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Trump Team Adamant About July 4 Megabill Deadline
President
Donald Trump and his White House team reportedly see the July 4
deadline for Congress to produce the president's signature tax cut and
spending legislation as being nonnegotiable.
That means
three weeks remain for the Senate to make its changes, then send the
bill to the House for approval before Trump can sign it.
Based on where
things are in the Senate, and the usual business involved for Congress
to produce final legislation, that deadline appears unrealistic,
skeptics note.
The Trump White House, though, could not care less about normalities.
Trump: Guard, Marines Supporting LA Police
President
Donald Trump on Thursday morning commended the National Guard and
Marines for putting Los Angeles police members "in a position to
effectively do their job" amid violent anti-Immigration and Customs
Enforcement protests.
Trump during
the weekend ordered the deployment of roughly 4,000 National Guard
members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles following protests over his
stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws.
"Los Angeles
was safe and sound for the last two nights. Our great National Guard,
with a little help from the Marines, put the L.A. Police in a position
to effectively do their job. They all worked well together, but without
the Military, Los Angeles would be a crime scene like we haven't seen
in years," Trump posted Thursday morning on Truth Social.
FBI busts alleged LA riot leader who was filmed helping to distribute ‘Bionic Shield’ face masks to protesters
The FBI
collared an alleged Los Angeles riot leader who they say helped
distribute dozens of face shields to anti-ICE rioters on the streets of
Los Angeles.
The FBI nabbed
Alejandro Theodoro Orellana on Thursday morning. He faces a charge of
conspiracy to commit civil disorders, US Attorney for the Central
District of California Bill Essayli said on X.
“We are moving
quickly to identify and arrest those involved in organizing and/or
supporting civil disorder in Los Angeles,” said Essayli.
Fired ABC News reporter Terry Moran finds new job — a day after boot from company over Stephen Miller tirade
Former ABC News veteran correspondent Terry Moran has launched his independent journalism career.
The 65-year-old
journalist resurfaced his Substack account and vowed he would get back
to the “important work,” he said Wednesday, a day after he was booted
from the Disney-owned network.
Moran was
dismissed Tuesday for violating the company’s policies with a viral
social media attack against top White House official Stephen Miller.
CIA releases more than 1,000 pages on RFK assassination — including chilling statement: ‘Kennedy must fall’
The CIA
released 1,450 additional pages of documents related to the
assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on Thursday, including 54 previously
classified documents.
The files could
shed new light on the motivations of Sirhan Sirhan, the
Palestinian-born Jordanian citizen convicted of Kennedy’s murder after
the June 5, 1968, shooting — and contain a psychological profile of
Sirhan as well as his handwritten notes.
One of the handwritten notes includes the lines “Kennedy must fall” and “tonight, tonight.”
Democrat challenge to Trump suffers major blow
The Democrats'
stance against President Donald Trump's policies has been dealt a blow
by a new poll that reveals widespread frustration among voters toward
the Party.
The CBS
News/YouGov survey, conducted between June 4-6 among 2,428 adults finds
that 71 percent of voters believe their party has been ineffective in
standing up to Trump—an even higher 78 percent of Americans overall
agree.
The findings
come amid growing frustration with Democratic leadership since their
loss in the 2024 election, when all but two states shifted toward the
Republicans, and Trump made significant gains among groups that have
traditionally made up a core part of the Democrats' base: including
Black and Hispanic voters.
Benjamin Netanyahu will remain in power after government survives crucial Israel vote
Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will remain in power after his government
survived a crucial vote Thursday trying to dissolve its parliament amid
heightened tensions over the war in Gaza and a new military
conscription bill.
The vote — the
most serious challenge to Netanyahu’s government since the Oct. 7,
2023, attack — was rejected after an agreement was reached with
ultra-Orthodox parties regarding a dispute over conscription, the
Knesset said in a statement.
The
ultra-Orthodox parties had been furious that the government had failed
to pass a law exempting their community from mandatory military service
during the war.
