https://meenews.co/post/6a2a09baee6011c3f4ecc15b HHS investigating CAIR in response to Texas-led congressional delegation request te 2026-06-11T01:04:58.011Z HHS investigating CAIR in response to Texas-led congressional delegation request (The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is investigating the Council on American Islamic Relations-California in response to a request made by a congressional delegation led by outgoing U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a09a4ee6011c3f4ecc152 Education Department admits it violated court order in Title IX cases te 2026-06-11T01:04:36.493Z Education Department admits it violated court order in Title IX cases (The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education confirmed a whistleblower’s allegations that the agency violated a federal court order while handling Title IX cases tied to gender identity and sexual orientation, according to the U.S. Office of Special… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a098fee6011c3f4ecc149 Seat the rich! World Cup ticket inflation reflects widening gap between haves and have-nots te 2026-06-11T01:04:15.528Z Seat the rich! World Cup ticket inflation reflects widening gap between haves and have-nots The wild swings of dynamic pricing, ongoing accusations of FIFA corruption and questions of host-nation probity have created a huge backlash. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a0978ee6011c3f4ecc140 Billionaires and the golden FIFA ticket. te 2026-06-11T01:03:52.972Z Billionaires and the golden FIFA ticket. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a0964ee6011c3f4ecc137 Scene pkg June 10 te 2026-06-11T01:03:32.088Z Scene pkg June 10 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a094eee6011c3f4ecc12e Scene pkg June 10 NDS te 2026-06-11T01:03:10.813Z Scene pkg June 10 NDS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a0939ee6011c3f4ecc125 Northern Arizona Fire District answers the call, sending engine and crew to California te 2026-06-11T01:02:49.849Z Northern Arizona Fire District answers the call, sending engine and crew to California It's wildfire season, and although things have been fairly quite locally so far that doesn't mean locals are sitting it out. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a0924ee6011c3f4ecc11c NAFD te 2026-06-11T01:02:28.810Z NAFD The Northern Arizona Fire District has prepositioned its Type 6 Engine in California, along with engine boss McMullen, engineer Lomeli, and Bullhead Fire Department engineers Joe Jackson and Justin Miller. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a090fee6011c3f4ecc113 I’m a Mortgages Writer: Here’s the Homebuying Advice I Ignored te 2026-06-11T01:02:07.847Z I’m a Mortgages Writer: Here’s the Homebuying Advice I Ignored As soon as I saw it, I knew it was a gardener’s house.Full sun. Full composter. Native perennials. While the raised beds had seen better days, the soil within them was soft and lovingly tended. It was exactly the kind… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a08faee6011c3f4ecc10a I’m a Mortgages Writer: Here’s the Homebuying Advice I Ignored te 2026-06-11T01:01:46.893Z I’m a Mortgages Writer: Here’s the Homebuying Advice I Ignored A senior beautiful woman planting flowers on her patio Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a08b2ee6011c3f4ecc0ca Knicks owner, Mamdani trade barbs over canceled Knicks watch party outside MSG: 'Don't want the celebration' te 2026-06-11T01:00:34.494Z Knicks owner, Mamdani trade barbs over canceled Knicks watch party outside MSG: 'Don't want the celebration' Ahead of the biggest New York Knicks game a generation has ever seen, team owner James Dolan has gotten into a war of words with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The bickering began when plans for a watch party outside Madison Square Garden, a now-common sight during the Knicks' playoff run, were scrapped ahead of Wednesday night's game. The NYPD said there was no watch party allowed for Game 3 due to President Donald Trump's appearance. Well, Dolan decided to cancel Game 4's watch party, which was slated for 1,000 ticketed fans, because "we're about millions of people." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "He gave us the gift of allowing us to screen 999 people and tell 20,000 no… Our hope was that the mayor and the commissioner would change their minds and then we’d put the screens up," Dolan told WFAN in a rare interview on Wednesday. "This is about celebrating the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, at the Mecca of basketball. This is what the mayor’s office and the commissioner’s office is trying to kill, they don’t want the celebration." However, at around 5 p.m. ET, Mamdani took to X to say that MSG had actually requested the permit for 500-999 fans, and Dolan "decided to cancel the watch party." KNICKS STAR KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS REJECTS MIKE BROWN'S OFFICIATING CRITICISM: 'WE DIDN'T EXECUTE' Roughly an hour before Game 4's tip, MSG went scorched earth on Mamdani again. "Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks declined to use the permit that was granted by Mayor Mamdani's office due to the fact that only 1,000 people would be allowed into the area and they would need to be ticketed, leaving the tens of thousands of people who want to come to The Garden to celebrate the Knicks out in the cold. We did not think it was fair to just allow a small group to celebrate outside The Garden when everybody else was being shut out," a statement said. The City Reporter unearthed the permit application MSG submitted, saying that they were given the option to apply for even an "unknown" amount of people. A watch party, hosted by the city, in Bryant Park on Monday, led to unruliness, which has not exactly been an uncommon theme throughout the Knicks' Finals run. Street closures have been in effect for both NBA Finals game days. Dolan even said it would be easier to get inside of "Area 51" than MSG for Wednesday's game. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a0684ee6011c3f4ecc056 Arizona faces full federal tax conformity and a moratorium on data center tax cuts te 2026-06-11T00:51:16.640Z Arizona faces full federal tax conformity and a moratorium on data center tax cuts Key points: Legislature to send Gov. Katie Hobbs a bipartisan budget deal Governor anticipated to sign, lawmakers expect to adjourn for summer on Friday The $18.3 billion deal fully conforms Arizona to President Donald Trump’s federal tax cuts and pauses subsidies for new data centers for three years  Gov. Katie Hobbs is expected to sign a bipartisan budget package now moving through the Legislature, calling the deal a compromise with legislative Republicans after including full conformity to President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and a three-year pause on subsidizing taxes for new data centers.  The Joint Appropriations Committee passed the $18.3 billion package on Wednesday morning with only three lawmakers on the 28-member panel voting against it. Both chambers are expecting to vote on the budget package Thursday and adjourn sine die on Friday.  Hobbs in May vetoed a $17.9 billion GOP-led budget proposal that kept the state’s sales tax exemption for data centers, but lawmakers and the Governor’s Office have reached an agreement after a month-long recess to focus on budget negotiations.  “This bipartisan compromise shows what we can do when we put common sense before political games and focus on delivering real results for our communities,” Hobbs said on Tuesday. “It will put money back in the pockets of Arizona families and lower costs, make our communities safer and protect the vital services that Arizonans rely on.” Republicans were primarily seeking to become the only state that fully conforms to the federal tax policy in last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1. Full tax conformity is expected to reduce state revenue by over $1.4 billion over four years. While Democrats have largely opposed full tax conformity, Hobbs has supported “middle class tax cuts” that are also implemented in the budget, which includes the elimination of taxes on tips and overtime, an increased standard deduction and a new $6,000 tax deduction for seniors.  “This is a $1.4 billion tax cut budget,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. David Livingston, R-Peoria. “It’s all that matters in this budget. Everything else is small potatoes.” Hobbs had proposed some revenue sources of her own in her $18.7 billion budget proposal released in January. Those were kept out of the bipartisan deal, including a short-term rental $3.50 nightly fee and a sports betting fee that was expected to generate $146 million in revenue. The state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program is also untouched after Hobbs asked for an income cap on the program earlier this session.  “Arizona families will keep more of what they earn. Parents will keep school choice. Public safety will be funded. Government will be smaller. Welfare programs will be held to basic standards, and Governor Hobbs’ push for higher taxes and bigger government was stopped,” said House Speaker Steve Montenegro, R-Goodyear. But Hobbs and Democrats did get the pause on tax breaks for new data centers, which lawmakers believe will save about $38 million annually. House Minority Leader Oscar De Los Santos, D-Laveen, said Arizona’s three-year moratorium on data center subsidies will be the longest of any state in the country.   House and Senate Democrats are touting other wins in food assistance and public education support after a near 50% cut to the enrollment of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since last year. The budget funds free school meals for two years and allocates $235 million for food assistance programs and $66 million that will help public schools acquire textbooks, technology and transportation.  “We’re also using the money from stopping the data center tax giveaway to invest in food security and affordability,” De Los Santos said on Wednesday.  And as Democrats secured money for those programs, Republicans got reforms to Medicaid and SNAP to include more strict eligibility and residency requirements for both programs as lawmakers are trying to reduce the state’s error rates to comply with federal requirements.  “The reforms that we secured in this budget are going to drive down those error rates,” said Rep. Matt Gress, R-Phoenix.  The only Republican who voted against the budget package on the joint committee, which included almost a third of the Legislature’s 90 members, was Rep. Justin Olson, R-Mesa.  While Olson supports full tax conformity and the budget’s taxation omnibus bill, House Bill 4168, he said he couldn’t support the mass motion or the other budget bills with how much the state planned to spend. Republican leaders at the Legislature do consider this year’s budget spending growth to be a win relative to previous years. The budget has grown by 3.1% compared to last year, below the 3.9% combined change in Arizona’s population and inflation. “I’m pleased that it increases much smaller than the amount that we increased the budget by last year, but I’m still very uncomfortable with a $716 million increase in state spending on top of the more than double the increase in population and inflation that was adopted last year,” Olson said. Two Democrats, Sens. Mitzi Epstein D-Tempe and Lauren Kuby, D-Tempe, also voted against the budget in the appropriations hearing. Epstein did not support the tax conformity provisions in the budget, although she commended Democratic leaders for reaching a more favorable deal than the Republican budget presented earlier in the session.  The GOP budget proposed cutting state agencies across the board by 10%, but that has now been reduced to a 2.5% reduction in operation spending which eliminates 1,000 unfunded full-time positions and requires the sale of vacant government buildings. The bipartisan budget also increases state employee healthcare spending by about $100 million and removes a 20% increase in premium payments that was in the GOP budget.  Under the earlier budget, about 40,000 Arizonans would have been removed from the state’s Medicaid program, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, but Democrats negotiated $20 million for 163 new full-time employees at AHCCCS and the Department of Economic Security to help administer the programs. “House Democrats stuck together and forced a better deal: one that feeds kids, supports public schools, lowers childcare costs, and protects healthcare,” Assistant House Minority Leader Nancy Gutierrez, D-Tucson, said in a Tuesday statement.  The budget deal also includes a 4% stipend for correctional officers, $48 million to state childcare assistance programs, and $58 million for child safety operations.  The post Arizona faces full federal tax conformity and a moratorium on data center tax cuts first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a066eee6011c3f4ecc047 Phoenix, Mesa and other cities oppose Republican plan to slash Arizona photo radar fines te 2026-06-11T00:50:54.568Z Phoenix, Mesa and other cities oppose Republican plan to slash Arizona photo radar fines A photo radar camera in Phoenix. (Photo courtesy City of Phoenix) The price of tickets issued by speed or red-light cameras would be reduced by more than a third under a proposal that has the backing of the Republican legislative majority, who ignored concerns from cities in Maricopa County that say it would take away a critical incentive for Arizona drivers to follow the law. The Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 1624, which would cap the fine for tickets originating from photo radar cameras at $75, far below the current maximum of $250.  Doug Cole, a lobbyist for the League of Arizona Cities and Towns, testified during a March 18 meeting of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that six cities in Maricopa County have photo radar enforcement systems, and the highest fine is Paradise Valley’s $243. Chandler, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Phoenix and Tempe, all of which use photo radar cameras, are opposed to the legislation.  Republicans have long railed against traffic camera enforcement systems, and have pushed a ban on speed and red light cameras for years with no success. This year’s iteration would ask voters in November to decide whether city officials need to get their permission every 10 years to keep traffic cameras in place. If lawmakers send it to the ballot and voters approve the proposal, they would be given a chance at the next general election to preserve existing photo enforcement systems or scrap them altogether.  Cole told lawmakers in March that the proposal slashing the cost of tickets should be tabled until after voters have a chance to weigh in on whether they want photo enforcement at all, but supporters of the bill are pushing ahead regardless, in a bid to chip away at traffic camera systems even if voters choose to keep them.  The bill also prohibits the Arizona Department of Transportation and its Motor Vehicle Division from considering tickets issued via photo radar when deciding whether a person’s license should be suspended or revoked. And insurance companies would be forbidden from using data from photo radar cameras to raise rates or decide which clients to take on or keep.  Several insurance companies, including Allstate, Progressive and Nationwide have registered their opposition with the legislation.  While the bill won an initial greenlight from the House, it has a long way to go before it can become law. It must still undergo a final vote in the chamber and travel back to the Arizona Senate to have its amendments approved before it can be sent to Gov. Katie Hobbs. And it’s unlikely that the Democrat will sign it into law: Hobbs has rejected previous attempts to regulate photo radar systems and frequently sides with city officials when they criticize legislation. And her party appears poised to oppose it.  During early hearings in the Senate, the legislation netted bipartisan approval. It passed out of the Senate with the backing of the majority of the chamber, on a vote of 25-2. But in the House, it began to face pushback from Democrats who voiced concerns about the possibility that Arizona drivers would lose a deterrent to speed or run red lights.  “Seventy-five dollars – that’s chump change for some people,” said Rep. Patty Contreras, D-Tempe, during the March 18 meeting of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.  Republicans, meanwhile, emphasized that the point of the legislation is to persuade people to pay their fines and noted that traffic cameras, unlike police officers, don’t have the ability to discern why a driver might be forced to speed or run a red light sometimes.  Sen. David Gowan, a Republican who represents Sierra Vista, said that most people wait to pay their tickets until they’ve been served. Arizona law doesn’t require people to respond to a mailed notice of a traffic violation caught by a photo radar enforcement system, but failing to respond can result in being officially served and additional fees. Gowan, during debate of the bill in March, said that a lower ticket cost might convince people to pay faster and help cities capture that revenue.  “The issue is just making it simple,” he said. “And it’ll probably get people to just pay their fines at the end of the day.” But Cole told lawmakers that the ticketing system was never meant to function as a revenue source and that its value lies instead in the threat of an expensive punishment.  “We don’t want those seventy five dollars,” he said. “We want behavior changed for things to be safer.” YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a0656ee6011c3f4ecc026 U.K. spy powers draw U.S. scrutiny over alleged Apple encryption backdoor demand te 2026-06-11T00:50:31.038Z U.K. spy powers draw U.S. scrutiny over alleged Apple encryption backdoor demand U.K. surveillance laws drew scrutiny from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio June 5 amid warnings they could expose communications of officials and American citizens, according to reports. The concern centered on the U.K.'s use of secret Technical Capability Notices under the Investigatory Powers Act, which critics say could make U.S. companies weaken encryption or create "backdoors" weaken encryption or create "backdoors" while preventing firms from disclosing requests without U.K. government approval. Critics have argued this could undermine privacy, create vulnerabilities and limit congressional oversight with one former intelligence official warning of a "standing invitation to Beijing." "We have already seen how this ends," former Department of Defense official Andrew Badger told Fox News Digital. JD VANCE 'DIRECTLY' CONVINCED UK TO DROP APPLE BACKDOOR DATA DEMAND, PROTECTING AMERICANS' RIGHTS: US OFFICIAL "There are legitimate privacy concerns here, and those have been well aired. The less examined issue is national security," Badger said. "A backdoor compelled by one ally becomes a standing invitation to Beijing, Moscow and Tehran so once one government can quietly compel access, others will demand the same, and a one-off concession hardens into a permanent vulnerability," he warned. According to the Telegraph, a June 5 letter sent by Jordan to U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, showed the Trump ally had called for a review. The report said Mahmood's decision had been to deny a U.S. company permission to speak with Congress about an alleged encryption backdoor notice. Jordan was also said to have warned that a lack of bilateral coordination raised concerns about the "trust and effective partnership between our two countries." "Five Eyes works because every partner trusts the others not to weaken the systems they all depend on," Badger, co-author of "The Great Heist: China's Epic Campaign to Steal America's Secrets," said. "If Washington also concludes that U.K. surveillance powers could inadvertently expose Americans and American officials to espionage, it puts real strain on the relationship and makes future cooperation on intelligence and cyber harder to sustain." US SPIES URGED TO REFOCUS EFFORTS ON AMERICA'S BACKYARD, NEW HOUSE INTEL CHAIR SAYS On the encryption issue, Badger noted that mainstream encrypted platforms now function as "de facto infrastructure for sensitive communication well beyond the consumer market." "Any access point built into them becomes a permanent target. It is not a private key the requesting government gets to keep to itself," he said. U.S. and British cyber officials have also repeatedly warned that an axis of hostile states — including Russia, China and Iran — poses threats to Western security and infrastructure. As previously reported by Fox News Digital, cyberespionage by groups such as Salt Typhoon, linked to China, has carried out operations targeting sensitive communications. "China is actively running one of the largest state-backed cyberespionage operations ever uncovered. The Salt Typhoon campaign has targeted hundreds of organizations across roughly 80 countries and, through those intrusions, gained access to sensitive communications and networks used by senior Western officials," Badger warned. "Chinese state hackers didn't defeat encryption. They walked straight through the lawful-intercept systems telecom providers had built, reaching the communications of senior officials and even information about surveillance targets." CHINESE BIOWEAPON SMUGGLING CASE SHOWS US 'TRAINS OUR ENEMIES,' 'LEARNED NOTHING' FROM COVID: SECURITY EXPERT Reports also surfaced that U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper used a burner phone during a recent trip to Beijing and raising further concerns about state-sponsored espionage. Badger noted that the episode reflects a broader pattern of Chinese targeting of British democratic institutions, including the "hacking of senior Downing Street officials' phones and an Electoral Commission breach that exposed the data of roughly 40 million voters," he said. "The telling thing is that no one issues burner phones for a trip to Sweden or Germany," he said. "The precaution is itself an admission of the threat environment. The working assumption — correctly — is that anything digital taken into China should be treated as potentially compromised." The systemic vulnerability also highlights a fundamental contradiction in Western diplomatic strategy, according to Badger. "This case perfectly underscores the contradiction at the heart of the U.K. Labour government's China policy: chasing positive economic relations and expanded trade with Beijing on one hand, while being forced to take elaborate precautions against a state whose core interests remain fundamentally at odds with its own on the other," Badger said. "You can't simultaneously treat China as a trusted economic partner and a hostile intelligence threat. It's a fundamental contradiction. The need to use burner phones symbolically underscore this." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2a01afee6011c3f4ecbf71 HGTV stars Tarek and Heather El Moussa feel 'violated' after burglars ransack Newport Beach home te 2026-06-11T00:30:39.460Z HGTV stars Tarek and Heather El Moussa feel 'violated' after burglars ransack Newport Beach home Tarek and Heather El Moussa felt "violated" after a suspect broke into their Southern California home while they were away on vacation. The reality stars' Newport Beach home was broken into earlier this week as the couple vacationed with their family in Mexico. Authorities responded to reports of a residential burglary near the Mariners Community after 6 p.m. on June 8, officials confirmed to Fox News Digital. ‘REAL HOUSEWIVES’ STARS KATHY HILTON, SUTTON STRACKE TARGETED IN SEPARATE HOME BURGLARIES "While the victim was away, unknown suspects accessed the backyard of the property and shattered a rear sliding glass door to get into the house," officials told Fox News Digital. HGTV STAR CHRISTINA HAACK BREAKS DOWN HOW SHE STAYS CLOSE FRIENDS WITH BOTH HER EX-HUSBANDS "Inside the residence, the suspects ransacked the primary bedroom closet before fleeing through the backyard, along the side of the house and out the front yard." The house-flipping specialists reported jewelry stolen from the residence. Officers believe the home invasion occurred between the earlier hours of June 6 and into June 8. The Newport Beach Police Department does not currently have a suspect identified in the case. Representatives for Tarek and Heather didn't immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER The couple responded to the incident on social media Tuesday. "Disgusted by some of the cruel heartless people in this world," Heather wrote on Instagram stories while tagging her husband. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Tarek and I feel violated and to be honest really sad. Taking a break for a few days and will back to explain soon." She added, "We are safe & the kids are safe." The couple welcomed son Tristan in January 2023. Tarek was previously married to fellow HGTV star Christina Haack for seven years before their divorce was finalized in 2018. They co-parent two children — daughter Taylor and son Brayden — and starred together after their divorce in HGTV’s "The Flip Off." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29fd62ee6011c3f4ecbe28 NBA Finals ratings surge as the league welcomes Trump, drops woke messaging — but is it sustainable? te 2026-06-11T00:12:18.659Z NBA Finals ratings surge as the league welcomes Trump, drops woke messaging — but is it sustainable? ESPN posted a graphic Wednesday afternoon highlighting the viewership for Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Spurs and Knicks. The ratings were significant. The network says the game averaged 23.8 million viewers, making it the largest NBA Finals Game 3 audience since 1998 and the most-watched NBA Finals Game 3 ever on ABC and ESPN. You'd think the NBA's media fanboys would be pleased. The ratings are undeniably impressive. Instead, they did what they so often do whenever the NBA claims to receive positive news. They tweet at OutKick, Clay Travis and me. Sometimes they even bring us up on Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo's podcasts. So, as requested, we'll offer our thoughts. However, since so many people want our reaction, it's worth providing some proper context first. NBA PLAYOFFS RATINGS ARE NOT ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST IN 33 YEARS, AS REPORTED For starters, as I've explained since September, Nielsen changed its methodology. The new system, known as Big Data + Panel, combines data from digital devices with panel data from actual viewers. There are differing opinions about whether the system is more or less accurate. Nonetheless, it has dramatically increased audience estimates for live sports. Nearly every live sporting event across the NFL, MLB, NHL, college basketball, tennis, golf, the World Baseball Classic and the NBA has posted near-record ratings since the measurement change. The lone exception appears to be the second half of the Super Bowl, which saw an unprecedented drop following Bad Bunny's halftime performance. The NBA playoffs have also benefited from other structural changes. For the first time this season, first-round games were not carried on local affiliates, pushing more viewers toward national broadcasts. The league also shifted games from TNT, a cable network, to NBC, a broadcast network that reaches significantly more homes. Simply put, comparing NBA playoff ratings in 2026 to previous seasons without acknowledging those changes is misleading. No honest outlet can directly compare games that aired on TNT and NBA TV under the old measurement system to games airing on NBC under the new one. No wonder so many blogs continue to do so. Further complicating matters is the rise of streaming. Networks now incorporate self-reported streaming data alongside Nielsen's television measurements. NBC, for example, uses Adobe Analytics to measure Peacock viewership and combines those figures with traditional television audiences. The challenge is that streaming measurements are often calculated differently from traditional television audiences, which are based on average viewers throughout an entire telecast rather than concurrent viewers at specific moments. To be clear, networks use similar methods across virtually every major sport. The difference is that fans and media members of other leagues don't demand that OutKick respond every time a league issues a favorable press release. Even with those caveats, the NBA Finals are performing better than recent editions. While Monday night's game is unlikely the highest-rated Game 3 since 1998 in a true apples-to-apples comparison, it was almost certainly the most-watched Game 3 in quite some time. That shouldn't surprise anyone. OutKick predicted before the Finals that the ratings would be strong. How could they not be? The Knicks play in New York City, the nation's largest television market. The franchise is pursuing its first NBA championship since 1973. Ticket prices are equivalent to the Super Bowl. The 2026 Knicks are exactly the type of story that attracts casual sports fans. STEPHEN A SMITH CLAIMS TRUMP HAS "NO BUSINESS" ATTENDING KNICKS GAME AT MSG: "IT IS SELFISH AND NARCISSISTIC" Just as importantly, the NBA has largely gotten out of its own way. "Congrats to Adam Silver and the NBA," OutKick founder Clay Travis posted following the ratings announcement. "This has never been rocket science. Silver says he's thrilled President Trump is coming to Game 3, says he wants fans of all politics to watch, and fans show up in big numbers. (New ratings formula and Wemby and Knicks hating each other helps too)." "For a decade LeBron, Silver, Popovich and Kerr ridiculed Trump voters and Republicans. That has now ended. It's a return to the Jordan, 'Republicans buy sneakers too,' era. Smart business and good for sports culture too. Good decisions get rewarded, bad decisions get punished," Travis concluded. Indeed. A YouGov/Yahoo News poll in 2021 found that nearly half of Americans had altered their viewing habits because of political or social messaging in sports. The previous year, the NBA prominently displayed "Black Lives Matter," as in the Marxist political organization, on the court during the COVID-affected bubble season, a postseason in which viewership dropped by 50%. The NFL also experienced this, though to a lesser extent. League viewership declined by double digits during the height of the national anthem protests in 2016 and 2017. It wasn't until this year, a decade later, that the NFL fully recovered its favorability among conservative viewers. By and large, the NBA, as a whole, has distanced itself from overt political messaging in recent years. Again, Adam Silver publicly welcomed President Trump to the Finals. So seeing the league experience this level of success, even if not quite to the degree suggested by every press release, is hardly surprising. And for those who believe the ratings rebound somehow reflects poorly on OutKick, none of it contradicts what I've previously reported. I simply cited publicly available data that many others willfully ignored. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REACTS TO SPURS STAR VICTOR WEMBANYAMA FOLDING HIS ARMS DURING THE ANTHEM I never argued that the NBA could not recover. I reported that ratings had declined and offered explanations for why. In fact, earlier this season, I advised the NBA to "Lean into foreign superstars and leave the BLM era behind." The league has largely done just that. It also helps that Victor Wembanyama is a Black international player. Here's a side-by-side comparison of how current and former players view him differently from White foreign players like Jokic and Luka. Speaking of Wembanyama, he will play a major role in determining whether the NBA's newfound momentum is sustainable. At times during these Finals, the 22-year-old has looked like a player not yet ready for the moment. That ending of Game 2 was bad. Still, he is clearly positioned to become the face of the NBA for the next decade. In terms of cultural activism, the NBA needs Wembanyama to be more Michael Jordan than LeBron James. But he's not off to a great start. Wembanyama, who was born in France, already falsely accused ICE of "murdering" civilians earlier this year. He also crossed his arms during the national anthem before Game 1, which some fans took as a moment of protest. OutKick asked both the Spurs and Wembanyama's representatives for clarification regarding the gesture. Neither provided a response. As evidenced by the selection of Bad Bunny for the halftime show, an American sports league can alienate fans on political and cultural grounds just as quickly as it wins them back. The league also won't have the New York Knicks chasing their first championship in more than 50 years every season. Nielsen is unlikely to overhaul its methodology again anytime soon. In any event, I advise the NBA media and fanboys to enjoy the basketball. The league is in a healthier place today than it was a few years ago. The ratings are up. Interest is up. The Finals matchup is compelling. The league has, for the most part, stepped away from the political messaging that alienated a sizable portion of the audience. Enjoy it — while it lasts. This might not be the case next year. And because you all demand OutKick cover the ratings so often, I will have to point that out. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29fd4eee6011c3f4ecbe1f Undefeated lacrosse team's championship dreams end in controversy after players punished over fake cigars te 2026-06-11T00:11:58.729Z Undefeated lacrosse team's championship dreams end in controversy after players punished over fake cigars An undefeated Massachusetts high school lacrosse team's championship hopes came to an abrupt end this week after school officials ruled nine players ineligible, forcing Ipswich High School to forfeit its state semifinal matchup. The decision has sparked controversy because the players insist they never violated the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association's tobacco policy, claiming the cigars they used during a graduation celebration contained no tobacco. Ipswich forfeited its MIAA Division 4 semifinal against Cohasset High School on Tuesday after the team was unable to field enough eligible players. According to reporting by Boston.com, senior Christian Gianakakis and several teammates participated in a graduation tradition Sunday by smoking homemade cigars that he said were tobacco-free. Gianakakis said his father rolled the cigars after fake cigars ordered online failed to arrive before graduation. HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE PLAYER, 16, DIES OF INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING GAME The controversy escalated after a photo of the students was reported to school officials, who believed the cigars were real, according to the report. Gianakakis told Boston.com that he and several teammates later recovered one of the cigars and presented it to school administrators as evidence that it did not contain tobacco. He also told the outlet that Principal Jonathan Mitchell initially informed him and his father that the players would be allowed to participate in Tuesday's semifinal before the decision was reversed roughly four hours before game time. "It felt like a punch in the face. It was like we were being called liars," Gianakakis told Boston.com. LITTLE LEAGUER SUSPENDED FOR STATE TOURNAMENT GAME AFTER BAT-FLIPPING DURING EPIC HOME RUN Ipswich High School said in a statement that the team and coaching staff decided to forfeit because of a shortage of available players. "Ipswich High School was very excited to have its boys lacrosse team advance to the Division 4 State Semifinals that was scheduled for Tuesday evening at 6 p.m.," the school said in a statement on its website. "The team and coaching staff decided that due to the shortage of available players that it was in the best interest of the team to forfeit the game. We congratulate all of our players and coaches on a great season and for advancing to the Final Four." MIAA Executive Director Bob Baldwin told WEEI that the organization was aware of the situation but did not participate in determining whether the students could play. FOUR OF THE MOST ABSURD REASONS COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN RULED INELIGIBLE IN RECENT YEARS "We did not rule in that. We were just made aware of it," Baldwin said. "It's a local decision; we did not get involved at all in that decision." Baldwin pointed to MIAA rules governing alcohol, tobacco and controlled substances, noting that such investigations are typically handled at the local level. The MIAA handbook states that when a principal determines a student-athlete has violated rules governing alcohol, tobacco or controlled substances, the student loses eligibility for the next consecutive contests totaling 25% of that sport's season. The circumstances surrounding the eligibility decision remain unclear. According to Boston.com's reporting, Gianakakis believes the final determination was made by Superintendent Brian Blake. Fox News Digital reached out to Superintendent Brian Blake, Principal Jonathan Mitchell and Athletic Director Tom Gallagher for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29fd3aee6011c3f4ecbe16 House Dem lashes out at GOP efforts to probe foreign donations with stunning claim on motive te 2026-06-11T00:11:38.729Z House Dem lashes out at GOP efforts to probe foreign donations with stunning claim on motive Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., lashed out at Republican efforts to investigate a Democratic fundraising apparatus on Wednesday afternoon, characterizing the ongoing fraud probe as the most recent instance of GOP retribution against Black women in power. "Over and over again, Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has harassed Black women with bogus lawsuits," Sewell said on Wednesday morning. Sewell’s criticisms come as as Republican lawmakers probe ActBlue, a Democratic fundraising and campaign organization, and its CEO and president, Regina Wallace-Jones, for potentially accepting illegal donations. In particular, House Republicans are demanding that ActBlue turn over international communications, probing whether the organization knowingly misled lawmakers and dodged subpoenas to hide weaknesses in its screening process to weed out illegal, overseas donations. DEM FUNDRAISING GIANT IN THE HOT SEAT AS GOP LAWMAKERS DEMAND ANSWERS OVER DODGED SUBPOENA The review by lawmakers coincides with an April request from President Donald Trump to investigate the group. "There is evidence to suggest that foreign nationals are seeking to misuse online fundraising platforms to improperly influence American elections," the White House said in a press release. Wallace-Jones has called the investigation baseless, maintaining that ActBlue applies high scrutiny for its donations processing. JASMINE CROCKETT CLAIMS TRUMP IS 'TERRIFIED OF SMART, BOLD BLACK WOMEN’ AFTER PRESIDENT’S 'LOW IQ' JAB "Our approach is multilayered, with checks and confirmations occurring throughout the donation process to verify donors and donor information," she told Fox News Digital in a statement earlier this year. Among other safeguards, Wallace-Jones said the organization requires Card Verification Values (CVVs) for credit card donations, uses IP addresses, a kind of digital footprint, to identify foreign-sourced contributions, applies an industry-standard Address Verification System (AVS) and manually reviews donations. To Sewell, the investigation into ActBlue and Wallace-Jones is tainted by other investigations into black women who have crossed Trump in the past. "This investigation is just one more example of Republicans and President Trump using power of his office to harass and intimidate anyone willing to challenge him. The Trump Department of Justice has used its power to intimidate and victimize communities of color, especially Black Americans," Sewell said. ACTBLUE CHIEF HEADS TO CAPITOL HILL HOT SEAT AS DONOR FRAUD PROBE INTENSIFIES "We should not forget the harassment of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook, the harassment of the New York Attorney General, Tish James and the harassment of our colleague Congresswoman LaMonica McIver," Sewell said, listing off a number of similar cases. "It is not surprising that this Republican-led committee is now attacking ActBlue and its CEO, Ms. Wallace-Jones," Sewell said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29fd26ee6011c3f4ecbe0d Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns rejects Mike Brown's officiating criticism: 'We didn't execute' te 2026-06-11T00:11:18.807Z Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns rejects Mike Brown's officiating criticism: 'We didn't execute' Shortly after the New York Knicks’ Game 3 defeat in the NBA Finals, Mike Brown turned his attention to the officiating. "I talked to [the officials]. They outshot us 14-3 in the third quarter from the free throw line. I talked to them, and they said, well, this is a foul, this is a foul," Brown told reporters after the San Antonio Spurs trimmed the Knicks' series lead to 2-1. "That's the question I had with them is, you're right. Maybe we did foul. But they fouled, too." Karl-Anthony Towns, one of the catalysts behind New York’s postseason success, struck a different tone ahead of Game 4. