Mortgage rates fell below 6.5% this week as the US and Iran moved closer to a deal to end the conflict.
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.47% this week through Wednesday, down from 6.52%… [+6842 chars]

Mortgage rates fell below 6.5% this week as the US and Iran moved closer to a deal to end the conflict.

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Mortgage rates dropped this week as Iran peace deal took shape: Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, June 18, 2026 - Yahoo Finance

The US, and by extension Israel, have suffered a strategic defeat. The regime in Tehran faced its worst nightmare: a joint military operation to cripple or destroy it by the US, the world's strongest… [+105 chars]

While the human cost is clear, the Iranian regime has not just survived the war, it has been empowered.

BBC News

Bowen: US-Iran deal raises inescapable question of what the war was for - BBC

Almost 1,000 drones and four Ukrainian cruise missiles were intercepted and destroyed across the country in 24 hours, Russia's defence ministry was quoted as saying. An oil depot was struck in the so… [+49 chars]

A refinery and a shopping centre burned after almost 200 Ukrainian drones struck an area to the south-east of the Russian capital.

Moscow residents complain of black rain after largest Ukrainian attack hits oil refinery - BBC

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Texas man who challenged a federal law that bars certain drug users from having firearms.
In a unanimous decision in the case U.S. v. H… [+5396 chars]

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Texas man who challenged a federal law that bars certain drug users from having firearms.

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Mortgage rates dropped this week as Iran peace deal took shape: Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, June 18, 2026 - Yahoo Finance

Bowen: US-Iran deal raises inescapable question of what the war was for - BBC

Moscow residents complain of black rain after largest Ukrainian attack hits oil refinery - BBC

Supreme Court sides with Texas man who challenged law barring drug users from having guns - CBS News