The Powers That Be: Daily

Julia Ioffe and Peter untangle the framework peace deal between the United States and Iran, which seems to shift by the hour as Israel, Tehran, and Washington trade competing details. They also explain why J.D. Vance has emerged as the deal’s most visible champion, using the moment to cement his standing with Trump.

Jon Kelly and Peter reunite to work through the CNN-CBS News pro forma possibilities as the era of belt-tightening beckons at WarnerMount. Then the duo trade some final observations about Fox’s acquisition of Roku.

Fresh off of the Knicks' historic championship victory, John sits down with ESPN's Brian Windhorst and New York's own Mike Breen to dig into James Dolan's ownership of the team, the undervalued roster Leon Rose quietly assembled, and why Jalen Brunson is essentially funding his own teammates. Breen also expands on his emotional call as the clock hit zero.

Malique Morris joins Peter to discuss Target’s big bet on bringing Isaac Mizrahi back as creative director at large, hoping his playful, kitschy sensibility can revive the “Tarjay” magic as Amazon, Walmart, and Quince push in. Then they get into Net-a-Porter’s shrink-to-grow overhaul under Mytheresa’s new ownership. 

Ian Krietzberg and Peter get to the bottom of why Trump put the kibosh on Anthropic’s powerful new Fable model, how Dario Amodei screwed the pooch, whether the freakout is overblown, and what it all means for the rest of us.

Julia Alexander joins Peter to get into Fox's first giant move under Lachlan Murdoch: a $22 billion bet on Roku, the ubiquitous TV operating system in 100 million U.S. households. Then they get into the record-breaking World Cup and Knicks ratings, and the perennial mysteries of Nielsen numbers.

Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to break down Graham Platner’s momentum, and the public restaurant blow-up between Chuck Schumer and David Krone over the candidate Schumer reluctantly inherited. Then they discuss Trump’s Iran ceasefire, which has already been downgraded from “peace deal” to a “memorandum of understanding.”

The besties Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby are reunited to share their deep readings on the latest reverberations of Pelleyghazi before turning their attention to the realities of Pat McAfee economics.

Dylan sits down with Fox One head Pete Distad to discuss why the World Cup is a make-or-break moment for Fox's streaming service. They dive into the platform's new features designed to pull in and retain fans and why sports fans are sticking around for Fox News in greater numbers than anticipated.

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Eriq Gardner swings by to discuss two mind-melting legal sagas: Ken Paxton’s “dark patterns” lawsuit accusing Netflix of ensnaring kids with addictive algorithms, and the University of Cincinnati’s lawsuit against a transfer quarterback for potentially breaching the terms of his $1 million NIL contract.