Spotify and UMG plan to let Premium users create AI covers and remixes using music from participating UMG artists as a paid add-on, without giving a launch date (Jem Aswad/Variety)
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Trump’s fragile agreement with Iran has introduced a new variable into this year’s midterm elections.
Democratic candidates have assailed the agreement,
arguing that the president accepted unfavorable terms to try to end an unnecessary war that hurt the economy.
Republicans have been more divided.
Some, eager to turn the page on the unpopular war, are hailing falling gas prices and praising Trump for weakening Iran’s military capabilities,
while others are expr…
Spotify and UMG plan to let Premium users create AI covers and remixes using music from participating UMG artists as a paid add-on, without giving a launch date (Jem Aswad/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/spotify-un…
How Trump's Fragile Agreement With Iran Is Shaping the Midterms (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/politics/trump-iran-agreement-midterms.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260621/p5#a260621p5
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Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability, according to news reports citing people familiar with the matter.
Trump is expected to announce that he will ask Congress to approve the agreement with Saudi Arabia.
The timing of the announcement is controversial as the US’s war with Iran is being fought in part to prevent Tehran enriching uranium domestically and make it near-impossible for Iran to build a…
Cool name! Trump asks Americans to vote on this acronym rebranding ICE (Geoff Earle/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/06/20/us-news/cool-name-trump-asks-americans-to-vote-on-acronym-rebranding-ice/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260620/p40#a260620p40
Sources: SpaceX isn't acquiring Cursor immediately because the deal could delay its IPO; Cursor is no longer proceeding with its reported $2B funding round (Bloomberg)
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The Iran deal comes with a familiar false promise
Vance’s defense of the Iran deal contradicts itself.
Asked whether Iran would gain access to a $300 billion reconstruction fund, he did not say no.
Instead, he laid out the points about Iran’s cooperation and its integration into the “world economy” and the United States inviting other countries to invest.
But, once the funds were invested, they would not evaporate because Iran violated the agreement.
If a c…