https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/22/style/video/salmon-sperm-facial-k-beauty-spc-hnk-digvid
As the US and Iran hammer out how to permanently reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart the flow of Middle Eastern oil, the market’s next move may depend on one country absent from the negotiations: China. The world’s second-largest consumer of crude oil, China, has pulled out all the stops to preserve supplies as the war in Iran has cut off access to more than 11 million barrels of oil per day. By cutting down on imports, relying on vast stockpiles and utilizing more clean energy, China has been able to cushion the impact of higher prices at home, if not alleviate it completely. Those actions have been felt in the global market as well.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/22/energy/oil-price-china-dependence-iran-war-intl-hnk
The first major poll conducted since the Trump administration signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran has a point that seems like good news for Trump: Americans overwhelmingly agree he should end the war rather than push for more concessions. But it’s not because they actually like the agreement; it’s because they think the war is a debacle, and they just want to be done with it. A new CBS News-YouGov poll shows that even as Americans get their first glimpse — however tentative — of the finish line, it hasn’t improved their views of the war one iota.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/22/politics/trump-iran-deal-poll
Two more men have been charged in the alleged plot to attack the UFC White House fight earlier this month, providing new insight on how far in preparation the Justice Department believes the group came in carrying out the would-be attack. One man, who was arrested Sunday at his mother’s home in Missouri, told officers he felt he had “armed a terrorist,” according to a new criminal complaint. The man, Jordan Rincker, allegedly gave another defendant in the case a firearm in exchange for money, a computer and a 3D printer to help build drones rigged with explosives.
The large-scale cuts that President Donald Trump’s acting director of national intelligence had been considering imposing at his own office started on Monday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. “The deep state firings have begun,” the source said, declining to give details on how many jobs had been cut. Sources had previously told CNN that Bill Pulte, Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence in an acting capacity, was looking at cutting hundreds of jobs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Last week, Pulte showed up to his new job a day early after asking for a list of every employee in the office, sources told CNN, catching even outgoing director Tulsi Gabbard off-guard.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/22/politics/odni-firings-underway-bill-pulte