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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
More than 900 Montana bison face removal from federal land after Trump administration decision. American Prairie and Western Watersheds Project say the changes amount to illegal rule-making.
https://montanafreepress.org/2026/06/09/conservationists-trump-evict-bison-montana-public-land/
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
[Video] President Trump’s New Order Could Lock Millions of Immigrants Out of the Banking System: Trump orders banks to take a closer look at clients’ citizenship in new immigration enforcement move. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers, a new measure in his push to clamp down on people living in the country illegally.
https://apnews.com/video/trump-orders-banks-to-take-a-closer-look-at-clients-citizenship-in-new-immigration-enforcement-move-33067400ba2e4f12bd5fcef44487d157
ICE makes a pricey pivot away from its rapid detention center expansion push. DHS leadership is moving to sell 7 ICE facilities, signaling a tactical pivot away from the previous administration’s expansion plans. Under new leadership, the agency is abandoning its mega-warehouse detention model in favor of relying more heavily on existing county jail space and a smaller, scaled-back set of facilities
https://san.com/cc/ice-makes-a-pricey-pivot-away-from-its-rapid-detention-center-expansion-push/
# Chemicals / Parasites / Bugs
USDA’s sterile fly strategy for screwworm outbreak is failing
https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/food/tx-ag-commissioner-screwworm-sterile-fly-strategy/
# Consumer Protection / Product Safety
US appeals court blocks Trump admin from enacting new plans to slash consumer watchdog staff. The Justice Department, which previously tried to cut up to 90% of employees, had argued that it should be permitted to carry out its new plan immediately.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-appeals-court-blocks-trump-admin-from-enacting-new-plans-to-slash-consumer-watchdog-staff_n_6a35d6fde4b057a50cee1267
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
‘This Has to Be Stopped’: Alarm As Trump’s Crypto Firm Set to Get Federal Banking Privileges. “For the first time in history, a president is leaning on a bank regulator to give his private enterprise the implicit backing of the federal government,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/world-liberty-financial-charter
Failing ‘Moral Test,’ Newsom Rejects Compromise 2% Wealth Tax on California Billionaires. “I want a Democratic party that will stand for the working class,” said Rep. Ro Khanna, a supporter of taxing billionaire wealth. “Whose side are you on?”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/newsom-california-billionaires-tax
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that the United States would do better without the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade and that he would prefer not to have a new one, but added that he was open to doing it. “I would rather not have the agreement, but I may sign it,” Trump told reporters in France. “We do better as a country if we don’t have an agreement.”
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-says-us-better-without-192050000.html
In ‘Grotesque Billionaire Bonanza,’ 41 Energy Tycoons Saw Fortunes Grow by $23.5 Billion Since Trump Launched Iran War. “Conflict devastates countries and costs countless lives, yet for some it is extraordinarily profitable,” said the executive director of Oxfam International.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016431133
88 Corporations That Paid No US Federal Income Tax in 2025 Spent $852 Million on Recent Lobbying, Elections. “The result,” said the author of a new Public Citizen analysis, “is a self-reinforcing loop where corporate cash buys policy, and policy pays cash back.”\
https://www.citizen.org/news/corporate-tax-dodgers-lobbying-and-political-spending-records-reveal-self-reinforcing-loop/
‘The World Woke Up’: CEO of World’s Largest Hedge Fund Warns Trump Stopping Global Investment In the US
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/world-woke-ceo-world-largest-212130422.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump’s divisive pick for DNI already looking to eliminate hundreds of jobs. President Trump’s controversial Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte officially started this week and he’s already eying job cuts.
https://san.com/cc/trumps-divisive-pick-for-dni-already-looking-to-eliminate-hundreds-of-jobs/
# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Trump Handed Elon Musk’s SpaceX 700 Acres of Endangered Wildlife Refuge and Called It Conservation. Environmental groups say exchange between US government and SpaceX would worsen ecological risks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/spacex-trump-administration-texas-land-swap
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Trump’s Interior will pay Invenergy $765 million from a taxpayer fund to cancel offshore wind leases. The project that Invenergy and partner energyRE were building in the New York Bight, the 2.4-GW Leading Light Wind, was cancelled in November due to economic and regulatory pressures.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-administration-buys-out-four-more-offshore-wind-leases-for-765m/823314/
NEADA just warned Americans will pay nearly $800 for electricity this summer, a 10.5% jump from last year. According to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, summer cooling costs are expected to hit record highs this year, and household electric bills are expected to climb 10.5 percent.
