Daily Briefing: Trump's dire message to Iran

Good morning!🙋🏼‍♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert. Still not over that "Love Island" recoupling.

Quick look at Tuesday's news:

• Civilians are fleeing Tehran as President Donald Trump said residents should evacuate the Iranian capital "before there is nothing left."
• Virginia's gubernatorial primary on Tuesday tests voters' moods.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed to preserve religious freedom against "emerging threats."

Trump urges everyone in Tehran to evacuate 'before it is too late'

President Donald Trump urged residents of Tehran to evacuate immediately after telling the country it should have signed a nuclear deal with the United States when talks were on the table.

More detail: Trump has said for days that Iran should make a nuclear deal with the U.S. But his message became more dire as he warned the Iranian capital's roughly 10 million residents to flee in the dead of night.

• Left the meeting: Trump returned to Washington from the Group of Seven summit Monday in Alberta, Canada, where he and other world leaders discussed the now dayslong air war between Israel and Iran.
• Sanders, Massie, Khanna and AOC joined forces to prevent U.S. strike on Iran: A number of prominent members of Congress said they will co-sponsor measures to block the U.S. from going to war with Iran.
• Did a pizza tracker predict this? Before Israel launched its top-secret attack on Iran, a viral social media account tracking pizza shop activity around the Pentagon predicted something was underway.

What to know on Virginia's primary day

Virginians head to the polls Tuesday in one of this year's banner election fights where President Trump's second-term policies are very much top of voters' minds. The most consequential of Tuesday's primary races center around who will be the next governor of Virginia, a state that has seen its share of the federal government workforce shrink at the hands of Trump and former DOGE leader Elon Musk. Whoever wins will make history as the first woman to be governor of Virginia.

More news to know now

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• A Diddy trial juror was officially kicked out over "inconsistencies."
• Don't confuse T-Mobile with Trump Mobile. What is Trump Mobile's "47 Plan"?

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Coinbase victims speak out as brazen hackers and a culture of silence collide

“They knew everything. My transaction history, my recent logins, even which tokens I’d moved and when. The shame is unbearable. I know the industry, the history of scams and had all the security measures in place.” 

~FK, an experienced tech entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, is one of dozens of victims of a stunningly sophisticated account-draining scam — exploiting trust, technology and a massive data breach at Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States. Each victim told Paste BN a nearly identical story of loss, heartbreak, and feeling ghosted by the company.

A Religious Liberty Commission just met for the first time

A small group of people walked out of Museum of the Bible's theater on Monday in protest of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's address at the inaugural meeting of President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission. Bondi said religious liberty has “come under attack” in the nation and mentioned the nearly two-dozen anti-abortion activists whom Trump pardoned in January. Some called Bondi's address "very extreme" and critics worried the commission lacked diversity of thought. But others expressed belief that the First Amendment doesn’t prevent the government from promoting religion and that it can and should do so. 

Today's talkers

• Brittany Maynard's husband says medical aid in dying helped him grieve.
• Bad Bunny's residency is supercharging Puerto Rico's tourism.
• Is "tankini summer" a signal of a push for modesty?
• 50 fun facts about "Jaws" as the movie celebrates the big 5-0.
• European satellites achieved an artificial eclipse in space to study the sun's corona.

Are you raising a relative?

An estimated 2.4 million American kids are being raised by relatives, not their parents. Most “kinship families,” or "grandfamilies," are formed suddenly, without planning. Grandmas, aunts, brothers and cousins take in young relatives amid crisis. Sometimes, government child welfare agencies take kids from parents if social workers decide they can’t provide basic needs and safety. An update to federal law in 2018 re-emphasized that agencies should provide the same assistance to relatives that is given to strangers who foster or adopt. Yet not all relatives are offered help to do so.

Raising a relative? Or did you grow up with one? Reporter Jayme Fraser would like to talk. She wants to tell more stories of kinship families, their challenges and their joys. Contact her at jfraser@gannett.com or by text or Signal at (541) 362-1393.

Photo of the day: The Razorbacks right-hand man

Arkansas' Gage Woods went seven innings without allowing a baserunner against Murray State on Monday, throwing the first College World Series no-hitter since 1960. Out of 119 pitches, Wood would only take one back.

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