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Washington Monthly  on June 16, 2026


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Talarico's 12-day flu absence triggers Paxton 'proof of life' attacks, viral mental-health conspiracy theories denied by the Ohio facility, as Texas Senate poll shows 45-45 tie
Meta released Muse Spark Open, an 816B-parameter open-weight AI model optimized with Apple to run locally on two M5 Ultra Mac Studios instead of data centers
New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia's rocky debut was eclipsed by reports she never passed any bar exam, as she announced Kimberly Guilfoyle's forced resignation as Greece ambassador
Two boat capsizes killed dozens: 13 children on India's Ganges River in Bihar, and 139 migrants off Djibouti en route to Yemen, per officials and the IOM
India's Supreme Court issues contempt notices over detention of thousands in Delhi's 'Cockroach' protests demanding election chief Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over voter-roll revision
Trump cancels Pentagon plan to livestream Nidal Hasan's December 3 firing-squad execution after bipartisan, UN, and religious backlash; execution proceeds untelevised
Israeli police arrest 10 suspects after settler attacks injured a Washington Post photographer and European diplomats during the West Bank olive harvest
UK deploys RAF Typhoon jets to defend Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks kill dozens, US evacuates diplomats, and Brent tops $110
European Parliament awards 2026 Sakharov Prize to the US-sanctioned ICC, rejecting Trump's October 9 sanctions and "brick by brick" dismantling threats
Roof collapse at Peshawar's private Al-Khair school kills roughly 28–34 people, mostly children under 13; owner arrested for substandard construction
Record rainfall since 1942 floods Istanbul, killing at least two including an electrocuted teenager, shutting schools and paralyzing traffic
NASA's Perseverance rover drove 45.2 km on Mars, breaking Opportunity's off-world driving record in just 5.5 years
Cornell bans all fraternity parties until fall 2027 amid lawsuit alleging seven Chi Phi members drugged and gang-raped a student in 2024
AI-discovered "PHP2Shell" critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618/109619) force global website shutdowns and emergency patches after details leak early
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize went to Navi Pillay, who chaired the UN inquiry finding genocide in Gaza; hours later the US sanctioned the entire ICC
Pope Leo XIV declared cancer-free after Oct. 13 lung adenocarcinoma surgery; doctors say no further treatment is needed and his November Latin America trip should proceed
















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