June 8, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – June 7, 2026

June 8, 2026 by George Bounacos

Map of the Indian Ocean showing the remote British Indian Ocean Territory and the Diego Garcia base between Africa and Southeast Asia

The British Indian Ocean Territory sits roughly 9,000 miles from the United States, home to the Diego Garcia base that Trump now wants to buy. (Map: OpenStreetMap)

Donald Trump says he calls all the shots, and hours after he said it, Israel bombed Iran against his wishes. This is not a lie about crowd sizes. The leader of the world’s strongest military spent Sunday begging Netanyahu to hold fire and believed he had won. Israel bombed Iran anyway. A president who cannot … Read more