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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Trump Nominates Former Oklahoma State Trooper Lance Schroyer as ICE Director, putting a little-known candidate in line to lead an agency that has spurred controversy amid the administration’s ramped-up deportation efforts.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/27/politics/ice-director-trump-nominee-lance-schroyer
Texas Supreme Court blocks taxpayer-funded legal services for illegal aliens fighting deportation
“It’s just another example of wasteful spending by local governments that must end.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/texas-supreme-court-blocks-taxpayer-funded-legal-services-for-illegal-aliens-fighting-deportation
Stephen Miller’s ‘hypocrisy’ laid bare as he declares ‘America’s doors are fully closed.’ Following Supreme Court rulings allowing the government to revive “metering” policies that block migrants at the border, Miller stated in a press conference that all southwest border claims are “fraudulent” and that the U.S. relies on international agreements to route asylum seekers elsewhere.
https://www.aol.com/articles/stephen-millers-hypocrisy-laid-bare-034400000.html
Alarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism: Prairieland Nine: Texas ICE Protesters Get Up to 100 Years in Prison as Trump Targets Anti-Fascists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r_YPOEaSpQ
ICE is selling off warehouses once meant to expand migrant detention space: ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses. Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to sell or give away most of the 11 warehouses it bought to detain migrants, reversing course on a signature initiative.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/politics/ice-warehouses-immigration.html
ICE agents filmed confronting a poll worker in New York: In the video, the agents can be seen confronting the Syracuse, New York poll worker about her social media posts at a voting site while she was helping carry out the state’s recent primary elections.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ice-agents-poll-worker-syracuse-new-york-polling-site-primary-elections/
# Bugs / Parasites / Chemicals
Texas agricultural officials issue emergency quarantines across 21 counties for screwworm parasite. The outbreak has currently resulted in at least 26 confirmed cases in livestock, triggering a statewide disaster declaration
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/texas-agricultural-officials-issue-emergency-quarantines-across-21-counties-screwworm-parasite
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
A new trade war may be brewing. This time, Europe is taking a page from Trump’s playbook — ‘We no longer live in a world of pink ponies and rainbows.’ Europe is indeed adopting Trump-style protectionism to combat a massive, growing trade deficit with China. French President Emmanuel Macron and other EU leaders are pushing for the European equivalent of the U.S. Section 301 tariffs to quickly penalize unfair trade practices without waiting for lengthy investigations
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/trade-war-may-brewing-time-221246660.html
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Yale Seeks Trump Administration Deal as It Faces Sprawling Investigation. The university hired a high-powered law firm to try to reach an agreement with the Justice Department over claims its admissions practices hurt white and Asian applicants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/us/politics/yale-trump-administration-admissions-race.html
# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
America’s Second-Largest Reservoir Is Facing a Growing Threat—Here’s What “Dead Pool” Could Mean. Experts are warning that while the reservoir isn’t in immediate danger, the possibility of reaching what’s known as a “dead pool” has become a serious long-term concern.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/lake-powell-hits-lowest-summer-190043854.html
Reservoir Dead Pool: A “dead pool” reservoir refers to the critical point where water levels in a reservoir drop so low that it can no longer flow downstream by gravity through a dam’s pipes or outlets. When a reservoir reaches this stage, the water remains trapped and stagnant
https://www.governing.com/now/what-is-dead-pool-a-water-expert-explains
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Louisiana, Texas oil and gas firms express frustrations including ‘diplomacy-by-social-media.’ “Markets can price risk, but they can’t price a tweet. The whiplash from diplomacy-by-social-media has become the single most unpredictable input in our planning,” said one respondent.
https://www.shreveportbossieradvocate.com/business/dallas-fed-report-shows-mixed-message-to-oil-and-gas-businesses/article_1650397f-b62c-4efc-99f2-4d421d377341.html
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA / USAID
Jeff Bridges Condemns Trump SNAP Cuts That Leave 700,000 Kids Hungry: ‘Doesn’t Make Any Sense.’ “It’s really not about what political party you belong to,” the Oscar winner says
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/politics/jeff-bridges-condemns-trump-snap-cuts-jake-tapper-cnn-video/
Central Texas food trucks prepare for new law to go in effect next month. Starting July 1, Central Texas food trucks operate under House Bill 2844, also known as the “Food Truck Freedom Bill”. This new law replaces varying local health permits with a single statewide license issued by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaCjmmHFG7i/
Justice Department sues 4 states for not sharing SNAP data after it was requested. The Department of Justice filed lawsuits against Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Minnesota, seeking injunctions requiring their state SNAP agencies to turn over their last five years of SNAP applicant data.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-states-failing-provide-snap-data-us-department-agriculture#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%93%20Today%2C%20the%20Department%20of,years%20of%20SNAP%20applicant%20data.