Israel considering striking Iran — without US support — after nuclear talks stall: report
Israel is
reportedly considering striking Iran in the coming days — without US
support — after high-stakes nuclear negotiations between Washington and
Tehran appeared to have stalled.
The Jewish
state is weighing whether to take military action even as the Trump
administration awaits a formal response from Iran to its proposed
framework for a nuclear deal, NBC reported Thursday, citing multiple
sources.
US officials
are said to be on high alert over the possibility – and are
particularly concerned about Iran retaliating against American
personnel or assets in nearby Iraq, the sources said.
Trump reportedly shocked by Ukraine-Russia drone war
The war between Ukraine and Russia is a war of drones, and unmanned aerial vehicles are a powerful and modern form of weaponry.
This was stated by US President Donald Trump, according to his interview on the Pod Force One program.
In an interview
with host Miranda Devine, the head of the White House referred to
drones as a new development and a new type of weapon.
He pointed to
the war between Ukraine and Russia as an example, describing it as a
conflict dominated by drone warfare. He emphasized how modern and
powerful unmanned aerial systems have become, expressing surprise at
the level of their effectiveness, something he said was unimaginable
just three years ago.
Miracle passenger survives Air India plane crash that killed over 200 people: ‘There were bodies all around me’
A British
passenger appears to have miraculously survived the deadly Air India
plane crash that killed more than 200 people Thursday, according to
local officials and video of him walking away relatively unscathed.
Vishwash Kumar
Ramesh, who was in seat 11A when the Boeing 787-8 crashed into a
residential neighborhood Thursday afternoon, is recovering in the
hospital, Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik told ANI news.
He was found
limping in the street amid the carnage after the passenger plane went
down just moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport, the
Hindustan Times said.
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh miraculously survived the Air India crash, and was seen walking away from the wreck in video.
Hamas names ‘Ghost of al-Qassam’ as its new leader after Israel wiped out his two predecessors: report
Hamas has
reportedly named a veteran terrorist known as the “Ghost of al-Qassam”
as its latest leader in Gaza — after his two predecessors were wiped
out by Israel.
Ezzedin
al-Haddad, who helped plan the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, was recently
handed control of Hamas’ Gaza operations, the Wall Street Journal
reported, citing multiple sources.
He is the
group’s third leader in just seven months after Israeli eliminated his
two predecessors — Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar and then, last month,
his brother Mohammed Sinwar, who took the reins after him.
UN Nuclear Watchdog Board Censures Defiant Iran
The U.N.
nuclear watchdog's board of governors on Thursday formally found that
Iran isn't complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in
20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions and set in motion
an effort to restore United Nations sanctions on Tehran later this year.
Iran reacted
immediately, saying it will establish a new enrichment facility "in a
secure location" and that "other measures are also being planned."
"The Islamic
Republic of Iran has no choice but to respond to this political
resolution," the Iranian Foreign Ministry and the Atomic Energy
Organization of Iran said in a joint statement.
Woke Writer Dan Wolken Calls Riley Gaines 'Uncivilized' For Addressing Simone Biles' Apology
Dan Wolken —
proudly a far-left sportswriter, cut from the same cloth as Keith
Olbermann — is crying over OutKick's own Riley Gaines.
Wolken stumbled
into the Gaines-Simone Biles discourse after the two women seemingly
buried the hatchet over an online spat where Biles threw unprovoked
personal jabs at Riley.
Gaines has been
branded "evil" by leftists and leftists in sports media for her stance
on keeping trans athletes out of women’s sports.
It's one of those 90-10 issues where Dan Wolken, somewhat ignorantly, thinks he's in the majority (he is not).
Miranda Devine: The art of Trump’s trade deal with China — how admin got it done
Most of us were
blissfully unaware of one of the potentially dire consequences of the
recent trade wars with China: a shortage of rare-earth magnets, which
are a critical component of car engines, smartphones and military
weapons systems.
China’s April export ban on magnets and six rare-earth elements was payback for President Trump’s tariff hikes.
It threatened to cripple automotive production lines and risk national security.
