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#1 Rand Paul Subpoenas Fauci for July COVID Origins Hearing - Justin Walker for News Nation, Senator Rand Paul, Catherine Herridge, John Solomon, Harrison H. Smith, and Hans Mahncke on X
Anthony Fauci will face a subpoena to testify publicly in July, a lawmaker said Monday. According to a social media post from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been issued a subpoena to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The development comes as Fauci said he would not voluntarily testify after previously agreeing to do so, Paul said...
#2 Elon Musk Threatens to Sue RO Khanna Over Claims USAID Cuts Sentenced Children to Death - Lindsay Kornick for Fox News, Elon Musk/DogeDesigner, Arthur MacWaters/Western Lensmen, and New York Post on X
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Monday that it may be "time to sue" Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., after the California representative's latest comments against the new trillionaire. The announcement came after Khanna called on the Democratic Party to hold Musk accountable if they regained control over the House of Representatives or the Senate on the "I've Had It" podcast Saturday. "I do believe once we take power, there needs to be accountability," Khanna said. "There needs to be accountability for Elon Musk. You know, they’re celebrating that he created 4,400 millionaires, but they don’t talk about the 4.5 million children around the world who he possibly sentenced to death by dismantling USAID."
#3 FBI Brings Back Fugitive Accused in $3.7b Medicare Fraud Scheme After Capture in Turkey - Stephen Sorace for Fox News, FBI Director Kash Patel/FBI Rapid Response, Steve Friend, JD Vance, Rapid Response 47, Steve Friend, John Solomon, and Fox and Friends on X
A fugitive accused of helping mastermind a $3.7 billion Medicare fraud scheme — one of the largest in U.S. history — is in American custody after authorities tracked him down in Turkey and flew him back to the U.S. to face charges, the FBI announced Monday. Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi was recently detained by Turkish authorities after he fled the U.S. in May 2025, the FBI said. The FBI's Critical Incident Response Group flew out to Turkey and transported Hilmi to the U.S. on Friday through a foreign transfer of custody operation. FBI Director Kash Patel hailed the operation as a major victory in the bureau's effort to track down fugitives accused of stealing taxpayer dollars...
#4 Democrats’ Jeffries and Mamdani Wings Face Off in New York Primary - Andrew Solender for Axios, The Daily Signal, David Levinthal, Mike, Mella, Politics and Poll Tracker,
New York's congressional primaries on Tuesday will be a key test of strength for the left-wing movement challenging the Democratic Party's establishment. Several of these races pit the interests of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) against those of democratic socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani...
#5 Judge Shuts Down Trump Admin Database Used to Remove Non-Citizens From Voter Rolls - Derek Vanbuskirk for The Daily Caller, Senior Chief, ken crichlow, BarryMoore, Dr Charlie Ward, and Newsforce on X
The 75-page opinion, issued by Sparkle L. Sooknanan, follows a civil action suit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Social Security Administration (SSA), and the state of Texas by parties including the League of Women Voters. The decision set aside a modified version of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system, created following a Trump-signed executive order to “verify the citizenship or immigration status of registered voters or individuals registering to vote,” and put in place by the DHS and SSA. Sooknanan justified vacating the SAVE system by citing “two fundamental rights that protect Americans from government overreach,” namely the right to privacy and the right to vote...#6 Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note Details Emerge; Letter Claimed She Was Dead - KiMi Robinson for USA TODAY, SweetMarie, Gunther Eagleman, NBC 10 WJAR, Shay is in jail again, and ABC Miami on X
New details of an unverified ransom note previously sent to at least one news outlet following the alleged kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's mom, Nancy Guthrie, are becoming public four months after her disappearance. A second ransom note released shortly after the 84-year-old's suspected abduction in Tucson, Arizona, on Feb. 1 claimed that she was dead, NBC News, ABC News, and CBS News reported on Monday, June 22. NBC and ABC cited unnamed people "familiar with" the case, while CBS referred to "sources who reviewed the notes." USA TODAY has reached out to the FBI and Savannah Guthrie's representatives for comment...
#7 Top Intelligence Agency Begins Mass Firings Under New Trump Appointee, Source Says - NBC News, Eric Daugherty, Fubar/Polymarket, Mike Lee/Mark Warner, The Gateway Pundit, Senator Adam Schiff, and Sherri Unfiltered on X
President Donald Trump’s new acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, began purging staff members at the office on Monday, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News. “The deep state firings have begun,” the source said. CNN was first to report that the dismissals were underway. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump named Pulte the acting director this month and said on Truth Social that he had “asked him to execute the immediate and needed downsizing of the office, reverting staff to their home agencies.” Pulte, who has no background in national security matters, has been serving as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency...#8 Agriculture Commissioner: Screwworm Plan ‘Insanity' - Jim Mishler for NEWSMAX, Jans, GrainStats, Florida's Voice, Science News, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, zerohedge, and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández on X
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told Newsmax that federal efforts to eradicate the dangerous New World screwworm amount to the "definition of insanity." Miller told Newsmax's "National Report" on Monday that Agriculture Department leaders in the Trump administration are "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." He said releasing sterile screwworm flies in Mexico has not produced results in preventing the pests from reaching Texas. He pointed to millions of flies released each week over the past 19 months that, he said, have not stopped the screwworm from approaching the U.S.-Mexico border region. "That's 8 billion flies," Miller explained, "yet the screwworm fly has marched 1,100 miles north and is now in Texas and Arizona. We need to do something different. We have more tools in the toolbox, but we're not using all of them."
#9 The Invisible Plasticizer Rewiring Children’s Brains: DEHP’s Lifelong Toll - Tracy Beanz & Michelle Edwards, UncoverDC, Michael W. Deem, htw, and Frontiers - Endocrinology on X
Beware—yet another dangerous chemical is lurking throughout modern life. This one is so ubiquitous that it may be nearly impossible to avoid it entirely. It is called di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), and it is everywhere, including our shower curtain, our child’s rubber toys, our IV bag at the clinic, the flooring under our feet, the raincoat hanging by our door, and the medical tubing keeping critically ill patients alive. It is so harmful that a new study presented at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago, suggests it may be quietly rewiring the brains of children before they take their first breath...#10 Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs as AI Adoption Deepens and Credit Risk Flashes GFC-Era Highs - Tyler Durden Zerohedge, TechSpot, Techeconomy, Owen Gregorian, Stewart Gilmore, and AlphaBronze on X
Oracle disclosed in a Form 10-K filing that it reduced its workforce by 21,000 employees over the past year as it automates white-collar jobs and frees up cash to splurge on AI infrastructure buildouts. "Our periodic workforce restructurings and reorganizations can be disruptive," Oracle said in the annual financial regulatory publsihed on Monday, adding, "We have an existing restructuring plan in place under which we have made, and will continue to make, adjustments to our workforce in response to management changes, product changes, performance issues, changes in strategies, acquisitions and other internal and external considerations."
