June 22, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – June 21, 2026

June 22, 2026 by George Bounacos

DNI Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe at a conference table in the White House Situation Room in 2025

Then director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sat beside CIA Director John Ratcliffe as the U.S. bombed Iran in June 2025, days after Trump called her Iran assessment wrong. (Official White House photo by Daniel Torok)

JD Vance finally sat down with Iranian leaders in a Swiss resort on Sunday to end a war his own boss spent the day threatening to restart. The talks were set for Friday and called off when Israeli strikes on Lebanon put the ceasefire back in doubt, and Vance boarded the plane only once a … Read more