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
[Video] Judge says Blanche ‘conceded’ to violating law, orders Epstein files be unredacted
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/25/todd-blanche-conceded-epstein-files-00977481
# Gov / Politics / US
Trump’s Federal Lawyers Ramp Up Their Attacks on Demonstrators and the Left. Prosecutions of anti-ICE and pro-Palestine protesters are part of a broad effort to crack down on dissent.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-federal-lawyers-ramp-up-their-attacks-on-demonstrators-and-the-left/
How Democrats escaped accountability in the era of weaponization. Democrats worked the system to avoid accountability while weaponizing that same system against Republicans.
https://justthenews.com/government/how-democrats-escaped-accountability-era-weaponization
US may be ‘forced to militarily complete the job’: Trump warns Iran after carrying out fresh strikes “There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
https://www.deccanherald.com/world/us/us-may-be-forced-to-militarily-complete-the-job-trump-warns-iran-after-carrying-out-fresh-strikes-4054791
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) has focused his concerns about nonprofit accountability and national security primarily on the flow of federal grant money to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the lack of oversight over how these funds are distributed
https://justthenews.com/podcasts/john-solomon-reports/senator-ron-johnson-nonprofit-accountability-and-national-security
MAGA attorney floats ‘no mercy’ response if Supreme Court goes against Trump, ‘Adios.’:
Conservative legal activist Mike Davis floated an aggressive immigration crackdown this week if the Supreme Court rules against the Trump administration on birthright citizenship, including a call to prioritize the detention and deportation of women of childbearing age.
https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-2677120732/
McCarthy says Trump will use ‘everything he can’ to force Senate action on SAVE America Act
https://www.aol.com/articles/watch-mccarthy-says-trump-everything-140207000.html
SAVE America Act: The stated goal is to make sure only U.S. citizens vote in federal elections. That is already the law, and it is already being enforced.
https://www.vote.org/save-act/
Judge rules name game can’t trump Constitution on Alaska ballot. A judge ordered a second Dan Sullivan be put back on the Alaska Senate ballot, saying his disqualification was not made in “good-faith.” In a ruling issued Friday, June 26, Alaska Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews said the Division of Elections lacked legal authority to remove Dan J. Sullivan from the ballot based on a newly created “good-faith” standard that does not exist in the U.S. Constitution, Alaska law or state election regulations.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/27/alaska-judge-lets-man-with-sen-dan-sullivans-name-stay-on-ballot/90722690007/
‘I run the protection program’: Mike Johnson warns roomful of conservatives to reelect Republicans or face prison. Johnson: If we lose the midterms, these Democrats will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they’ll go after the president’s family, the cabinet, his donors, friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/run-protection-program-mike-johnson-214251261.html
President Trump has begun phasing out the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program in South Africa. The U.S. State Department linked this decision to South Africa’s alleged failure to meet policy requests, specifically regarding discrimination against the country’s white Afrikaner minority. Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, relations between the two countries have increasingly soured.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr457lxr71o
Trump’s “Last Republican President” Warning Turns Voter ID Fight Into a Senate Filibuster Showdown:
President Donald Trump’s ultimatum that he will be the “last Republican president” if Congress fails to pass his voting legislation has escalated a high-stakes showdown in the U.S. Senate. The conflict pits Trump’s aggressive demands to abolish the filibuster against institutionalist Republicans protecting the 60-vote threshold
https://www.inkl.com/news/i-will-be-the-last-republican-president-trump-blasts-gop-senators-as-fools-in-fiery-move-to-kill-the-filibuster
# Global News
Putin told he faces same grisly fate as last tsar as Russians turn their fury on dictator, I know how its all going to end, warns ex-CIA chief. Ralph Goff warned Putin could ‘fall very quickly’ if his oligarch pals turn on him
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14833519/putin-war-fate-cia-chief/
Netanyahu and Katz Threaten Iran; Vow to Remain in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza. Netanyahu boasted about the “success” of Israel and the US’s war on Iran, but Israelis largely believe Iran won the war. The Israeli leaders, speaking during graduation for combat officers, also threaten to attack Iran again
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanyahu-and-katz-say-israel-remain-lebanon-syria-and-gaza-without-time-limit
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Justice Alito Offers Unusual Response to Dissenting Justice. Justice Samuel Alito responded tersely to Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday morning after the liberal justice read her blistering dissent to his majority opinion in a case on asylum seekers.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5940507-alito-sotomayor-supreme-court-asylum-case-dissent/
# LGBTQ / Transgender
Trans People Behind Bars Face Great Risks. Prison Officials Are Making It Worse. Key takeaways from our story about one trans woman’s legal battle for accountability. About 2,000 transgender people are incarcerated in federal prisons, according to the Bureau of Prisons — a tiny fraction of the federal prison population. But they are disproportionately targeted for abuse and assault.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/11/13/trans-prison-violence-prea-politics
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams was forced to sit in total silence on stage. Now she’s suing Meta for gagging her. A former Meta executive, whose memoir ‘Careless People’ provides an explosive insider account of her time at the social media giant, has sued the company for attempting to ‘silence’ her
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/news/meta-mark-zuckerberg-sarah-wynn-williams-b3003529.html
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
DOJ charges 90 doctors and licensed medical professionals in largest federal health care fraud crackdown in U.S. history
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/06/24/health-care-fraud-case-takedown/90674073007/
A PACE program blends Medicare and Medicaid to keep frail seniors at home instead of a nursing facility, often at no cost. PACE provides comprehensive medical and social services to certain frail, elderly people (participants) still living in the community. Most of the participants who are in PACE are dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.
