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#10 Two Firefighters Killed in Idaho Ambush, Suspect Dead, Sheriff Says - Brad Brooks and Costas Pitas for Reuters, Mario, Laura Loomer, Eric Daugherty, Sara Rose, Tony Lane, Lee Greenwood, and The Independent on X
Three firefighters were shot, and two were killed in an Idaho incident. Firefighters were shot while responding to a blaze near Coeur d'Alene. The body of a man was found by the SWAT team, with a gun nearby. Sheriff says no further risk to the public. Gunman ambushed and shot dead two firefighters responding to a forest fire in northern Idaho on Sunday, wounding one other during an hours-long incident before the suspect was found dead, the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office said. Law enforcement officers and firefighters took sniper fire during the incident at Canfield Mountain, a nature zone popular with hikers near Coeur d'Alene, about 260 miles (420 km) east of Seattle, Sheriff Bob Norris said...#9 Senate Reads Entire Trump Budget Bill on Floor - Fox and Friends, Eric Daugherty, doninbrookfiend/pewaukee, John Bernal, Politi_Rican, The Persistence, and Disclose.tv on X
Senate clerks have completed a nearly 16-hour reading of the GOP’s 940-page megabill. Clerks began reading the text aloud at 11:08 p.m. Saturday and finished Sunday at 3:03 p.m. By refusing to waive chamber rules allowing for reading, Senate Democrats hoped to create an opportunity to highlight some of the most unpopular issues in the legislation. Now, under Senate rules, there will be 20 hours of the debate evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans...
#8 Trump Admin Live Updates: Senate to Begin ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Vote-A-Rama Monday [Today] - David Brennan for ABC News, Chad Pergam, LedByDonkeys, Updatem Political Newsfeed, Grok, and Darius Radzius on X
The Senate on Sunday afternoon began debate on President Donald Trump's megabill for his second-term priorities after a dramatic procedural vote late Saturday night. There could be up to 20 hours of debate. While Democrats will use their allotted 10 hours, Republicans are expected not to. The Senate will begin its "vote-a-rama" at 9 a.m. Monday, during which time senators will offer amendments to the bill. Overnight Sunday, the Senate parliamentarian ruled more provisions out of order with the reconciliation process Republicans are using to pass the bill with a simple majority. If it passes in the Senate, the bill goes back to the House to consider changes the Senate made to the House's version of the bill, which passed by one vote...
#7 Thom Tillis Not Running for Reelection After Opposing Big, Beautiful Bill - Elizabeth Weibel for Breitbart, Brick Suit, Josh Caplan, Aishah Hasnie, ThePersistence, and Rich Baris The People's Pundit on X
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that he is not running for reelection, after opposing President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill due to Medicaid cuts. In a statement issued Sunday, Tillis highlighted how he is “proud” of his career in public service. Tillis also expressed that he is “most proud” of his bipartisan victories, such as “passing the first-in-the-nation eugenics compensation as Speaker, and working across the aisle in the Senate to pass the largest investment in mental health” in the history of the United States. Tillis continued to admit that sometimes those bipartisan initiatives got him in trouble with his party...
#6 DOJ Announces Plans to Prioritize Cases to Revoke Citizenship - Jaclyn Diaz and Juliana Kim for NPR, Bluzy, ThePersistence/Eric Main, Eim, sam aizmor, Dogeai, CoramDeo, and reynaldo castro on X
The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship. Department leadership is directing its attorneys to prioritize denaturalization in cases involving naturalized citizens who commit certain crimes — and giving district attorneys wider discretion on when to pursue this tactic, according to a June 11 memo published online. The move is aimed at U.S. citizens who were not born in the country; according to data from 2023, close to 25 million immigrants were naturalized citizens...
#5 Zohran Mamdani Doubles Down on Plan to Target ‘Whiter Neighborhoods’ With Higher Taxes — and Says Billionaires Shouldn’t Exist - Ryan King and Carl Campanile for New York Post, Lozzy B, Curtis Sliwa, Kaizen D. Asiedu, Townhall.com, and Nick Sortor on X
Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani doubled down Sunday on his plan to jack up property taxes on “richer and whiter neighborhoods” — while asserting billionaires shouldn’t exist. Mamdani — dubbed “the Fidel Castro of New York” by one deep-pocketed critic — claimed his soak-the-rich proposal was “not driven by race” despite his campaign platform explicitly targeting white homeowners. “That is just a description of what we see right now. It’s not driven by race. It’s more of an assessment of what neighborhoods are being under-taxed versus over-taxed,” Mamdani told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
#4 Trump Clinches a Big Win in US-Canada Trade Negotiations - Matt Vespa for Townhall, Wall Street Mav, Eric Daugherty, Nick Sortor, Ben Garrison, and Joey Mannarino on X
The US-Canada trade talks could be restarted after President Trump ended all negotiations, as our neighbors to the north were holding out for a digital services tax. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wasn’t shocked by this move—the Trump team knew it was coming—but had hoped Ottawa would drop it. They didn’t, which led to this cessation of talks. Now, Canada has rescinded the talks, hoping to keep negotiations going...
#3 White House Eyes Kentucky State Senator for Massie Challenge - Politico, MAGS, Thomas Massie, Appalachian Liberty, Krista Monroe, Eric Daugherty, and Molly Pitcher on X
White House officials will host Kentucky state Sen. Aaron Reed in the coming weeks for a discussion about challenging GOP Rep. Thomas Massie in next year’s Republican primary, according to two people granted anonymity to describe the private plans. President Donald Trump and his political operation have been searching for a candidate to challenge Massie over his opposition to the president’s “big, beautiful bill” and his strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Trump political advisers Chris LaCivita and pollster Tony Fabrizio have launched a super PAC directed at defeating Massie that’s already running a TV ad attacking the seven-term incumbent...
#2 NJ Family, Aided by Trump Team, Fights to Save Farm From Government Seizure for Development - Amanda Head for Just the News, James, Off the Press, STK, Wake Up NJ, and Oracle Seer on X
The owners of a nearly two-century-old farm in Cranbury Township, New Jersey, are facing down their local government in a case that has become a rally point against government using the force of eminent domain on residents and citizens. The Henry family's 21-acre farm is under threat of seizure from Cranbury as the township tries to meet a June 30 deadline to submit a state-mandated, affordable housing plan. The township is required to build 265 affordable housing units over the next decade as part of the statewide order. Eminent domain is the government's power to seize private property for public use, such as infrastructure projects, with compensation to the owner, as authorized under the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause...
#1 Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Wrap Up Three-Day Venice Wedding Extravaganza - CNN, Oli London, Kelli, The Babylon Bee, Open Minded Approach, Kevin - Classical Liberal, Matt Grimes, and Tracy Beanz/Paul A. Szypula on X
It’s been both the most public and secretive wedding of the year. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez concluded their three-day-long Venetian extravaganza on Saturday evening with a celebration at the Arsenale, a former medieval shipyard. The pair was seen traveling via boat to the venue, which hosts the annual Venice Biennale, with reporters and paparazzi in tow. CNN’s Melissa Bell reported from a boat speeding alongside the couple’s, as they waved on. Sanchez was seen in a pink gown, later revealed by Vogue magazine to be designed by Atelier Versace, while Bezos was in a suit and matching black shirt...
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