The Washington Post is reporting that the Trump Justice Department sought to force reporters for The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal into testifying before a federal grand jury, but withdrew the subpoenas earlier this month after they were challenged by the news organizations. Nicolle is joined by Richard Stengel, Melissa Murray, and Marc Elias for reaction. 

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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned after a tenure marked by allegations that she had an affair with a security staffer and that her husband sexually assaulted her employees.

Chavez-DeRemer’s departure makes her the third Senate-confirmed Cabinet official — all of whom are women — to leave the administration under President Donald Trump’s second term.

It is unclear when her resignation is effective. The Labor Department and the White House and did not immediately respond to MS NOW’s request for comment.

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Vice President JD Vance is now the public face of President Trump’s Iran deal, despite Vance reportedly opposing the war in private. While the latest talks in Switzerland produced an interim agreement allowing UN nuclear inspectors back into Iran, key issues, including Tehran’s nuclear program, remain unresolved. Critics from both parties are attacking the deal with one former senior administration official telling MS NOW it was “a complete capitulation” to Iran, adding, “that’s just salesmanship. That’s putting lipstick on a very ugly pig.” MS NOW’s Jake Traylor joins Way Too Early with the latest reporting.

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MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how Donald Trump “eagerly signed a disastrously bad deal with Iran” and is now “simply lying and claiming that he got Iran’s unconditional surrender which the world knows is an absolute lie.”

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“It’s kind of hard to tell his name is gone.”

At the end of May, a federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to remove Trump’s name from the building. While his name is now gone, a tarp still obscures the facade where it once appeared. Now, the judge is demanding answers about why the tarp remains and has ordered the Kennedy Center to provide an explanation by next month.

MS NOW’s Legal Affairs Reporter Fallon Gallagher explains.

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