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Naw, that ain’t cost us the game," Towns told reporters when asked about Brown’s comments. "Turned the ball over. Didn’t execute. Didn’t do what got us 13 straight wins in a row. That’s how you lose a game. We didn’t do what we've been doing for 13. We decided to do something different. … And throwing the ball away is a clear indication of how you’re going to lose the game, especially in the playoffs." The box score seemed to underscore Brown's primary complaint, as the Spurs attempted three times as many free throws as the Knicks in the second half of Monday's 115-111 victory. BARRING GARBAGE OFFICIATING, THE KNICKS WILL GET REVENGE OVER THE SPURS IN GAME 4 OF THE 2026 NBA FINALS The Knicks were in the penalty for the majority of the fourth quarter. A cold-shooting second half saw New York connect on 36% of its field-goal attempts. While it remains to be seen whether officiating will play a role in Wednesday night’s game at Madison Square Garden, Brown appeared intent on making it part of the buildup to Game 4. "It's going to be that because I said it. The story is going to be there," Brown continued during a news conference. "But there are some controllables that we did not do a good job of doing. We allowed them to hit first at the beginning of the game. We allowed them to hit first in the beginning of the second half." Towns finished Game 3 with 11 points and eight rebounds, a noticeable drop from his team-high 21-point performance in New York’s Game 2 victory over the Spurs. Jalen Brunson led the Knicks in scoring Monday with 32 points. Game 4 tips off at 8:30 p.m. EDT, with the series returning to San Antonio for Game 5 on Saturday. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29fd12ee6011c3f4ecbe04 Abortion 'severely stigmatized' in Hollywood with 'dangerously misleading distortions,' new doc claims te 2026-06-11T00:10:58.809Z Abortion 'severely stigmatized' in Hollywood with 'dangerously misleading distortions,' new doc claims A new documentary called "Hollywood Does Abortion" asserted that abortion has been "severely stigmatized" by the entertainment industry until recently. The movie, which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday, is described as diving into how "from the 1970s to the present, film and television have too often relied on dangerously misleading distortions about abortions and the people who seek them." "In programs like 'Roseanne' and 'Party of Five" or movies like 'Juno,' characters often agonized over whether to have the kid and either had a false positive or miscarriage that prevented them from needing to make a choice or opted to give birth," Variety reported on the documentary. OUTCRY OVER YOUTUBER'S DOWN SYNDROME ABORTION PROVES AMERICANS ARE 'REPULSED BY EUGENICS,' ACTIVIST SAYS The article continued, "Other films and series like 'Dirty Dancing' or 'The Sopranos' depicted women nearly dying from their abortions or having longterm medical consequences that left them unable to have children. The negative portrait of abortion in these films and series contributed to is counterintuitive because Hollywood is often seen as a bastion of liberal politics." Directors Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater and Mike Attie argued that although there have been more media portrayals of abortion in recent years, many of them are still depicted in a negative light. FORMER PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINIC DIRECTOR PROMISES TO EXPOSE ABORTION INDUSTRY'S 'DIRTIEST SECRETS' "We think of Hollywood as being very progressive, yet we went through a pretty big era where abortion was severely stigmatized," Barbara Attie said, according to Variety. "It was made to be shameful. There would be a plot line where somebody would thinking about getting an abortion. They would ask their friends what they should do, and they would agonize over it, and then they would miscarry. The kind of messaging that TV and films were giving us was eye-opening." Even in movies or television shows depicting women having abortions, the documentary claimed that Hollywood films and TV have either exaggerated medical complications or inaccurately depicted post-abortion regret. NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK SPARKS OUTRAGE FOR CALLING ABORTION A ‘SUPERPOWER’ "It continues this idea that there will be long-term regret," Goldwater said. "There’s a study that shows people who are turned away and who don’t have abortions are actually the ones who experience regret and long-term negative financial and emotional repercussions. And it turns out that people who have abortions don’t experience much regret. They experience a lot of relief." In a comment to Fox News Digital, the pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America called the film's suggestion a "hard position to argue." "From Jean Harlow to Judy Garland, Hollywood has relied on abortion and coercion to control actresses, cover abuse and maintain glamorous illusions," communications director Kelsey Pritchard said. "Many have suffered terribly because of it; women who have abortions are significantly more likely to experience negative mental health effects, especially the majority who face pressure and endure abortions they don’t really want." She added, "Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion business, and other pro-abortion groups put considerable effort into normalizing abortion on our screens. Where there are exceptions, they tend to meet real popular success even in spite of censorship, while attempts to make light of killing unborn children are box office flops." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29fcfbee6011c3f4ecbdd3 Top Pentagon Official Worked Closely With C.I.A. Officer Later Found With Gold Bars te 2026-06-11T00:10:35.288Z Top Pentagon Official Worked Closely With C.I.A. Officer Later Found With Gold Bars David Rush, the C.I.A. employee, worked on a highly classified China spying program with Stephen A. Feinberg, the Pentagon’s second-ranking official. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29fabdee6011c3f4ecbd97 City starts pavement project te 2026-06-11T00:01:02.097Z City starts pavement project The city and their contractor, Cactus Asphalt, will execute an asphalt pavement preservation project starting on Monday June 8, and extending until the end of the month, on the following streets: The following roads will be repaired during the course of this project. Crews will applying a slurry sea Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29f892ee6011c3f4ecbcdd Brutal and uncouth, or a patriotic crowd-pleaser? UFC comes to the White House  te 2026-06-10T23:51:46.328Z Brutal and uncouth, or a patriotic crowd-pleaser? UFC comes to the White House  WASHINGTON – In 1996, Arizona Sen. John McCain launched a crusade to ban the Ultimate Fighting Championship, deeming it so ferocious it amounted to “human cockfighting.” The sitcom “Friends” aired an episode the following year in which Monica dumps her boyfriend after he insists on competing, coming away with a fractured forearm, torn rotator cuff and bruised Adam’s apple. The sport has evolved since then, and will reach peak respectability Sunday, when President Donald Trump hosts the UFC on the White House lawn, showcasing the sport’s masculinity and violence against the backdrop of the Executive Mansion. The spectacle, part of Trump’s MAGA-infused Freedom 250 celebrations pegged to the nation’s 250th birthday next month, has generated enormous controversy. “Having such a brutal sport on the White House lawn is uncouth for many, but it fits within the narrative of the current administration around male violence is good,” said Jared Bahir Browsh, director of Critical Sports Studies at the University of Colorado. “It wasn’t that long ago when almost every state banned it,” he recalled. The temporary setup for the event, dubbed UFC Freedom 250, includes a 92-foot-tall lighting rig that overshadows the White House. UFC CEO Dana White calls it “the claw.”  The fighters will make their ring entrance from the Oval Office to meet inside an octagon-shaped cage. The seven fights will follow the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. No eye-gouging or head-butts, but lots of kicking and punching and, often, bleeding. The two championship fights are scheduled for five rounds at five minutes each. The five non-title fights will be only three rounds. “Our country has been defined by violence,” UFC Hall of Famer Dan Severn said by phone, shrugging aside criticism of the unusual event. “How did our independence take place? When you look at the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ and the writing of the song, that was all during war.” Former UFC champion Henry Cejudo acknowledges that injuries and pain are intertwined with victory and defeat in the sport. (2023 file photo by Reece Andrews/Cronkite News) Presidents routinely welcome athletes to the White House, celebrating championship teams in a variety of sports. This will be the first time a professional sporting event takes place on the South Lawn. The event falls on Trump’s 80th birthday. “To be from this country and have the opportunity to fight on the White House lawn on the 250th anniversary of our independence, happens to be Donald Trump’s birthday and him being such a supporter of the UFC since the early ‘90s is the only reason why we’re fighting on the White House lawn, so I think it’s going to be awesome,” Justin Gaethje said in a UFC promotion video.  Gaethje will be a part of the main event for the Lightweight championship against the current champion, Ilia Topuria. The interim Heavyweight title will be decided between Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane. The reigning champion, Tom Aspinall, is unavailable after sustaining an eye injury in October 2025 against Gane. The White House has set aside 4,000 tickets for members of the military, and 1,000 for others invited by the president.  President Donald Trump congratulates Kayla Harrison after her victory during UFC 316 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., June 7, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok) The Pentagon sent a memo to all branches of the military for personnel interested in attending. Tickets will only go to self-identified UFC fans who also meet a height and weight ratio and current physical fitness standards. Military personnel will be expected to wear short-sleeve dress uniforms. It’s all designed to project a particular image and present the U.S. in “a very narrow, rigid way,” said sociologist Jeffrey Montez de Oca, founder of the Center for the Critical Study of Sport at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. On Friday, two days before the June 14 fights, Gaethje, Topuria and the 12 other fighters on the card are set to hold a news conference at the Lincoln Memorial, the spot where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. The nearby Reflecting Pool reopened last weekend after renovations, also controversial, that included repainting. Trump picked a deep blue intended, he said, to match the blue on the American flag.  Weigh-ins will be held Saturday on the Ellipse, adjacent to the South Lawn, where the public will be able to watch the fights Sunday night on enormous screens and where Trump led a “Stop the Steal” rally shortly before supporters attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, hoping to overturn the election. Although the District of Columbia Combat Sports Commission would ordinarily have jurisdiction, the UFC bypassed the commission, citing the location on federal property. Instead, the  Association of Boxing Commissions will serve as its regulatory advisor and to make all bouts on the card officially licensed and sanctioned.  The UFC holds self-regulated bouts overseas but typically goes through the local commission for fights within the U.S. In 2009, the ABC adopted the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, legitimizing them as a regulatory body for UFC fights. Crypto.com, one of the event’s sponsors, is offering the largest bonus in UFC history – $1 million, paid in Cronos – to one fighter chosen by White as the “Fight of the Night,” plus a $25,000 bonus for any fighter who secures a knockout, technical knockout or submission. “People almost don’t have the energy to be angry about this, because it fits within the propaganda approach of the administration around – this kind of violence is good,” Browsh said. “Especially when it’s being placed upon your enemy, then it’s especially acceptable and enjoying watching violence and enjoying men being men, which, part of that is fighting, is acceptable.” The UFC; its parent company, TKO Group Holdings; and sponsors Crypto and Ram are paying for the construction required to stage the event. TKO merged with the UFC and WWE in 2023. White has called Trump a close friend and spoken at the three Republican National Conventions at which Trump was the nominee. White was in attendance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25 when the Secret Service intercepted a gunman. He described the events that evening as “awesome.” In an effort to stop the commodification of nationalism and the spectacle of a bloodsport and its events being played on symbolic U.S. sites, critics of the UFC are attempting to block UFC Freedom 250. On June 6, the Public Integrity Project filed a lawsuit accusing the National Park Service and Department of the Interior of violating federal law that prohibits professional sporting events on federal park land.  “The UFC is not being coy about the event’s pecuniary nature,” the lawsuit says. “One executive recently called it ‘the greatest earned-marketing tool of all time.’” The president stands to benefit modestly from the publicity he provided. His May 8 financial disclosure shows he purchased around $15,000 to $50,000 of TKO stock on March 25, six months after the White House plans for a UFC event and two weeks after the fight card was unveiled. UFC veterans and fans are thrilled at the exposure and the opportunity to participate in one of the July 4th-related events. Former UFC champion and Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz called it an apolitical celebration of the nation’s founding.  “This is about America, our 250th year of being a free country,” he said by phone. “This is strictly about 250 years of America and I think it should be viewed strictly as that.” The post Brutal and uncouth, or a patriotic crowd-pleaser? UFC comes to the White House  appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29f842ee6011c3f4ecbc55 Giant 'Freeda (Womb)' celebrates contraceptive rights at Tucson YWCA te 2026-06-10T23:50:26.331Z Giant 'Freeda (Womb)' celebrates contraceptive rights at Tucson YWCA Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29f635ee6011c3f4ecbc20 Billions for the next 3 years of Trump’s mass deportation campaign signed into law te 2026-06-10T23:41:41.600Z Billions for the next 3 years of Trump’s mass deportation campaign signed into law On June 10, 2026, President Donald Trump signed into law a bill providing $70 billion for immigration enforcement and detention activites over the next three years. In this photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent watches a crowd of protesters at Delaney Hall in Newark, N.J., on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Ben Ackman/New Jersey Monitor) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump significantly bolstered funding for immigration enforcement Wednesday when he signed into law a nearly $70 billion package that will keep key federal agencies operating without any new restrictions.  Democrats pressed for guardrails after immigration officers shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in January. But when talks broke down, Republican lawmakers drafted their own bill without any additional constraints.  “The bill provides crucial funding for domestic law enforcement investigations and combating child exploitation, continuing our work to restore law and order across our nation, and to protect America’s youth,” Trump said during an Oval Office event.   The measure moved through Congress this month with nearly every Republican voting to approve the additional spending, which will last through September 2029.  Democratic lawmakers argued immigration officers should adhere to the standards other federal law enforcement agencies follow, like wearing body cameras, getting a warrant from a judge before entering someone’s home and identifying themselves by removing masks.  Republican leaders said during talks they were open to instituting limitations on how immigration officers behave, but opted not to include any curbs in their party-line bill.  ICE, CBP funded The law will provide Immigration and Customs Enforcement with another $38.53 billion. Customs and Border Protection will receive an additional $26.02 billion and the secretary of Homeland Security will be given $5 billion more in funding.  The money is in addition to the $170 billion Republicans included in their “big, beautiful” law, as well as the funding approved in the annual DHS appropriations package.  Nearly every Republican in the House voted to approve the measure, though New Jersey Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr., who has been absent due to an undisclosed illness, and South Carolina Reps. Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman, who were competing in their state’s gubernatorial primary, missed the vote.  Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the sole Republican to vote against approving the legislation in that chamber, writing in a statement negotiators should have worked out a bipartisan solution in the annual funding bill instead of using the complex budget reconciliation process to get around procedural votes that would otherwise have required the support of 60 senators.  “By choosing to appropriate funding for three fiscal years instead of one, this measure weakens the normal budgeting process and sets another precedent for avoiding it when we find ourselves in disagreement,” she wrote. “In doing so, it reduces Congress’ ability to apply reasonable checks on immigration policy for the remainder of this administration and into the next.” Murkowski added that she would have voted for the package had it “provided immigration funding for one year, included clear restrictions on what those funds can be used for, and eliminated any potential for taxpayer dollars to be allocated to the administration’s brazen ‘anti-weaponization’ fund.” That $1.776 billion account would have paid restitution to people who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Justice Department. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified before Congress the administration wasn’t planning to proceed with that proposal after Republicans on Capitol Hill voiced opposition. Trump, however, hasn’t completely retracted his support for the fund, saying in an NBC News interview this weekend that he and other Republicans believe it “is a great idea.” “You have to get it approved,” he said. “If they get it approved, that’s great. If they don’t get it approved, I’d be disappointed.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29f61cee6011c3f4ecbc00 Five of the most unhinged fan theories that make 'The Sopranos' a re-watchable masterpiece te 2026-06-10T23:41:16.321Z Five of the most unhinged fan theories that make 'The Sopranos' a re-watchable masterpiece On this day 19 years ago, one of the greatest runs in television history came to an end. On June 10, 2007, Tony Soprano walked into Holsten's diner and never walked out. That's right, folks, today marks nearly two decades since The Sopranos last aired, with "Made In America" giving us the exact type of cliffhanger that David Chase loved to tease his audiences with. Whether you believe Tony was shot, died of a heart attack, or the cut to black was really just the end of the show, with the New Jersey mob boss living out the rest of his days a paranoid shell of his former, season one self, the rampant theorizing is part of what made the show a massive hit. TAKING A LOOK AT FOUR OF THE MOST OVERRATED EPISODES OF TELEVISION IN ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY In that vein, here are five more fan theories from "The Sopranos" that make the show even more engaging on subsequent rewatches. As Tony's crew and friend circle starts to shrink as the show goes on, our panic attack-prone paisan becomes increasingly paranoid and scrambles to find a successor. Unfortunately, the best he can do is his drug addict "nephew," Christopher Moltisanti. JAMES GANDOLFINI'S SON BANNED FROM 'SOPRANOS' SET, WHICH DROVE HIM 'CRAZY' Tony does his best to groom Chrissy as his "hair apparent," but despite his best efforts, Moltisanti remains an unreliable junkie until season six, when he makes an earnest attempt to get clean. Towards the end of the season, Chris relapses and starts using again, leading to a car crash that leaves him maimed, giving Tony no other option but to whack his underling. But in the scene before the car crash, we see Tony and Chris at a meeting with Phil where the two are discussing business, and it's here where we are given clues that Chris may be a rat. ‘SOPRANOS’ STAR LORRAINE BRACCO SAYS SHE'S LOOKING FOR LOVE IN HER 70S During the meeting, Chris is seen wearing a cap promoting his new movie, "Cleaver." Other than the fact that Chris is only seen wearing a cap one other time in the show (during the pilot), the choice of headwear may be a callback to season five, when Soprano associate Jack Masserone was seen wearing a wire in his ball cap right before he was taken out by a few of Tony's flunkies. Chris would have had plenty of incentive to flip, as his relationship with his uncle had all but disintegrated by this point in the show, and between his drug use and myriad crimes, there is a good chance he slipped up at some point. If that's the case, Tony got extremely lucky suffocating him before he was able to say anything too incriminating on tape. One of the more annoying side characters in the show, Noah Tannenbaum is Meadow's obnoxious boyfriend she meets in college during the first half of season three. Throughout their relationship, Noah's cocksure attitude rubs plenty of viewers and characters the wrong way, including his proclamation that he intends to "punch (Tony's) f---ing lights out," but Meadow is head over heels for him regardless. Everything is fine and dandy until Meadow spends the weekend at home, leaving Noah to deal with her manic-depressive roommate, Caitlin. After Meadow makes it back to Columbia, her normally straight-A student boyfriend starts making a stink about getting a C on a paper, and grows distant with Meadow, eventually breaking up with her in the library of all places. He blames the poor grade on Caitlin, saying her incessant yapping caused him to lose focus, even revealing his overbearing father had a restraining order filed against her. All of this feels like a convenient excuse to make a clean break with Meadow without having to reveal the fact that he cheated on her with her roommate. The show does a pretty good job of not-so-subtly hinting at it, too. In the scene where Caitlin walks into Noah's room after learning Meadow is out of town, she asks if she can stay so she isn't lonely, to which Noah begrudgingly obliges. Since the show is often more about what you don't see, there's a heavy implication that the two slept together, especially since the next time she sees Meadow, she's in an unusually chipper mood. Maybe this is just a way for fans of the show to hate on Noah even more, but I can totally see this being a possibility and it's one of the more plausible theories. The murder of Adriana La Cerva, longtime girlfriend of Chris, in season five is one of the most shocking and heartbreaking deaths in the entire series. After Ade outs herself as a rat to Chris, he is faced with an impossible choice: run away with his woman and become an informant himself, or sell her down the river to curry favor with Tony and protect the New Jersey crime family. Unfortunately for Adriana, Chris chooses the latter, and everyone's favorite mob WAG is dragged out to the woods by Silvio and shot offscreen. There are several moments in the subsequent season devoted to different characters coping with her death, including the mobsters who orchestrated her demise. Towards the end of the final season, a cat starts showing up around the Bada Bing. When it starts behaving strangely — including staring at a picture of Chris after he's been killed — Paulie starts to believe the cat is Chris reincarnated. Tony dismisses this as a coincidence, but fans took it a step further: what if the cat is actually Adriana? Think about it, the cat is staring at a picture of Chris because she feels a mixture of betrayal and mourning for the man she was supposed to spend her life with. In addition to this, Adriana was often seen wearing leopard-print tracksuits in addition to other feline-themed apparel, so it would make sense that she would come back in her next life as a cat. Not the most concrete theory, but a fun one nonetheless. The last two(ish) seasons of "The Sopranos" deal almost entirely with Tony's adversarial relationship with New York capo-turned-boss, Phil Leotardo. Phil and Tony butt heads over a litany of issues, but one of the big hangups between the two of them in the first half of season six revolves around one of Tony's top earners, Vito Spatafore, being outed as a gay man. With how macho the mobsters all are, this causes a ton of consternation, both within the family and across the river in New York, especially considering Vito is married to Phil's cousin. Many of the crew members are disgusted by Vito's homosexuality, but Phil seems to take special exception to this revelation, going out of his way to demand Tony take him out and becoming violently angered even at the mere mention of Vito's name. Phil is ultimately the one to whack Vito while he's in hiding, too, taking great pleasure in being the one to snuff out this perceived slight on the mob's honor. While most would chalk Phil's zeal up to just being an old-school kind of guy, some fans postulate that the Shah of Iran is actually a closeted homosexual himself, and there are a few examples to back this up. For one, Phil spent "20 years in the can," as he puts it, and even Tony mentions that some guys who spend that long in prison end up "compromising." There's also the idea that he is so angered by Vito only because of his own latent homosexuality, and his violence toward the man is only projection on his part. Other examples include wanting to turn the TV off when there's a bodybuilding competition on and how he acts during the hit on Vito. Phil seems to revel in the vicious beating of Vito in his hotel room, almost in a perverse way, as he grips the sheets while watching his crew members take Vito out. He even emerges "out of the closet" when he and his crew ambush Vito at his hotel, so the imagery speaks for itself. I'm personally not a fan of this theory, as it's a little too "on the nose" and takes away from some of Phil's mythos as an old school, stuck-in-his-ways wise guy, but to each their own. This one is my personal favorite, and involves one of the most laugh-out-loud hilarious characters the show had to offer. Carmine Lupertazzi Jr. is portrayed as an absolute buffoon, the pampered son of New York boss Carmine Sr. Through his constant malapropisms and inability to read the room, Carmine Jr. is even referred to as "brainless the second" by Tony, so his intelligence is dubious at best. When his father dies, a power vacuum is created as a new boss waits to be named, with both Carmine Jr. and longtime friend John "Johnny Sac" Sacrimoni vying for the crown. Carmine ultimately drops out of the race, ceding to Johnny Sac, but remains a key figure and even plays intermediary for New York and Jersey on multiple occasions. But what if the "dumb guy act" is exactly that: an act? Fans often cite Carmine's perceived screw-ups during multiple sit downs with both mob families as him manipulating each party. In a meeting with his father and Johnny Sac late in season four, Lupertazzi purposely lets information about Tony slip to put the squeeze on New Jersey. It's played as a moment of jealousy when his father compliments Tony, but some fans aren't so quick to view it as unintentional. In a season six sit down between Phil and Tony where Carmine acts as mediator, things seem to be going well until he "accidentally" brings up the death of Phil's brother Billy (47-years-old, just a kid). This sets Phil off and craters any progress made between the two sides. The theory is that Carmine is actually pulling strings behind the scenes to start a war between New York and New Jersey, with him coming in at the end to pick up the scraps. Running with this theory makes re-watches of "The Sopranos" even more entertaining, and there's even talk that Carmine was the one who orchestrated a hit on Tony at the end of the series finale. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29f607ee6011c3f4ecbbf7 Elizabeth Hurley wows in daring yellow string bikini as she celebrates her 61st birthday te 2026-06-10T23:40:55.927Z Elizabeth Hurley wows in daring yellow string bikini as she celebrates her 61st birthday Elizabeth Hurley is celebrating her birthday in style. The "Austin Powers" actress took to Instagram to celebrate her 61st birthday, posting a photo of herself soaking up the sun during a beach day. In the photo, the actress stuns in a yellow bikini as she held up a large tie-dye flag and smiled big for the camera, with a picturesque view of the ocean behind her. "Happy Birthday to me! I used to fear that as every year passed, my life might get less exciting and I’d get more and more world weary… but I’m pleased to tell you that if you hang on in and keep your chin up, nothing could be further from the truth. I am LOVING my life today 🩷" she wrote in the caption. PAULINA PORIZKOVA WOWS IN STRIKING BIKINI WHILE CELEBRATING HER 61ST BIRTHDAY She went on to say that she feels "truly blessed and grateful to be surrounded by the most extraordinary friends and family," who she loves and who help make her "life a whole lot better." "I’d also like to say a HUGE thank you to the best fans & followers in the world for your loyalty and kindness 🩷 This year has been a helluva ride already and I can’t wait to see what’s next 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻" she added. APP USERS CLICK HERE FOR POST Her fans quickly flooded the comments section with well-wishes for the star on her birthday, while others commented on her youthful appearance. "Best wishes on your birthday. What a wonderful example of healthy living," one fan wrote. Another added, "Age is just a number." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "😮how 🔥🙌❤️ I never looked this good in my entire life 🤭," a third fan added. Hurley previously gave her fans tips for taking the perfect bikini photo in an Instagram post shared in May, in which she posed poolside in a black and white striped bikini. In the photo caption, Hurley admitted that "being photographed in a bikini can be scary," but said the most important thing to keep in mind is to "LIE DOWN!!" "Even in hideous overhead light, or with nasty hi-def camera phones (these were taken on a phone in direct sunlight) if you s-t-r-e-t-c-h out enough and wear sunglasses you’ll look fine 🩷Thank me later 😉," she shared. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS She recently stunned on the red carpet at the London's Air Ambulance Charity Black And White Gala in a figure-hugging white off-the-shoulder gown which had floral embellishments, sequins and a train flowing behind her. She walked the carpet alongside her boyfriend, Billy Ray Cyrus, who wore a simple black suit, which he styled with sunglasses. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29f5edee6011c3f4ecbba5 Tucson City Council approves draft $2M safety plan for SunTran as strike looms te 2026-06-10T23:40:29.200Z Tucson City Council approves draft $2M safety plan for SunTran as strike looms Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29f161ee6011c3f4ecb822 Mace Defeat Heralds an Exodus of Rabble-Rousers From Congress te 2026-06-10T23:21:05.372Z Mace Defeat Heralds an Exodus of Rabble-Rousers From Congress The Republican congresswoman from South Carolina, who made enemies on both sides of the political aisle, is just one of several flashy lawmakers to be leaving Capitol Hill. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29f14bee6011c3f4ecb7f6 He has one goooooal. te 2026-06-10T23:20:43.760Z He has one goooooal. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29ef56ee6011c3f4ecb685 Utah senator warns Arizona, other downstream states, they’ll forfeit $354M in conservation aid if they sue over Colorado River water te 2026-06-10T23:12:22.720Z Utah senator warns Arizona, other downstream states, they’ll forfeit $354M in conservation aid if they sue over Colorado River water Cronkite News offers an audio version of this story using an automated voice created by AI. Errors in pronunciation, pacing and intonation may occur. If you notice an error please contact cronkitenews@asu.edu. WASHINGTON – The chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee warned Arizona and two other states that rely on the Colorado River on Wednesday that they will lose access to hundreds of millions in conservation aid if they pursue litigation over water rights.  