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#1 FBI Disrupts Alleged Explosive-Drone Plot Targeting White House UFC Event, Officials Say - Sophia Compton for Fox News, TV News Now, CBS News, World News Source, Breaking911, ABC News, and ABC7 Chicago on X
The FBI and its law enforcement partners disrupted an alleged plot targeting this weekend’s UFC Freedom 250 event in Washington, D.C., officials told Fox News Digital. Five people were in custody as of Monday, and investigators identified 23 people as part of a potential network of plotters. The alleged plan involved using explosive-laden drones to hit buildings near the event, force a mass evacuation, and steer crowds toward a pre-staged sniper team, officials said. A "second wave" was then allegedly planned to storm the White House gate, according to officials...
#2 Nature’s Reset: Light, Sound, & Mushrooms Challenge Alzheimer’s Inevitability - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, Gigi Bowman, SASSYCHICK, SciTechGirl, Owen Gregorian, and NewsForce on X
Watching a loved one suffer from Alzheimer’s disease is a fate so heartbreaking that it is impossible to adequately express. For decades, the standard method of care has been to oversee cognitive decline while bracing for the inevitable. The disease is widely regarded as a one-way door, and the drugs to slow it down are underwhelming. But now, in a remarkable convergence of exciting research happening in tandem across labs, clinical settings, and one of the most quantified self-experiments ever conducted, that assumption is now being challenged. And not by a pharmaceutical company, but by some of the oldest tools on earth, light, sound, and mushrooms...#3 Trump and Other World Leaders Discuss Iran and Ukraine Wars at G7 Summit - Brian P. D. Hannon and Bridget Brown for AP, Volodymyr Zelenskyy/Emmanuel Macron,
William Samoei Ruto, PhD, Ursula von der Leyen, Sidhant Sibal, and Scripps News on X
U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders are in Evian-les-Bains, a French spa town, for the three-day Group of Seven summit, where a tentative deal to end the Iran war was a prominent topic thus far. The leaders have so far been in challenging discussions about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine and will address the Middle East crisis. Trump held a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, where Macron said European forces are ready to deploy in the Strait of Hormuz. It’s part of a pitch that the G7 allies are making to reopen the strait as soon as possible, so energy supplies flow freely again to world markets...#4 Oil Prices Fall Sharply on Iran Deal, but Whether They Go Much Lower ‘Is Highly Questionable’ - Steve Kopack for NBC News, The Kobeissi Letter/Nick's Dank Memes, Richard Mille/Ash Crypto, Dividend Dynasty, Bitcoin PulseX, and Noah on X
The price of U.S. crude oil closed down 4.8% to $80.75 per barrel, while international Brent crude closed down 4.7% to $83.17 per barrel. For both benchmarks, those closing prices were their lowest since the first week of March, just days after the war with Iran was launched. Heating oil, a proxy for jet fuel, declined by more than 3.5%, while wholesale gasoline prices dropped more than 2.5%. Leading up to Sunday’s announcement, oil prices had already tumbled more than 6% over the last week in anticipation of an agreement. Around the world, stock markets jumped on the news. Europe’s Stoxx 600 index hit a fresh record high Monday after rising nearly 1% but closed about.. flat...
#5 EU Lawmakers Clear US Trade Deal to Avert Return to Trade Conflict - Philip Blenkinsop, Ursula von der Leyen, Roberta Metsola, European Parliament, Dave Keating, and Bernd Lange on X
The European Parliament approved on Tuesday, cutting duties on many U.S. goods imports to fulfill the European Union's side of a trade deal struck last year and to avert a new round of tariff conflict between the world's largest trading partners. U.S. President Donald Trump opened a new tab, struck a deal with the European Union at his Turnberry golf course in Scotland last July under which the EU agreed to remove import duties on U.S. industrial goods and provide preferential access to U.S. farm produce in return for U.S. tariffs of 15% on most EU goods...#6 Gavin Newsom Says Trump DOJ Is Politically Targeting Him - Miranda Jeyaretnam for TIME, Gavin Newsome (community note), Governor Gavin Newsom, Nick Sortor, MJTruthUltra, and Eric Daugherty on X
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is the latest to join the Trump Administration’s “hit list” for Justice Department investigations. Newsom, a Democrat and a prominent Trump critic, said in a video shared on social media on Monday that the DOJ, at President Donald Trump’s direction, is pursuing investigations into his inner circle, including his wife. Newsom alleged that the investigations are politically motivated and an apparent attempt to discredit the Governor’s presidential ambitions...
#7 Iran World Cup Team Coach Says It Was Ordered Out of the U.S. Right After First Match - CBS News, Polymarket FC, AFP News Agency, Forbes, Daniel Miller, and Forbes Middle East on X
The coach of Iran's World Cup team said it was ordered to leave the U.S. and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours after opening its politically charged tournament by playing to a 2-2 draw with New Zealand on Monday night. Coach Amir Ghalenoei didn't say who ordered the Iranians to leave earlier than planned. The team had expected to spend the night in California to maximize the normal recovery process after its opening game, only to be told after the match that everyone must immediately get on a plane for the 140-mile trip back to Tijuana...
#8 Supreme Court Won’t Hear Ex-Trump Aide’s Bid to Sue Former FBI Officials - Nate Raymond for Reuters/USA TODAY, NEWSMAX, CBS Mornings, Fox News Politics, SCOTUS Wire, and Law360 on X
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a bid by Carter Page, an adviser to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, to revive a lawsuit against former FBI officials accusing them of unlawfully obtaining warrants to surveil him during its probe into Russian interference in that year's election. The justices on June 15 turned away Page's appeal of rulings by lower courts dismissing remaining elements of a lawsuit he filed in 2020 alleging he had been the victim of unlawful spying. The Trump administration agreed to pay a reported $1.25 million to resolve the rest of the claims he had also brought against the government...
#9 Qatari Emir Praises Trump’s Leadership, Announces Record Investments in the US - FOX News, Eric Daugherty, The Patriot Oasis, Kosher, Roberto/JackTheRippler, and
Naftali Hirschl. on X
Qatari emir thanks President Donald Trump for his leadership at the G7 summit in France. Trump highlights Qatar's record-breaking investments in the U.S., emphasizing renewed economic ties. Qatari emir praises President Donald Trump's leadership at the G7 summit, acknowledging his pivotal role during a critical period. Trump confirms Qatar's commitment to invest in the U.S., setting a new historical record for foreign investment and rekindling a strong bilateral relationship...
#10 Trump Officials Meet With Anthropic to Discuss a Truce - Cheyenne Haslett and Sophia Cai for POLITICO, filipe, MCO News, twtfayta/BridgeMind (community note), Future Markets Research, Sibyl, and Concordia on X
Anthropic staff met Monday with senior Trump administration officials for their first in-person sit-downs after a federally imposed export ban forced the artificial intelligence startup to pull its latest model from the market Friday night, two administration officials, a person familiar with the discussions, and a person close to the company told POLITICO. It will likely take longer than a few days to reach a resolution that eases the federal government’s Friday action, which had barred Anthropic from allowing non-U.S. users to access its newest model because of potential security vulnerabilities, a senior White House official said. But the official left the door open to the possibility that it can be done quickly...