https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicaid-coordination/about/pace
# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
Trump administration orders US health programs to move away from overdose prevention: Experts say move signals greater political interference into public health and will exacerbate opioid overdose crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/26/trump-administration-overdose-prevention-health-program
Trump Administration Proposes Defunding Federal Narcan Distribution Program: A clear connection between decreased overdose deaths and the increased availability and use of naloxone (the opioid overdose reversal medication) can be made by many addiction experts, but funding for naloxone training and distribution programs for first responders has recently been put at risk.
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/blog/trump-administration-possibly-defunding-narcan-programs
Here’s What They Hid in Wuhan: The authors allege a potential laboratory accident in Wuhan was concealed by experts to avoid scientific and geopolitical repercussions. While U.S. agencies have considered a lab leak as a potential origin, the scientific community remains divided between that theory and natural zoonotic spillover.
https://www.ntd.com/ntdplus/heres-what-they-hid-in-wuhan-matt-ridley_1155513.html
# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
Psilocybin Unlocks Lost Memories in an Alzheimer’s Patient. Following the supervised consumption of 5 grams of psilocybin-containing mushrooms, she transitioned through a heavy sweating and sleep-like state into an unexpected, prolonged window of spontaneous speech and coherent memory recall. Over the subsequent weeks, she demonstrated increased alertness, recognized family members, walked more independently, and regained urinary continence.
https://neurosciencenews.com/psilocybin-memory-alzheimers-30084/
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
U.S. Tests Directed-Energy Weapon as Golden Dome Missile Shield Advances—Here’s What We Know: The Pentagon announced a major milestone in the development of President Trump’s proposed Golden Dome missile defense system after successfully testing a next-generation directed-energy weapon capable of intercepting drones and cruise missiles.
https://thedebrief.org/u-s-tests-directed-energy-weapon-as-golden-dome-missile-shield-advances-heres-what-we-know/
# Military / Global
Iran launches drone attack targeting Bahrain: US airstrikes again hit Iran as Tehran strikes Bahrain and Kuwait, further imperiling interim deal
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-war-hormuz-strait-june-27-2026-dca83ec0b72f498eea7146df5311b39c
Russia starts building 13,800-ton nuclear submarine that can carry hypersonic firepower. The new Murmansk submarine will add to Russia’s expanding Yasen-M fleet.
https://interestingengineering.com/military/russia-nuclear-submarine-yasen-class-zircon
# NASA / NORAD / SpaceX
Central Texas town overpumping water amid ramp-up of SpaceX rocket testing. The city of McGregor faces fines for pulling too much from the Trinity Aquifer for three straight years.
https://www.statesman.com/business/article/spacex-mcgregor-trinity-aquifer-water-overpumping-22301655.php
# Social / Communities / Housing
CNN Host Reminds Republican Lawmaker The Housing Bill Trump Refused To Sign Has Bipartisan Support. Trump is demanding that Senate Republicans pass the voter I.D. bill before he’ll sign any other legislation, including the housing bill. He reportedly told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) last week that “nobody gives a f*ck about housing.”
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/cnn-host-reminds-republican-lawmaker-the-housing-bill-trump-refused-to-sign-has-bipartisan-support/
# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
US Expands Ban on Imports of Chinese Telecom, Surveillance Equipment: The move expands an FCC ban imposed in 2022 on new models of telecommunications and video surveillance equipment made by Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision , and Dahua, citing U.S. national security risks.
https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/policy/us-expands-ban-on-imports-of-chinese-technology-goods-amid-security-concerns/132027470
# Veterans / VA
As opposition mounts, House cancels vote on VA overhaul bill: House Democrats and veterans service organizations warned that a bill Republicans claim will increase benefits “robs Peter to pay Paul” and hastens efforts to privatize veteran health care.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/06/house-cancels-vote-va-overhaul-bill-opposition-mounts/414440/
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