Roughly $354 million is still available under a pandemic-era stimulus law. But the funds expire at the end of September. “States that choose to sue their fellow basin states over Colorado River operations should not expect Congress to reward that decision with additional federal funding,” Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah – one of the four Upper Basin states, said at the outset of a hearing on the stalemate among the seven states that share the river. “Federal taxpayers should not be asked to subsidize litigation among the states.” Glen Canyon Dam holds back Lake Powell on Nov. 2, 2022. States upstream and downstream of the dam have different ideas about how to manage the amount of water released from the reservoir, which has become a key sticking point in ongoing negotiations about the Colorado River’s future. (Photo by Alex Hager/KUNC) Arizona, California and Nevada have been at odds with Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming over how to divide the dwindling water supply when the most recent 19-year deal expires at the end of 2026. The funds Lee threatened to block are a key element of the Lower Basin’s most recent proposal from May 1, which relies on the funding to incentivize voluntary water conservation as an alternative to mandatory cuts. The $354 million comes from the Inflation Reduction Act signed in 2022 by President Joe Biden, which set aside $4 billion for drought mitigation and compensation for voluntary conservation. Funds that remain unused when the current fiscal year ends Sept. 30 will revert to the Treasury. By then, the Bureau of Reclamation, part of the Department of the Interior, plans to finalize a federally imposed plan to allocate water to the seven states over the next decade. One alternative in the draft the bureau issued in January would impose cuts up to 77% for Arizona, with a 7% cut for Nevada. The other states could continue taking water at current rates. The states missed a deadline last November to submit a consensus plan to federal regulators. The White House tried to facilitate progress by convening Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and her counterparts in January. With the stalemate continuing, Lee used Wednesday’s hearing to add more pressure on the states to find a solution. He chastised officials in the Lower Basin states for, among other things, taking out newspaper ads attacking Upper Basin states. Negotiators appeared to be “preparing actively for litigation,” he said – and in fact, key officials in both camps have told Cronkite News in recent days they are preparing for that possibility. Congress “will not be a bystander in this process,” Lee said, noting that under the Constitution, Congress holds approval authority over any long-term interstate compact.  He also expressed sympathy with the Upper Basin’s stance, warning that any proposal asking those states to absorb greater operational burdens without regard to the river’s existing legal framework “will face a difficult path forward” in Congress. The chairman framed the moment as a failure of collective will, cataloguing a string of missed deadlines. “The basin can no longer afford to wait,” he said. After Lee delivered his rebuke, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, a Democrat, pressed the Trump administration from the opposite direction.  Gallego asked Andrea Travnicek, assistant secretary for water and science at the Department of the Interior, how the department plans to weigh Arizona’s economic stakes as it finalizes its decision. “The Colorado River is a lifeline for Arizona,” Gallego said, noting the state is home to the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing hub in the Western Hemisphere and that the success of its industries are essential to the nation. “The technological industries, the domestic food supply, and energy security are all top priorities for the United States, including the president’s agenda,” he said. Travnicek said the department cannot accept either the May 1 proposal from the Lower Basin nor the latest Upper Basin proposal as they currently stand.  “We have some concerns and areas where we think that there should be adjustments,” she said. She confirmed that the Interior Department is coordinating with the Energy Department and U.S. Department of Agriculture, among other agencies. She said an interagency water subcabinet meeting will be held Thursday.  The hearing laid bare the tension that has made a seven-state deal so elusive, with senators from both basins on hand. Travnicek fielded pressure from both directions without committing to either. The stakes are straightforward and very high.  Decades of drought have pushed water levels to dangerously low levels even as demand and population grow. The river now provides barely half the amount of water each basin has been legally entitled to draw.  “Delay carries its own consequences,” Lee said, “and the basin can no longer afford to wait.” The post Utah senator warns Arizona, other downstream states, they’ll forfeit $354M in conservation aid if they sue over Colorado River water appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29ef0fee6011c3f4ecb621 'Squad' Dem dismisses fraud probe speculation after $29M net-worth drop te 2026-06-10T23:11:11.289Z 'Squad' Dem dismisses fraud probe speculation after $29M net-worth drop Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is continuing to deny looming questions over an Ethics Committee investigation into her financial filings, showing a significant drop in her net worth. Scrutiny of Omar's finances intensified after financial disclosure filings appeared to show her estimated net worth falling from a range of roughly $6 million to $30 million in one filing period to between about $18,000 and $95,000 in a later disclosure. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., has publicly voiced his interest in the House Ethics Committee opening an investigation into both Omar’s personal finances and her connection to the ‘Feeding Our Future’ fraud scheme, a scandal that federal prosecutors say cost taxpayers roughly $250 million. JAMES COMER RAISES FELONY QUESTIONS OVER ILHAN OMAR'S FINANCES AFTER DISCLOSURE DISCREPANCY Omar dismissed suggestions that she is facing an Ethics Committee investigation. "No," Omar told Fox News Digital, laughing, when asked if she is under an Ethics Committee investigation. "No. We go over this all the time." She was pressed about continued reporting surrounding the discrepancy —  the possibility of the roughly $29 million drop in her financial disclosure.  "There’s also the possibility that it might rain on this sunny day," Omar replied. Along with Comer’s efforts to launch an investigation into Omar, Vice President JD Vance said just last month that the U.S. Department of Justice will be opening a probe into the Minnesota Democrat’s alleged fraud as part of the administration’s new anti-fraud taskforce.  OMAR CAMP BREAKS SILENCE ON FRAUD PROBE, BLAMES WALZ, TRUMP AS NEW CLAIMS CLASH WITH EARLIER STATEMENTS Omar has declined ever being aware of the scheme happening behind doors with the organization, which claimed to be helping supply children in need of meals during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Justice Department described the scheme as the "single largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country," The Associated Press reported. The orchestrator of the non-profit, Aimee Bock, was sentenced to 42 years in prison for her involvement in spearheading the fraud scheme. Republicans have pointed to Omar's MEALS Act, part of a federal pandemic relief measure which she sponsored, as a factor they say contributed to conditions that allowed the fraud to occur. They argue her bill was a mass contributor to the fraud occurring as it broadened USDA waiver authority at meal sites. It has also been claimed that this same act helped to dismantle anti-fraud safeguards that verified the people actually being serviced in federal nutrition programs. ILHAN OMAR'S OFFICE SAYS SHE'S ‘NOT A MILLIONAIRE’ AFTER $30M FILING REVISED DOWN TO UNDER $100K: REPORT In a previous statement to Fox News Digital from Omar, she claimed that President Donald Trump’s USDA Secretary, Brooke Rollins, imposed the regulations for the framework of the program.  While Omar continues to reject suggestions time-after-time that she is facing an Ethics Committee investigation, Republicans have shown little sign of backing away from their demands for a proper investigation into Omar’s finances and fraud allegations. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29eefbee6011c3f4ecb618 New director's cut of 2024 ‘Reagan’ biopic will return to theaters for America’s 250th anniversary te 2026-06-10T23:10:51.369Z New director's cut of 2024 ‘Reagan’ biopic will return to theaters for America’s 250th anniversary The "Reagan" biopic with Dennis Quaid playing former President Ronald Reagan will return to theaters with new scenes as America celebrates its 250th birthday. According to Deadline, there are plans for both limited audience screenings on July 4 in over a dozen cities, as well as a wider-scale rerelease in September in 600 theaters. This theatrical run will include an additional 10 minutes of footage not included in the original run of the film. Deadline specified, "The additional scenes include moments between Reagan and his wife Nancy (Penelope Ann Miller) in the Oval Office, a scene between Reagan and his alcoholic father, Jack, and scenes at the Reagans’ ranch near Santa Barbara. In its initial run, the film had a worldwide gross of more than $30 million, per Box Office Mojo." Director Sean McNamara said of the extended cut in the rerelease, "One of the hardest things about directing a feature film is leaving behind incredible moments on the cutting room floor. I’m so happy to have some of my favorite scenes back in the film for audiences to experience them for the first time." 'REAGAN' SCREENWRITER CLAIMS OSCARS' DEI REQUIREMENTS EXCLUDED FILM FROM BEST PICTURE CONSIDERATION One memorable aspect of the film’s original release was its parallels with the rise of Reagan himself. Author Paul Kengor, whose books on Reagan were used as the basis for the film and who worked directly with the filmmakers, suggested the "disparity" between the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes critics' score and audience score for the movie "Reagan" was comparable to Reagan's landslide presidential win in 1980 as he recalled his books' whirlwind ride to the theaters. As of the time of this reporting, the "Reagan" film on Rotten Tomatoes maintains a massive disparity between the dismal critics' score of 17% versus the wildly popular audience-rated score of 98%. A writer for The Boston Globe called it an "interminable hagiography" and "a wretched 2½-hour bore that's uncurious about its subject." A Washington Post critic called it "worthless" as a piece of history, while the Daily Beast called it the worst movie of the year. DENNIS QUAID DITCHED LA FOR NASHVILLE AFTER THE ONCE 'FANTASTIC' CITY WENT 'DOWNHILL' Kengor said the disparity between the audience and critics' reviews reminded him of the 1980 presidential election, which Reagan won in a landslide against Democratic incumbent President Jimmy Carter. "Yeah, the disparity is really profound," Kengor said of the reviews. "In fact, it reminds me of what happened in 1984 when Ronald Reagan won 49 out of 50 states, which is probably about 98% of the states. If you do the math on this, 49 of 50 states won about 60% of the vote, won the Electoral College 525 to 13. But you had these liberal critics who didn't like him, and they were very much in the minority. And I tell my students today, I tell other people, when you meet some liberal professor who is slamming Ronald Reagan in the classroom, just say, 'You know, professor, but how did the guy win 49 out of 50 states?' Right? I mean, he was liked, he was always liked." Fox News' Cortney O'Brien contributed to this report. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29eaa1ee6011c3f4ecb567 From dream to reality: USMNT’s next generation ready to host World Cup te 2026-06-10T22:52:17.838Z From dream to reality: USMNT’s next generation ready to host World Cup IRVINE, Calif. – The last time the U.S. men’s national team played in a summer edition of a World Cup, Matt Turner was preparing to enter his junior year at Fairfield University.  The New Jersey native, who didn’t start playing soccer until age 14, made 39 appearances as a goalkeeper for the Stags. During his college career, he was featured in SportsCenter’s “Not Top 10” when he punched a ball into his own net during a game.  Twelve years later, Turner, who is battling Matt Freese for starting goalkeeper, is set to participate in his second consecutive World Cup with the USMNT. More poetically, this time it’s on home soil. “I wasn’t dreaming like that when I was that age,” Turner said Tuesday, remembering his World Cup ambitions while in college. “The thing that fueled me was always my love and passion for the game and my innate ability to believe in myself when others didn’t.” Turner is one of three players on the current 2026 USMNT World Cup squad who were over 18 when coach Jürgen Klinsmann’s team traveled to Brazil. This year’s tournament will be the first time the U.S. is playing in a summer edition of the World Cup since that South American edition 12 years ago. There are reasons to remember that journey.  Despite playing in a group of European powerhouses such as Germany and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, along with Ghana which beat the U.S. in the previous two World Cups, Klinsmann’s men advanced to the knockout phase as runners-up. In the round of 16, Belgium defeated the U.S. despite goalkeeper Tim Howard making a single-game record 16 saves. Those memories likely stuck with the majority of the 2026 roster, who were young teenagers at the time. With the USMNT’s opener against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Friday, reality is starting to settle in for these players. “We’ve been waiting for this time to kind of get here, get settled in and to start the tournament,” said defender Joe Scally, who was 11 during the Brazil World Cup. “Now it’s here, we’re at our home base, at the training ground. It’s definitely brought excitement. We’re all just preparing.” When the 2014 edition kicked off, current USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino hadn’t even managed his first game with Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League club with which he spent five and a half seasons. Defender Alex Freeman is the youngest player on this year’s squad; he was just nine years old when Clint Dempsey scored the fastest goal in U.S. Soccer’s World Cup history during the opening game against Ghana. Only Tim Ream played professionally in 2014. The then-26 year old defender made his senior national team debut in late 2010, recording 82 appearances including every minute of the 2022 World Cup. He was not selected for the Brazil edition. As captain, Ream urged his teammates to embrace the moment as 13 of them will participate in their first World Cup. “For me, it’s about just opening your eyes and taking everything in,” he said Monday. “This is unique. This is completely different from anything that any of us as players has experienced.”  When the ball rolls on Friday for Pochettino’s side, all eyes will be on Inglewood, California, and the young core of the USMNT. It’s a full-circle moment for players who once stood in front of the television, dreaming of representing the same national team that created lasting memories in Brazil. “I’m always trying to learn, I’m always trying to get better,” Turner said. “I’m still that same kid from 12 years ago that was watching the World Cup in 2014 in Brazil and cheering on this national team. “To be here, to wear the crest, it’s a huge honor.” The post From dream to reality: USMNT’s next generation ready to host World Cup appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29ea5cee6011c3f4ecb534 NASCAR executive reveals that Christopher Bell's Michigan crash was hardest impact in a decade te 2026-06-10T22:51:08.727Z NASCAR executive reveals that Christopher Bell's Michigan crash was hardest impact in a decade One of the big stories coming out of Sunday's race at Michigan International Speedway didn't have to do with race-winner Denny Hamlin; it had to do with a massive crash involving Hamlin's Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell. Hendrick Motorsports' Chase Elliott lost control of his No. 9 Chevrolet, and it went careening up the track between Turns 3 and 4 into Bell. That sent Bell's No. 20 hard into the SAFER barrier. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE That was a massively consequential wreck for a few reasons. First and foremost, it left Bell, who was fortunately able to climb out of his car, with a broken wrist, though he has been cleared to race this weekend at Pocono. Additionally, it dropped him three places in the standings down to 10th. But it turns out that the impact wasn't just big; a NASCAR executive says it was the biggest hit the Next Gen car — introduced in 2022 — has ever seen, and it's also the hardest impact in a decade. According to Motorsport, NASCAR communications executive Mike Forde was on the official "NASCAR Hauler Talk" podcast when he revealed that the hit was the hardest a Next Gen car had ever taken. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! He said that this was determined using a measurement known as Delta-v. "Delta-v is the measure of speed lost in an incident," he explained. "So if you’re going 200 mph and then all of a sudden you come to a stop because you hit a wall and scrub off X amount of speed, that difference is what the Delta-v is." Forde declined to give out a number, saying that this is essentially "proprietary data," though it is shared with the team and with the driver. NASCAR also measures the G-forces involved in these incidents, and that was also shared with the team. It is up to them whether they want to release those figures to the public. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29ea48ee6011c3f4ecb52b Billy Ray Cyrus cheated death during sepsis, vocal paralysis battle before staging music comeback te 2026-06-10T22:50:48.810Z Billy Ray Cyrus cheated death during sepsis, vocal paralysis battle before staging music comeback Billy Ray Cyrus fought through vocal paralysis and a near-fatal battle with sepsis before staging his return to music. Cyrus revealed he experienced a "miracle" recovery after his 2024 diagnosis. While the "Achy Breaky Heart" crooner didn't reveal many details of his health scare, he did share the advice his grandson gave him. "In this very broken moment of my life, my little grandson Bear looked at me and said, ‘Try again.' And up until that moment, he had never spoken to me at all. I wasn't even sure if he knew my name," Cyrus told People magazine. "In that moment I thought, ‘He's telling you something.' Is it about love? Music? Somehow, I got to try again at both. So I'm learning to try again." Fox News Digital reached out to Cyrus' representative for additional comment. TIM MCGRAW NEARLY WALKED AWAY FROM HIS CAREER AFTER SERIOUS HEALTH STRUGGLES The same year he dealt with health issues, Cyrus filed for divorce from his third wife. Cyrus and Johanna Rosie Scholem, known as FireRose, had only been married for seven months before their split, with the country music star asking the court for an annulment on the grounds of fraud. "When you're completely on the bottom, that is the only way to go — up," he told People magazine about the "low point" he experienced. According to Cyrus, he's "been to hell and back a couple of times." BILLY RAY CYRUS PRAISES EX TISH CYRUS, SAYS FAMILY IS CLOSE TO 'HEALING' AFTER YEARS OF FEUDS The 64-year-old revealed he has mended fences with his children following his divorce from second wife Tish Cyrus and subsequent family fallout. Cyrus shares five kids with Tish; Miley Cyrus, Noah Cyrus, Trace Cyrus, Brandi Cyrus and Braison Cyrus with ex-wife Trish. He also shares son Christopher Cody with ex, Kristin Luckey. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "Life is a series of adjustments, and I think my family always knew that," he told the outlet, while admitting he's probably "never going to be parent of the year." "We've all been through a lot, and we've seen a lot," Cyrus added. "Whatever happened is in the rear-view mirror. The past is over and done. The future is what we have, and we got to look forward." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Cyrus shot to fame in 1992 with the runaway hit "Achy Breaky Heart," a song that became a pop-culture phenomenon. He established himself as one of country music’s biggest stars of the early 1990s with the release of his album "Some Gave All." Years later, he would find more success acting as Robby Ray Stewart on Disney Channel’s "Hannah Montana" alongside his daughter Miley. Cyrus enjoyed a remarkable career resurgence in 2019 when he teamed with Lil Nas X on the remix of "Old Town Road," which spent a record-breaking 19 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and earned Cyrus his first Grammy Awards. After contemplating retiring, he's chosen to release his first album, "The Hill," in over a decade. "What more could I ask for? I don't have anything to complain about," he said. "I like how everything looks right now. I finally found this wonderful place where I'm happy." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29e833ee6011c3f4ecb4db Trump administration’s new prediction market rules hand the industry ‘almost everything it wants’ te 2026-06-10T22:41:55.371Z Trump administration’s new prediction market rules hand the industry ‘almost everything it wants’ Minnesota was the first state to outlaw prediction markets, where people can bet on events. The Trump administration proposed new rules Wednesday, which some critics say are still too lax. (Photo by Alyssa Chen/Minnesota Reformer) The Trump administration Wednesday proposed new regulations for online prediction markets that would ban bets on war, assassination and other extreme events, but still allow many sports bets to operate on the growing platforms. Critics say the proposed rules don’t do enough to rein in an industry that has sparked jurisdictional battles between state and federal governments, particularly when it comes to sports betting.  Under President Donald Trump, the federal government has championed the growth of prediction platforms including Kalshi and Polymarket. Those companies, which offer bets on everything from politics to sports, say they are offering contracts similar to commodity markets that speculate on the future price of corn or oil.  But a growing number of states are rejecting those justifications, arguing the platforms are offering a backdoor to skirt state gambling regulations, particularly on sports. On Wednesday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said its proposed rules would create “a durable, transparent” framework to regulate prediction markets. That five-person commission, which regulates derivatives such as futures contracts on stocks, currently has four vacancies.  “The CFTC will protect the integrity of our regulated markets without standing in the way of responsible innovation,” Chairman Michael Selig said in a news release. The rules will prohibit trading on war and terror attacks. The agency says it will review each event contract individually but did highlight several sports-related transactions “contrary to the public interest” that also will likely be prohibited. Those included individual prop bets, bets on athlete injuries, refereeing decisions and physical altercations during games, ESPN reported. But the proposed rules hand prediction markets almost everything they want, said Benjamin Schiffrin, director of securities policy at Better Markets, a nonprofit watchdog group advocating for consumer and investor financial protections. “Today’s action cements the CFTC’s role as the prediction market industry’s biggest cheerleader,” he said in a statement. “…The CFTC continues its transformation from a regulator of legitimate financial instruments to a promoter of products that facilitate gambling.” The federal agency does propose banning event contracts predicting war, terrorism or assassinations, “but that is no more than federal law already requires,” Schiffrin said. The agency would continue to permit gambling on everything from the winner of the reality television show “Survivor” to the outcomes of individual elections.  The federal agency said it would take public comment on its 267-page proposal over the next 45 days. But the new rules won’t put an end to the ongoing battle between states and the federal government.  The majority of states have legalized sports gambling in recent years, implementing age verification procedures, protections for gambling addiction and new taxes. But online prediction markets have circumvented all those rules, sparking action from state gambling regulators, new legislation and lawsuits from states, the prediction markets and the federal government.  Last month, Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed a first-in-the-nation law to outright ban prediction markets. The state was immediately sued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which aims to block the law from going into effect.  Earlier this year, Kalshi sued Utah and Republican Gov. Spencer Cox in anticipation of enforcement efforts and pending legislation. Utah’s constitution has banned gambling since the state’s founding.  Unless Congress passes new legislation, experts say the courts will ultimately decide what role states can play in regulating prediction markets. The American Gaming Association says states have lost more than $1 billion in gambling tax revenues to online prediction markets. The trade association, which represents casinos and sports books, said prediction markets should get out of sports betting or be forced to follow the same state and tribal regulations as sportsbooks such as DraftKings and FanDuel. In a statement on Wednesday, Bill Miller, the association’s president and chief executive, said the federal agency’s rulemaking goes against congressional intent over regulating event contracts and bucks a bipartisan majority of the states and the public who view prediction markets as “backdoor sportsbooks.” “This is a remarkable attempt to redefine what constitutes sports betting,” Miller’s statement said. Stateline reporter Kevin Hardy can be reached at khardy@stateline.org.  This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Arizona Mirror, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29e81cee6011c3f4ecb4bb Colombian lawmakers seek suspension of Trump foe Gustavo Petro over alleged meddling in upcoming election te 2026-06-10T22:41:32.417Z Colombian lawmakers seek suspension of Trump foe Gustavo Petro over alleged meddling in upcoming election Colombian lawmakers are considering a proposal that would temporarily suspend President Gustavo Petro from office amid an investigation into allegations that he improperly intervened in the country's presidential election. Gloria Arizabaleta, president of Colombia's Commission of Investigation and Accusation, filed a motion Wednesday seeking to suspend Petro from his duties through June 21, according to a document published by the commission. The proposal stems from an ongoing probe into allegations that Petro engaged in political meddling during the campaign and cites conduct described as "extremely serious or serious." Petro, whose four-year term is set to expire in August, has been accused of involvement in the presidential campaign of leftist candidate Ivan Cepeda, who represents Petro's Pacto Historico coalition. US SANCTIONS COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT AND FAMILY OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING ALLEGATIONS Cepeda is scheduled to face conservative attorney Abelardo De La Espriella in a June 21 runoff election. The race is being closely watched in Washington because Colombia remains one of the United States' closest security partners in Latin America and a key ally in counternarcotics efforts. The country has long been central to U.S.-backed efforts to combat drug trafficking and organized crime throughout the region. The suspension proposal faces significant hurdles before it can take effect. Lawmakers and legal experts said the measure would first need approval from all 16 members of the Commission of Investigation and Accusation before advancing to Colombia's Senate for further consideration. ANTI-CARTEL HARDLINER CHANNELS TRUMP IN BID TO END COLOMBIA'S LEFTIST ERA IN PIVOTAL ELECTION "President Gustavo Petro has not been suspended; he remains in office," commission member Miguel Silvera Padilla said in a video statement, according to Reuters. The Commission of Investigation and Accusation, which operates within Colombia's lower house of Congress, is responsible for reviewing complaints and potential criminal or disciplinary charges against high-ranking government officials. Petro has repeatedly faced scrutiny from political opponents during his presidency, though the latest proposal comes less than two weeks before Colombians head to the polls to choose his successor. The runoff election between Cepeda and De La Espriella is expected to help determine whether voters continue Petro's leftist political project or shift toward a more conservative approach to security and governance. Representatives for Petro did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29e808ee6011c3f4ecb4b2 Children's entertainer Ms Rachel asks 'why are we terrorizing children?' after visiting immigration facility te 2026-06-10T22:41:12.248Z Children's entertainer Ms Rachel asks 'why are we terrorizing children?' after visiting immigration facility Popular children's educator Ms. Rachel visited Delaney Hall, an immigration detention facility in Newark, N.J., on Monday, to visit families she said had been "terrorized" by immigration enforcement. The YouTuber, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, shared a video of herself speaking with the daughter of a detained man in the facility, who emotionally recounted her visit with him. Accurso wrote that the man had lived in the United States for 20 years and worked as a truck driver. She encouraged followers to donate to the family. "Please let their kind, loving father be with his family again," she wrote in the post. "How is ripping this family apart and taking him from his children, one with severe special needs, OK?" she asked. "I spoke with many traumatized kids who are scared to sleep at night. Why are we terrorizing children?" GOV MIKIE SHERRILL ACCUSES ICE OF DENYING HER ACCESS TO NEWARK DETENTION FACILITY DELANEY HALL She also posted a video of herself singing alongside families and immigration activists to a song with the lyrics, "Together we'll sing down the walls everywhere... together we'll sing until everyone's free." Accurso tagged the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice in the posts. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson strongly pushed back on those claims in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying that critics of immigration enforcement have ignored children exploited by smugglers and sex traffickers who crossed the border under the Biden administration.  The spokesperson also disputed claims of family separation, saying, "ICE does not separate families. Parents are asked if they want to be removed with their children or ICE will place the children with a safe person the parent designates." The spokesperson also said that DHS "has led the efforts to rescue and stop the exploitation of the 450,000 unaccompanied children the Biden administration lost or placed with unvetted sponsors" and is "laser focused on protecting children and will continue to work with federal, state, and local law enforcement to reunite children with their families." CELEBRITIES DEMAND TEXAS ICE FACILITY BE SHUT DOWN AND 'END CHILD IMPRISONMENT' IN NEW PETITION On Wednesday, Accurso also shared she was in Washington, D.C. to urge members of Congress "to end family detention and separation and unite in not wanting to be people who harm, abuse, traumatize and terrify children." Accurso said she delivered letters from children, whose parents were in detention centers, to both Republicans and Democrats. "This is not a partisan issue," she said. "We will all look back on this time and remember if we stood with children being abused in detention centers or with corporations making millions and harming them with our tax dollars." Accurso's visit to Delaney comes just days after anti-ICE agitators were arrested outside the facility on Friday for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers, engaging in obstruction and threats, according to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. This isn't the first time Accurso has visited children with parents detained in immigration facilities. Accurso visited children at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas in March. GOP REP GONZALES SAYS VIDEO OF KIDS EXPOSES DEM ‘GRANDSTANDING’ OVER CONDITIONS AT TEXAS ICE FACILITY In an interview with NBC News at the time, she embraced the label that she was being "political." "I am political," Accurso previously said. "It’s political to believe that children are worthy of love and care, and that every child is equal, and that our care shouldn’t stop at what we look like, our family, at our religion, at a border." The visit is the latest example of the YouTube star's political activism. Accurso has been outspoken about her support for Gaza children and has been a fierce critic of the Israel-Hamas war. She's garnered criticism for citing the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry’s casualty statistics in her social media posts. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE In January, she apologized for liking an antisemitic comment from one of her followers, and posted a video afterward saying it was accidental. "I do not support language that targets or harms the Jewish community or any community," she told Fox News Digital at the time. "Antisemitism and hate of any kind have no place in my life or my work. Everything I do is rooted in kindness, inclusion, and care for all humanity. Those values guide me every day, and I remain firmly committed to them." Accurso and ICE did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment. Fox News' Lindsay Kornick and Madison Colombo contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29e7ddee6011c3f4ecb490 xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims te 2026-06-10T22:40:29.849Z xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX's historic IPO. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29e583ee6011c3f4ecb408 Why Andrew Yang is building instead of waiting for Washington te 2026-06-10T22:30:27.535Z Why Andrew Yang is building instead of waiting for Washington Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign was based on a warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like Universal Basic Income felt fringe. Now Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Bernie Sanders are all saying versions Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29e356ee6011c3f4ecb3b7 Vulnerable House Dem's 'reckless spending' on office furniture emerges as midterms heat up te 2026-06-10T22:21:10.330Z Vulnerable House Dem's 'reckless spending' on office furniture emerges as midterms heat up A vulnerable House Democrat in North Carolina's 1st Congressional District is facing scrutiny over expenses eclipsing over $40,000 in payments to a furniture and interior design company for refurbishing a district office. In the second quarter of 2023, Davis reported $27,300 in taxpayer-funded "habitation expenses" and another $13,030 for "office supplies and furniture," according to congressional disclosure records — second overall among the 435 members in the House of Representatives. "Upon my first election to Congress, we immediately set to work establishing our congressional office within the new district, starting from scratch with no furniture and limited supplies. After subsequent redistricting, we expanded our offices to serve our constituents better," Davis told Fox News Digital. "These expenses underscore not only the rising costs we are facing nationwide but also the financial impact of redistricting." AOC SPENT OVER $53K IN CAMPAIGN FUNDS ON LUXURY HOTELS IN 2025: 'CARPETBAGGER' Only one other member, Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., appeared to have higher habitation expenses than Davis in 2023. Taff Office, which currently operates as "Young Office" after a merger in 2025, is an interior design company designing "spaces that inspire, motivate and engage." When asked about the expenses, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) argued the expenses fall under the appropriate parameters of Davis' duties. "One of the most basic functions of a Congress in maintaining an office to serve the people in their district. Congressman Davis has some of the best constituent services in the country. Maybe if Republicans followed his example they wouldn't feel the need to once again redistrict the state in an effort to save their flailing House majority," Madison Andrus, a spokesperson for the DCCC said. However, during the 2022 election cycle, the DCCC used habitation expenses as an attack against then-Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, who spent a small fraction of the $40,000+ that Davis did. A Fox News Digital review of an oppo research book that the DCCC compiled against Chabot, shows that he spent less than $7,000 between 2011 and 2022. A spokesperson for the GOP-run Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) called Davis' expenses out of touch with the challenges faced by state residents and framed them as a part of a larger pattern of spending.  "North Carolina families struggle every day to make ends meet while Congressman Don Davis is wasting their hard-earned money on $2,300 Ubers and $40,000 office renovations. This isn’t just reckless spending—it’s a pattern of abusing the taxpayer dollars Davis was entrusted to protect. North Carolinians have had enough and will boot Don Davis from office come November," Torunn Sinclair, a spokesperson for CLF, said.  