{"id":4266,"date":"2026-06-02T02:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/06\/02\/trump-news-at-a-glance-trump-mediates-between-israel-and-hezbollah-in-effort-to-salvage-iran-peace-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T02:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:45:59","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-trump-mediates-between-israel-and-hezbollah-in-effort-to-salvage-iran-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=4266","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Trump mediates between Israel and Hezbollah in effort to salvage Iran peace talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"d27e4e68-8e90-4950-a751-ec6221411775\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man holds an Iranian flag in front of a large billboard in Tehran showing a bread loaf image\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4a4b02f19457c371dab0b88fa5e0a55459fe0f92\/1000_0_5000_4000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A man holds an Iranian flag near an anti-US billboard depicting Donald Trump and the strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran on 30 May.<\/span> Photograph: Majid-Asgaripour\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"d27e4e68-8e90-4950-a751-ec6221411775\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A man holds an Iranian flag near an anti-US billboard depicting Donald Trump and the strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran on 30 May.<\/span> Photograph: Majid-Asgaripour\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<div class=\"dcr-13sure5\">\n<div class=\"dcr-47lvke\"><a href=\"\/tone\/explainers\" class=\"dcr-epjkf7\">Explainer<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Trump news at a glance: Trump mediates between Israel and Hezbollah in effort to salvage Iran peace talks<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-b3fmmo\">\n<p>Tehran says Israel\u2019s operation in Lebanon is violation of existing ceasefire with US, throwing wrench in planned peace talks \u2013 key US politics stories from Monday 1 June<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Peace talks planned between the US and Iran are in limbo yet again, sparked by the Israeli offensive in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/lebanon\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said \u201cunequivocal violation of the ceasefire on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts\u201d and the US and Israel would be held responsible. A news agency aligned to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Tehran was suspending its participation in talks designed to end the blockade of the strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Donald Trump spent some of Monday mediating with Israel\u2019s prime minister, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/benjamin-netanyahu\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>, and representatives of Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The US president said in a social media post that both agreed that \u201call shooting will stop\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">According to a statement by Lebanon\u2019s presidency, under the proposed arrangement Israel would not strike Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs if Hezbollah did not launch attacks against Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">But that arrangement was uncertain later on Monday as the Israeli military says it has intercepted two rockets launched from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/lebanon\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Lebanon<\/a> into Israel territory.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.QAndAExplainerBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\">\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"iran-threatens-to-suspend-peace-talks\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">Iran threatens to suspend peace talks<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Iran has indicated it is suspending all further contacts through mediators with the US over the Israeli offensive in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/lebanon\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Lebanon<\/a> and as the two sides skirmished amid a faltering ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The apparent collapse of talksfollowed the US hitting Iranian radar and drone sites at the weekend and Tehran on Monday saying it had countered by targeting a military base in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/kuwait\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Kuwait<\/a> that it claimed was involved in the US operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jun\/01\/iran-strikes-us-military-base-kuwait-iranian-air-defences\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"democrats-vow-to-challenge-trumps-18bn-maga-slush-fund-in-us-senate\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">Democrats vow to challenge Trump\u2019s $1.8bn \u2018Maga slush fund\u2019 in US Senate<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/democrats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Democrats<\/a> in the US Senate vowed to force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/republicans\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Republicans<\/a> to vote on a $1.8bn \u201cMaga slush fund\u201d established as part of a resolution of Donald Trump\u2019s long-shot lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">US president<\/a> has described the secretive and loosely controlled \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d as a means of paying the victims of politicized prosecutions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/21\/senate-republicans-to-ditch-trump-ballroom-funding\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Members of his own party<\/a> are among those who have expressed alarm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/01\/senate-democrats-challenge-trump-slush-fund\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"ex-fed-chair-jerome-powell-sounds-alarm-over-political-interference\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">Ex-Fed chair Jerome Powell sounds alarm over political interference<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/jerome-powell\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Jerome Powell<\/a>, the former chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/federal-reserve\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Federal Reserve<\/a>, has warned that a single act of political interference in monetary policy could permanently