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#1 Dems Block DHS Funding Bill Which Includes TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard - Alexandra Koch for Fox News, The Conservative M. D., Elena, Reality Novel, Off the Press, and Midnight Quill on X
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem warned Thursday that a lapse in funding for her department could disrupt airport security, disaster response, and counterterrorism operations, escalating a partisan standoff in Congress over immigration policy. Senate Democrats demanded stringent reforms to immigration enforcement and blocked multiple attempts Thursday to keep the agency open, though Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) only accounts for 11% of the bill's funding, according to Noem. Noem's comments came as she joined U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks and Executive Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Diane Sabatino in Otay Mesa, California, to discuss ongoing drug seizure operations...
#2 Goldman Sachs’ Top Lawyer to Resign After Emails Show Close Ties to Jeffrey Epstein - Associated Press, c lark, CNN Breaking News (community note)/al bodden, Bill Davies, Dave Rogoff, Deedo, and Jen Barry on X
Kathy Ruemmler, the top lawyer at storied investment bank Goldman Sachs and former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, announced her resignation Thursday, after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship where she described him as an "older brother" and downplayed his sex crimes. Ruemmler said in a statement that she would "step down as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Goldman Sachs as of June 30, 2026." Up until her resignation, Ruemmler repeatedly tried to distance herself from the emails and other correspondence and had been defiant that she would not resign from Goldman's top legal post, which she had held since 2020...#3 Trump Delivers a Deadly Blow to EPA's Ability to Regulate Climate Pollution - Ella Nilsen for CNN, Lee Zeldin, Timothy Hargadon/Steve Guest, karen cortez, bagleye, Gabriella Hoffman/MIKE HAMBLETT, Joel Carlson, and Btrnobody on X
The Trump administration delivered a deadly blow to longstanding US climate policy on Thursday, finalizing rules that revoke the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate climate pollution. First issued in 2009, the endangerment finding determined that six greenhouse gases could be categorized as dangerous to human health under the Clean Air Act. It has underpinned the EPA’s authority to limit planet-warming pollution from the oil and gas industry, power plants, and vehicles since the Obama administration and is considered the federal government’s most powerful tool to tackle climate pollution and the country’s contribution to the global crisis...
#4 North Korea’s Kim Positioning Daughter as Successor, Seoul Spy Agency Briefing Says - Jack Kim and Joyce Lee for Reuters, RETIRE THAILAND PARADISE=VETS FIND MATE-CURE PTSD!, Al Arabiya English, Jahanzeb Wesa/BRICS News (community note), All Dem PARAGO, and The Epoch Times (Singapore) on X
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to be taking steps to consolidate his daughter's position as successor, and there are signs she is providing input on policy matters, South Korean lawmakers said on Thursday, citing a spy agency briefing. South Korea's National Intelligence Agency (NIS) will be closely watching whether the daughter, believed to be named Kim Ju Ae, attends an upcoming meeting of the ruling Workers' Party and how she is presented, including whether she takes on any official title, the lawmakers said...#5 Trump Nominee Stalls After GOP Senator Challenges Him on Remarks About Jews and Israel - Frank Thorp V and Kyla Guilfoil for NBC News, Carl/Chris Murphy, Mars⚔︎Minerva, Tim Massie/Senator Tim Kaine, CNN/Welch's Disrespecter, Daniel Keene/AF Post/Maria Bothe on X
President Donald Trump's pick for a top State Department post faces bipartisan opposition after a Republican senator pressed the nominee over his past remarks about Israel and the Holocaust. Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, came out against Jeremy Carl's nomination to be assistant secretary of state for international organizations after Thursday's confirmation hearing, where he challenged Carl on comments he made as recently as 2024...\
#6 Walz Proposes $10M Business Relief Package as Republicans Cry ‘New Avenue for Fraud’ in Minnesota - Michael Sinkewicz for Fox News, Honest AI, J, Tim Bush, Mícheál MacRodáin/Eric Daugherty, and grammajen/Seamus Bruner on X
Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz was slammed online by Republicans after proposing a $10 million emergency relief package for small businesses across the state impacted by the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Walz unveiled the proposal Thursday after border czar Tom Homan announced that Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota would be ending. The proposal calls for forgivable loans ranging from $2,500 to $25,000 to be distributed to eligible businesses that are able to demonstrate "substantial revenue loss" during "specified dates" tied to the operation...
#7 Trump Pardons 5 Ex-NFL Players for Crimes Including Drug Trafficking - CBS News, Ohio Dalai Lama, Rose PArsons, Karen, Amandasatiro, and Crisp Nigeria on X
President Trump pardoned five former professional football players Thursday - one posthumously - for various crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking. The pardons were announced by White House pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson. Ex-NFL players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon were granted the clemency. "As football reminds us, excellence is built on grit, grace, and the courage to rise again. So is our nation," Johnson wrote on the social media site X, as she thanked Mr. Trump for his "continued commitment to second chances." "Mercy changes lives," she added...
#8 2nd US Aircraft Carrier Heading to Middle East - Newsmax, The World Times, The Media Line, Valdo Valdese, Quick News Global (AI), and ConservativeLibrarian on X
The world's largest aircraft carrier has been ordered to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East as President Donald Trump considers whether to take possible military action against Iran. The move by the USS Gerald R. Ford, according to multiple media reports citing unnamed government officials, will put two carriers and their accompanying warships in the region as Trump increases pressure on Iran to make a deal over its nuclear program. Trump said earlier this week that he was considering making such a move...
#9 Trans-Atlantic Tensions in Focus as Annual Munich Security Gathering Opens - The Washington Times, Pasadena Star News, Elina Valtonen, The Unbiased Update, Christina Ayiotis, Esq., CRM, CIPP/E, AIGP, and Markus Verner on X
An annual gathering of top international security figures that last year set the tone for a growing rift between the United States and Europe opens Friday, bringing together many top European officials with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others. The Munich Security Conference opens with a speech by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, one of 15 heads of state or government from European Union countries expected to attend. The many other expected guests at the conference that runs until Sunday include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. In keeping with the conference’s tradition, there will also be a large delegation of members of the U.S. Congress...
#10 Hawley Clashes With Minnesota AG Ellison Over Fraud: ‘You Ought to Be Indicted’ - Ashley Oliver for Fox News, John Hawley, Diane, Nick Sortor, Senator Ron Johnson, and John Cremeans on X
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Thursday called for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to resign and suggested he should face criminal charges, accusing him of assisting people later charged in a sprawling welfare fraud scheme. The confrontation came during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing in which Hawley questioned Ellison, an elected Democrat, about his actions surrounding the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, which was at the center of a $250 million scheme to defraud a child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hawley pointed to a meeting in December 2021 between Ellison and people who were later indicted, arguing that the Minnesota attorney general surreptitiously attempted to help them during what public records say was a 54-minute encounter...
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