The White House has pushed to develop new options that could help deter Tehran without escalating into a full-out war.
| | | June 24, 2019 | Morning Edition | | | | Good Monday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. | |
| _____________________ | | • American intelligence and military officers are working on additional clandestine plans regarding Iran, pushed by the White House to develop new options that could help deter Tehran without escalating tensions into a full-out conventional war. | | • United States Cyber Command conducted online attacks against an Iranian intelligence group that American officials believe helped plan the attacks against oil tankers in recent weeks, targeting the group as well as the country’s missile launch systems. | | • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has increased his power and influence with President Trump, but his hard-line policies on Iran are running into Mr. Trump’s isolationist instincts. | | • John Bolton, Mr. Trump’s national security adviser, warned Iran on Sunday not to “mistake U.S. prudence and discretion for weakness,” saying that military action remained an option even though the United States called off one military strike last week. | | | | • We asked the Democratic presidential candidates how they would improve the health care system. Some want to eliminate private insurance, but many others said that was a step too far. | | • Mayor Pete Buttigieg held a town-hall event Sunday to address a police shooting in South Bend, Ind. He listened to complaints. He admitted failures. But there was little of the soothing emotional empathy that politicians strive to deliver in such moments. | | • Though many African-Americans in South Carolina have favored Joseph R. Biden Jr., they are taking a hard look at several other candidates, suggesting the pursuit of African-American support in 2020 will be far more competitive than in 2016 and 2008. | | • A United Nations report described how a team of Saudi assassins called Jamal Khashoggi a “sacrificial animal” before his murder, and urged an F.B.I. investigation. But President Trump demurred, saying the episode had already been thoroughly investigated and noting that Saudi Arabia is an important trading partner. | | | | • The White House unveiled the economic portion of its Middle East peace plan, pledging to improve the lot of the Palestinians. The 38-page plan sets ambitious goals, but there are no concrete dollar commitments from the United States. | | • President Trump on Saturday delayed plans for nationwide raids to deport undocumented families, but he threatened to unleash Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in two weeks if Democrats do not submit to changes in asylum law. | | • President Trump denied that he had sexually assaulted the advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s, saying multiple times to reporters on Saturday that he had “no idea” who Ms. Carroll was. | | • Joe Sestak, a former Navy admiral and congressman from Pennsylvania, said he was joining the crowded field of Democratic candidates running for president in 2020, bringing the count to 24. | | _____________________ | | Were you forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox. | | Is there anything you think we’re missing? Anything you want to see more of? We’d love to hear from you. Email us at onpolitics@nytimes.com. | | |
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