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On June 19, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1861, José Rizal, Filipino journalist, author, and poet (died 1896) was born. In 1914, Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (died 2000) was born. In 1915, Julius Schwartz, American publisher and agent (died 2004) was born. In 1941, Otto Hirsch, German jurist and politician (born 1885) passed away. In 1955, Mary Schapiro, American lawyer and politician was born. In 2007, Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist and author (born 1932) passed away. In 2007, The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured. In 2009, Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef. In 2013, Vince Flynn, American author (born 1966) passed away. In 2020, Animal rights advocate Regan Russell is run over and killed by a transport truck outside of a pig slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Murdoch Paper Humiliates Trump With Scathing Weakness Verdict

The Daily Beast

June 19, 2026

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Murdoch Paper Humiliates Trump With Scathing Weakness Verdict

Evelyn Hockstein / REUTERSRupert Murdoch’s flagship newspaper savaged Donald Trump after the president finally conceded that he needed to cut a deal with Iran to avoid a global “economic catastrophe.”The Wall Street Journal, which Trump called a “rotten” newspaper in an unhinged attack aboard Air Force One last May, unloaded on Trump on Thursday after the president defended his tentative agreement with Tehran, which he insisted would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon while ending months of economic disruption tied to the conflict.A panicked Trump, 80, told the G7 summit in France on Wednesday that the Iran war that he started on Feb. 28 and has cost U.S. consumers and taxpayers an estimated 132 billion, “could have caused an international depression.” Read more at The Daily Beast.

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