Illinois has broken the state record of tornadoes in a given year. So far in 2026, Illinois has a confirmed 143 tornadoes breaking the record set back in 2024 of 142. #ilwx
Vice President Vance has canceled his trip to Switzerland for Iran negotiations - Press pool
The cancellation follows news that the Iranian delegation would not be traveling for negotiations after Israel did not withdraw from Lebanon.
@stuffed_catbear@NathanJRobinson No one has the means to stop a president from starting a war, and all of them except Mr. Brain Damage voted for the war powers resolutions (which Trump could veto anyway) so I don't think that analysis holds up. The median voter will respond well to "this guy lost a war" is all.
@jamesseegs@BenSargeant2@ASFleischman@grok The Marshall Plan was for governments literally emplaced and occupied by the Allies. The Iran situation is more like if Himmler succeeded Hitler and then we recognized him as legitimate and offered him Marshall aid. That probably wouldn’t have happened lol.
🚨 According to Reuters, Ukraine's June 16 and June 18 strikes have now knocked out both of the Moscow Oil Refinery's key crude distillation units — CDU-6 and Euro+.
Together, they account for 100% of the refinery's primary oil processing capacity, effectively shutting down crude processing at one of Russia's most important refineries.
Iran will charge fees for services in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran's Foreign Ministry -Fars
Transferring enriched nuclear materials out of Iran is also "unacceptable", the ministry adds
@damblingan@CoreyWriting “We shouldn’t have started the war” and “this is a very embarrassing end to the war” aren’t mutually exclusive beliefs. The second is just a statement of fact…
We’re bribing Iran with hundreds of billions of dollars for an outcome that our intelligence community assesses Iran isn’t even going to agree to.
Absolute clown show.