https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/52654-neada-summer-cooling-costs-expected-to-hit-record-highs/
National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) https://neada.org/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
House Oversight Staff Hit a Wall at Ghislaine Maxwell’s Texas Prison, Leaving Them With More Questions Than Answers About Her Move
https://www.rawstory.com/ghislaine-maxwell-congressional-investigations/
# Gov / Politics / US
Trump Warns He Will ‘Be the Last Republican President’ If His Voter ID Bill Doesn’t Pass. Democrats have argued that the Act is simply a tactic to make voting harder for married women who change their names, and others who don’t have immediate access to their birth certificates or other forms of identification.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-warns-he-will-be-the-last-republican-president-if-his-voter-id-bill-doesnt-pass/
‘Coordinated effort’: Kansas Republican leaders have a plan to cancel the 2026 U.S. Senate election
https://www.alternet.org/trump-midterms-trouble-republicans-2677067003/
Los Angeles moves to let noncitizens vote in local elections, Republicans raise alarm. The city council voted to put the measure on the general election ballot.
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/gop-reacts-los-angeles-proposal-noncitizen-voters
Hundreds of Republican election deniers and vote suppressors will be on the ballot this fall. Many are running for pivotal state-level roles like governor or secretary of state that wield enormous power to undermine a fair election. Others are running for seats in the U.S. House or Senate, from which they could help drive anti-voting policies that threaten to disenfranchise millions of voters.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/these-19-election-deniers-and-vote-suppressors-are-on-the-ballot-in-the-midterms-we-should-be-worried/
Top Trump Donor Miriam Adelson’s Newspaper Runs Scathing Open Letter to Prez: ‘You Failed.’ Zaken argued to Trump that he “may be remembered forever as the president who brought about America’s humiliation.”
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/top-trump-donor-miriam-adelsons-newspaper-runs-scathing-open-letter-to-prez-you-failed/
‘I’m the president and you’re not’: Trump’s blunt message to those offering advice revealed
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-president-advice-message-b2999288.html
Trump Blames Hegseth for Deadly Iranian School Strike That Killed More Than 100 Girls. ‘Mistakes are made’: Trump flunks test on deadly school bombing in Iran. Holding people responsible for mistakes, even deadly ones, just isn’t a presidential priority in this White House.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/mistakes-are-made-trump-flunks-test-on-deadly-school-bombing-in-iran
Trump keeps repeating six-word phrase as Republicans turn on Iran deal. As resistance to President Donald Trump’s 14-point Memorandum of Understanding continues to build, the president has taken to issuing a brand-new refrain to remind dissenters who is in charge.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-keeps-repeating-five-word-173202000.html
Padilla, Slotkin Lead Bill to Block Trump from Deploying Federal Law Enforcement at Polling Places
https://www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/padilla-slotkin-lead-bill-to-block-trump-from-deploying-federal-law-enforcement-at-polling-places/
The First Lady Deportation Scandal: What did Melania Trump know about Amanda Ungaro’s Capture and When Did She Know It?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/strange-case-melania-model-deported-222243605.html
‘Release The Hoffman Files’: James Talarico calls on Ken Paxton to release Adam Hoffman plea deal documents
https://www.kwtx.com/2026/06/18/release-hoffman-files-james-talarico-calls-paxton-release-details-adam-hoffman-plea-deal/
They’re leaving Congress with nothing to lose, spelling potential trouble for Trump. A trio of Senate Republicans, including Texas’ John Cornyn, are on their way out of Congress. Each has previously drawn President Trump’s scorn and now each are seen as newly liberated to complicate his agenda if they choose.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2026/06/19/555007/republicans-yolo-caucus-bill-cassidy-john-cornyn-thom-tillis/
# Politics / Global
Iran accused the United States and Israel of violating the ceasefire ahead of further negotiations. Iran’s IRGC says the Strait of Hormuz is closed over Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon that have killed at least 32 people since dawn.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/6/20/iran-war-live-tehran-says-us-must-ensure-israel-ends-attacks-on-lebanon
‘This War Has Now Reached Your Homes’: Ukraine’s Startling New Message for Russia. Inside Kyiv’s secret drone program that’s hitting targets deep inside Russia.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/06/19/ukraine-russia-drones-attack-00967074
Israel and Hezbollah renew ceasefire after U.S. and Iran call off talks over fighting in Lebanon. At least five killed in Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon on Saturday morning, as US envoy Steve Witkoff reportedly prepares to open talks with Iranian foreign minister
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/19/israel-hezbollah-renew-ceasefire-lebanon-us-iran-agreement
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Walmart shopper shot dead in front of shocked wife after ‘accidentally bumping into teen with shopping cart’
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16523303/dad-shot-dead-bump-teen-shopping-trolley/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Federal Court Allows Challenge to Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Voting to Proceed with Respect to the Midterm Elections
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-narrows-lawsuits-challenging-trumps-executive-order-restricting-mail-in-2026-06-18/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
The week USPS followed Trump’s orders. Federal judge allows some challenges to Trump’s mail-in voting executive order
https://krcrtv.com/news/nation-world/federal-judge-allows-some-challenges-to-trumps-mail-in-voting-executive-order-democratic-states-midterm-elections-rob-bonta-aclu-white-house
Trump reportedly wants to take over US Postal Service. President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at taking control of the U.S. Postal Service and folding the independent mail agency into the Commerce Department, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal said Thursday. Doing so without approval from Congress “would probably violate federal law,” the Post said.