DEM RISING STAR WHO CALLED TRUMP ‘CON MAN’ SPENT OVER $120K ON LUXURY HOTELS, TRANSPORTATION AND SECURITY While not the highest habitation expense among lawmakers, Davis’ 2023 record comes amid reports of other high costs expensed to taxpayers during his years of public service. In comparison, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee, another North Carolina Democrat who was sworn into office in 2023, appears to have spent under $3,000 in habitation expenses that same year. Reporting from The Center Square in March uncovered that Davis took $4,500 in per diems over the course of 19 days where he did not participate in any votes, accepting the allowances granted to cover lodging and travel costs for the lawmakers' trips to the state capitol. Since his election to Congress, Davis has also received criticism for spending nearly $10,000 on a trip to the U.S. southern border in 2024, racking up almost $7,000 in airfare costs. Members of Congress are required to report expenses covered by the government, like costs for running an office. Among the categories of items covered, a habitation expense covers "minor, minimal expenses incurred for decorating offices." FEDERAL ELECTION COMPLAINT ALLEGES AOC MISUSED CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR PSYCHIATRIST SERVICES "This category includes furniture items such as chairs, tables, etc., which cost less than $500. Furniture that costs more than $500 and less than $25,000 should appear under the expense category or budget object code for furniture and fixtures less than $25,000," the House website reads. The use of habitation expenses has varied widely depending on lawmakers' needs, but has also landed some lawmakers in hot water for overly flamboyant expenses. Former Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., famously received criticism in 2015 for spending and then repaying $40,000 in taxpayer funds to refurbish a district office in the style of Downtown Abby, according to the Associated Press. Davis will be facing Laurie Buckhout, a "retired Army Colonel and decorated combat commander" in November's general election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29e342ee6011c3f4ecb3ae White Sox rookie Braden Montgomery becomes fifth player ever to hit walk-off homer in his Major League debut te 2026-06-10T22:20:50.404Z White Sox rookie Braden Montgomery becomes fifth player ever to hit walk-off homer in his Major League debut Chicago White Sox rookie Braden Montgomery had just about the best Major League Baseball debut imaginable on Tuesday night. Montgomery, who came over to Chicago from the Boston Red Sox in the trade for Garrett Crochet, has become one of baseball's top prospects during his time in the White Sox system. In some rankings, he's reached as high as the top 25 overall. And he's dominated the minor leagues in 2026, hitting 10 home runs in 56 games, along with a .314/.422/.548 batting line. Still, with the massive gap in quality between even Triple-A pitching and the major leagues, it'd be reasonable, if not expected, that Montgomery would take some time to adjust. Instead, with the White Sox trailing 5-4 to the Atlanta Braves in the bottom of the 10th inning at Rate Field, Montgomery found himself as his new team's last hope. Facing Braves closer Raisel Iglesias, two outs, game on the line, major league debut ... and Montgomery launched a walk-off homer to left field, becoming just the fifth player ever to do so in his first game. Doesn't get any better than that. WHITE SOX'S MUNETAKA MURAKAMI, COLSON MONTGOMERY COMBINE TO ACHIEVE HISTORIC HOME RUN FEAT After the game, Montgomery was unsurprisingly at a loss for words. "That was … I still don’t know what to say," he said to reporters in front of his locker. "That was unreal." "It was unreal," added White Sox reliever Grant Taylor, per MLB.com. "That’s probably the coolest debut of all-time." Asked what he hoped for moving forward, the 23-year-old Montgomery joked that there's nowhere to go but down. "I guess from here on out, it’s all downhill?" he said. "The highest of the highs. We’ll see." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "It was something out of dreams. It’s something that I couldn’t have even drawn up any better myself," he added. "It’s a group effort. The White Sox isn’t just us as players. It’s the staff. It’s the fans. It’s the city. It’s cool to all celebrate together." Montgomery's debut and the result are one thing, but what's most exciting is that this White Sox team went from a national laughingstock to a realistic path to the postseason in just a few years. They committed to rebuilding, making smart, targeted acquisitions and focusing on drafting and player development. Miguel Vargas, who struggled to find playing time on a loaded Los Angeles Dodgers roster, has turned into a star. After years of below-average to average production, he currently sits in the top 10 in the American League in wins above replacement. So too does Colson Montgomery, who at one point in the minor leagues was forced to rebuild his entire swing after struggling to make contact. Munetaka Murakami has struggled with strikeouts, but ranks third in baseball with 20 home runs behind just Kyle Schwarber and Yordan Alvarez. Davis Martin has been a revelation in the rotation, and they've pieced together bulk and relief outings from Taylor, Sean Burke, Sean Newcomb and Bryan Hudson. Sure enough, Chicago's now just a half-game behind the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Central at 35-31. From 41-121 in 2024 to 35-31 in two years. And what a surprise, attendance has increased dramatically, up over 4,400 fans per game. Winning, and entertainment, brings in the crowds. Braden Montgomery is already helping that cause too. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29e11cee6011c3f4ecb32e Downtown business owner encourages festivity as July 4 approaches te 2026-06-10T22:11:40.413Z Downtown business owner encourages festivity as July 4 approaches Lake Havasu City often calls itself one of the most patriotic communities in Arizona, but David DePeal thinks Main Street could do more to show it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29e106ee6011c3f4ecb325 Havasu Chamber to present 12 awards during annual Celebration of Business te 2026-06-10T22:11:18.966Z Havasu Chamber to present 12 awards during annual Celebration of Business The Lake Havasu Area Chamber of Commerce continues a decades-old tradition on Friday, June 12. Its annual meeting and celebration of business awards will recognize 12 businesses and community members, according to Amanda Mehaffey, Director of Special Events. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29e0ebee6011c3f4ecb2f4 'The View' co-hosts battle over Graham Platner after scandal-plagued Dem wins Maine primary te 2026-06-10T22:10:51.935Z 'The View' co-hosts battle over Graham Platner after scandal-plagued Dem wins Maine primary After Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner won the state's Democratic primary on Tuesday, the co-hosts of "The View" locked horns on Wednesday over whether to set aside concerns about his multiple controversies and support him. "When you show me you have so much hate in your heart, that you can literally wipe off full groups of people and you name it, fill in the blank, he has, that Nazi tattoo that he supposedly has covered up and said he didn’t know what it meant, but many ex-girlfriends said he used to proudly call it what it is, a Totenkopf, which is a Nazi symbol," co-host Sara Haines said. "He has shown us who he is." "This is the party of MeToo. Women have made accusations," she continued. "They have not been proven yet, but weren’t we supposed to listen and hear them? Literally we are in a time of antisemitism. The numbers of antisemitic hate and this guy proudly wore a tattoo for years, all the things he’s shown us and we’re going to say, well this time because we might agree with his policy we can turn our heads. I cannot turn my head, and I hope other people will join me." Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said, "He also mocked wounded veterans, he has a bunch of homophobic slurs that have emerged online. The track record is really bad." 'THE VIEW' ERUPTS AFTER HOSTIN DECLARES 'I WOULD HOLD MY NOSE' AND VOTE FOR SCANDAL-PLAGUED GRAHAM PLATNER "I know his accuser — I’ve known her for over a decade — who spoke to The New York Times," Griffin continued. "I believe her. I believe it’s very credible what she’s accused him of. He denies it, but we have to care." Griffin concluded that just because Democrats don’t approve of the current administration doesn’t mean they should engage in a "race to the bottom." Meanwhile, co-host Sunny Hostin, who proclaimed last week "I would hold my nose" to vote for Platner if she lived in Maine, doubled down on her support. "I don’t think Republicans, at this point, can ask us to take the moral high ground," she argued. "That is over at this point. I’m sorry." Hostin went on to urge Democrats to "put emotions on the side, let’s be strategic, let’s get some power, let’s take over the Senate, let’s take over the House and let’s right the ship. Let’s get our country back." "I am sorry, I am someone that believes in character, I am someone that believes that morals matter," she concluded. "But because of the state of this country, I would — if I lived in Maine I would hold my nose and I would vote for Platner. I would." ‘HE HATED WOMEN’: EXPLOSIVE ABUSE, NEW NAZI TATTOO ALLEGATIONS FROM EXES ROCK PLATNER'S CAMPAIGN Platner, a military combat veteran and oyster farmer who is backed by progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., defeated two long-shot rivals in Maine's Democratic Senate primary. Platner has been playing defense the past month, amid multiple controversies, including inflammatory online comments made on Reddit, a well-publicized and now-covered-up tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol, recent reports that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with several women while married, and new allegations last week from ex-girlfriends of a history of rape fantasies, heavy drinking and violent episodes. Platner has called the allegations of violence untrue. Fox News Digital reached out to Platner’s campaign but did not immediately receive a response. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser and Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29dc64ee6011c3f4ecb24e Government is buying a back door into your phone te 2026-06-10T21:51:32.488Z Government is buying a back door into your phone Donna Valdés At Rancho Feliz, we have spent nearly four decades building trust across the Arizona-Mexico border. We build homes in Agua Prieta. We fund scholarships. We send thousands of volunteers — most of them young people — across the line to serve families living in poverty, and we watch that service change them on both sides. That work is possible because the communities we touch believe we are there to help, not to surveil. That trust is not abstract. It is the foundation every single program we run is built on. Which is why what Congress is about to do — or fail to do — by June 12 matters deeply to us and should matter to all Arizonans. Our congressional leaders are stalled on how to  reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). An increasingly important angle of this debate is a loophole that allows federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to purchase Americans’ private cell phone location data from commercial data brokers — with no warrant, no judge and no oversight. Normally, accessing that kind of information requires a court order. This loophole lets the government write a check instead. Congress has not kept up with technological progress and it has led to rampant abuse. Agencies across the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, and Treasury have already made these purchases. Tens of millions of dollars have been spent in the last year alone by DHS on data brokers. That data is incredibly detailed — mapping where you go — your doctor, your church, your children’s school, your family members’ homes and so much more. For the cross-border families and border-region communities that Rancho Feliz serves, that kind of surveillance is not an abstraction. It is the difference between someone showing up for a medical appointment or staying home. Between a family attending a community meeting or going quiet. Fear is not irrational when the government has already demonstrated it will use every tool available to watch us and racial profiling and mass raids upend lives. The stakes are higher now than they have ever been. Stephen Miller and the Trump Administration are pushing hard for a clean reauthorization — meaning no reforms and no restrictions. And artificial intelligence is making this exponentially more dangerous: location data purchased today can be fed into AI-driven systems capable of building detailed surveillance profiles of entire communities at a speed and scale that has no historical precedent. All of it without a single warrant. According to a 2023 YouGov poll, 80% of Americans believe the government should be required to obtain a warrant before purchasing location data from brokers. This is not a partisan position. The federal government should follow the Fourth Amendment. More than 130 civil society organizations — including the ACLU, UnidosUS, Amnesty International USA, and the Project On Government Oversight — have taken the same stand. To date, Congress has rejected legislation that fails to reform this system of unaccountable surveillance. There is finally recognition that the time for change is now. The path forward is clear: close the data broker loophole. The solutions put forward in the bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act or the bipartisan SAFE Act would allow Section 702 to be reauthorized while closing this loophole for good. Arizona’s congressional leaders — led by Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly — have a choice to make before the June 12 deadline. They can accept legislation that fails to solve this problem and effectively writes warrantless data purchasing permanently into federal law — or they can demand that any extension of FISA close the loophole first. The communities across Arizona are watching. At Rancho Feliz, we don’t build walls. We build dignity. We are asking our senators to do the same. Donna Valdés is CEO of Rancho Feliz Charitable Foundation, a Phoenix-based nonprofit.  The post Government is buying a back door into your phone first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29dc4cee6011c3f4ecb226 Patrick Mahomes leaps past Dak Prescott as NFL's highest-paid QB with record Chiefs extension worth $504.75M te 2026-06-10T21:51:08.966Z Patrick Mahomes leaps past Dak Prescott as NFL's highest-paid QB with record Chiefs extension worth $504.75M It seemed a bit, let's say, irregular over the past few years to see NFL quarterbacks who had never won or even played in a Super Bowl surpass Patrick Mahomes as the league's highest-paid quarterback. That's changing starting in 2027. On Wednesday, Mahomes vaulted over the entire quarterback pack in agreeing to a new contract with a two-year extension that is worth $504.75 million and ties him to the Kansas City Chiefs through the 2033 season. ESPN was first to report the news. BILLS' JOSH ALLEN AGREES TO 6-YEAR EXTENSION WITH RECORD-SETTING GUARANTEE: REPORTS The deal is not yet signed but has been in the works for weeks between Mahomes' representatives at Equity Sports and Chiefs general manager Brett Veach and his team. The extension means Mahomes now has a contract from 2026 to 2033 worth over half a billion dollars over eight seasons. That represents the first NFL contract to climb over the half-billion-dollar mark. Mahomes can climb as high as $522.25 million if he meets incentives. And this: When $239.05 million in new money kicks in starting in 2027, Mahomes will be averaging a reported $64 million per season. That beats the $60 million per year on an annual average basis Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott gets as the NFL's current highest-paid quarterback. 49ERS, BROCK PURDY AGREE TO MASSIVE 5-YEAR, $265 MILLION CONTRACT EXTENSION: REPORTS And it certainly blows away the $45 million per year average Mahomes has been getting since signing his current contract in 2020. Back then, Mahomes signed a 10-year contract worth $450 million. It made him the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL. But in the ensuing years, players including Lamar Jackson, Justin Herbert, Brock Purdy, Tua Tagovailoa, Jared Goff, Trevor Lawrence, Josh Allen, Jordan Love and Prescott signed deals worth more on an annual average basis. And you know how many Super Bowl championships all those higher-paid QBs boast? Zero. Mahomes has helped the Chiefs reach five Super Bowls. And they've won three. That alone suggests Mahomes was underpaid while averaging $45 million per season. That, of course, can be debated because Mahomes hasn't exactly posted career statistics in recent years. His annual passing yards have declined each of the last three seasons since he posted a career-high 5,250 passing yards in 2022. But the statistics are affected by the talent level around him. The Chiefs have had offensive line issues and the wide receiver cast has been in flux and often inconsistent in recent years. The important thing is whether the Chiefs believe Mahomes to be worthy of a raise. They've answered that question. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29dc24ee6011c3f4ecb218 Suspect in Killing of Minnesota Lawmaker Strikes a Plea Deal te 2026-06-10T21:50:28.888Z Suspect in Killing of Minnesota Lawmaker Strikes a Plea Deal The arrangement means that Vance Boelter will not face the death penalty after being charged with killing Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29da59ee6011c3f4ecb1e4 ASU baseball’s 1965 national champions recall lasting legacy te 2026-06-10T21:42:49.048Z ASU baseball’s 1965 national champions recall lasting legacy PHOENIX – As a freshman baseball player at Arizona State in the early 1960s, Jim Merrick found himself arguing with a teammate over which state was better, California or Texas. Coach Bobby Winkles overheard the debate and decided to settle it his own way. “He said, ‘Hey, you two, get up here,’” Merrick recalled. The punishment came quickly. Winkles ordered both players to start running laps around the field during a game and said he would tell them when to stop. “To say the least, nine innings later, we were still running,” Merrick said. When the game finally ended, Winkles delivered the punchline. “He told us, ‘Actually, Arkansas is the best state,’” Merrick said. The punishment was lighthearted, but the message was serious. Winkles demanded discipline, accountability and a commitment to the team above all else. Those values helped transform the Sun Devils into a national powerhouse and helped guide them to the program’s first national championship in 1965.  More than six decades later, the players who helped build that championship team remember the wins and losses. They remember the bus rides between games. They remember the close-knit culture of the team.  Most of all, they remember the lessons left by coach Bobby Winkles: advice that continued to guide them long after they left the diamond. “Winkles was an unbelievable individual,” outfielder Glenn Smith said. “He impacted a lot of people’s lives in a positive way.” The 1965 Sun Devils finished 54-8 and laid the foundation for future titles in 1967 and 1969. The roster featured future stars such as Rick Monday, the first player selected in Major League Baseball’s inaugural draft in 1965, and Sal Bando, who later became a four-time All-Star and captain of the Oakland Athletics dynasty in the ‘70s. Arizona State teammates of Rick Monday said they knew early on he was destined for greatness. (Photo courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics) Former players say the team’s success was more due to the culture Winkles instilled in the team and less in the overall talent of the group. For Merrick, the winning pitcher in the national championship game, Winkles’ philosophy shaped the way players approached both baseball and life. “The game owes you nothing,” Merrick recalled. “You owe it all to the game.” Winkles demanded discipline and selflessness from every player on the team. “Your job was to go out, play hard, play smart, and let the chips fall where they may,” former infielder Jack Smitheran said. “We had stars like Monday and Bando, but they weren’t treated any differently from anyone else.”  Smitheran said that approach helped keep egos in check and created mutual respect. “They never became too big-headed or took themselves outside of the club,” Smitheran continued. “They weren’t better than anybody else, and I think everybody respected them for that reason.” Most players on the team knew that Monday was bound for Major League Baseball. “He knew that he wasn’t going to graduate from ASU and that he was going to sign with a professional club,” Merrick said. “He knew he was going to be the first or second guy taken.”  Despite this, Monday never acted like someone who was destined for greatness. “He still played hard,” Merrick said. “He did everything that we had to do.” Bando earned similar respect from his teammates. “Sal was just generally a great person on and off the field,” Smitheran said. “He was a good friend to me.” Many on the team agree that Bando was the unofficial leader of the group, with Smith calling him “a man amongst men.”  “I think he was kind of the bedrock of the club,” Smitheran said. “I think a lot of people looked up to him. I know I did.” Bando’s leadership skills weren’t the only things he provided the team. During the 1965 College World Series he batted .480 with nine RBIs and was named the most valuable player for the tournament. “You wanted Bando to have the bat in his hands,” Merrick said. “He got all of the big hits.” Outside of Monday and Bando, there were plenty of other unsung heroes on the team. Tony Alesci was a leader behind the plate, while fellow catchers Ray Stadler and Duffy Dyer provided depth and reliability. Dyer, a future 1969 “Miracle Met,” even provided positional flexibility, often playing some innings in the outfield.  Jim Armstrong anchored the defense at shortstop, and Luis Lagunas and Jan Kleinman played vital roles throughout the season, knocking in big hits when needed. Lagunas, a 1965 first-team All-American, also drove in the winning run during the national championship game.  The leadership provided by players such as Monday, Bando and Alesci helped the team rebound from a disappointing ending the year before. The Sun Devils had reached the College World Series in 1964 but fell short of a title. The experience proved invaluable. “The following year, we fed off what we had gone through in ’64,” Smitheran said. “We were much more experienced and knowledgeable when we got there, and we knew how to handle the situation much better.” Their maturity showed throughout the 1965 season and culminated in a national championship victory over Ohio State. For the players, the title meant more than just a baseball accomplishment. Arizona State had only become a university less than a decade earlier in 1958, and the championship helped elevate the school’s national profile. “We were starting to be accepted as a university,” Merrick said. Smitheran believes the victory helped create a standard that future Sun Devil teams followed. “I think it told other teams and programs at the university that anything is possible,” he said. The biggest turning point during the season however, was when ASU beat Arizona entering the postseason. “Everything came down to that series,” Smitheran said. “We finally got the monkey off our back and established that we were the best college baseball team in Arizona.” When the team returned home from Omaha as champions, it was stunned by the reception waiting for it. “There were like 10,000 people at Sky Harbor,” Smitheran said. “We thought nobody was there at first. Then we turned the corner and the old Sky Harbor terminal had people packed everywhere, all there to congratulate us. “That was special.” Today, the players speak less about what happened on the baseball field and more about the relationships they built and the impact Winkles had on their lives. Smitheran went on to coach baseball at UC Riverside for 31 years, amassing a record of 974–723–3. He credits Winkles for his success. “A lot of what I did in my career was built on the foundations he laid,” Smitheran said. For Smith, just simply being on the team and winning a national championship seemed like something he could only dream of doing. Growing up in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, he never imagined he would help Arizona State win a national championship. “What were the odds of something like that ever happening?” Smith said. “Some kid out of Kansas, goes to ASU and plays on the national championship team as a sophomore.” As the anniversary approaches, those memories continue to elicit heavy emotions for those who played on the team. “Yeah, it brings a lot of emotion back,” Merrick said. “We had some good times playing together.” Sixty-one years later, the 1965 Sun Devils remain a source of pride not only because they won Arizona State’s first national championship, but because of what they built. “We carried the legacy of being the first team at ASU to win a national championship,” Smitheran said. “It’s not something to sneeze at.” For Smitheran, that legacy is not measured by trophies or statistics, but by fond memories that he will never forget. “It just takes your breath away to have those experiences and memories,” he said. “Nobody can ever take that away from you.” The post ASU baseball’s 1965 national champions recall lasting legacy appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d9faee6011c3f4ecb1a8 Democrats Try to Move Past ‘Cultural Pandering’ to Latinos for Midterm Elections te 2026-06-10T21:41:14.251Z Democrats Try to Move Past ‘Cultural Pandering’ to Latinos for Midterm Elections The party is trying desperately to win back some voters in the key swing group. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d9e6ee6011c3f4ecb19f The Maine Senate Race Ramps Up, With Trump Offering Color Commentary te 2026-06-10T21:40:54.249Z The Maine Senate Race Ramps Up, With Trump Offering Color Commentary With Graham Platner now the Democratic nominee against Senator Susan Collins, signs of how hostile the race will be have quickly emerged. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d9d0ee6011c3f4ecb183 Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations te 2026-06-10T21:40:32.252Z Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d7caee6011c3f4ecb115 DUI suspect on the run from cops in Louisiana is slowed, not stopped, by an alligator attack caught on bodycam te 2026-06-10T21:31:54.081Z DUI suspect on the run from cops in Louisiana is slowed, not stopped, by an alligator attack caught on bodycam If you think an alligator attack in the swamp is enough to stop a suspected drunk driver from attempting to flee police, think again. The alligator attack, which was caught on police bodycam, only briefly slowed 40-year-old DUI suspect Victor Rivas down. Injured, he kept going. His unfortunate run-in with nature started when the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office received reports of a "reckless Toyota hitting a concrete barrier," reports FOX 13. WOMAN'S KAYAKING ADVENTURE TAKES TERRIFYING TURN WHEN PREDATOR ATTACKS: 911 CALL The vehicle authorities reported had a blown-out tire before it was stopped. An investigation into whether Rivas was drunk was started after officers say he showed signs of impairment. That's when he decided to flee. He jumped into the swamp and was later spotted by deputies walking along the highway. When they tried to take him into custody, he jumped into another part of the swamp where he was attacked by an alligator. The bodycam footage shows Rivas swimming across the water before an alligator gives chase and attacks him. He reportedly is left with injuries to both of his arms, but is able to escape. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The deputy wisely didn’t even think about giving chase and watched it all unfold from the safety of the bank. A drone was used to eventually find Rivas and deputies were able to capture him as he made his way out of the mud. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and charges of operating a vehicle while impaired and resisting an officer. The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office posted a helpful tip about fleeing into the swamp. They wrote, in part, "Reminder: Don't drive impaired, don't run from deputies, and definitely don't hide in Louisiana swamps. Wildlife may just be cooperating with law enforcement." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d7b6ee6011c3f4ecb10c Country star John Rich joins Trump administration advocating for landowners' rights te 2026-06-10T21:31:34.012Z Country star John Rich joins Trump administration advocating for landowners' rights John Rich is taking on a prestigious role within President Donald Trump's administration. On Monday, the country star took to social media to announce his latest endeavor. "President Trump has afforded me the great honor to serve in his administration as the 'Special Envoy for American Landowners,'" he wrote on X. "In this role, I look forward to representing and advocating for landowners’ rights against any entity that chooses to harass or intimidate them in an effort to achieve goals contrary to those of the President. I look forward to defending our farmers and ranchers." JOHN RICH TURNS TENNESSEE FARMERS' FIGHT INTO PROTEST SONG AS TRUMP BACKS HIS BATTLE On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture officially announced the news in a press release.  "America’s farmers, ranchers, and landowners are among the greatest stewards of our nation’s resources and the backbone of our rural communities," Secretary Brooke Rollins said via the release. "President Trump understands that private property rights are fundamental to the American way of life. John Rich has long been a champion for rural America, and I look forward to working alongside him as we continue fighting for the people who feed, fuel, and clothe our nation." According to the release, a key focus of Rich’s work will be advocating for landowners facing pressure related to large-scale solar and wind development that may impact productive farmland, ranchland, and rural livelihoods.  Additionally, he will work closely with USDA leadership and stakeholders to ensure landowners have a strong voice in decisions affecting their property and communities. Earlier this year, Rich — who has been a longtime supporter of Trump — got candid about how today's political landscape has pushed more artists to vocalize their beliefs.  "I think when Trump won that second time, and we had been through four years of Biden and what that did to the music industry, what that did to people's livelihoods – I think, coming out the other side of that, you finally saw artists going, 'You know what, enough is enough, I'm putting them up, I'm going to say what I think,'" he said during an appearance on "The Rubin Report." "Country music wasn't founded and is not popular because it was founded on the backs of wishy-washy people," he continued. "I mean, it was Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn and [Merle] Haggard and Willie [Nelson] and Waylon [Jennings] and I mean artists that did not care what you thought about what they had to say." "They're like, 'This is what I think. I'm going to put it into a song. You decide if you like it or not.' They became the pillars of country music," he continued. "So yes, I do see artists starting to turn back in that direction. And I think the music industry doesn't have a choice but to go along with it, because the audience is so hardcore against a lot of the bad things that have happened to them. If you go the other direction, the phrase I use is they will ‘Dixie Chicks’ you." Rich is not one to stay silent, especially amid the era of cancel culture. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I could give you the tough guy answer and say, I didn't care what they thought. That's not true," Rich said of speaking up throughout the years.  "At one point, I had to kind of look at the back and forth of that whole scenario and say, 'Well, is the music industry's approval of me more important to me than my right to free speech?'" Rich, who has received numerous accolades through his 30-plus years in country music, asked. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "Is it more important to me than setting an example for my two sons? Do I want to be the guy that yells at the TV on the evening news and goes, ‘Look at what these people are doing to our country' and then turn right around, put on my boots and my hat and walk the red carpet and play patty cake with the exact same industry people that are doing the things I've been yelling at?'" WATCH: JOHN RICH SAYS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HELPED HIM SAVE FARMLAND IN A TENNESSEE COUNTY "Well, that's hypocritical," he continued. "And I decided one day, 'No, I'm just not going to do it. I don't know what the fallout's going to be. But I'd rather say what I want to say, be an actual American. And if there's a bloody nose to take, then I guess I'll take it. And I did take a lot of bloody noses and still do." "But what I've learned is that the reciprocation from the other side, people that are glad you said what you said, they're glad you had enough intestinal fortitude to stick your face out there and take the pop, they all come rushing to your back, Dave. They all show up by tens of millions." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d7a2ee6011c3f4ecb0fa Nikki Haley says Trump should threaten Russia, China with 'force' over their military aid to Iran te 2026-06-10T21:31:14.088Z Nikki Haley says Trump should threaten Russia, China with 'force' over their military aid to Iran Former U.S. Amb. to the United Nations Nikki Haley said President Donald Trump must take a tougher stance on Russia and China to further weaken Iran, suggesting he threaten them with "force." Her remarks on "The Story" come as Trump vows to hit Iran "hard" again after U.S. forces launched strikes against the nation for shooting down a U.S. helicopter. "I think Trump was right to absolutely say, 'We're going to hit them,' especially after they've gone after us. But let's take it a step further and go after China and Russia," the former South Carolina governor said Wednesday. Haley said Russia and China have provided military assets – like drones and satellite imagery – to Iran and argued that Trump should threaten the world superpowers with "force" if such support continues. PETRAEUS CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA OVER ALLEGED INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO IRAN "When we go after China and Russia, and hold them accountable, and tell them to stop, that's when we'll start to really see Iran get weakened," she added. Haley said the pressure the U.S. is putting on Iran must extend beyond Tehran to the regime’s allies, including Russia and China, which she accused of aiding Iran’s war effort. "[Trump] needs to pick up the phone and call Xi, and he needs a pickup a phone and call Putin and say, 'Stop it'," she said. TRUMP DELAYS XI MEETING AS IRAN CONFLICT LETS US STRONG-ARM CHINA’S OIL SUPPLY "He needs to let them know that they will be held accountable, and he will put force on them if they continue to help Iran in this war. And they need to know he's serious, and he has to be prepared to follow through with it," she continued. Trump had a positive visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping last month and said the world leader offered to help end the Iran conflict and agreed Tehran cannot possess a nuclear weapon. The president warned Wednesday that Iran has "taken too long" to negotiate an agreement and reiterated calls for officials to "sign a deal." TRUMP KEEPS FORECASTING AN IRAN DEAL — WHY THE WHITE HOUSE STILL THINKS IT CAN HAPPEN Iran remains stubborn in abandoning its nuclear capabilities. The nation’s president Masoud Pezeshkian responded to Trump’s threat on X Wednesday, saying Iran "will stand firm against any pressure." Haley said Iran is willing to endure "a lot of pain" to maintain its pre-war position in the Strait of Hormuz and preserve capabilities to develop a nuclear weapon. The diplomat also suggested Iran may be using negotiations to buy time as the conflict drags on, warning that they are likely "strategizing." "The reality is, Iran never had any intention of negotiating," Haley asserted. "They've done this so many times. They stall. They make you think they are going to do something. Right when you think you've got a deal, they throw cold water on it. And then, the whole time, they're strategizing." The former South Carolina governor called on the U.S. and Israel to finish the job, as the war drags on past 3 months. "I think Israel and the U.S. have done an amazing job at weakening Iran," Haley said. "And now they just need to finish what they started." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d777ee6011c3f4ecb0d2 Supreme Court set to rule on Trump, GOP policy goals ahead of summer recess te 2026-06-10T21:30:31.048Z Supreme Court set to rule on Trump, GOP policy goals ahead of summer recess Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d582ee6011c3f4ecb092 Britain introduces sweeping new powers to target foreign state-linked groups including Iran's IRGC te 2026-06-10T21:22:10.012Z Britain introduces sweeping new powers to target foreign state-linked groups including Iran's IRGC Britain is moving to give authorities sweeping new powers to target foreign state-linked groups as officials warn of growing threats tied to Iran and other hostile governments. The National Security (State Threats) Bill introduced Tuesday would give the UK government new powers to crack down on foreign state-linked organizations involved in activities such as assassination plots, surveillance and sabotage. The legislation could potentially be used against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG), though officials have not indicated whether the group would be among the first organizations designated. The proposal comes as British intelligence officials warn of increasing Iran-backed activity inside the UK. Last year, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said the security service had tracked more than 20 potentially lethal Iran-backed plots and recorded a 35% increase in state-threat investigations. UK COUNTERTERRORISM POLICE PROBE ANTISEMITIC ARSON ATTACK AS IRAN-LINKED GROUP CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY Under the legislation, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood would have the authority to designate groups responsible for what the government calls "foreign power threat activity." Supporting designated organizations or accepting money from them could carry prison sentences of up to 14 years. British authorities have also investigated possible Iranian links to several recent incidents, including arson attacks targeting Jewish sites. The UK has separately secured convictions against individuals accused of spying for or acting on behalf of Russian and Chinese entities. The bill would create a new framework for tackling threats posed by foreign governments and their proxies, an area critics say Britain's existing counterterrorism laws were not designed to address. UK DEFENSE SHORTFALLS HIGHLIGHTED AS BRITAIN AVOIDS IRAN OFFENSIVE ROLE AMID TRUMP CRITICISM Labour MP Luke Akehurst, one of Parliament's leading advocates for action against the IRGC, said the organization presents a unique challenge because it operates as part of the Iranian state. "As well as brutally repressing freedoms within Iran, the IRGC poses a dangerous threat here in the UK, which our existing terrorism proscription regime was ill-equipped to deal with as it is a state actor," Akehurst told The Jerusalem Post. Supporters of the legislation argue it would close gaps in Britain's ability to target hostile state-backed actors without relying solely on terrorism laws. If approved, the legislation could take effect as soon as next month, with officials expected to make a limited number of designations during the law's first year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d56eee6011c3f4ecb089 Black Crowes fans vow to boycott Chris Robinson after he claims anti-USA rant was 'blown out of context' te 2026-06-10T21:21:50.088Z Black Crowes fans vow to boycott Chris Robinson after he claims anti-USA rant was 'blown out of context' Chris Robinson continued to face a backlash from fans this week after he defended his anti-U.S.A. rant.   "I think the whole thing was, of course, blown out of context so people can get clicks and people can stir up the animosity and philosophies or how you feel about life," the Black Crowes frontman told Ultimate Classic Rock last week. He added, "But be most assured, you know, whatever. It doesn't matter. In a week, something else will come up that [will stir up] the hornets' nest. At a Florida concert on May 31, video appeared to show fans boo Robinson after he told attendees chanting "U.S.A.!" at the concert: "Thanks for the geography lesson … Don't know what the f--- you’re so proud about right now, by the way." MARTINA MCBRIDE CALLED A 'COWARD' AFTER DROPPING OUT OF AMERICA 250 CELEBRATION He continued, "Boo all you want to mother---ers! Boo away! Some of us have real faith. And for those of your f---ing booing us, some of us are not afraid. And we are most assuredly are not f---ing ignorant, so thank you!" One person wrote on X on Thursday, "Speaking as a fan of The Black Crowes, I'm fine with him speaking his mind, whether I agree with him or not, it's that he decided to do it during his show." Another said: "I hope people only show up to start chanting ‘USA’ the whole show, trying to drown out their crappy music." CARRIE UNDERWOOD 'AMERICAN IDOL' BOOS SPARK FIRESTORM, FANS CLASH OVER MAGA AND 'RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY' CLAIMS A third added, "Thanks for letting us know where you stand, we won't be booing at your show because we won't be at your show." "I will never listen to the black crows again nor will I ever see them at a concert ever again and I was a fan!" someone else promised, and another said: "Patriotism is NOT partisan." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS The chant had been a response to the band showing their crow mascot at the concert dressed as Uncle Sam. "Black crowes shouldn’t dress their little mascot up in an American Flag if you can’t handle Americans responding to it with pride," an X user said. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER The singer also received backlash on his Instagram account, with one fan letting him know: "Removed your songs from my Spotify." "Can we just go to a show, enjoy the performance and escape politics for two and a half hours?" another asked. Some fans simply commented "USA" on an unrelated Instagram post from the singer. Still, a few fans supported the singer.  "Of course in red Florida any semblance of independent thought or resistance would be met by more boos than cheers," one X user said, and another wrote: "Don’t f---ing start a chant during a concert. Grow up. I love @blackcrowes."  A third person said,"I support the Black Crowes!" Robinson also clarified in the interview that he never meant to disparage U.S. troops. "No matter what I ever would say or do or feel about things, there's no way I would disrespect our veterans," he told the outlet. "I'm a person that I wish we had moved along as a species not to have violence be the way that we resolve conflicts. "But for the people who've put their lives on the line and made that sacrifice and dedication, I wouldn't do that," Robinson explained. "I can see that for exactly what it is. Other than that, you know, I have to speak my mind. But I don't have an agenda or anything, you know what I mean? I'm just trying to make a soulful connection with people and we'll continue to endeavor to persevere, as they say in [the Clint Eastwood film], ‘The Outlaw Josey Wales.’" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d55aee6011c3f4ecb080 WATCH: Hearing turmoil as Jasmine Crockett unloads on MLK's niece in wild racially-charged rant te 2026-06-10T21:21:30.080Z WATCH: Hearing turmoil as Jasmine Crockett unloads on MLK's niece in wild racially-charged rant Rep. Jasmine Crockett erupted at Republicans, calling them a "majority… White" party and accusing them of using a member of Martin Luther King Jr.’s family as a prop to shield themselves from allegations of racism while interrogating the Southern Poverty Law Center's funding of hate groups. Crockett, who is leaving office next year after a failed Senate bid, lambasted Republicans for expressing outrage at the SPLC while not addressing the "literal elephant in the room" — a reference to Martin Luther King Jr.’s more conservative niece, Alveda King. Crockett disparaged civil rights activist Alveda King as a right-wing prop while accusing Republicans of trying to trick the public into thinking a "Doctor King" was criticizing the SPLC’s work. King later questioned whether Crockett was calling her a "bastard" of the King name. "The vast majority on that side of the aisle… are White men. White men are lecturing people of color because the vast majority, actually any semblance of diversity comes from this [Democratic] side of the aisle," Crockett said. FIRST ON FOX: SPLC'S TAX-EXEMPT STATUS UNDER THREAT AFTER FIERY CAPITOL HILL HEARING She said people of color don’t feel welcome in the GOP and "that’s why you have to parade someone who has the name ‘Doctor King’ attached to them so people can be confused." Notably, GOP Rep. Wesley Hunt, a fellow Black Texan, was on the committee’s dais and pointedly questioned SPLC leader Bryan Fair earlier in the day. Hunt often rebukes talk of race-based partisanship by quipping that he has been "Black my entire life." Crockett said Republicans were hypocritical in accusing the SPLC of funding hate groups, citing a debunked assertion about President Donald Trump’s comments following the 2017 White supremacist rally in Charlottesville. She noted Trump had said there were "fine people on both sides," but omitted that he later clarified he was referring to a community group opposing the removal of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s statue, a gathering that occurred before the neo-Nazi violence erupted later that day. Crockett then claimed people on social media were wondering who the "Doctor King" was who was speaking out against the SPLC as the hearing progressed, and that Republicans were trying to make the public think the historic Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be on their side. NEARLY ALL SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN ST. PAUL CHURCH STORMING AS MLK’S NIECE SAYS TACTICS ‘NOT THE WAY’ Crockett said Republicans would be better served calling the Obama-supporting Martin Luther King III or his sister Bernice King to the hearing — suggesting they understand the civil rights icon’s teachings and positions better than Alveda. Before her time expired, she accused King and Republicans of "caping" for murdered activist Charlie Kirk — quoting a controversial statement by the Turning Point USA founder about the Civil Rights Act. She also claimed Republicans hauled Fair and King before the committee because they wanted to distract from their failure to hold a hearing examining associates of deceased financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. When House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, gaveled-out Crockett’s time and passed the floor to Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., the Republican gave King a chance to respond. "I am a bit emotional," King said of what Crockett had claimed. "I’m going to watch what I say." Crockett did not appear to look back at Alveda King and was briefly seen closing her notebook as she prepared to stand up. JASMINE CROCKETT'S HISTORY OF PLAYING THE RACE CARD GOING AFTER CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL CRITICS "It seems as though you (Crockett) have suggested that I am bastard to the King family legacy. I am legitimately the daughter of Reverend Alfred Daniel Williams King and Dr. Naomi Ruth Barber King," Alveda King said. Rev. A.D. King was Martin Luther King Jr.’s brother. "We are a family who loves God. And I love you, God bless you," King said before yielding back to Fry. Fry then announced that, off-camera, Crockett had quickly left the room before King could substantively respond to her remarks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d546ee6011c3f4ecb077 NHLPA reportedly asks NHL to investigate Mike Babcock as Oilers consider hiring controversial coach te 2026-06-10T21:21:10.100Z NHLPA reportedly asks NHL to investigate Mike Babcock as Oilers consider hiring controversial coach The Edmonton Oilers need to be very intentional about the next coaching hire, seeing as it will have a direct impact on whether or not superstar centerpiece Connor McDavid sticks around, and it looks like things are trending toward a surprising pick: Mike Babcock. According to The Athletic, the NHL Players Association has asked the NHL to conduct an investigation into Babcock's brief 2023 stint with the Columbus Blue Jackets if the Oilers are looking to put pen to paper on a deal with the Stanley Cup-winning coach. Babcock was hired by the Blue Jackets in July of 2023, after previously coaching the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2015 to 2019. However, he resigned before the season began after the "Spittin' Chiclets" podcast reported that he had asked players to share personal photos on their phones with him. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! There was no investigation at the time because of Babcock's resignation. There's no timeline for this investigation, and if Babcock decides to back out of a deal with the Oilers, there will be no investigation this time either. GOLDEN KNIGHTS REPORTEDLY BLOCK OILERS FROM INTERVIEWING THEIR FORMER HEAD COACH BRUCE CASSIDY He hasn't coached a game in the league since, and was brought up as a potential option for the Oilers last month, but he indicated that he was retired. But maybe not... Babcock is such an interesting choice for Edmonton, because he comes with quite a bit of baggage and is not known to be one of the more popular coaches among players. Sure, he has an indisputable record, but coaching was never really Edmonton's problem, as they've struggled to get over the hump and win the Stanley Cup in the Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl era. The problems have been depth and goaltending, and this ironically mirrors Babcock's situation in Toronto. He found himself with a stellar core — in Toronto it was Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander and, for a little bit at the end of his time there, John Tavares — but a weak blueline, a lack of depth and shaky goaltending. Except for maybe the weak blueline, that's pretty much Edmonton's situation. Unless Babcock is the goalie or bottom-six forward whisperer, those are issues the front office has to figure out. Babcock couldn't crack the code in Toronto. In fact, it was his successor, Sheldon Keefe, who led the team to its first playoff series win since 2004 during the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. So, hiring Babcock may not solve the problems that need addressing, and depending on how an investigation turns out, it might even create some. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d518ee6011c3f4ecb04f Tucson approves transit ambassador program and more police patrols amid Sun Tran strike threat te 2026-06-10T21:20:24.015Z Tucson approves transit ambassador program and more police patrols amid Sun Tran strike threat As Sun Tran drivers threaten to strike over safety, the Tucson City Council approved funding Tuesday for a new transit ambassador program and increased police patrols, the first year of a safety plan backed by $43 million in voter-approved transit funds. In 2015, when Sun Tran drivers went on strike for 42 days, driver safety was one among a host of issues, including pay and mold contamination on some buses, that pushed drivers into a labor dispute.  More than a decade later, as the drivers union votes to authorize another strike if a contract isn’t reached by the end of June, safety concerns remain one of the most prominent issues. The proposed budget approved Tuesday puts numbers toward the first year of a transit safety plan adopted by city council in December 2025. The plan was shaped through city meetings with union leadership and city transit advisory committee members.  City council voted Monday, 5-2, to send the funding plan to the Regional Transportation Authority, or RTA, for spending approval.  Pima County voters approved the RTA Next transportation plan in March, extending a half-cent sales tax to fund regional road and transit projects for the next 20 years. That included $43 million for Tucson transit safety over the next two decades, or about $2.15 million annually.  The Sun Tran transit system covers about 323 square miles with more than 2,200 bus stops and three transit centers. The most common incidents noted by officers are open-air drug use, possession, loitering, vandalism and assault.  The budget directs $700,000, its largest allocation, toward employing eight off-duty police officers who would work 25 hours a week. It also includes money for bus cameras, radios, survey tools and an additional cleaning crew.  It also introduces funding for a pilot program to hire four transit ambassadors who would be stationed at high-traffic areas along major routes to engage with riders, help with navigation or direct people to shelters or mental health providers, if needed.  Reception was generally positive, though many council members and Mayor Regina Romero wanted more funding for the positions than the plan included.  “For me, it’s important to have immediate investment in operator safety,” Romero said. “I do see you have funds for additional investment of the private security company that we have been using for years now. I would much rather see additional funds allocated for the ambassador program.”  Several council members mentioned the possibility of volunteers supplementing the work of paid staff in the program.  The version of the motion that passed included an amendment by Council member Lane Santa Cruz to increase funding for transit ambassadors, barrier improvements and panic buttons — as well as plan for regular updates to both the transit advisory committee and mayor and council.  The Tucson Transit Advisory Committee voted to support the plan, though in their May meeting members noted some concern about the balance of enforcement and outreach efforts, and asked for concrete ways to assess the success of the ambassador program.  During Tuesday’s study session, Andy Bemis, the deputy director of the Department of Transportation and Mobility, said he would use reductions in calls for service and incidents to judge the success of the transit safety plan in the future.  Ray Jordan, a member of the transit advisory committee and a regular transit rider, said he has not felt unsafe while riding transit but has at times while waiting for the bus. “Most of the transit issues are not really transit issues; they are public safety issues,” he said.  The reality that many of the concerns around safety on transit take place around stops and not necessarily on transit is reflected in the safety plan, which notes that more than 80% of incidents occurred outside transit centers.  Jordan also said the transit element that makes him feel most unsafe is limited visibility from the bus, or into the bus, due to advertisements on the side of vehicles. As a rider, “it’s difficult to see out the windows so you can’t read a street sign when you arrive at a bus stop and it’s difficult to see who or how many people are there,” said Jordan, who uses a wheelchair. “If there is some kind of incident on the bus, police officers can’t see who is on the bus.”  For riders, some enforcement elements of the transit plan are already in place, Bemis said. Some buses have new types of barriers between drivers and passengers which, after more feedback from drivers, will help direct which type are purchased with future funds.  The Tucson Police Department has been implementing special deployments on the transit system, with a presence of officers around transit lines six days a week, since March. In that time, their presence has resulted in 730 warnings, 127 arrests, 88 citations, 28 referrals for services and 15 deflections. Sun Tran has also expanded its private contracted security hours, Bemis said.   That is in addition to security guards contracted by Sun Tran who are present but do not physically remove passengers from the bus or detain people.  The RTA must still say whether the items proposed for the $2.15 million budget, which reflects the annual amount set aside for Tucson transit safety, are eligible for funding.  Among the questions looming behind the transit discussion were the broader ones about safety in society, as well as the role that the transit system plays in offering an immediate cool option for many unhoused people in the city. “The other aspect of safety is how hot it’s getting in Tucson,” Council member Miranda Schubert said. “We need more shade, we need more benches where people can sit.” Amid extreme heat, buses remain a key way for unhoused communities to access cooling centers as well as a place that is air conditioned and accessible around the city.  “We have the proof to show that crime is going down in Tucson, but it’s also about how people feel,” said Romero.  Gator-Aid, a mutual aid group that distributes food and first aid supplies through a mobile distribution downtown, said they had been asked several times by police and security guards to leave the Ronstadt Transit Center when they were sharing materials.  “If our community wasn’t loudly supportive of our presence, we feel that we would not be able to continue our distributions there. From what we have witnessed in and around the transit center, police presence has only ever escalated tense situations,” the group, who answered the questions collectively by email, told Arizona Luminaria. The organizers answering the questions included Bethany Bones, Laura Ruiz and Brenna Bailey.  The group also said they understood that bus operators should not be placed in enforcement roles, but that the issues that created conflict aboard buses were broader ones that they believed wouldn’t be addressed primarily through more police presence. The group said they wanted to see resources that addressed people’s immediate needs for cooling and hydration, comfortable seating at bus stops, accessible public restrooms and safe drug-use and needle disposal sites. ATTACHMENT_B__DRAFT_RTA_NEXT_TRANSIT_SAFETY_AND_SECURITY_BUDGETDownload The post Tucson approves transit ambassador program and more police patrols amid Sun Tran strike threat appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29d088ee6011c3f4ecb01e NC State Investigating Potential Legal Claims Against LSU Over Will Wade Exit te 2026-06-10T21:00:56.811Z NC State Investigating Potential Legal Claims Against LSU Over Will Wade Exit N.C. State is investigating potential legal claims against LSU tied to men’s basketball coach Will Wade leaving for a second stint coaching the Tigers. That includes whether LSU violated a North Carolina state law. N.C. State vice chancellor and general counsel Allison B. Newhart wrote to LSU counterpart Carlton Jones last week about the matter, a development first reported by WRAL in Raleigh. The letter was later obtained by The Associated Press in a records request. According to N.C. State, it has received three email messages from LSU asking the school to "sign a release of claims" against LSU in the Wade matter. Newhart's letter from last Thursday states the school "has not agreed — and does not agree now — to release LSU from any liability" tied to Wade’s departure after one season with the Wolfpack in March. "Instead, N.C. State is investigating whether LSU improperly induced Coach Wade to breach his Employment Agreement, induced Coach Wade to terminate his Employment Agreement, and interfered with the timing of termination of the Employment Agreement to result in lower liquidated damages – all to N.C. State’s detriment," Newhart wrote. That includes whether LSU violated the state’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act; violations can result in financial damages and attorney fees. Reached by the AP on Wednesday, N.C. State spokeswoman Lauren Barker said the school had no additional comment beyond the letter's contents. LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette declined comment to the AP. LSU hired Wade on March 26, two weeks after Wade publicly stated he was determined to win big at N.C. State in Year 2. The buyout in Wade’s contract was for $5 million, but was scheduled to drop to $3 million after April 1. At the time, athletic director Boo Corrigan said the school agreed to lower that to $4 million to close the matter and not delay the search for a successor that landed former Wolfpack player and Tennessee assistant Justin Gainey in less than a week. Newhart’s letter states the N.C. State received a $4 million wire from LSU on May 8 for Wade's buyout. But she also writes that N.C. State considers the issue resolved "only as to Coach Wade’s personal obligations" and that the payment "does not absolve LSU from potential legal exposure." Specifically, the letter states N.C. State "has reason to suspect "LSU may have influenced efforts to avoid or delay" notifying the school of the pursuit to trigger the lower buyout payment from after April 1. Reporting for the Associated Press. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29ce40ee6011c3f4ecaf91 From coffee to hot sauce: 5 veteran- and American-owned brands worth trying te 2026-06-10T20:51:12.652Z From coffee to hot sauce: 5 veteran- and American-owned brands worth trying As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, now is the perfect time to support veteran- and American-owned businesses. We handpicked five standout food and beverage brands that give back to veterans, firefighters and hardworking Americans while making great products. Stock up on your favorite brew from Black Rifle Coffee Company or Fire Department Coffee, snack smarter with Tactical Snacks, and add some heat to your meals with The General's Hot Sauce, which is proudly made in the USA. READ MORE: America 250 is coming: What to know and the best commemorative gear to buy Black Rifle Coffee Company leans into the America theme with blends like Freedom Roast and Just Black, featuring a camo bag adorned with a bald eagle. The veteran-owned coffee company also has a specific America 250 collection this year. The Beyond Black blend now comes in a limited-edition red, white and blue bag, along with the Spirit of '76 roast, which is a medium blend. True to its name, Fire Department Coffee directly supports firefighters. The veteran-owned brand even operates a special disaster-relief fire truck during emergencies. Whether you buy the dark roast, medium roast or espresso, your purchase helps support those efforts. It also provides several subscription services, from a Coffee of the Month Club to the Fire Department Club, with a portion of the proceeds going to charitable organizations. READ MORE: Celebrate America's 250th with these patriotic keepsakes and collectibles, from $16 Mountain House isn't veteran-owned, but it got its start making rations for U.S. troops during the Vietnam War and proudly supports the military to this day. It's the largest freeze-dried food maker in North America — plus, all its food is produced in Oregon. Build your own three, five or seven-day food kit, or select standalone meals in pouches, cans or buckets. Choose from options ranging from Cajun-style jambalaya to beef stew. READ MORE: Shopping for America 250? Here's what's actually made in the USA — and what's imported Tactical Snacks is a 100% veteran-owned brand that makes naturally flavored snacks you can take on the go. Stock up on sour gummies with a variety pack that comes in green apple, watermelon and other fruit flavors. It also sells protein cookies with 50 milligrams of caffeine to help keep you alert throughout the day. For more deals, visit www.foxnews.com/deals If you like spicy food and supporting veterans, The General's Hot Sauce is a smart choice. The American-made sauce was originally created by veterans, and the company allows honorably discharged veterans and active-duty service members to earn money promoting its products. You can choose from individual flavors like Camo Comando, Berry Breach and Smoke Check, or get a collection of six different flavors. If you're an Amazon Prime member, you can get these items sent to your door ASAP. You can join or start a 30-day free trial to start your shopping today. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29ce18ee6011c3f4ecaf86 University of Florida Chooses Stuart Bell for President Over Some Conservative Criticism te 2026-06-10T20:50:32.729Z University of Florida Chooses Stuart Bell for President Over Some Conservative Criticism The nominee, Stuart Bell, led the University of Alabama for a decade, where he embraced diversity initiatives but also Donald J. Trump. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29cbe8ee6011c3f4ecaf3d Lumberjacks sign Olivia Moore from elite mid-major South Dakota te 2026-06-10T20:41:12.646Z Lumberjacks sign Olivia Moore from elite mid-major South Dakota NAU women’s basketball continues to go deep in the transfer portal looking for guard play. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29cbcfee6011c3f4ecaf11 Karmelo Anthony isolated in jail as prison stint looms for track meet killer te 2026-06-10T20:40:47.771Z Karmelo Anthony isolated in jail as prison stint looms for track meet killer Karmelo Anthony was isolated in jail after he was taken into custody following his murder conviction on Tuesday. Anthony was convicted of murder Tuesday and sentenced to 35 years behind bars for stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas. He was taken to the Collin County Jail and was in isolation at the infirmary within the jail, Fox News Digital confirmed. FOLLOW US ON X WATCH: Karmelo Anthony supporter sounds off on verdict He had been free during the trial but was taken into custody after he was convicted. WATCH: Man outside of Karmelo Anthony trial weighs in on verdict GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Anthony's next stop is a Texas state prison. It was not immediately clear when he would be transferred. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS Anthony faced up to life in prison after being convicted of murder. He will be eligible for parole after serving half of his 35-year sentence. Anthony has since filed a notice of appeal following his conviction, court records show. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c9c8ee6011c3f4ecaeb4 Trump signs Hawley measure adding 200 child exploitation investigators in largest crackdown effort yet te 2026-06-10T20:32:08.967Z Trump signs Hawley measure adding 200 child exploitation investigators in largest crackdown effort yet President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation from Sen. Josh Hawley that will fund 200 additional child exploitation investigators, a major expansion of federal resources after the Department of Homeland Security operated with just seven forensic analysts dedicated to such cases nationwide. "My legislation with Tim Tebow to rescue thousands of kids from online child exploitation was just signed into law by President Trump," Hawley told Fox News Digital in a statement. "I want to thank the President for leading on this vital issue. This is the largest surge against child trafficking ever by the federal government. Time is of the essence. Let’s rescue these children."  The measure, included in the $70 billion reconciliation package, which provides $38 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and $26 billion for Border Patrol, which passed the House Tuesday, would invest $108.5 million in child trafficking and exploitation enforcement. Hawley's office said it would be the largest federal investment ever made to combat child trafficking.  DHS HAS ONLY 7 CHILD EXPLOITATION ANALYSTS, HAWLEY MEASURE WOULD FUND 200 INVESTIGATORS The provision, according to Hawley’s office, was driven in part by former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, who testified March 3 during Hawley’s Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism on exposing rampant child trafficking. Tebow said during his testimony that 338,000 unique IP addresses have downloaded, shared or distributed child rape images in the United States in a matter of months, but only a small number are looked into.  The measure, developed from Hawley’s Renewed Hope Act, gives Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) the funding to hire 40 new forensic analysts at the Victim Identification Laboratory at the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit of HSI, as well as 30 new child exploitation investigators at the Victim Identification Laboratory of the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit of HSI. TRUMP LOCKS IN ICE FUNDING THROUGH END OF PRESIDENCY AFTER HOUSE PASSES $70B PACKAGE It also gives HSI the ability to employ 130 additional forensic analysts and child exploitation investigators, as well as create a dedicated training program in victim identification for federal, state and local law enforcement to collaborate more effectively on investigations.  The White House referred Fox News Digital to Trump's comments in the Oval Office during the signing of the Secure America Act.  "The bill provides crucial funding to domestic law enforcement investigations, combating child exploitation, continuing our work to restore law and order across our nation and to protect America’s youth," Trump said. Fox News Digital also reached out to DHS for comment.  HAWLEY LAUNCHES GOOGLE INVESTIGATION AFTER 'SHOCKING' CHILD TRAFFICKING TESTIMONY AT SENATE HEARING Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c9b4ee6011c3f4ecaeaa Clay Travis says NFL should offer separate Sunday Ticket option to save fans money te 2026-06-10T20:31:48.883Z Clay Travis says NFL should offer separate Sunday Ticket option to save fans money If a football fan's favorite NFL team is not in his or her own local market, it currently costs a pretty penny to watch each of the team's 17 regular-season games. If a favorite team is local, fans can watch games on local affiliates and national television through paid cable. However, the NFL Sunday Ticket costs some fans $480 for access to watch each NFL game on FOX and CBS affiliates - and that is before streaming services come into play. Fox News contributor Clay Travis, however, came up with an idea that, admittedly, the NFL would likely not use in order for fans to get exactly what they want for a much lower price. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "In my opinion, the NFL should offer single-team options in addition to the entire NFL Sunday Ticket," Travis said at Thursday's examination of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961. "So, in general, if an entity is not serving the marketplace what the marketplace is demanding, that would raise questions about why they’re doing that. From a business perspective, I think the answer is because they can charge 480-somewhat dollars for the NFL Sunday Ticket if they include all those games. "If they only sold individual games, what it appears the vast majority of fans would prefer, they might only be able to charge $80 or $100. So they are making hundreds of millions of dollars on a product that the average NFL fan, if given the option to choose between, would likely not pick." NADLER GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO RIP TRUMP'S KNICKS GAME APPEARANCE DURING SPORTS BROADCASTING ACT HEARING That $480 price tag is for existing Sunday Ticket customers, while new users get a discount bringing the price to $240 for the 2026 season. Hundreds of dollars come into play when fans need to add Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock and others. "Every single day, sports fans are getting gouged now for the opportunity of watching their favorite teams. Fans now pay far more money every year for something that by law in 1961 you all guaranteed for them should be free," Travis began in his testimony. "Most of your constituents are frustrated. They don't know how to find games, and they are having to pay far too much when they have the opportunity to actually watch those games. I don't know how many of you remember back in the day when you can have one remote control in your hand, and you can easily flip to any different game... They just want to be able to watch their favorite team and not have to struggle to do so." Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c9a0ee6011c3f4ecae98 California's 'leisurely' ballot counting faces backlash, Dems ripped for 'defending the indefensible' te 2026-06-10T20:31:28.565Z California's 'leisurely' ballot counting faces backlash, Dems ripped for 'defending the indefensible' California's "leisurely" ballot counting process is facing backlash from The New York Times editorial board, which ripped Democrats for defending the "indefensible" in a piece published Wednesday. "This slowness is a failure of governance, and it should help inspire the creation of a better system," the editorial board wrote. "There is no good reason that California takes so long to count votes. Most democracies around the world count votes quickly. So do most other large U.S. states, including Texas, Florida, Michigan and Virginia." California's primary occurred on June 2 and the state is still counting ballots. "California’s leisurely approach to vote counting is a recent phenomenon. Before 2015, the state required that mail-in ballots arrive by Election Day. It now allows them to arrive seven days later so long as they are postmarked by Election Day. The state also uses a burdensome process for confirming voters’ signatures. Lawmakers say they are prioritizing accuracy and access, but states that tabulate results quickly have elections that are neither less accurate nor less accessible than California’s," the editorial noted. CALIFORNIA ELECTION LIMBO FUELED BY 4 PRESSURE POINTS DRAGGING OUT VOTE COUNT, EXPERT SAYS The Times called out the many excuses for slow counting, and said none were persuasive. They called for a national law to establish Election Day as the final day to accept mail-in ballots. The editorial board also argued that Congress should push states to count all ballots on Election Day. "In the case of vote counting, California Democrats are defending the indefensible. The rapid counting of ballots was the norm for more than a century and remains the norm in other democratic countries. It is time for California to catch up to its own past," it wrote. California holds what's known as a jungle primary in which all candidates, regardless of party affiliation, appear on the same ballot, with the top two finishers advancing to the general election. After a week of counting ballots, it was confirmed late Tuesday that Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will advance to the November California gubernatorial election in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. RNC RAILS AGAINST CALIFORNIA'S LATE MAIL-IN BALLOT COUNTING AMID NATIONAL LITIGATION: 'IT IS ABSURD' California faced criticism over its ballot counting even before the June 2 primary. "The fact that California elections often can't be resolved for weeks is kind of insane and not common in other electoral systems around the world," Nate Silver, a top political data analyst, wrote on X last week. "Like honestly ‘it's going to take us several weeks to tell you who won the election’ is failed state sh-t and should be much more stigmatized. The fact that it's tolerated is bad too a textbook example of learned helplessness." Lengthy vote counts in California are a product of the state's reliance on mail voting and its thorough review process. Under California law, every registered voter receives a mail-in ballot and votes that arrive at election offices up to a week after Election Day are considered valid so long as they were postmarked by Election Day. LA TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER DEFENDS CALIFORNIA'S SLOW VOTING PROCESS AS 'ELECTION INTEGRITY' IN ACTION Gov. Newsom's office told Fox News Digital that "Governor Newsom wishes the vote count moved faster, too — which he has stated many times." During a press conference last month regarding the state budget, Newsom was asked about California's electoral process. He told reporters: "What you're referring to is a letter I put out to all the county registrars to say get your act together, get these ballots, you know, counted. I'm very concerned that if we don't do that — particularly on the basis of the new rules and regulations that we've now implemented where we're requiring them to do so — I think it will expose us to accusations that will be exploited by the Trump administration." Fox News' Robert Schmad contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c98cee6011c3f4ecae8f Charles Barkley dares ESPN to fire him for making a racy Cardi B joke during the NBA Finals te 2026-06-10T20:31:08.568Z Charles Barkley dares ESPN to fire him for making a racy Cardi B joke during the NBA Finals Charles Barkley hopes ESPN fires him over his joke about Cardi B's boobs. "I'm hoping they fire me," Barkley joked during an appearance on Fox Sports Radio on Wednesday. "I got six or seven years left on my contract that they know I got no chance of doing. I would love for them to fire me and have to pay me for the next six or seven years." Barkley was referring to his reaction to Cardi B's halftime performance during Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday at Madison Square Garden. "I don't know if those are B's. They might be Cardi D's," Barkley laughed on air. "I'm pretty sure those aren't B's. She's got the wrong initials." "I would love to get fired, I'm not gonna lie. Because there's zero chance I'm gonna be working the next six or seven years, zero," Barkley continued on Wednesday. "Come on, man. People can't take a joke? They can kiss my ass. I appreciate all the support I've gotten all these years, but if anybody thinks everybody likes them, they're a fool. So if people don't like me or don't have a sense of humor, they can kiss my ass. My whole ass, not just one cheek. The whole ass." ESPN'S STEPHEN A SMITH ACCUSES LEBRON JAMES OF LYING IN INTERVIEW, CLAIMS HE WOULD HAVE 'SWUNG' AT PLAYER For the record, Barkley was saying he wouldn't work another six or seven years even six or seven years ago. As much as he jokes about finding ways to get fired, he still appears to genuinely enjoy his work on "Inside the NBA," which is serving as the studio show before, during, and after the NBA Finals on ABC for the first time. In a best-of-both-worlds scenario, Barkley now appears on ESPN platforms without actually working for the company. "Inside the NBA" remains a TNT production that ESPN licenses without editorial control, similar to the "Pat McAfee Show." And even if ESPN could fire Barkley, it wouldn't. HERE IS HOW PAT MCAFEE HAS SURPASSED STEPHEN A SMITH AS THE FACE OF ESPN | BOBBY BURACK Not only is this the first time Barkley has appeared on NBA Finals coverage, but it's also the first time in years that ESPN and its viewers seem genuinely satisfied with the network's studio show. For more than a decade, ESPN has tried to build a pregame and halftime show capable of competing with TNT's "Inside the NBA." The network cycled through nearly every major basketball personality on its roster, including Magic Johnson, Michael Wilbon, Stephen A. Smith, Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose. None of the combinations worked. ESPN also shuffled through a long list of hosts. Sage Steele came the closest to stabilizing the show, but the network later turned to Michele Beadle, Maria Taylor and then Malika Andrews. It even planned to elevate Rachel Nichols before she was demoted for her white skin color in the aftermath of George Floyd's death. No, seriously. That's what happened. Finally, ESPN had an opportunity to ditch its in-house production and license "Inside the NBA" after TNT bypassed renewing its NBA rights past the 2025 season. As expected, "Inside the NBA" has dramatically improved ESPN's NBA Finals coverage. Barkley remains the show's biggest star. Thus, any jokes about Cardi B's boobs or the "big ol' women of San Antonio" will be tolerated — as they should. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c963ee6011c3f4ecae71 Everyone wants a piece of Tesla’s battery business te 2026-06-10T20:30:27.127Z Everyone wants a piece of Tesla’s battery business Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone — including automakers like GM and Ford — into the energy storage business. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c770ee6011c3f4ecadc5 Pregnant mother found murdered in Mexico as frantic search for missing children ends with surprise discovery te 2026-06-10T20:22:08.322Z Pregnant mother found murdered in Mexico as frantic search for missing children ends with surprise discovery Mexican authorities have arrested the partner of an Indiana mother who was found dead months after she disappeared with her seven children, prosecutors said Monday. Makala Pendley, 30, of Indianapolis, was identified as the victim after authorities in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas investigated the discovery of a woman's body near the municipality of Zinacantán. Family members said Pendley was six months pregnant at the time of her disappearance. During a Facebook Live briefing Monday, Chiapas State Prosecutor Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca announced the arrest of a suspect identified as Joseph "N," whom he described as Pendley's partner and the primary suspect in the case. "In the coming hours, his criminal responsibility will be determined, and he may be brought before justice. We will seek the maximum sentence of 100 years for this perpetrator of femicide," Llaven Abarca said during the briefing. FAMILY OF MISSING PREGNANT WOMAN REVEALS SUSPICIONS ABOUT DISAPPEARANCE The prosecutor also announced that Pendley's seven children had been located and placed under government protection. According to Llaven Abarca, the children were in "good health," and authorities were coordinating with the U.S. Embassy to reunite them with family members. Pendley and her seven children were reported missing in February after traveling to Mexico. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children issued a missing-person alert after they disappeared from Indianapolis on Feb. 23. Days before identifying Pendley, Llaven Abarca disclosed during a separate Facebook Live briefing that investigators had recovered the body of a woman in the Elambó Bajo area of Zinacantán. HANNAH KOBAYASHI FOUND AFTER MEXICO BORDER CROSSING IN MONTH-LONG DISAPPEARANCE, FAMILY SAYS According to Llaven Abarca, preliminary findings indicated the victim died from a traumatic brain injury caused by blunt-force trauma. Investigators believe the body had been left at the location for between eight and 12 hours before it was discovered. Indianapolis police previously said the family had been located in Mexico last month and that the children were briefly taken into custody by Mexican authorities before being returned to Pendley. During Monday's briefing, Llaven Abarca said authorities learned through coordination with U.S. officials that the suspect allegedly has a criminal history in the United States, including an active arrest warrant in Alaska and an Indianapolis police alert connected to the disappearance of Pendley and the children. MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING PARTNER ARRESTED IN MEXICO NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER FLEEING WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN Llaven Abarca further alleged that the suspect had previously been detained on charges including assault, robbery, fraud, illegal weapons possession, intimidation and rape. Butler could not immediately be reached for comment. Fox News Digital has reached out to Llaven Abarca, the Chiapas State Prosecutor's Office and the U.S. State Department for additional information. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c75cee6011c3f4ecada1 Trump signs Hawley measure adding 200 child exploitation investigators in largest crackdown effort yet te 2026-06-10T20:21:48.639Z Trump signs Hawley measure adding 200 child exploitation investigators in largest crackdown effort yet President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation from Sen. Josh Hawley that will fund 200 additional child exploitation investigators, a major expansion of federal resources after the Department of Homeland Security operated with just seven forensic analysts dedicated to such cases nationwide. "My legislation with Tim Tebow to rescue thousands of kids from online child exploitation was just signed into law by President Trump," Hawley told Fox News Digital in a statement. "I want to thank the President for leading on this vital issue. This is the largest surge against child trafficking ever by the federal government. Time is of the essence. Let’s rescue these children."  The measure, included in the $70 billion reconciliation package, which provides $38 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and $26 billion for Border Patrol, which passed the House Tuesday, would invest $108.5 million in child trafficking and exploitation enforcement. Hawley's office said it would be the largest federal investment ever made to combat child trafficking.  DHS HAS ONLY 7 CHILD EXPLOITATION ANALYSTS, HAWLEY MEASURE WOULD FUND 200 INVESTIGATORS The provision, according to Hawley’s office, was driven in part by former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, who testified March 3 during Hawley’s Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism on exposing rampant child trafficking. Tebow said during his testimony that 338,000 unique IP addresses have downloaded, shared or distributed child rape images in the United States in a matter of months, but only a small number are looked into.  The measure, developed from Hawley’s Renewed Hope Act, gives Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) the funding to hire 40 new forensic analysts at the Victim Identification Laboratory at the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit of HSI, as well as 30 new child exploitation investigators at the Victim Identification Laboratory of the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit of HSI. TRUMP LOCKS IN ICE FUNDING THROUGH END OF PRESIDENCY AFTER HOUSE PASSES $70B PACKAGE It also gives HSI the ability to employ 130 additional forensic analysts and child exploitation investigators, as well as create a dedicated training program in victim identification for federal, state and local law enforcement to collaborate more effectively on investigations.  The White House referred Fox News Digital to Trump's comments in the Oval Office during the signing of the Secure America Act.  "The bill provides crucial funding to domestic law enforcement investigations, combating child exploitation, continuing our work to restore law and order across our nation and to protect America’s youth," Trump said. Fox News Digital also reached out to DHS for comment.  HAWLEY LAUNCHES GOOGLE INVESTIGATION AFTER 'SHOCKING' CHILD TRAFFICKING TESTIMONY AT SENATE HEARING Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c748ee6011c3f4ecad74 Obama-appointed judge with ties to anti-Trump conspiracy theory hit with misconduct complaint te 2026-06-10T20:21:28.327Z Obama-appointed judge with ties to anti-Trump conspiracy theory hit with misconduct complaint FIRST ON FOX: U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper is facing a judicial misconduct complaint from a conservative watchdog group, which argues he should have recused himself from a lawsuit involving President Donald Trump’s effort to rename the Kennedy Center. The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) alleged that Cooper should have bowed out of the case because his wife, Amy Jeffress, has a history of representing what the group described as "anti-Trump" clients. In May, Cooper ruled against Trump by permanently blocking the renaming of the Kennedy Center after Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, filed a lawsuit. CASA filed a complaint with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday, alleging Cooper failed to disclose or recuse himself despite what it called significant financial and professional interests stemming from his wife's involvement in litigation against Trump. "CASA is filing a judicial complaint against Obama-appointed DC District Court Judge Christopher Cooper for his potentially unethical behavior after his failure to recuse himself from the frivolous Kennedy Center lawsuit filed against President Trump, given his wife's financial interests in opposing President Trump's agenda through litigation," CASA Director of Research and Policy Curtis Schube said in a statement. JUDGE WITH INTIMATE TIES TO DEM PARTY'S KEY RUSSIA HOAX PLAYERS BEHIND LATEST ANTI-TRUMP DECISION The complaint comes more than a week after Trump slammed Cooper for having a "conflict of interest," pointing to Cooper's wife, Amy Jeffress', track record of representing Trump's biggest foes, including former anti-Trump FBI lawyer Lisa Page, and currently representing former President Joe Biden, who is suing Trump's Justice Department over the release of Robert Hur's interview recordings. "Cooper's wife is longtime Democrat activist and attorney Amy Jeffress. Jeffress is the former counsel to the January 6th committee, works as former President Biden's personal lawyer, and currently represents Biden in ongoing litigation against President Trump," Schube said. "There was a clear need for Cooper to recuse himself from this matter, or at the very least disclose these conflicts. By doing neither, Cooper caused — at the very least — an appearance of impropriety, which warrants a full investigation." The complaint does not challenge Cooper's ruling itself, but it argues that his involvement in the case could raise reasonable questions about his ability to be impartial under the federal judiciary's Code of Conduct. JONATHAN TURLEY: TRUMP’S KENNEDY CENTER NAME CHANGE WILL KEEP LAWYERS BUSY FOR YEARS "We are deeply concerned with the fact that a sitting federal judge did not recuse himself, and adjudicated to disposition, a case from which he and his spouse financially benefit," the complaint states. "Indeed, a large portion of his wife's business model appears to rely on handling litigation that is anti-Trump in nature." CASA argues that Cooper may have violated Canon 1, which requires judges to uphold the integrity and independence of the judiciary. "Canon 1 requires that a judge uphold the integrity and independence of the judiciary," the filing states. "Judge Cooper, presumably, goes home every night to his wife whose career is predicated on suing President Trump." CASA argued Cooper is in violation of Canon 2, which requires judges to avoid situations that could appear improper, even when no actual misconduct has occurred. "More specifically, Canon 2 lists occasions when the appearance of a relationship affects a judge’s ability to adjudicate a case: 1) when public confidence is hampered; and 2) when spousal relationships influence judicial conduct," the complaint stated. "Both problems are present here." The complaint also argues that Cooper violated Canon 3, which requires judges to remain fair and impartial and that recusal may be warranted when a judge's spouse's interests or potential partisan influences could reasonably raise questions about that impartiality. The complaint concludes by urging the D.C. Circuit to investigate Cooper and determine whether disciplinary action is warranted. Appointed by President Barack Obama, Cooper has served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C., since 2014. Cooper has long been the target of conflict of interest allegations from Trump and his allies. The judge drew scrutiny during Special Counsel John Durham's prosecution of former Clinton campaign-linked attorney Michael Sussmann, which was a part of Durham's broader probe into the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation centered on the now-debunked Russian-Trump collusion theory. Critics argued then that he should have recused himself because his wife, attorney Amy Jeffress, represented former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, a figure tied to the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation. Fox News Digital reached out to Cooper and Jeffress for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c71eee6011c3f4ecad20 Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5 billion from banks as AI spending continues te 2026-06-10T20:20:46.486Z Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5 billion from banks as AI spending continues As AI spending continues to climb, the e-commerce giant has taken out a fresh $17.5 billion loan from a small coterie of banks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c706ee6011c3f4ecace3 Trump donor’s company lands billions in border wall contracts, including Arizona projects te 2026-06-10T20:20:22.970Z Trump donor’s company lands billions in border wall contracts, including Arizona projects This story was originally published by High Country News. Barnard Construction Company, Inc., an engineering contractor based in Bozeman, Montana, recently celebrated its 50th year in business. On its website, the company lays out a colorful history that starts in 1975, when 25-year-old Tim Barnard moved to Montana with “$1,000, two shovels, a pick, and all of his possessions in the cab of his pickup.” A timeline offers highlights of the half-century since, from building a natural gas pipeline in Utah and hydropower in Alaska to winning a federal government contract to bring down dams in Washington and increase spawning habitat for native salmon species. What the website doesn’t show are the company’s largest federal contracts: the billions of taxpayer dollars Barnard has been awarded to build President Donald Trump’s border wall. Also unmentioned are its founder’s financial ties to the president. Trump made finishing the border wall a centerpiece of his 2024 campaign, and soon after he took office, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act allocated $46.5 billion for the project. The administration has since waived dozens of federal contracting laws to expedite construction, and more than $28 billion in contracts have been awarded to a small group of companies, according to Customs and Border Protection. A High Country News analysis of publicly available federal spending data finds Barnard is among the biggest winners. The company and its affiliates have been awarded more than $5.6 billion in federal border construction contracts since Trump returned to office. Add their previous border wall contracts and the total rises to more than $7 billion. Meanwhile, Federal Election Commission records show that company chairman Tim Barnard and his wife have contributed millions of dollars over the years to Republican candidates and causes — including more than $1 million to Trump’s presidential campaigns. Experts say the contracts raise red flags, and Barnard’s competitors seem to agree: In May, another contractor sued the federal government after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) promised the lion’s share of new Texas and New Mexico wall construction contracts to Barnard and one other company. Now, Barnard is facing criticism both at home and on the border as it prepares to begin construction in one of the least-trafficked parts of the border. Construction crews work on a new border wall segment near the end of a previously built section on Kuuchamaa Mountain, Friday, April 24, 2026, seen from Tecate, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) THOUGH IT’S HEADQUARTERED in an undulating building on the northern outskirts of town, Barnard’s financial influence is evident all over Bozeman. The chairman’s name decorates a science building at Montana State University, a domestic violence shelter nearby, and an aquatics center to the south. The Barnards have also given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Montana conservative groups and political campaigns. The company’s revenue surpassed $1 billion in 2024, according to industry publication Engineering News-Record, making it one of the top 150 engineering firms in the country. It has received contracts from numerous federal agencies, including the National Park Service, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Reclamation. But more than 80% of the value of its federal awards comes from border wall contracts. Barnard received several under the first Trump administration, before and after its leadership donated $5,600 to Trump’s reelection campaign. FEC records show the Barnards have also donated to several Trump cabinet members, including J.D. Vance, Marco Rubio and Ryan Zinke. One award in particular generated controversy: Reporting by ProPublica found that an initial $142 million contract awarded to Barnard’s subsidiary BFBC in 2019 grew to more than $1 billion as the administration quietly modified it over and over. The firm was promised $33 million per mile of wall for one section of construction — about $13 million more than the government’s standard price. Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed called for an investigation into the contract, calling it a “no-bid contract to an apparently politically-connected, private contractor,” and a Government Accountability Office report the following year advised the Army Corps to rethink its procurement strategy. But neither the company nor the administration seem to have been deterred. In 2024, FEC records show the Barnards donated $1 million to a fundraising committee for Trump’s presidential campaign, and $3,300 to a Trump political action committee. Federal spending records indicate the company has since received $4.54 billion in awards from CBP — plus more than $260 million in Department of Defense (DoD) wall contracts to subsidiary BFBC. That’s in addition to $853 million in contracts to Barnard Spencer Joint Venture, Barnard’s collaboration with Arizona-based contractor Spencer Construction, which have grown by more than $75 million since they were first awarded in September. Charles Tiefer, an emeritus law professor at the University of Baltimore who previously served as U.S. commissioner on wartime contracting, called the awards “an enormous transfer” to a private company. “Even the biggest detention facilities don’t rank with four and a half billion,” he said. And he said the scale of the Barnards’ political contributions calls the fairness of competition into question. “If you tip a waiter 15 bucks, that doesn’t raise any red flags,” he said. “But if you tip them 150 bucks or 300 bucks, then somebody watching may wonder what you’re getting special that you’re not supposed to be.” Barnard representatives did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Other contractors share Tiefer’s concern. On May 13, New York-based contractor Posillico Civil, Inc., sued the Trump administration, saying CBP had promised around 73% of the value of new Texas wall contracts to just two of 11 pre-approved contractors: Barnard and North Dakota-based firm Fisher Sand & Gravel. Fisher is known for its controversial work to build a private border wall and financial ties to We Build the Wall, a scandal-ridden nonprofit whose board included Trump strategist Steve Bannon. The federal spending database lists nearly $15 billion in border construction contracts to the company over the years, including more than $13 billion under this administration. Posillico’s lawsuit argued that the contracting process lacked “genuine competitive opportunities,” and alleged that CBP does not keep a price-comparison analysis or documentation of its methodology for awarding the contracts. In a statement, CBP said the agency does maintain documentation for its decisions but declined to share it, citing the pending litigation. “Border Wall contracts awarded are based on the contractor’s qualifications to perform the work in a timely manner and at prices deemed fair and reasonable,” the statement said. While pre-approving a set of contractors is not uncommon, it’s not meant to remove competition between those companies, Tiefer said. But at least one of Barnard’s new CBP contracts — its largest — was awarded without competitive bidding. In April, Barnard received a $1.6 billion contract to build 112.5 miles of “secondary wall” in eastern New Mexico. A CBP spokesperson said the contract was awarded without competition “due to various factors particular to that project.” In the spending database, the reason listed for the lack of competition is “urgency.” Scott Amey, a lawyer who investigates federal contracts for the Project On Government Oversight, said the process merits scrutiny. “What was so urgent that they couldn’t bid it to other contractors that are already on the pre-approved list?” he said. The first panels of border wall were raised in the remote San Rafael Valley in Southern Arizona in 2025. Credit: John Washington THE NEW CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS awarded to Barnard and its affiliates span the four U.S. states of the border, in some places building “secondary” walls or replacing stretches of existing barrier.  a. 60 miles of new lighting and technology along existing wall near the California-Arizona border b. Replacing 20 miles of existing wall across western Arizona’s Barry M. Goldwater Range c. 6 miles of “barrier fencing” near Antelope Wells, New Mexico d. More than 20 miles of new wall, 110 miles of a second wall, and 80 miles of new technology in New Mexico’s Luna, Doña Ana, and Hidalgo counties e. More than 100 miles of wall construction in the Big Bend region of West Texas f. 30 miles of wall near Del Rio, Texas g. 10 miles of new wall in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Among the most controversial are the company’s two contracts in West Texas, where it’s been awarded nearly $2 billion to build just over a hundred miles of new, 30-foot steel bollard wall through the remote Big Bend region. Though it’s the largest Border Patrol sector on the Mexican border, the Big Bend consistently sees some of the fewest crossings, thanks to its remote location and harsh terrain. So far this fiscal year, just 1.6% of all “apprehensions” on the southern border have occurred here. The region is also home to some of Texas’ most beloved public land, including Big Bend National Park, and its border counties are heavily reliant on river tourism.  The Department of Homeland Security has waived dozens of environmental and cultural regulations to fast-track construction through the Big Bend, and hundreds of private landowners could have their property seized by eminent domain. Plans to build the wall have faced near-universal bipartisan opposition locally — including from law enforcement. In March, five county sheriffs in the region issued a joint statement urging the federal government to reconsider the construction. “Major permanent infrastructure, accompanied by lighting systems, access roads, and maintenance corridors would permanently alter one of the most remote and ecologically significant border landscapes in the United States,” they wrote. Barnard also faced direct criticism from local officials after its subcontractors began using heavy machinery to clear a county road leading down the border without consulting with local officials. “You’re not going to be able to improve a county road without commissioner court approval,” local county judge Curtis Evans told Marfa Public Radio. “I’m not pleased with them not contacting the county and going through cooperation and collaboration channels in order for everyone to be transparent.” As word of Barnard’s work on the border spread, opposition emerged in Montana, too. In April, local artist and river guide Morgan Kemp organized a Bozeman screening of the 2019 documentary The River and the Wall, which explores the impacts of wall construction in Texas. Kemp, who is originally from El Paso, said she felt it was important for people to know it was a Montana firm building the wall there. “If a company that’s local is going to travel all the way down to the other side of the country and border to build something like this and take away people’s lands and access, what would stop them from doing it locally?” she said. She told HCN that around 30 people attended, many of whom were surprised by the beauty and tranquility of the border in the Big Bend region. “Most people think Texas, they think tumbleweeds, flat plains, nothing super diverse going on. It’s like, no, this is such an ecological oasis that is so important and so special,” she said. Following the screening, attendees wrote postcards to the Barnards, urging them to reconsider the contracts. “One of my favorite ones was somebody that clearly knows who the owner is, because they addressed them directly,” Kemp said. “They were like, ‘Mary and Tim, do not do this. No amount of money is worth it.’” The post Trump donor’s company lands billions in border wall contracts, including Arizona projects appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c4e0ee6011c3f4eca9e3 Graham Platner finally embraced by powerful mainstream Dem leaders after primary election victory te 2026-06-10T20:11:12.728Z Graham Platner finally embraced by powerful mainstream Dem leaders after primary election victory Two top Democrat leaders who were hesitant to endorse embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner by name amid his controversies finally relented Tuesday night after he cruised to victory in his primary election. House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., issued a seemingly half-hearted joint statement backing Platner as he continues to face heat stemming from a multitude of scandals. "Over the past year, we have created a path to win a Democratic Senate majority and put a stop to the chaos and damage of the Trump administration by defeating the Republicans who enable his harmful agenda," they wrote in a statement issued by the Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) just after Platner was declared the winner. "In November, Maine voters will elect Graham Platner, and we will win a Senate majority," they concluded. In the statement, the New York lawmakers attempted to paint moderate Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, as a radical pro-Trump Republican despite her several breaks with the president. "Susan Collins has never been more vulnerable after she voted with Trump 96 percent of the time, confirmed his far-right judicial nominees, and took millions from special interests while voting to rip health care away from Mainers," they listed. SCANDAL-PLAGUED PLATNER CAPTURES DEMOCRATIC SENATE NOMINATION Last week, Platner met with Gillibrand and Schumer, among other Democrats, during a crisis trip to Washington, D.C., in the midst of his latest scandal, which, at the time, was related to revelations of an account on a controversial messaging app.  After that meeting, Gillibrand refused to say whether she still supported the progressive candidate. "I'm very confident we are going to win Maine," she told reporters. "I do. I have confidence that we are going to win Maine and I have no doubt." WATCH: DEM SENATORS EXCUSE PLATNER'S CONDUCT AT CRISIS HUDDLE WITH EMBATTLED MAINE CANDIDATE Schumer also attempted to duck direct questions from reporters at a Capitol Hill press conference following that meeting. "I met with Graham Platner today, we're going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate," he said. "We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate." After he was asked for the fifth time about the meetings, he begrudgingly used Platner's name to back the candidate. WATCH: SCANDAL-PLAGUED PLATNER DODGES QUESTIONS BEFORE DC MEETING WITH DEMOCRATS "As I said, I endorsed Graham Platner," he said. Before that meeting, Platner was embroiled in controversy after it was revealed that he has an active account on Kik, an anonymous chatting platform notorious for lax identification methods that have enabled the proliferation of child sexual abuse material. Platner used as his profile image on the application a sexually suggestive photo of himself shirtless and wearing only a towel around his waist. Just days after the meetings in D.C., the candidate was accused of physical misconduct, including aggressive behavior, with a former romantic partner. Platner denies those accusations. Platner's previous scandals include sexually lewd Reddit posts, disrespectful comments made against a Purple Heart-winning combat veteran, a Nazi-linked tattoo on his chest that has since been covered up and reports he exchanged sexually explicit messages with several women while married. Fox News Digital's Peter Pinedo contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c4ccee6011c3f4eca9da Trump admin offers blunt advice to White House UFC critics as 11th-hour lawsuit looms te 2026-06-10T20:10:52.805Z Trump admin offers blunt advice to White House UFC critics as 11th-hour lawsuit looms Trump administration officials fired back at critics of the planned White House UFC fight, arguing they can simply avoid the event rather than use an 11th-hour lawsuit to block thousands of spectators from gathering on the South Lawn. "It would be easy enough to simply avert their gazes for the weekend," Department of Justice attorneys wrote in a court filing this week. "Instead, they seek to enlist the power of a federal court to impose their idiosyncratic preferences on the rest of the country and ruin an event designed to celebrate the United States of America." Preparations for the UFC match have been underway on the South Lawn of the White House for weeks, including the installation of a roughly 90-foot-tall steel arch, dubbed the "claw." The Public Integrity Project filed a lawsuit over the weekend on behalf of two Virginia residents in an effort to block the event, sparking the government to urge U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta to reject the plaintiffs' bid. The suit targets the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior to seek an emergency injunction to stop the event, which is expected to attract 4,000 spectators to the White House. DANA WHITE DENIES AMERICA 250 UFC FIGHT AT WHITE HOUSE WILL BE 'POLITICAL,' 'NOT AT ALL' ABOUT POLITICS In the brief, DOJ attorneys wrote that more than $60 million has already been spent, attendees have made travel plans, and the fighters have already begun final weight cuts. They also noted the event has been planned for months, with President Trump first announcing the match in July 2025. "This is an obstructionist, baseless, and dilatory lawsuit brought simply to prevent President Trump from hosting what will undoubtedly go down as one of the most historic sporting events in our Nation’s history during our semiquincentennial celebration," a White House official told Fox News Digital. "This iconic event is no different than the various other White House-hosted events on the South Lawn and properly permitted events on the Ellipse and National Mall throughout the year," the White House official added. A PIECE OF THE UFC WHITE HOUSE EVENT’S SETUP IS SITTING IN PENNSYLVANIA AMISH COUNTRY Plaintiffs argued that the event will interfere with the White House and National Mall area while describing its setup as "hideous." The plaintiffs argued that organizers ignored federal permitting rules, skipped environmental reviews and triggered conflict-of-interest concerns invoking National Park Service regulations and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). They also said the "claw" needed to be built with congressional authorization.  Officials responded that the plaintiffs are not forced to watch the fight and their opinions are not "superior" to those who support the match. "All these hopes could be dashed at the very last moment, however, by the whim of two people who believe they have superior taste and want to spoil the event for everyone else," the DOJ attorneys wrote. The plaintiffs must respond with their final brief by 9 p.m. Wednesday.  Fox News Digital reached out to the Public Integrity Project for comment. Fox News’ Kerri Urban and Mark Meredith contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c4b4ee6011c3f4eca9a2 Mace Defeat Heralds an Exodus of Rabble-Rousers From Congress te 2026-06-10T20:10:28.879Z Mace Defeat Heralds an Exodus of Rabble-Rousers From Congress The Republican congresswoman from South Carolina, who made enemies on both sides of the political aisle, is just one of several flashy lawmakers to be leaving Capitol Hill. