Schrödinger’s Deal

Good afternoon. This is the Final NOTUS newsletter for June 15, 2026. You can get it in your inbox every day by signing up here — it’s free!

THE LATEST

We still don’t know what’s in Donald Trump’s “memorandum of understanding” with Iran. But he and JD Vance have already put their John Hancocks on the document, electronically, the president told reporters today ahead of G7 summit meetings. The full text will be released “sometime after Friday.”

• Oil prices dropped significantly today while stocks got a lift.
• Israelis across the political spectrum are angry with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces reelection this year, about the country being sidelined during the dealmaking process.

THE ADMINISTRATION

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the DOJ is investigating him for an unknown reason. Federal agents are knocking on the doors of his family and former employees, including his wife; demanding records and old documents; and “abusing the grand jury process,” he said.

Preservation groups filed a new suit over Trump’s plan to turn D.C.’s West Potomac Park into a “National Garden of American Heroes,” citing the increasing costs the president’s projects have incurred.

The Trump administration weighed suspending habeas corpus rights for unauthorized immigrants last spring, The New York Times reports.

UFC CEO Dana White denounced fighter Josh Hokit’s comments calling Michelle Obama “a man” after last night’s UFC fight on the South Lawn, saying, “Everyone knows my position on free speech but I hate that kind of nonsense.”

• “He had a great win last night. He showed toughness and the ability to pressure his opponent both on his feet and on the ground,” White House spokesperson Steven Cheung said when asked about Hokit’s statement.

Trump is planning to host a July 4 rally at the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument — supplanting his earlier suggestion of holding an event on the National Mall on June 24.

THE HILL

The Senate will put an updated housing bill on the floor this week that includes provisions the House had previously stripped. A spokesperson for the House Financial Services Committee said the move “does not reflect an agreement” with the committee.

The Senate could vote as soon as Thursday to confirm Jay Clayton’s nomination for director of national intelligence, following the results of a Senate Intelligence hearing Wednesday.

THE COURTS

The Supreme Court will consider whether ICE detainees with criminal records can be held indefinitely while their pending deportation cases proceed.

The court will also decide whether states can use six-person juries in criminal cases, instead of the usual 12.

NO, FOR REAL THIS TIME

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