destroy public trust in the central bank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">As Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump\u2019s administration<\/a> continues to test the Fed\u2019s longstanding independence, Powell said in a speech on Sunday night that the institution was in the midst of a \u201cstress test\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/jun\/01\/federal-reserve-jerome-powell-kennedy-award\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"colorado-elections-clerk-tina-peters-released-from-prison-after-sentence-commuted\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters released from prison after sentence commuted<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/15\/tina-peters-colorado-election-clerk-commutation\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Tina Peters<\/a>, the former clerk convicted of participating in a scheme to chase election conspiracy theories promulgated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a>, was released from prison on Monday after the president successfully pressured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/colorado\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Colorado<\/a>\u2019s Democratic governor into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/15\/colorado-governor-tina-peters\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">commuting her sentence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/01\/tina-peters-colorado-election-released-prison\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"several-protesters-arrested-at-new-jersey-ice-facility-as-clashes-continue\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">Several protesters arrested at New Jersey ICE facility as clashes continue<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">On Monday afternoon, over an hour south of Newark, a few dozen protesters outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-jersey\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">New Jersey<\/a> state legislature in Trenton condemned Democratic governor Mikie Sherrill\u2019s decision to send in the state police to Delaney Hall, the Newark immigration detention center that has seen more than a week of chaotic and often violent clashes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/01\/new-jersey-ice-detention-center-protests\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"transgender-troops-can-remain-in-us-military-but-enlistment-can-be-blocked-court-rules\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">Transgender troops can remain in US military, but enlistment can be blocked, court rules<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Transgender troops can remain in the US military, but the armed services can continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/may\/08\/trump-pentagon-trans-military-ban\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">block<\/a> their enlistment, an appeals court ruled on Monday in a split decision with potentially significant consequences for the Trump administration\u2019s anti-diversity agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/01\/transgender-troops-military-enlistment-ruling\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"what-else-happened-today\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">What else happened today:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/01\/new-jersey-ice-detention-center-protests\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Officials in New Jersey said on Monday that several protesters were arrested overnight for defying a curfew at Delaney Hall<\/a><\/strong>, the Newark immigration detention center that has seen more than a week of chaotic and often violent clashes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jun\/01\/meta-ai-hack-obama-sephora-instagram\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Hackers used Meta\u2019s AI-powered support chatbot to infiltrate high-profile Instagram accounts<\/a><\/strong>, the company confirmed on Monday, saying it had resolved the problem after researchers exposed it. The targets ranged from Barack Obama\u2019s White House account to Sephora and the US Space Force Chief Master Sergeant, according to reporting from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/hackers-simply-asked-meta-ai-to-give-them-access-to-high-profile-instagram-accounts-it-worked\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">404 Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">With the Fifa World Cup just two weeks away, immigrant rights advocates in the 11 US host cities <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/01\/ice-fifa-world-cup-immigrant-rights\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">are mobilizing to protect fans and residents from immigration enforcement activities this summer<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Tech billionaires <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/01\/tech-billionaires-california-elections\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">have shelled out hundreds of millions of dollars ahead of the 2 June primary election in California<\/a><\/strong>, in an unrivaled attempt to influence who gets to run the state that Silicon Valley calls home.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/california\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">California<\/a> community of Huntington Beach, known for banning the Pride flag from city property and fighting the state over pandemic and housing policy, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/01\/california-robert-garcia-huntington-beach-congress-race\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">could soon be represented by a gay, Democratic congressman<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"dcr-ibrox0\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Catching up?<em> Here\u2019s what happened on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/01\/trump-news-at-a-glance-latest-updates-today\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">31 May 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"ce848fa5-3b64-480d-bc88-fb991d36bc86\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.EmbedBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1rrvs2w\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/trump-administration\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Trump administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/series\/trump-administration-briefing\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Trump administration briefing<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a 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