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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🕊️ Trump brokered an Iran-Israel ceasefire. Israel's defense minister ordered new strikes on Tehran just hours after President Trump announced a ceasefire to end their 12-day conflict. Israel accused Iran of violating the agreement by continuing to fire missiles, while Iran claimed they never agreed to Trump's deal. The ceasefire now appears to be holding, with both sides and the US celebrating the halt in hostilities. | 🚀 Iran fired missiles at a US base in Qatar. Iran launched 14 missiles toward Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday, but US and Qatari defenses intercepted 13 of them. President Trump mocked the attack as "very weak" and thanked Iran for giving advance notice, which prevented casualties. This feeble response reveals Iran lacks both missile stockpiles and appetite for further conflict after US strikes demolished their nuclear facilities. | ⚖️ Supreme Court backs Trump's deportation policy. The Court blocked a lower court order requiring the Department of Homeland Security to notify illegal migrants before deporting them to countries not specified in their removal orders. The Trump administration argued that this requirement hindered efforts to remove dangerous criminals whose home countries refuse to accept them back. This ruling marks a significant victory for Trump amid lower courts slowing much of his agenda. | 📈 Mamdani overtakes Cuomo in NYC mayoral poll. Socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has surpassed former governor Andrew Cuomo in a new poll released just one day before the Democratic primary election. The poll shows Mamdani winning with 52 percent to Cuomo's 48 percent in the final round of ranked-choice voting. This represents a major surge for Mamdani, potentially signaling his momentum heading into today's election. |
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| | | INSIDER RADAR | Mike Johnson vs. Thomas Massie | | Insiders behind the paywall: Mike Johnson, Thomas Massie, Lisa Murkowski, Tucker Carlson, and Dave Rubin. |
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| | | HOAX TRACKER | "Trump's tariffs will send prices soaring" | |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department posted condolences for Iranian bombing victims before deleting the post after backlash. Five Democratic senators hosted a gay pride concert at the Kennedy Center as a protest against Trump's takeover of the institution. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba canceled his attendance at this week's NATO summit, joining other Indo-Pacific leaders. Trump administration officials clinched a pledge from roughly 75 percent of health insurance providers to improve patient care by minimizing bureaucratic hurdles.
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| | | | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW | | The Left's riot playbook — and Trump's biggest test with Heather Mac Donald | Heather Mac Donald is a conservative author, journalist, and Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. In this conversation, she unpacks how the Left excuses riots, where the line should be drawn on deportations, what Trump got right — and wrong — during the LA riots, and why the future of Western civilization hinges on maintaining law and order… | Listen to the interview in your podcast player of choice here. | Read Now |
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | State Department will now vet "hostile" foreign students | | WHAT'S HAPPENING_ | Following a temporary halt, the State Department has resumed visa interviews for foreign students, but with a new requirement: applicants must allow consular officers to review their social media accounts. | Officers are now instructed to screen for "hostile attitudes" toward the United States, its culture, and its institutions. This policy follows a temporary suspension of student visa processing that began in May, part of a broader effort to address antisemitism and security concerns on American campuses. | The new approach aims to prevent individuals with anti-American ideologies from entering the country, shifting the focus to preemptive screening rather than post-arrival enforcement. | | _THE FACTS_ | A State Department cable obtained by The Free Press directs officers to screen applicants' social media for hostility toward US culture, government, or founding principles. The new rules apply to all F, M, and J visa applicants relating to educational and cultural exchanges. Applicants must make all social media accounts public. Refusal may be treated as evasiveness and grounds for denial. Before, social media accounts were still screened, but did not need to be made public. A consular officer must now assess whether any private or deleted content suggests the applicant is hiding something. The Trump administration has already revoked visas from foreign students involved in pro-Hamas protests, citing national security concerns. Harvard was previously singled out with a pilot version of this screening process, which included faculty and researchers. A source familiar with internal discussions said consulates were told to prioritize schools with fewer than 15 percent foreign students.
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| | | MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER | How left and right outlets frame the Iran-Israel ceasefire | | Mentioned behind the paywall: The New York Times, Axios, The New York Post, and Just The News. |
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| | | THE DAILY DEBATE | 📊 Do you support a permanent Iran-Israel ceasefire?Results will be in tomorrow's newsletter | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Which do you think poses the greatest national security threat to the US? | 🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇮🇷 Iran (117)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🇨🇳 China (705)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🏃♂️ Illegal migrant "gotaways" (303)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (19)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💬 Other (59) | 🇮🇷 Iran: "For the moment, it's Iran, who may get a nuclear weapon from another country and would be the most likely to try using it against the U.S. or Israel." — JG 🇨🇳 China: "China owns us. They have our farmland (near military bases), they control the majority of our products and goods, most modern applications are designed and maintained in China (TikTok), and all of our electronics are made there as well. I guarantee they have all the intelligence they need on any American." — Aaron 🏃♂️ Illegal migrant "gotaways": "We do not know who entered this country during the Biden administration." — BB 💬 Other: "Our own government, sadly." — CB | | | | 1,203 votes |
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