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NYTIMES (Leily Nikounazar and Sanjana Varghese) - Iran Hangs Protesters as Executions Surge, Rights Groups Say

Human rights activists say the Iranian government has been rapidly escalating executions. The latest prompted public protest, videos appear to show.

AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - "It's a serious clusterf*ck": Behind-the-scenes fury and panic roil key House primary

While Democrats across the country are pulling their hair out over Michigan's brutal Democratic Senate primary , a key House race in the state is also quietly giving party leaders heartburn. Why it matters: Infighting between establishment Democrats could create an opening for a progressive who many Democratic strategists and lawmakers are skeptical can win the seat in November. - Moderate Democrats and party leaders' inability to coalesce behind a single candidate has become the source of considerable behind-the-scenes acrimony, Axios has learned. - "This has gotten really intense," said a senior House Democrat, who, like others quoted in this piece, spoke on the condition of anonymity to offer candid analysis on the race and the anger…

AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Trump, Netanyahu tout "productive" meeting after weeks of tensions

President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in the Oval Office Tuesday for a "productive" 90-minute session on the Iran war — free of any public sign of tensions that have marked their relationship over the past several weeks. Why it matters: The meeting could have gone the other way, given Trump's frustration with the Israeli leader over the war, which he even alluded to publicly shortly before Netanyah arrived at the White House. The fact that both sides described it as positive is a win for Bibi. Driving the news: An account provided by the Israeli government stressed that the two leaders are in close coordination on the war and that there is no daylight between them. - "There is no truth in the claim that…