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June 21, 2026

Four Fingers News — Sunday, June 21, 2026

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Sunday, June 21, 2026
FROM THE EDITOR · June 21, 2026

Day 114. Father’s Day, and I keep hearing my old man: a handshake’s worth nothing till the other guy actually does the thing. The MOU’s barely a week old and Iran’s military is already calling it breached over the Lebanon strikes — declaring Hormuz closed even as its own foreign ministry says shipping’s normal and CENTCOM logged 55 ships through the strait Saturday. Closed, open, breached, holding: take your pick. I still only trust the metal, and the metal’s moving, so the strait’s working whatever the generals announce. But a deal that’s “breached” this fast was never much of a deal. I’ll keep counting ships. Pour one for the old man.

— T.
The Run Down
THE TALKS
Vance Lands at Lucerne to Open Iran Talks; Tehran Ties the Nuclear Phase to a Lebanon Truce
Vice President JD Vance touched down at Emmen Air Base outside Lucerne just before 6 a.m. local time Sunday to formally open negotiations with an Iranian delegation led by parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, with Pakistan and Qatar mediating.
LEBANON
Israel Orders Troops to Hold Ground; Day-Old Truce Already Fraying
Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz directed the IDF to stay in occupied southern Lebanon and hold fire everywhere but contested Ali al-Taher Hill, a day after a US-, Qatar- and Iran-brokered ceasefire was announced.
HORMUZ
Tehran Says the Strait Is Shut Again; Washington Says It Never Closed
Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed once more over what it called Israeli violations in Lebanon; US Central Command says the channel stays open.
CONGRESS
Senate Returns Monday Under an Iran War-Powers Clock
The chamber adjourned Saturday until Monday with an agreement to take up the Iran hostilities question no later than Thursday.
SCOTUS
Birthright-Citizenship Ruling Still Out as the Term Closes
The justices are expected to decide Trump v. Barbara — on the order ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented and temporary-visa holders — before recessing at June’s end.
WORLD CUP
Netherlands Routs Sweden; Germany Survives Ivory Coast
Saturday’s second group round saw the Dutch beat Sweden 5–1 and Japan thump Tunisia 4–0, while Germany edged Ivory Coast 2–1 and Ecuador and Curaçao played to a scoreless draw.
NORTHWEST
Red Sox Sink Seattle Again; Mariners Even Up on the Solstice
Boston took the second game 5–1 Saturday on Abreu’s fourth-inning homer, dropping the AL West-leading Mariners to 39–39 — back to .500 for the first time since May 29.
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