though not funded by U.S. taxpayers — would make Iran's payoff under President Obama's 2015 deal look like a pittance by comparison," the senator wrote.

Sen. Wicker called it an "error" to force Israel to stand down against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and to lift sanctions on Iran in exchange for the country's "mere agreement to negotiate for another 60 days," arguing they will use that money against U.S. interests.

"President Trump has pursued peace through strength. I hope the intermediaries working on this deal are not undermining that objective," he said.

Vice President Vance said that a lot of what he has read or heard about the deal is "fundamentally untrue."

"I think that when people get to understand not just the agreement, but our negotiating posture as a country, they will realize this is an excellent thing for the American people," he told reporters.

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Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said President Trump was "joking" when he said the previous day that he would blame his vice president, who was closely involved in negotiations over the Iran deal, if the second phase of the talks go poorly.

"I think the president was joking, as he often does," Vice President Vance said during a briefing at the White House.

"We're going to get to a good place. We're already at a good place. It's just a question of whether we can really get the icing on the top of fundamentally transforming Iran's relationship with the world."

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Vice President JD Vance on Thursday defended letting Iran keep its large arsenal of ballistic missiles as part of the preliminary deal, saying it was impossible to tell any country they were not allowed to maintain their right to self-defense.

"Countries don't give up the right of self-defense. Israel doesn't give up the right of self-defense if Hezbollah fires rockets or drones at Israel. The Iranians don't give up their right of self-defense in their country," he said at a briefing. "But we do expect that as part of the final deal they are not going to be able to build the kind of missiles that can broadly threaten the entire world."

U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, said at the start of the war that eliminating Iran's ballistic missile program was a key objective.

"You can't tell a country, whether Israel or Iran, that they're not allowed to have any self-defense," the vice president said.

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President Trump told reporters Wednesday night that he had signed the memorandum of understanding with Iran while at the Palace of Versailles.

"It's signed," he said while departing the palace after dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron. "I signed it in Versailles."

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President Trump arrived at the Palace of Versailles on Wednesday evening for a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron following the conclusion of the G7 summit in Evian.

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06/18/2026

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