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Trump admitted he’s ignoring his Director of National Intelligence—he’s just going on vibes. The president told reporters Iran was “very close” to having a nuclear weapon, despite Gabbard saying otherwise: “I don’t care what she said. I think they were very close to having it,” Trump said.

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander (D) , who's running to be the city's next mayor, was arrested by ICE agents at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday.

BREAKING: NYC mayoral candidate and comptroller Brad Lander was handcuffed by 'masked agents' at an immigration court, his campaign says.

BREAKING: NYC comptroller, mayoral candidate Brad Lander detained by ICE

“[Melissa Hortman] was an incredible woman, her husband, her two kids — yesterday on Father’s Day, there was no Father’s Day for them,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar said. “They lost both their parents.”

Opinion: The number of death threats against politicians, judges and other figures has been soaring. Why? www.ft.com/content/e172...

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed this week near aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip, according to the territory’s health ministry. In recent weeks, Israeli forces have repeatedly used lethal force against hungry and desperate Palestinian civilians.

Yeah 'cause was all about taking from the poors to give to the richs

“We’re literally moving quite quickly from not a perfect democracy but a relatively well-functioning democracy into something that looks much more like an authoritarian government.” https://trib.al/QhzVKQR

Crypto Is Now Trump's Second-Most Lucrative Source of Income decrypt.co/325440/cr...

Previously obligated funds for Puerto Rico's recovery may never make it to the territory, even as many projects are far from completion.

While many in the GOP condemned the attacks in Minnesota, others have used it as an opportunity to poke fun at their Democratic opponents, or suggest that they somehow instigated the violence.

President Trump says he won’t call Gov. Tim Walz after the Minnesota shootings.

U.S. President Trump is increasingly behaving like a monarch. But across the United States, resistance is growing. We spoke with constitutional law professor @anthonymkreis.bsky.social about the state of American democracy and whether it can withstand the pressure. netzpolitik.org/2025/constit...

The Trump Organization's newly-announced T1 smartphone will likely be made in China, experts said, despite claims the device will be manufactured in the U.S.

Democrats are demanding that the Women’s Bureau be preserved following a report from Mother Jones that the Trump administration is seeking to eliminate the 105-year-old, congressionally mandated office that supports women in the workforce.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he he won’t call Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers because it would “waste time.”

Trump directs ICE to target 3 big Democratic cities for raids | via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social #ksleg

The Trump administration gave public health officials a 54-minute deadline to release personal data on millions of immigrants to deportation authorities last week, over objections of experts who said it was illegal.

A federal judge smacked down the Trump administration's effort to drastically cut grants to the National Institutes of Health, delivering a scathing rebuke and calling out the government's clear case of racial and LGBTQ discrimination.

NEW: Trump ordered ICE to target major U.S. cities, the “core of the Democrat Power Center," to punish his political opponents, citing election conspiracy theories that Democrats use undocumented immigrants to “expand their Voter Base.” From: @jaknutson.bsky.social‬

Occupation authorities plan to build and repair over 600 miles of roads in Crimea — a project experts and Ukrainian officials say is meant to bolster military logistics and facilitate the illegal extraction of resources from occupied territory. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Jacinda Arden on Trump, how to lead and Covid www.channel4.com/news/jacinda...

“This cannot be the norm,” Gov. Tim Walz said as he called for unity after the arrest of Vance Boelter on murder charges in the assassination of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.

At Home, a popular home goods retailer with 260 stores across 40 US states, has filed for bankruptcy, citing the backdrop of tariff increases and a slowdown in consumer spending.

Yesssssss… I love this 🙌🏼

No Kings: Pictures from the largest nationwide protest in US history. Millions of Americans all across the country protest against Trump's attempt to destroy democracy.

In 24h, same as for Ukraine

97% of extremist-related murders in the U.S. in 2024 were linked to right-wing extremists. It’s not a political movement anymore - it’s a hobby for failed men with too much testosterone and not enough brain cells.

A 39-year-old man died Saturday after being shot during a large "No Kings" protest in downtown Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said Sunday.

Forcing people to work for no pay is very on brand for the president. The thousands of National Guardsmen President Trump sent to Los Angeles in an authoritarian power play are working for free. https://trib.al/7tS6NOP

If you REALLY want to know how big of a flop Trump's birthday disaster was, please LISTEN to this short video. It reveals the low attendance, boring, pathetic waste of $45 million in 10 seconds. Trump needs to be held accountable for this total loss of taxpayer's money.

As the world is burning and the country rebells; Trump is celebrating his birthday without a care in the world. A new national poll shows the majority of Americans disapproved of his birthday parade. dailycast.news/majority-of-...

Members of Donald Trump’s administration such as Tulsi Gabbard are useful idiots for the Kremlin

Breaking: Shots fired at No Kings protest in Salt Lake City. Live updates here.

VERY VERY telling, planning ti move US congress to Moscow ?

Video: Shots fired at No Kings protest in downtown Salt Lake City.

⚡️Russia transfers 50 Ukrainian children to so-called 'rehab camp' in Kalmykia, Kyiv says. Russia has transferred 50 children from the occupied Antratsyt district of Luhansk Oblast to a so-called rehabilitation camp in Kalmykia, Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation reported on June 14.

Leaders of the American Patriots Three Percent (AP3) militia have forged alliances with law enforcement around the US. Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success. (Published Aug. 2024)

⚡️Russia preparing strategic reserves for conflicts beyond Ukraine, Ukraine warns. "According to our intelligence, Russia has started to prepare strategic reserves, which indicates plans for combat operations not only in Ukraine," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.

A document circulated to members of Congress misinterprets studies and cites debunked research, scientists say. It could influence congressional perceptions of vaccine safety.

This belongs to Mankind not trump, not the US

Opinion: The urgency of confronting a warming world remains www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Kennedy Jr. replaces CDC vaccine committee with anti-vaxxers: controversy in the US