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c270ee6011c3f4eca8f8 Wing drone delivery might not be a novelty anymore te 2026-06-10T20:00:48.182Z Wing drone delivery might not be a novelty anymore Wing is expanding into seven more U.S. cities through its partnership with Walmart. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c25cee6011c3f4eca8ef North Koreans behind nearly half of US tech industry hacks, says CrowdStrike te 2026-06-10T20:00:28.248Z North Koreans behind nearly half of US tech industry hacks, says CrowdStrike North Koreans hackers posing as remote IT workers and recruiters remain a major threat to U.S., European, and Asian companies, accounting for about half of all attacks over the past 12 months. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c09cee6011c3f4eca8be Containment increases for Papa Fire east of Flagstaff te 2026-06-10T19:53:00.816Z Containment increases for Papa Fire east of Flagstaff As of Wednesday morning, the fire was mapped at at 118 acres burned and 25% containment on InciWeb and the Wildfire Enterprise Geospatial Portal. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c081ee6011c3f4eca893 Texas Tech megabooster claims Big 12 rivals want to boycott games because they fear Brendan Sorsby te 2026-06-10T19:52:33.369Z Texas Tech megabooster claims Big 12 rivals want to boycott games because they fear Brendan Sorsby Texas Tech is clearly an enemy of the state right now following an injunction being granted to quarterback Brendan Sorsby that will allow him to play in the upcoming season even though he admitted to placing a variety of bets on his own team. Over the past three days, we have seen pushback from schools across the Big 12 and college football regarding the decision from a Texas judge. Now, that conversation has centered on whether schools would schedule Texas Tech for future games in all sports. TEXAS TECH’S BRENDAN SORSBY WON ROUND 2, BUT THE NCAA IS COMING BACK SWINGING IN LANDMARK CASE But, what has caught the eye of college football fans in recent days has been the overwhelming shock that someone who placed multiple bets on their own team, along with plenty of other wagers, would be allowed to play this season after the NCAA had already ruled Sorsby ineligible. After filing a lawsuit against the NCAA, and arguing that the organization was not doing its contractually obligated duties of taking care of the student athlete rather than punishing him, Judge Ken Curry ruled that there was 'irreparable harm' for Sorsby and that he would be allowed to play this upcoming season after sitting out the opening two games. Appearing on the Dan Dakich show Wednesday, Texas Tech megabooster Cody Campbell was asked when actual integrity comes into the fold, with the Red Raiders' potentially taking care of Sorsby but not allowing him to play. "There are kids that are playing and have gotten DUIs that have beaten up women, their kids that have committed horrible acts," Campbell responded. "You know, I mean, nobody boycotted to play Penn State a few years ago when that horrible situation happened there. CODY CAMPBELL UNLOADS ON BRENDAN SORSBY CRITICS AS TEXAS TECH EMBRACES VILLAIN ROLE When asked about why he thinks schools are wanting to boycott games against Texas Tech in this particular situation, based on the integrity of the game, Cody Campbell pointed toward the disdain for the Red Raiders football program in their fight for relevance in the current era. "It's because the college football world doesn't think that Texas Tech should be as good as we are. You know, we've this we've been a disruptor, just like Indiana has," Cody Campbell said. "And so we're a target, and we have been before any of this started. Now, the volume has gone way up, and a lot of it's been directed at me and Coach McGuire, and our university. But, that's not fair. If this had happened in LSU, you know people would say 'ahh it's LSU, you know they're always going to kind of do what they do and'. But it happened at Texas Tech. And you know, people don't want to compete with us. "Of course ADs in the Big 12 are saying crazy things and, you know, saying they don't want to play as well. They don't want to play us because they know he's good and they don't want us to be as competitive. They want to have a better chance at winning the conference. So they're, inherently conflicted in their opinion. So, we're gonna do the right thing by this kid and follow the law." When asked whether he thinks courts will one day allow players to gamble on sports, as long as it's not on their own team or performance, Cody Campbell noted that he does think that's something which needs to be fixed. "I don't know what the courts are gonna say, but I do think that's something that needs to be fixed. And, the only way it can be fixed is through congressional action, which is why I've been in D.C. and been working with Congress, working with the White House to try and fix these problems. As it stands today, they are what they are." I think it's fair to say that Texas Tech has fully embraced the role of the villain, and I can't say I blame them. As for where this all goes next, that will come down to a panel of appeals court judges, and maybe even the Big 12 conference. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c06dee6011c3f4eca88a World court prosecutor who went after Netanyahu for war crimes suspended over sexual misconduct te 2026-06-10T19:52:13.448Z World court prosecutor who went after Netanyahu for war crimes suspended over sexual misconduct The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has been suspended with immediate effect after the court’s governing body referred disciplinary proceedings against him to member states following a sexual misconduct investigation. The ICC, based in The Hague, is a permanent international court created under the Rome Statute to prosecute individuals accused of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression when national courts are unable or unwilling to act.  Khan became one of the world’s most controversial prosecutors after seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, making his suspension a major development well beyond the court itself. Israel and the United States have rejected the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction, and neither country is a member of the court. The Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute had decided to refer the disciplinary proceedings against Prosecutor Karim Khan to the full Assembly of States Parties, suspend him from duty pending a final decision and convene a special session to consider the matter, the International Criminal Court’s Presidency said in a Tuesday statement.  ICC PROSECUTOR BEHIND NETANYAHU ARREST WARRANTS STEPS ASIDE AMID SEXUAL MISCONDUCT PROBE "The Court respectfully invites the Assembly of the State Parties to conclude the process with the highest priority," the court's presidency said.  Khan, who has denied wrongdoing, led the court’s controversial push for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Khan’s suspension followed an 18-month investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct involving a lawyer in his office.  Khan’s lawyers have denied the allegations and called the decision "unlawful, procedurally unfair and unsupported by evidence."  The findings have moved through several layers of review.  A U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services investigation found evidence supporting the allegations, while a separate judicial review found the evidence was not enough to prove misconduct beyond a reasonable doubt, Reuters reported. The Assembly of States Parties Bureau, which oversees the court on behalf of member states, nevertheless found that Khan had committed serious misconduct involving nonconsensual sexual activity and recommended his removal, Reuters reported. The disciplinary probe found Khan had engaged in "serious misconduct" and a "serious breach of duty," The Associated Press reported.  The case now goes to a special session of the Assembly of States Parties, the International Criminal Court’s 125 member governing body. The final decision lies with the assembly and a date for the special session has not yet been set. Liz Evenson, international justice director at Human Rights Watch, told Fox News Digital that, "The fact that states parties appear to be taking this seriously is important but the decision is confidential so we can’t comment on it. We will be monitoring next steps closely. Meanwhile, state parties should continue to support the court in its important work across its docket." CHIEF PROSECUTOR BEHIND ISRAEL WAR CRIMES CHARGES FACES DISCIPLINARY ACTION AMID SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant in November 2024 after Khan requested them months earlier. Israel and the United States condemned the move, accusing the court of equating Israeli leaders with Hamas terrorists.  The Trump administration sanctioned Khan in February 2025 over the court's actions targeting Israeli officials, under an executive order targeting ICC officials involved in actions against the U.S. or its allies. The order authorized asset freezes and U.S. entry restrictions, and Treasury later added Khan to its sanctions list. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told Fox News Digital that the U.S. position on the International Criminal Court "has never wavered." "We oppose any overreach by the ICC against the United States or our allies. Period," Waltz said. "And we expect our partners to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with us against these outrageous actions." Waltz said the U.S. is watching the disciplinary proceedings against Khan, while declining to comment on the specifics of the case. "As for the situation with Prosecutor Karim Khan, this is a bit rich that this prosecutor sought to jail a democratically elected prime minister and now we are tracking his immediate suspension and the ongoing disciplinary proceedings," Waltz said. "Of course, we aren't going to comment on the specifics of that case while it plays out." The suspension drew immediate reaction from Israeli officials, who argued that the decision further undermines the court’s case against Netanyahu and Gallant. "Want to divert attention from sex crime accusations? Just make up war crime accusations against Israel! Classic," Netanyahu wrote Wednesday on X. "The ICC is corrupt to the core." TRUMP, CONGRESS LOOKING TO PUT SUFFOCATING SANCTIONS ON 'KANGAROO' ICC OVER NETANYAHU ARREST WARRANT Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told Fox News Digital that Khan’s suspension proves the International Criminal Court’s problems go beyond one prosecutor. "The International Criminal Court's decision to immediately suspend the Chief Prosecutor in The Hague, Karim Khan, following the UN investigation, proves that this body is rotten to the core," Danon said. "Now is the time to cancel the absurd indictments against Prime Minister Netanyahu!" Anne Bayefsky, president of Human Rights Voices and director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, told Fox News Digital that the scandal has damaged the credibility of the entire court. "The astounding story of the world’s International Criminal Court and its lead prosecutor headed by a criminal, an allegedly rapist, is not just about one rotten apple," Bayefsky said. "The entire ICC machine let the process to hold Khan to account drag on for two years after his crimes were first reported." Bayefsky argued that the court’s actions against Israeli officials should now face renewed scrutiny. "ICC judges decided that Khan’s efforts to criminalize Israel’s Prime Minister and Defense Minister weren’t tainted by the clear evidence that Khan was trying desperately to use his attack on Israelis to save himself," Bayefsky said. "Khan has taken the credibility of the whole shameful ICC apparatus down with him." US ANNOUNCES MORE SANCTIONS ON ICC OFFICIALS FOR TARGETING AMERICANS, ISRAELIS The Presidency said the court’s leadership remains committed to "independent and impartial proceedings," recognition and redress for victims of mass atrocities, and the "dignity, rights and aspirations" of court personnel. The statement also sought to defend the institution itself, calling the ICC "one of the most significant achievements of human civilisation" and saying the court has a duty to protect "the proper functioning of the Court as a whole and its reputation," the integrity of judicial proceedings, the rights of victims and suspects, and the well-being of court staff. The court did not say whether Khan’s suspension would affect the cases involving Netanyahu and Gallant.  Fox News Digital has reached out to the International Criminal Court and the U.S. Mission for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c059ee6011c3f4eca881 Family files lawsuit alleging daughter was sexually assaulted by trans athlete during girls' competition te 2026-06-10T19:51:53.448Z Family files lawsuit alleging daughter was sexually assaulted by trans athlete during girls' competition A family in Washington state has filed a lawsuit against multiple government parties, alleging their daughter was sexually assaulted by a biological male trans athlete during a girls' wrestling match. The defendants include Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykda and the Puyallup School District and multiple school employees. The trans athlete and the athlete's family are not defendants. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The plaintiff in the lawsuit, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is only listed at K.M.K., but is believed to be Washington state high school student Kallie Keeler, who spoke about the incident of being allegedly sexually assaulted by the trans athlete during a wrestling match on "The Brandi Kruse Show" earlier this year in February. "A 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted because of political cowardice. Washington state officials insist on pushing gender ideology at all costs—even at the expense of girls’ safety and privacy," ADF Senior Counsel Kate Anderson said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Our client’s story is proof of the grave harms caused by lying about biology, and this must end—otherwise, girls will continue getting hurt and violated. We are urging the court to require state officials to change their policy to ensure that girls’ privacy and safety are protected when they compete in the sports they love. No girl should have to unknowingly wrestle a boy. And at a minimum, parents must be notified before their daughters are matched against male opponents. "Tragically, because of district policy, a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a male opponent on the wrestling mat. Kallie’s mom was in the gym with her daughter, but she could not protect her because the district’s written policy prohibits notifying parents or anyone else when their daughters will be matched against male athletes. She and her mother promptly reported the assault to school officials, who sat on the information for nearly two months. Washington state failed this family, but it isn’t too late to protect other girls. State officials must change their policies and prioritize girls’ safety in sports." WASHINGTON ATHLETICS ORG'S PROPOSALS TO CHANGE TRANS-ATHLETE POLICY WOULD VIOLATE STATE LAW, OFFICIAL SAYS The core argument in the ADF lawsuit is that Washington state education officials, the WIAA, and Puyallup School District allegedly violated K.M.K.’s rights by enforcing policies that allow male athletes who identify as female to compete in girls sports without notice to female athletes or their parents. The complaint says those policies led K.M.K. to unknowingly wrestle a male opponent in a girls tournament, where she alleges she was sexually assaulted, and that officials then failed to properly report, investigate, or remedy the assault. Legally, the plaintiffs argue this amounts to sex discrimination under Title IX, because girls are allegedly denied fair and safe athletic opportunities; a hostile educational environment, because the district allegedly ignored the assault and later hostility toward K.M.K.; a violation of parental rights, because her mother was not told or allowed to opt her out; and a state-created danger, because officials allegedly put K.M.K. in a dangerous situation through their policies and actions. The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the Puyallup School District in February over the allegations. "The allegations in this case are sickening—that a female athlete was not only unknowingly forced to compete against a male in a girls-only division placing her at increased risk for sexual assault, but that her report of sexual assault during the match was ignored by Puyallup School District for months. While the District may prioritize ideological agendas over the safety and dignity of its students, the Trump Administration will not tolerate such conduct," Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in the announcement of the investigation. "We will continue to vigorously enforce Title IX to ensure that women and girls have safe, equal access to educational programs and opportunities, and that allegations of sexual assault are addressed promptly and fully." Puyallup School District issued a statement to Fox News Digital. "As of this inquiry, the district has not been formally served with the complaint," the district said. "We are aware of the allegations referenced in your inquiry and are reviewing this matter; however, because this matter involves student privacy considerations and anticipated litigation, we are unable to comment further at this time." Fox News Digital has reached out to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association and the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29c041ee6011c3f4eca849 Texas Governor Seeks New Limits on Data Centers te 2026-06-10T19:51:29.368Z Texas Governor Seeks New Limits on Data Centers Gov. Greg Abbott is urging tighter controls and a repeal of financial incentives for data centers, which have drawn complaints in rural Republican areas of Texas. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29bdddee6011c3f4eca813 New AAA study highlights urgent hit-and-run threat for Arizona drivers te 2026-06-10T19:41:17.134Z New AAA study highlights urgent hit-and-run threat for Arizona drivers Marc Lamber A new study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety offers a fresh warning for Arizonans about hit-and-run crashes. The latest available national data in the report shows that hit-and-run crashes accounted for more than 919,000 police-reported crashes, nearly 243,000 injuries and 2,872 deaths in 2023. On June 7 in Phoenix, a toddler died after being hit by a vehicle. The suspect was arrested after stopping and then jumping into another vehicle. In 2024, (latest data available) Arizona recorded 16,136 hit-and-run crashes, 4,202 injuries, and 86 deaths. There were 488 more hit-and-runs in Arizona in 2024 than there were in 2023. Drivers are still fleeing Arizona crash scenes by the thousands every year. The AAA study highlights a simple truth that Arizona should not ignore: Drivers are less likely to flee when they believe they will be found and punished. That is the core of deterrence. The report also points to stronger enforcement, more visible traffic cameras, automatic license plate readers, notification and public alerts after serious or fatal hit-and-run crashes as tools that can raise the odds of identification and apprehension. If Arizona wants fewer drivers to run, it must make leaving the scene feel less like an escape and more like a fast track to being caught. There is also a crucial takeaway for Arizona drivers with auto policies, even if they are a pedestrian or cyclist or on any type of micromobility device: Review your auto insurance and seriously consider buying uninsured motorist, or UM, and underinsured motorist, or UIM, coverage. In a hit-and-run crash, the driver may never be found. Even if the driver is found, that person may have no insurance or not enough insurance to cover the harm they caused. That can leave an injured person or grieving family facing medical bills, lost income, funeral costs, and pain and suffering with no clear source of recovery. That is where UM and UIM coverage can make a real difference. Think of uninsured motorist coverage as protection for you and your family if the at-fault driver has no insurance or disappears after a crash. Think of underinsured motorist coverage as protection if the at-fault driver has insurance, but not enough insurance to cover the damage. Arizona law requires insurers to offer both types of coverage in writing, but the coverage itself is optional. Accountability matters too. Under Arizona law, a driver who flees a crash involving death or serious physical injury can face years in prison, with a Class 2 felony carrying a sentence of up to 12.5 years for a first-time felony offender. A conviction can also mean losing a license for years, including 10 years for a hit-and-run crash resulting in death. Those penalties matter because they send a clear message: If you injure or kill someone on Arizona roads, you do not get to disappear and leave the victim behind. Hit-and-run is not just a traffic offense. Running is a conscious choice to leave an injured person in the roadway, delay help and compound the harm. That choice deserves strong deterrence on the front end and real accountability on the back end. It is a grave crime with life-altering consequences for victims and serious consequences for the driver who runs. Marc Lamber is a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent-rated trial attorney and consumer advocate. The post New AAA study highlights urgent hit-and-run threat for Arizona drivers first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29bdc4ee6011c3f4eca7eb Chicago cop killing suspect calls for comfort for mom after entering plea as slain officer’s family watches te 2026-06-10T19:40:52.568Z Chicago cop killing suspect calls for comfort for mom after entering plea as slain officer’s family watches The seven-time felon accused of gunning down a Chicago police officer returned to court Wednesday to enter a plea in the fatal shooting.  Alphanso Talley, 27, pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the fatal shooting of Chicago Police Department (CPD) Officer John Bartholomew, 28, inside an Illinois courtroom Wednesday morning. Bartholomew’s loved ones were in attendance at the arraignment, along with Talley’s mother and another member of his family who were seated in the front row.  As Talley was escorted out of the courtroom, he yelled, "Go hug my momma," prompting another man to embrace his mother. CHICAGO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ID SUSPECT, ANNOUNCE CHARGES IN MURDER OF POLICE OFFICER Immediately following the court appearance, a male individual was seen engaging in a spirited exchange with Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara Jr. before he walked away. Fox News Digital reached out to Catanzara. Talley's public defender, Ryan Carlsen, said after the hearing that it was discussed in court that Talley is not receiving adequate health treatment. Carlsen said Talley has documented mental health issues and bounced between foster homes during a difficult childhood. Prosecutors allege Talley fatally shot Bartholomew and gravely injured Officer Nelson Crespo at Swedish Hospital on Saturday, April 25. On the day of the alleged shooting, Talley was taken into custody just hours earlier in connection with a suspected armed robbery at a local Family Dollar, authorities previously said. Officials allege that he pistol-whipped a female employee inside the store before stealing her wallet and keys. CHICAGO OFFICER KILLED AT HOSPITAL BY SUSPECT WHO WAS FREE ON PRETRIAL RELEASE, PROSECUTORS ALLEGE Immediately following his arrest, Talley allegedly told officers he had consumed narcotics and asked to be taken to the hospital. GOT A TIP?   Upon receiving medical treatment, police say Talley retrieved a gun from underneath a blanket in his hospital room and shot both officers before attempting to escape custody.  "He was going to attempt an escape when he pretended to swallow drugs," prosecutors previously told the court while arguing for Talley to remain behind bars. "He knew police would take him to the hospital for his own well-being. He knew he would be uncuffed at that time. He did that to officers who simply took him to the hospital for his own well-being." FOLLOW US ON X After his initial court appearance, Judge D’Anthony Thedford ruled Talley would remain in custody as he awaits trial.  Talley is also facing a slew of separate charges stemming from the alleged robbery and carjacking case, and was ordered to remain behind bars earlier this month after Judge John Lyke Jr. granted prosecutors’ request to formally revoke his pretrial release. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL The case drew national attention after Talley – a seven-time felon – allegedly gunned down Bartholomew while free on electronic monitoring, which had been granted by Lyke Jr. NEARLY 1 IN 12 DEFENDANTS ON ANKLE MONITORS IN CHICAGO HAVE GONE AWOL, AUTHORITIES SAY At the time of his pre-trial release, Talley’s rap sheet included a conviction for four counts of aggravated robbery with a firearm in 2017, unlawful use or possession of a firearm by a felon with a prior conviction in 2021, battery on a peace officer in 2023 and possession/aiding and abetting a stolen motor vehicle. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS He was released under Illinois’ SAFE-T Act, which established cashless bail in 2021.  Talley is charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated unlawful restraint, armed robbery, aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a felon, aggravated battery of a peace officer, aggravated battery, escape and unlawful use of a weapon. He is set to return to court for a discovery hearing on June 25.  Fox News Digital reached out to the Cook County prosecutor’s office and Talley’s attorney for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29bdb0ee6011c3f4eca7e2 MAGA beauty Margo Martin had booing Knicks fans sweating, Sophie Cunningham hits the gym & old-school MLB! te 2026-06-10T19:40:32.650Z MAGA beauty Margo Martin had booing Knicks fans sweating, Sophie Cunningham hits the gym & old-school MLB! Second Hump Day of June. The First Lady has a birthday today (my wife, not Melania). It's been raining all day, so the kids are stuck inside and I'm stuck staring down the barrel of not one, not two, but three meetings this afternoon. Feel like I'm in the pressure cooker today. A lot of balls in the air. A lot on the line. I'm woefully unprepared for this birthday because I spent all day yesterday putting out fires, which means we're gonna have to hustle in this class so I can turn this day around before I spend the night on the couch. But that's what patriots do. Backs against the wall, time running out, season on the line? Are we gonna melt under pressure or step up to the plate and get the job done? LINDSEY VONN'S SIX-PACK LEAVES HEADS SPINNING, NFL WAG ENJOYS A BIKINI COUNTRY CLUB & DISGUSTING HELLOFRESH Batter up! Let's roll. Welcome to a Hump Day Nightcaps — the one where MAGA beauty Margo Martin had a dominant showing at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 despite the Knicks blowing it. What else? I've got Dalton Rushing channeling his inner 1980s for the Dodgers, Blue Apron joins HelloFresh in shoving Pride Month down our throats (go ahead, make the joke), and Sophie Cunningham works in a lift before an unreal pass to Caitlin Clark led to this week's buzzer-beater. What a RUN right now for the best thing going in the WNBA ... and I ain't talking about Caitlin! OK, let's get to it. I'm running out of time. Grab you a black cow for National Black Cow Day, and settle in for a Hump Day 'Cap! For those who don't know (hand raised), a Black Cow is actually a root beer float. True story, apparently. Sources tell me that the original drink was created by some dude named Frank J. Wisner of Cripple Creek, Colorado, in 1893. And by "sources," I mean Nationaldaycalendar.com: The story goes that one night he found himself staring out the window thinking about the line of soda waters that he was producing for the citizens of Cripple Creek. Suddenly, an idea struck him. While looking out the window, he noticed the full moon was shining on the snow-capped Cow Mountain. It reminded him of a scoop of vanilla ice cream. He hurried back to his bar and added a spoonful of the creamy vanilla ice cream to the children's favorite flavor of soda, Myers Avenue Red Root Beer. When he tasted it, he knew he had a hit. Wisner named the new creation Black Cow Mountain but the local children shortened the name to Black Cow. Thanks, Ed_thepatriot! I've never seen someone dive into the X's and O's of a root beer float quite like that, but I appreciate it. And this class is now smarter for it! OK, enough stalling. Let's get this show on the road with Trump aide Margo Martin turning heads at MSG: Good to see Margo wasn't fazed by all the disgusting boo-birds! And by the way, you'll be stunned to know that the usual suspects are lying about what actually happened ahead of Game 3. Weird! No, Rachel. Trump was not booed louder than THE OPPOSING TEAM. What world are we living in here? Imagine just blatantly lying about something when you know there's going to be visual evidence. Hell, OutKick had someone on the scene! Dan Z. was there, and confirmed that while the jeers defeated the cheers, it was nothing compared to when the Spurs were introduced. Why let the facts get in the way of some solid virtue-signaling, though? Lord knows it's never stopped that side before. So predictable. So pathetic. Anyway, that's enough NBA talk for today. Let's head out to the diamond and check in with Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing, who I'm fairly certain everyone hates: Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust a bit outside! Incredible slide here from Rushing. Guy doesn't even try to hide it. He's closer to the outfield grass than he is to the actual base! This is how the game used to be played, you know? Back when baseball was a proper game. But then Chase Utley famously tried to snap Mets shortstop Rubén Tejada in half during the 2015 NLDS, and it all went to hell: Amazing. That slide led to this, from MLB: Rule 6.01 (j), the so-called "Chase Utley slide rule," has been clarified by Major League Baseball. In the process, the rule has been made more workable. Under the new Rule 6.01(j), a runner will have to make a "bona fide slide," which is defined as making contact with the ground before reaching the base, being able to and attempting to reach the base with a hand or foot, being able to and attempting to remain on the base at the completion of the slide (except at home plate) and not changing his path for the purpose of initiating contact with a fielder. Yep. Hard to defend Dalton after reading that. Pretty cut and dried. Oh well. They don't make 'em like they used to! What a beautiful game we had. OK, let's quickly rapid-fire this big Hump Day class into a bigger Hump Day Night. First up? On Monday, we talked about the scumbags over at HelloFresh after their vile Pride Month ad campaign went viral. I don't feel like rehashing it, so check it out here. Anyway, y'all can go ahead and add Blue Apron to the list! Lordy. These people are just NUTS. Probably a good sign that we should all just go back to making meals on our own. I smoked a couple racks of ribs yesterday, by the way. The 3-2-1 method works every time, for those who want something to try this weekend. Three hours unwrapped at 225. Two hours wrapped at 225. One more hour unwrapped at 225. And no, I didn't pull the membrane off beforehand. That's the biggest scam in America, next to homeowners insurance. OK, that's it for today. Good work, everyone. Sophie Cunningham hit the gym this week before feeding Caitlin Clark an absolute MISSILE for the game-winner Monday night, and it was the most American thing I've ever seen. See you tomorrow. OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. (roughly, we’re not robots). Ever done the 3-2-1 method? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29bb5aee6011c3f4eca722 F.B.I. Searches California Plant Where Chemical Tank Nearly Exploded te 2026-06-10T19:30:34.166Z F.B.I. Searches California Plant Where Chemical Tank Nearly Exploded Federal agents were looking for records that might shed light on why chemicals overheated, threatening a catastrophe in Orange County. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29b915ee6011c3f4eca6c2 LISTEN: Dispatch audio captures frantic hunt for suspect in Penn State senior's fatal shooting te 2026-06-10T19:20:53.762Z LISTEN: Dispatch audio captures frantic hunt for suspect in Penn State senior's fatal shooting FIRST ON FOX: A Penn State senior was gunned down just feet from his Philadelphia home after chasing suspects who allegedly stole his cellphone, leaving a 22-year-old journalism student dead months before graduation. Police dispatch audio obtained by Fox News Digital captures the chaotic moments after the June 6 shooting of Billy Schmidt, including officers reporting a shell casing recovered at the scene, broadcasting a suspect description and relaying that the alleged gunman turned and fired before fleeing. The Philadelphia Police Department told Fox News Digital that information broadcast over police radio is unverified and emphasized that the homicide investigation remains ongoing. No arrests have been made. "I hope they find these animals and put them in cages for the rest of their lives," the victim's sister, Anna Schmidt, told Fox News' CB Cotton. "I don't care how old they are. They deserve to spend the rest of their life in jail for taking away my brother. I don't think anyone will ever understand this pain that they have caused." WATCH: Family of slain Penn State student speaks out after fatal shooting POLICE HUNT SUSPECT AFTER RECENT BUSINESS SCHOOL GRADUATE KILLED IN DOWNTOWN SHOOTING "He was unarmed. And all this for a phone? It just doesn't even make sense." The dispatch audio reveals the frantic response after the shooting. "It's going to be one man shot in the chest," an officer can be heard reporting in one dispatch transmission. Minutes later, another transmission provided new details from the scene. PHILADELPHIA POLICE RELEASE VIDEO OF STREET FIGHT THAT ENDED IN FATAL SHOOTING, SEEK HELP IN HUNT FOR SUSPECT "We have one male shot, one confirmed chest so far," a dispatcher said, adding that one casing was found in front of the address. The audio also captures officers relaying witness information about the shooting. "The offender then turned around and shot the male once in the chest and ran," an officer said over police radio. PHILADELPHIA TEENAGERS CHARGED IN SERIES OF 'UNPROVOKED' ATTACKS WITHIN AN HOUR Responding officers also broadcast a description of the suspected shooter as a Black male wearing a light-colored hoodie, black pants and black sneakers. In a later transmission, police described the suspect as a thin-built Black male approximately 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-9 who was last seen running westbound on DeFord Street. Anna Schmidt said she believes someone knows who is responsible for her brother's death. "I need everyone to help find them because someone knows them," she said. "Someone has to know who did it. Just bring some peace to my family. I pray every day that they find them." According to investigators, Schmidt was walking home after watching the NBA Finals with friends when the robbery unfolded around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. ALLEGED GANG HITMAN CAPTURED AFTER YEARS-LONG MANHUNT FOR 3 SEPARATE MURDERS IN PHILADELPHIA: 'THE VERY WORST' Surveillance video previously released by investigators appears to show Schmidt saying, "Give me my phone," before chasing after the suspects. Additional footage shows a cellphone being thrown before Schmidt runs after the individuals. Moments later, a gunshot rings out. Responding officers found Schmidt suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. He was transported to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead at 1:47 a.m., police said. Schmidt was a journalism student through Penn State World Campus and was on track to graduate in December. FIANCÉ OF TEACHER FOUND WITH 20 STAB WOUNDS SUGGESTS WHAT LED TO HER 'SUICIDE' "We are heartbroken over the tragic death of William Schmidt and we share our deepest condolences with his family and friends," Penn State said in a statement. The city of Philadelphia is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Billy's father, Bill Schmidt, told Cotton he found his son's cellphone shortly after the shooting and turned it over to investigators. "I found the phone on 19th," he said. "I called police after. I didn't realize I touched it." WATCH: Penn State student shot and killed near family's home in Philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA MOTHER OF THREE FATALLY SHOT WHILE ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO PROTECT WOMAN OUTSIDE BAR: REPORT Bill Schmidt said investigators are attempting to recover DNA and fingerprint evidence from the device. "They're trying to get DNA, and they have a print on the phone, but they don't know if it's mine, Billy's, or the person who threw it," he said. "But they're trying to get DNA off the phone." GOT A TIP? The elder Schmidt described his son as a sports-loving Phillies and Eagles fan who sold baseball cards and was looking forward to graduating from Penn State. TEEN GIRL GUNNED DOWN IN POSH CHICAGO ENCLAVE AS POLICE RUSH TO NAB HER KILLER "He loved sports. He was selling baseball cards. He was a senior at Penn State," Bill Schmidt said. "All he used to do was watch the Phillies and Eagles." FOLLOW US ON X "He was just a really nice kid. I'm surprised he even went to chase, because he's not an aggressive kid at all. He's a wonderful kid." The loss remains almost impossible for the family to comprehend. