The DayThe Day: Thursday, June 19, 2026 (#60)
The US and Iran sign a peace agreement in Switzerland. Tornadoes cut through the Midwest. The Obama Presidential Center opens on Juneteenth.
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The DayThe Day: Tuesday, June 17, 2026 (#58)
Switzerland sets the signing for Friday. The Fed holds. Georgia picks a Senate nominee.
The DayThe Day: Monday, June 16, 2026 (#57)
Ships are moving through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time in weeks. The Federal Reserve begins its June meeting. The World Cup plays on.
The DayThe Day: Thursday, June 12, 2026 (#55)
A surveillance program set to lapse for the first time in its history, the Iran war's reach into the economy, and a guilty plea in a politically motivated killing.
The DayThe Day: Wednesday, June 11, 2026 (#54)
Iran declares the April ceasefire meaningless after new overnight strikes. The World Cup opens in Mexico City. The Senate blocks the voter ID bill for the third time.
The DayThe Day: Tuesday, June 10, 2026 (#53)
The Pentagon confirms an Iranian drone downed an American helicopter. US and Iran trade direct strikes on each other's military assets. The House funds border enforcement for three years. Belfast burns. Congress holds a rare hearing on the Colorado River's uncertain future.
The DayThe Day: Monday, June 9, 2026 (#52)
Israel and Iran pull back from direct strikes. Global conflicts at their highest level since World War II. A federal judge throws out a $100,000 visa fee. Sweden takes phones away from students.
The DayThe Day: Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Two U.S. Navy destroyers transit the Strait of Hormuz under Iranian fire. Neither is struck.
The DayThe Day: Monday, May 4, 2026
The U.S. military begins guiding commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The last time America tried this, it was 1987.
The DayThe Day: Wednesday, April 29, 2026
The UAE leaves OPEC after fifty-nine years of membership, effective May 1.
The Day: Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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The DayThe Day: Monday, April 27, 2026
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The DayThe Day: April 21, 2026
The blockade is eight days old. China has entered the conversation. And in the Coral Sea, scientists found more than a hundred species nobody knew existed.
The DayThe Day: April 20, 2026
The U.S. Navy is blockading Iranian ports. Both sides are heading back to Islamabad. The ceasefire expires tomorrow.
The DayThe Day: April 16, 2026
Iran mined the Strait of Hormuz and then lost track of where it put the mines. The ceasefire demands their removal. Six days remain.
The DayThe Day: April 15, 2026
The Iran ceasefire reaches its halfway point. The Strait of Hormuz hasn't reopened. At the pump, the war costs four dollars and sixteen cents a gallon.
The DayThe Day: March 27, 2026
An Iranian missile wounds American troops at a Saudi base, Tehran formalizes its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, and markets close their worst week since the war began.
The DayThe Day: March 26, 2026
Israel says it killed Iran's naval commander as the war enters a new phase and diplomacy runs on a parallel track.