NPR News: 06-16-2026 10PM EDT

Ryland Barton· Host0:00

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Billionaire business owner Rick Jackson has won the Republican nomination for Georgia governor after a runoff primary election against President Trump's pick, Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones. That's according to a race call from the Associated Press. Jackson spent more than $100 million of his own money in the campaign. He'll face Democratic former mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms, in November. And in Georgia's closely watched Senate race, Republican Congressman Mike Collins won his primary election runoff and will challenge incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff in November, according to the AP. The matchup comes as the major parties battle for control of the Senate. Iran says the tentative deal to end the war with the US would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon. Meanwhile, President Trump is in the French Alps at the G7 Leaders Summit, and he's expressing frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as NPR's Franco Ordoñez reports.

Franco Ordoñez0:54

His main complaint is that Netanyahu just can't stop dropping bombs on Hezbollah and Lebanon, and he criticized some of the specific Israeli retaliation strikes, saying they went too far.

Donald Trump· Soundbite1:04

I've had a great relationship with Bibi, but now Bibi has to, uh, be more responsible with respect to Lebanon.

Franco Ordoñez1:13

Now, Trump seemed to be sending a message directly to Netanyahu when he also said, quote, "Israel would not exist right now if not for him." This is not necessarily new. I mean, we've been reporting on the friction between the two leaders over the course of the war for a net while