The Daily Populous

Sunday June 28th, 2026 night edition

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The Board of Peace’s chair, Donald Trump, would have the right to waive someone’s legal immunity, pending majority support from his peace board, the June 2026 draft resolution states.

The seven-member “executive board” that leads the Board of Peace includes Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner; special envoy Steve Witkoff; the president’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles; and his national security adviser, Marco Rubio.

The White House referred questions to the Board of Peace.

double quotation mark The Board of Peace is taking a page out of Israel’s repressive playbook Omar Shakir.

The UN security council authorized the Board of Peace to oversee the administration of Gaza until 31 December 2027.

It’s unclear if the Board of Peace could draw on the UN immunities for its own protection.

The Board of Peace did not respond to questions about what additional parties, if any, would sign its sweeping resolution. »

AOC to Johnson and Trump: 'If You Don’t Want to Be Prosecuted for Crimes, Don’t Do Crimes'

Authored by commondreams.org
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“If we lose the midterms, heaven forbid, these Democrats—y’all, impeachment isn’t even the real concern,” Johnson told the crowd.

"The Speaker of the House just talked like a guy guarding a operation that can’t survive daylight," said Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.).

"And these are just a handful of the things that were publicly reported on—imagine what we don't know about yet.". »

Iran says it has launched retaliatory strikes on U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain

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In Iran, state broadcaster IRIB said early Sunday local time that explosions were heard in Sirik in southern Iran, without providing further details.

"Iran was ​given a chance to ⁠honour the ceasefire agreement but ⁠elected not to," CENTCOM said in a statement.

Washington said earlier that it hit Iranian targets overnight, while Iran said it had struck targets linked to U.S. forces. »

US military says it struck 10 targets in Iran as ceasefire is strained by 2nd day of attacks

Authored by apnews.com

It later specified the strikes involved 10 Iranian military targets at multiple locations in and near the Strait of Hormuz.

US says strikes were a response to Iranian attack on oil tanker. U.S. Central Command said that in this latest attack Iranian forces attacked the oil tanker Kiku with a one-way drone.

The tanker was laden with more than two million barrels of crude oil and sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. »