https://theweek.com/politics/trump-usps-takeover
# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
I’m a critical care doctor. I’ve never seen the US harm its children this deliberately. At every stage of childhood, the Trump administration is withdrawing a protection. It is also dismantling the tools that would measure the harm. — Robert B Shpiner
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/19/trump-administration-healthcare-for-kids
States not required to give community-based care for those with disabilities: Trump administration released a new legal opinion that seeks to narrow disability rights protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act. Mia Ives-Rublee, senior director for the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement:
https://www.americanprogress.org/press/statement-the-trump-administration-is-laying-the-groundwork-to-roll-back-decades-of-progress-for-the-disability-community/
Biden administration buried whistleblower complaint alleging Fauci lied to Congress during pandemic. Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Research That Sparked COVID. New Evidence Fauci Manipulated Intelligence and Lied to Congress
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2026/4166-pr-11-26
Gabbard Releases Documents on Fauci: Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has released what she described as previously unseen communications and documents related to the origins of COVID-19, research funding, and the alleged actions of Dr. Anthony Fauci.
https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-drops-documents-she-says-relate-to-covid-fauci-view-in-full-12094073
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
3 Killed in US Military Strike. Attack brings to at least 211 number of people killed as Trump administration targets alleged ‘narcoterrorists’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/19/us-kills-3-in-strike-on-alleged-drug-smuggling-boat-in-eastern-pacific
Lawmakers call for congressional review of Trump’s boat strikes. Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, citing a published report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order for all crew members to be killed as part of a Sept. 2 attack.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/lawmakers-review-trump-boat-strikes/
MQ-9 Getting Airborne Early Warning Radar Is A Huge Deal. Radar pod-toting MQ-9s present an economical and highly-flexible persistent airborne early warning solution that is needed now more than ever.
https://www.twz.com/air/mq-9-getting-airborne-early-warning-radar-is-a-huge-deal
# Military / Global
Here Is How Russia’s Skyfall Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Actually Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2SISJWSits
# NASA / NORAD / Space
‘It’s quite a bit more than we expected’: Satellite reveals immense scale of GPS signal tampering. An experimental satellite has mapped the scale of GPS jamming across Europe and the Middle East from space for the first time.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/its-quite-a-bit-more-than-we-expected-satellite-reveals-immense-scale-of-gps-signal-tampering
# Science / Research
Scientists Cracked Open a Mars Meteorite And Found a Big Surprise. Cracking open a meteorite that landed on Earth from Mars has yielded an unexpected treasure. Hidden inside a fragment of rock, scientists found a few grains of garnet – a mineral that has never before been found in a Martian sample. This tiny speck raises some enormous questions.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/scientists-cracked-open-mars-meteorite-100000816.html
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
RFK Jr. Recommends Social Security Immediately “Reduce Scheduled Benefits by 25.2%” as Insolvency Looms. Claiming early to ‘lock in’ benefits before Congress acts is the irreversible mistake. It trades a permanent self-imposed cut for a hypothetical one you don’t control.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/rfk-jr-recommends-social-security-021043589.html
# Transportation / Trucking
In-Car Surveillance Tech That Can Auto-Kill Your Engine Will be Mandatory Starting in 2027 Under Current Policy. NHTSA’s New ‘Kill Switch’ Law Approaches Key Deadline
https://www.kbb.com/car-news/nhtsas-new-kill-switch-law-approaches-key-deadline/
# Veterans / VA
300,000 Veterans Still Can’t Access Some Benefits Because Their War Was Never Recognized
Several states support change for combat soldiers at the federal level. “The U.S. government has never officially recognized Honduras as a combat zone by issuance of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal or a campaign badge,” Rutherford told Military.com. “Therefore, all who served are not eligible for many veterans’ benefits, awards and entitlements which only combat or war veterans are entitled to.
https://www.military.com/300000-veterans-still-cant-access-some-benefits-because-their-war-was-never-recognized
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