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "I would just tell him how much I love him and miss him, and to come home," Anna Schmidt said. "He needs to be here." Bill Schmidt said investigators are attempting to recover forensic evidence from the device. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS The grieving father also called on city leaders to do more to combat violent crime. "They gotta clean the city up," he said. "To stop the violence. This can't happen every day." Police have not announced any arrests in the case and continue to ask anyone with information to come forward. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Philadelphia Police Department. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29b901ee6011c3f4eca6b9 Republicans fear of 'fatal mistake' in must-win Platner race te 2026-06-10T19:20:33.841Z Republicans fear of 'fatal mistake' in must-win Platner race Senate Republicans are warning that scandal-plagued oysterman Graham Platner could still defeat Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, if the party fails to take the race seriously. Republicans are defending several seats in expectedly close races, including Nebraska, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas, while seeking to flip Georgia. Maine is different: Sen. Susan Collins' seat is the only Republican-held Senate seat in a state won by Kamala Harris in 2024, making it Democrats' most direct path to returning Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., to the majority leader's office, Republicans said in a memo circulated Wednesday. "It is a fatal mistake to assume Platner is too damaged to win," the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) memo obtained by Fox News — addressed to "Interested Parties" — read. The NRSC agreed that Maine is the "linchpin" of the 35 seats up this year and that despite Platner’s Nazi tattoo, allegations of misogynist violence, arousal from biocide in port-a-johns, and his socialist policy platform, he remains a credible threat to the middle-of-the-road Collins. SEE IT: MAINE VOTERS SOUND OFF ON PLATNER'S DIVISIVE CAMPAIGN AS CRUCIAL PRIMARY NEARS: 'HE'S A DISGRACE' "Senator Collins has won tough races before and can win this one, but only if we meet this moment with total urgency," the NRSC said. "Because Democrats cannot win the majority without [Collins’ seat], they have fully rallied around Graham Platner, an extremely flawed, far-left candidate who secured the nomination last night. Platner has captured his party’s financial backing, outraising Senator Collins in every quarter since entering the race. We must match both the energy and the money to retain the seat," the memo said. The NRSC said Democrats don’t view Platner’s race as being about the flawed candidate but rather about usurping power. COLLINS SECURES GOP NOD IN MAINE SENATE BATTLE THAT COULD DECIDE GOP MAJORITY The committee said any one of Platner’s multiple scandals would have ended most campaigns, but Democrats remain united around him. The NRSC reported that after former girlfriend Lyndsey Fifield’s allegations against Platner broke, Platner raised $200,000 in one day in what the campaign said was its best haul of the cycle. "The political fundamentals in Maine remain challenging, and it is a fatal mistake to assume Platner is too damaged to win," the NRSC said. Collins is the last remaining federal Republican in New England and the only Republican in the Senate north or east of Pennsylvania. The NRSC reported that Platner is beating Harris’ own margins by seven points while noting Collins has won tough races in the past, but this one is different. Collins won her last race against former Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon by about eight points, and her last electoral loss was way back in 1994 when now-Sen. Angus King Jr., I-Maine, won the governorship in a four-way contest. Republicans said in the memo that the biggest story in the past week about Platner is not his latest scandal, but the fact that Democrats are circling the wagons around him even more tightly and "propping him up." WATCH: DEM SENATORS EXCUSE PLATNER'S CONDUCT AT CRISIS HUDDLE WITH EMBATTLED MAINE CANDIDATE They cited Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna visiting Maine to hold a gushy interview-slash-ad with Platner and the fact that Democrats keep claiming Collins and Trump are worse than the left-winger. "Gotta do what you gotta do," the NRSC quoted former Biden deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty, while noting that Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse publicly claimed Platner’s foibles are a "lot of nothing." They also pointed to one of the most influential Democratic operatives claiming that Platner’s flaws actually bolster his qualifications. Platner had disparaged former Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Teddy Daniels after video of the Purple Heart recipient being besieged and gravely wounded by the Taliban surfaced several years ago. "We’ve got a f---ed up guy who could be 100 times more f---ed up than he is and he’d never be as f---ed up as what we’ve got in Washington," said 1992 Bill Clinton campaign architect James Carville, who suggested that Platner’s apparent PTSD should be a symbol on the Hill as to why neoconservatives have been wrong about war powers. "This is not a party abandoning its nominee. This is a party rationalizing, accepting, and preparing to fight," the NRSC said. "Republicans need to match that urgency immediately. Define Platner. Defend Collins. Resource Maine," they said. "Senator Collins has proven time and time again, through her work ethic and commitment to the people of Maine and America, that she will prevail." "This race can be won, but it will not win itself." Fox News Digital reached out to the NRSC, DSCC, Platner campaign and Collins campaign for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29b6c2ee6011c3f4eca649 Critics say religious service protections could run afoul of right to free speech te 2026-06-10T19:10:58.897Z Critics say religious service protections could run afoul of right to free speech Key Points: Arizona bill HB 4117 aims to protect religious services from interference Critics argue the bill is too broad and could silence free speech and dissent Opponents fear the bill may lead to increased harassment and violence A measure to protect religious services from interference is drawing opposition amid claims that it is so broad it could be used to silence free speech and dissent. House Bill 4117 was designed in large part to address the rise in antisemitism and the disruption of synagogues, according to Rep. Alma Hernandez. “None of us want to be disturbed when we’re at a religious service,” said the Tucson Democrat who said she’s seen it firsthand as a board member of her synagogue. “We had to, unfortunately, hire an actual police officer to be present every time we’ve had a Shabbat service,” she said, referring to the Jewish Sabbath. The original version of HB 4117, while approved by the House, used language that made it illegal to “disturb” or “disquiet” a religious service through indecent protest. That ran into issues over whether its prohibitions against things like “profane” speech and unnecessary noise unfairly infringed on First Amendment rights. So Sen. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, crafted new language he said would resolve those issues. But when that revised bill arrived at the full Senate, Sen. Analise Ortiz said things had only gotten worse. “This original text was a simple misdemeanor for indoor disruption,” said the Phoenix Democrat. “The amendment has now expanded it to outdoor, adjacent spaces, covering an undefined, protracted commotion near any religious activity.” Kavanagh said expanding it beyond the actual churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship is necessary. Consider, he said, a tradition in his home community where a religious group rents a section of a city park for an Easter sunrise service. Similarly, he said the law as amended would protect services even if they were held in a room at a community center. Ortiz, for her part, said she sees quite a different scenario. And it starts, she said, with the new version of HB 4117 protecting not just religious services but “religious activities” Consider the Westboro Baptist Church, she said. It is known for picketing the funerals of gay people with signs like “God Hates Fags.” “People might claim that that’s religious activity,” Ortiz said, potentially inviting legal retaliation for anyone who might seek to interrupt that group’s activities. Ditto, she said, of the activities of some anti-abortion groups that pray outside of Planned Parenthood clinics. Ortiz is not alone in her concerns about the breadth of the measure. “There’s a Planned Parenthood clinic in my district,” said Tempe Democrat Sen. Lauren Kuby. “It’s often the site of protests with people spouting religious themes, shall we say, and trying to interfere with patients getting their healthcare.” The federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act already makes it illegal to use force, physical obstruction or other activities designed to injure, intimidate, or interfere with people going into a facility. Kuby said she fears what might happen if HB 4117 gives those protesters new rights based on the measure’s protections for religious activities. “My concern is this bill would really put abortion patients in greater danger of harassment and violence than they’re already under,” she said. “It will allow protesters, say, to gather outside a privately owned Planned Parenthood clinic, on a public parking lot,” Kuby said. “And as long as they’re assembled for a vaguely defined religious activity, they will be protected.” And that could mean someone who interrupts what is happening, even just to speak to a protester or mutter some comment, could be classified as having interfered with a religious activity, she said. A first time offense would be a Class 1 misdemeanor, carrying a potential penalty of six months in jail. But a second offense — or any offense committed by two or more — carries a maximum penalty of a year and a half in state prison. Kavanagh said the concerns about the breadth of the proposal are not justified. He said the first part of the legislation deals with issues that have broad agreement: that it should be against the law to obstruct, block, or impede another person’s ability to enter or exist a place of religious worship. As to the rest of it — the parts that apply to religious services or activities — Kavanagh said a violation would occur only if someone makes “protected commotion, utterance, or display” that disrupts the religious service or worship. And he said that a protest of any type “does not become a religious service because somebody says a prayer in the middle of a protest.” What Kavanagh said he is aiming to protect is something more basic. “I don’t know when in our society it became OK for people to get up close to people worshiping and begin yelling and chanting to disrupt their religious service,” he said. “The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion,” Kavanagh said. “This stops people from interfering with religious worship.” That’s true, said Sen. Mitzi Epstein, but she’s still worried about the breadth of the definitions — particularly the idea that it would cover a religious service being conducted in a park and how that could affect others in that same park exercising their own First Amendment rights of speech and assembly. “One group might plan a rally to protest the current president or the current governor,” said the Tempe Democrat. At the same time, she said, another group could say a ramada in that same park is its designated place of worship. And the wording of HB 4117, said Epstein, could result in the other group being charged with disrupting a religious service or activity. “We do want to protect our freedom of religion,” she said. “But we do not want to trample freedom of speech when we’re trying to protect religion.” Epstein said the bill in its current form should be scrapped and replaced with something better. That wasn’t the position of Sarah Kadar, deputy regional director of the Anti-Defamation League. She told lawmakers new laws are needed. “Frequent violent clashes between protesters and congregants have drawn considerable attention,” Kadar said. “Incidents at synagogues, churches, and mosques and other institutions of faith have proven to be dangerous.” Rep. Alexander Kolodin acknowledged the “disturbing resurgence of antisemitism” in the United States. “I find that very unfortunate,” said the Scottsdale Republican, saying he appreciates “the good faith efforts of my colleagues to address it.” But Kolodin, who is Jewish, said this kind of legislation isn’t the answer to any part of the problem. “We only make antisemitism worse when we crack down on First Amendment rights because that makes people resent the Jewish people,” he said. The changes the Senate made to the bill still need to be reviewed by the House. The post Critics say religious service protections could run afoul of right to free speech first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29b6aaee6011c3f4eca61f Indiana Republican senator moves to block kids from accessing porn online te 2026-06-10T19:10:34.888Z Indiana Republican senator moves to block kids from accessing porn online EXCLUSIVE – Republican lawmakers are pushing to require pornography websites to verify users' ages, arguing that children can access explicit material online "with just a few clicks" and that parents need stronger tools to keep minors off commercial porn platforms. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced the Safety and Age Filtering Enforcement (SAFE) for Kids Act on Tuesday, legislation that would require pornography websites to implement age-verification measures before users can access sexually explicit content. "Kids should not be exposed to pornography with just a few clicks," Banks told Fox News Digital in a statement. "The SAFE for Kids Act helps parents protect their children and bring commonsense safeguards nationwide." SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TEXAS LAW REQUIRING AGE VERIFICATION ON PORN WEBSITES  A 2023 national survey by Common Sense Media found that 73% of teen respondents aged 13–17 had watched pornography online, and over half, 54%, said they first viewed pornography by the time they turned 13. The legislation, which Banks’ office says is supported by a "broad coalition of organizations and advocates," including the American Principles Project, Heritage Action, Institute for Family Studies, National Decency Coalition, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and Concerned Women for America, would require commercial entities that distribute pornography on the internet to have age verification on their sites.  It also extends enforcement authority to the Federal Trade Commission through consumer protection law, gives the Department of Justice authorization to investigate platforms that intentionally violate the law and allows people, including parents and legal guardians, to sue companies or organizations that violate the law. TEXAS BILL PUSHES STRICTEST SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR MINORS IN THE NATION The Common Sense Media survey also found that 15% of teens who responded to the survey said they first saw online pornography at age 10 or younger, and the average age reported for first viewing pornography was 12. Additionally, the survey suggested that pornography may play a larger role in exploration for LGBTQ+ teens, with two-thirds of LGBTQ+ teen respondents saying they viewed pornography intentionally. Banks’ office said that over 25 states have enacted age verification requirements for pornography websites, and highlighted that the Supreme Court upheld these laws in Free Speech Coalition vs. Paxton, "recognizing the government’s interest in protecting children from sexual material online."  In a statement to Fox News Digital, Kevin Roberts, president of Heritage Action, said, "Congress must act now to protect our children from adult content on the internet. No more excuses. While Washington drags its feet, kids across the nation are being exposed to vile, pornographic images and ads with no meaningful safeguards to prevent it. Americans are angry that their kids are being indoctrinated into a left-wing ideology intended to infiltrate their hearts and corrupt their moral center." 'WE WON': SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS OVER SCOTUS RULING DEALING 'FATAL BLOW' TO TRANSGENDER SURGERIES ON MINORS "Parents deserve laws that empower them to protect their children," Roberts added. "The SAFE for Kids Act is a necessary solution that will finally hold individuals and companies liable if they fail to implement meaningful safeguards to prevent minors from being exposed to explicit content. Congress has a duty to act, and the time to do so is now." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29b465ee6011c3f4eca57d 'The Social Reckoning' trailer drops with Jeremy Strong as Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin's Facebook sequel te 2026-06-10T19:00:53.449Z 'The Social Reckoning' trailer drops with Jeremy Strong as Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin's Facebook sequel The first preview has arrived for the highly anticipated sequel to "The Social Network." Basic info: "The Social Network" is easily one of the best films released over the past 20 years. If I remember correctly, I saw it twice in theaters while living in Montana when it came out in 2010. 'SOCIAL NETWORK' STAR BRISTLES AT BEING ASSOCIATED WITH 'PROBLEMATIC' MARK ZUCKERBERG The Aaron Sorkin film chronicles the rise of Facebook and its founders, specifically Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) and Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield). Well, Sorkin is now going back to the well 16 years later with "The Social Reckoning." This time, Jeremy Strong plays Zuckerberg and the film isn't about Facebook's rise. It's about the impact it had on society and the controversy surrounding the popular social media site. Judging from the preview, it has the potential to be every bit as good as the original. JESSE EISENBERG SAYS HE FEELS 'MOST COMFORTABLE' LIVING IN INDIANA AFTER LEAVING 'UNSTABLE' HOLLYWOOD Give the preview a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. What do we all think about the trailer? I think this movie looks amazing, and it's not because I care about Facebook one way or another. I couldn't care less about the social media site. I like great films, and "The Social Network" was outstanding on all levels. It appears likely that will be the case here. The cast is also outrageously loaded. Mikey Madison, Jeremy Strong, Jeremy Allen White, Bill Burr and Billy Magnussen are all great. White and Strong are the definition of elite, and the latter seems to have nailed Zuckerberg's voice. I also have no doubt hype for "The Social Reckoning" will only grow now that the trailer is out. You can catch "The Social Network" in theaters starting Oct. 9, and make sure to let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29b44dee6011c3f4eca545 Trump Officials Say ICE Won’t Raid World Cup Games, but Fans Are Worried te 2026-06-10T19:00:29.372Z Trump Officials Say ICE Won’t Raid World Cup Games, but Fans Are Worried Federal agents are there for security, not immigration enforcement, officials say. But trust is fragile after the administration’s recent crackdowns. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29b23aee6011c3f4eca4f9 How Mohave County circumvented library policy to purge LGBTQ+ books te 2026-06-10T18:51:38.486Z How Mohave County circumvented library policy to purge LGBTQ+ books Illustration by Jospeh Darius Jaafari for LOOKOUT. (Photos from Wikipedia, Mohave County) When Brian Walter requested a book from his local library, he didn’t expect an email informing him the title had been “weeded” — a library term typically used for removing outdated, damaged or unused materials from circulation. But the book wasn’t removed because it was worn out or unpopular. Instead, it was one of dozens of titles pulled from Mohave County library shelves after county supervisors rejected a donation that had already been accepted, cataloged and added to the collection — a move critics say allowed elected officials to sidestep the library district’s established review process for challenged materials. By using a little-known provision governing donations, the Mohave County Board of Supervisors removed books it deemed inappropriate without triggering the policy normally used to evaluate complaints about library materials. While supporters of the effort say they are protecting children from sexually explicit content, records obtained by LOOKOUT show many of the targeted titles centered on LGBTQ+ characters and themes. And while the claimed intent has been removing books from the hands of youth, the books have been removed entirely from libraries — including for consenting adults. The controversy began during a February 2026 meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors, when Supervisor Ron Gould pulled a routine agenda item involving $19,021.50 in donated books from the consent calendar. Gould objected to one title in particular: The Beautiful Something Else by Ash Van Otterloo, a middle-grade novel featuring a nonbinary child and a transgender aunt. He said the book uses magic to “explore self-discovery, acceptance and finding your true self. I think that book is unacceptable for eight-year-olds.” The donation consisted of books that had already been received, cataloged and added to library collections between July and December 2025. The board ultimately voted to reject the donation, setting off a chain of events that led to the removal of dozens of books from library shelves across the county. Sarah Ferry, a community advocate, filed complaints with the American Library Association and the Arizona Governor’s Office, arguing the board’s action lacked clarity and failed to provide adequate public notice. She also noted in her notes that the board’s decision resulted in more books removed than the public was told. In response, the governor’s office said it could not intervene because Gould is a duly elected county official. Gould also did not respond to a request for an interview from LOOKOUT. The dispute also exposed tensions between elected officials and the Mohave County Library District’s advisory structure. Erin Roper, a member of the library’s Citizens Advisory Committee and a professional librarian, presented supervisors with a petition containing 588 signatures opposing the removals. She told the board that public feedback was “overwhelmingly against government censorship” and argued parents — not government officials — should decide what their children read. “If we allow the government to bypass professional policy, to remove 20 books now, we open the door for any future government to remove anything they personally dislike later,” Roper said, according to agenda minutes. “Political values change, but our commitment to professional standards should remain constant.” Another member of the community mentioned during a meeting that Gould’s argument to protect children from books he said were inappropriate was, “Nothing more than a political dog whistle meant to play upon people’s fears and well-meaning virtue so that they look the other way while their rights are taken.” For Walter, the debate quickly moved beyond policy. The Kingman resident said he attempted to obtain The Beautiful Something Else through interlibrary loan after hearing about the controversy. He later received an email informing him the book had been removed from the collection. “I can’t just go to Amazon,” Walter said, referencing his lack of finances to buy books. “Our tax dollars support the library.” Gould has argued the board acted within its authority under an Arizona law that gives county supervisors the power to accept or reject donations. But records obtained by LOOKOUT show the decision had broader consequences than simply declining a gift. In correspondence sent to community members, Library Director Jake Barillaro explained that because the books were classified as rejected donations, the specific copies had to be removed from circulation. For titles without additional copies in the system, the result was complete removal from county collections. Critics say that process allowed the board to remove materials without using the library district’s established review procedures. Adopted in 2013, the policy outlines a formal process for challenging library materials, including review by an ad hoc committee made up of librarians and community members. Barillaro confirmed in the letter the board did not use that process before voting on the books, but has been used in previous challenges, he said, leading opponents of the board’s action to argue supervisors bypassed an established system designed to evaluate contested materials. At the center of that criticism is what opponents describe as a procedural loophole. Because the books entered the system as donations, supervisors were able to reject them under their authority over county gifts rather than through the library’s established reconsideration process. The result was the same as a successful book challenge — the books disappeared from shelves — but without the professional review typically required under district policy. Gould has said the dispute is not primarily about procedure but about whether the books belong in a taxpayer-funded public library. In an emailed letter to the editor of Havasu News, Gould wrote: “The question before us is should the board accept inappropriate books for children from an unknown donor and place them on the shelves of a property tax funded government library?” Supporters of the removals contend taxpayers should not be required to fund books they consider inappropriate for minors. Emails obtained by LOOKOUT show some supporters justified the removals with anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. In one email to Gould, Pastor Roy Hagemyer urged supervisors to remove and destroy the books, describing them as “abominations” and “perverted.” Gould thanked Hagemyer for the message. Questions also emerged about the scope of the board’s action. During its March 2 meeting, supervisors voted 3-2 to reject what was described as 13 books. However, supporting documents provided to the public and library staff listed 20 unique titles. Barillaro later explained that multiple copies and series volumes increased the total number of physical books affected. In all, staff removed 36 books from library shelves countywide. The list extended beyond LGBTQ+ titles and included popular manga series such as My Hero Academia and Haikyu!!, along with the young adult series Hush, Hush. The discrepancy between the number discussed publicly and the number ultimately removed became another point of contention for critics, who argued residents were not given a clear understanding of the board’s actions before the vote. The controversy continues to evolve. Board Chairman Travis Lingenfelter, who initially voted against the removals because he had not individually reviewed the books, has since proposed broader policy changes. Among them are requirements for parents to periodically reauthorize library accounts for minors and a content-rating system for materials containing what the proposal describes as “mature themes.” Those proposals have raised concerns among librarians and free-expression advocates, who argue they would place additional barriers between young readers and library materials. They also question the bureaucracy and technical systems available to do what the board has requested. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29b223ee6011c3f4eca4da Americans born after 1970 face higher death rates from several major causes in middle age te 2026-06-10T18:51:15.368Z Americans born after 1970 face higher death rates from several major causes in middle age Americans born after 1970 are dying faster than their parents did, data shows. New analysis from Tufts University reveals that Gen Xers and millennials are failing to outlive their predecessors, dying at higher rates from common chronic illnesses and external causes than previous generations did when they were the same age. Data shows that U.S. life expectancy has steadily improved for most of the 20th century, meaning each generation generally lived longer than the one before it. RARE CANCER DIAGNOSES SURGE DRAMATICALLY AMONG MILLENNIALS AND GEN X However, that changed starting with individuals born in the 1950s. While Americans born in the 1940s experienced steadily improving survival rates at every stage of life, those born in the 1950s saw that progress slow or reverse. The downward trend has continued with each subsequent generation, with the biggest change seen in Americans born after 1970. The research, which tracks 45 years of American mortality data from 1979 to 2019, was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, according to a Tufts press release. Between the ages of 30 and 49, Americans born after 1970 experience higher death rates from heart disease, cancer and external causes (such as drug overdoses, suicide, homicides and traffic accidents) compared to older generations when they were in that same age bracket. SECRETS OF LONGEVITY FROM THE WORLD'S 'BLUE ZONES' Because the study focused on mapping patterns rather than conducting clinical trials, researchers say it can’t point to a single definitive cause for the decline. However, the study points out two distinct issues affecting American life expectancy. The first is generational decline, meaning that newer generations are entering middle age while carrying higher risk factors than their predecessors. Additionally, a separate, nationwide setback began around 2010, negatively impacting almost every living adult simultaneously, regardless of their birth year. Researchers say this period was marked by a slowdown of decades-long progress against cardiovascular disease. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES U.S. life expectancy improved by just 0.26 years between 2010 and 2019. In comparison, the country gained an average of 1.78 years of life expectancy per decade over the previous 50 years, according to the analysis. This has caused the U.S. to fall further behind on a global scale. The life expectancy gap between the U.S. and the top-performing nation grew from 2.6 years in 1983 to 4.7 years by 2009. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER Earlier generations were heavily impacted by cigarette smoking. In contrast, younger generations face rising obesity rates and related conditions, such as colon cancer, data shows. The researchers noted that the rise of the opioid epidemic also significantly accelerated overdose deaths for post-1970 generations starting in the late 1990s. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The team cited widening economic inequality, social instability and chronic stress as larger issues that could be driving multiple causes of death at the same time. Because Americans born after 1970 are still in the middle stages of life, the full impact of these elevated mortality rates has not yet fully registered in overall national life expectancy figures, they noted. "Although this study does not provide direct evidence, we can speculate about some interventions to explore," lead study author Leah Abrams, an assistant professor of community health at Tufts University, said in the press release. "To reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease, we may want to address risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity. Addressing colon cancer mortality among younger individuals may involve related factors and benefit from improving diet." Looking ahead, the researchers plan to analyze newly released 2024 mortality data to understand how the pandemic may have affected U.S. mortality trends. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29b20fee6011c3f4eca4d1 Karmelo Anthony verdict draws anti-white rage and lies from radical Dem congresswoman, angry activists te 2026-06-10T18:50:55.374Z Karmelo Anthony verdict draws anti-white rage and lies from radical Dem congresswoman, angry activists A Texas congresswoman is leading the voice of online activists enraged over the guilty verdict in Karmelo Anthony's murder trial, and is spreading outright lies and racially inflammatory rhetoric after the 19-year-old was sentenced to 35 years in prison for stabbing Austin Metcalf to death. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a rare radical Democrat elected in deep red Texas, took to her podcast after Tuesday's verdict to make false claims about the trial and its jury as she continues to stir up racial hatred. "I’m not necessarily convinced — not that I could tell you the name of one person on this jury — that we had 12 impartial White folk out of Collin County sitting on a jury for this young black man," she said, exhibiting her empathy for the convicted murderer. Her claim about the jury is patently false. Sources close to the trial confirmed to Fox News Digital that the jury was not made up only of white people, despite Crockett's claim, which has been parroted by activists online. Of the 12 jurors, three were racial minorities, including Asian and Indian, eight were women and four were men. They confirmed that of the 18 total jurors, including alternates, six were minorities. KARMELO ANTHONY JURY REACHES VERDICT IN MURDER TRIAL IN TEXAS TRACK MEET STABBING The jury in the trial, which spanned nine days in a Collin County, Texas, courtroom this month, found that Anthony intentionally stabbed Metcalf, then 18, to death on April 2, 2025. The murder took place after Anthony entered the Memorial High School track team's tent at a meet in Frisco, and refused 15 times to leave when asked. Witnesses testified that Metcalf lightly shoved Anthony in an attempt to remove him from the tent, after which the teen reached into his bag, pulled out a knife, and stabbed Metcalf in the chest. The victim bled to death in front of his twin brother and teammates, many of whom testified at the trial. Crockett surmised the jury likely convicted Anthony because residents of Collin County are upset that, "so many black folk are moving up there in the first place." MOURNING MOTHER, TWIN BROTHER OF SLAIN TEXAS TEEN SPEAK OUT: 'LOST MY BEST FRIEND IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE' The congresswoman, who will not retain her seat in the House after redistricting in Texas pushed her district red, bizarrely compared black women in America to the victim's family. "Black women, especially black women who have black male children, live in fear and agony every single day," she lamented. "A fear and agony that I promise you the Metcalfs probably had never spend a day living that way."  That comment was branded as "psychotic" by White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller on X. KARMELO ANTHONY TRIAL CONSUMED BY RACE AND SELF-DEFENSE, BUT HIDDEN HURDLE COULD BE KEY: EXPERT Crockett, an attorney, also claimed that the knife Anthony used to kill Metcalf was not a deadly weapon, and downplayed its size. Activists outside the courthouse sounded off after the verdict was handed down. Dominique Alexander, a local Black Lives Matter activist who has been involved with the Anthony family since Karmelo's arrest, slammed injected racial rhetoric into the conversation. AUSTIN METCALF'S ACCUSED KILLER NEEDS SUPPORT FIGHTING 'WHITE SUPREMACY' AFTER MURDER INDICTMENT: SPOX "What this process did is show that black lives do not matter in Collin County," he said. "This trial showed that it put emotions over the law. After Trayvon Martin and so many countless names, it has shown us that Black life is not safe in Collin County." Martin was killed by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, in 2012. A jury in that case found that Zimmerman acted in self-defense. Alexander also claimed without evidence that the judge in the case "interfered in this process," and repeated the false claim that the jury was "all white." Bree Newsome, an online far-leftist, insisted that race was a factor in the case. "Karmelo Anthony would be treated totally different by the legal system were he a white boy killing a black boy," she said. "That’s the whole point. That’s what matters. Stop pretending there’s anything Black people can do in our behavior to prevent racism. Racism defines the entire system." Crockett's office did not return Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29b1fbee6011c3f4eca4c8 Tracking America's World Cup journey: How and when to watch the US Men's National Team te 2026-06-10T18:50:35.449Z Tracking America's World Cup journey: How and when to watch the US Men's National Team The 2026 FIFA World Cup is almost here, and fans stateside are starting to feel the excitement. For the next month, some of the best soccer players and teams the world has to offer will duke it out on North American soil for the right to hoist the World Cup. The U.S. Men's National Team in particular is an exciting young soccer squad that is looking to make some noise on their home turf, and their road to the knockout stage couldn't have been much easier (with all due respect to their fellow group members). The Stars and Stripes will begin their quest for a World Cup on Friday, June 12, at 9 p.m. Eastern against Paraguay in Los Angeles. US MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM GETS FAVORABLE GROUP MATCHUPS AT WORLD CUP DRAW The Paraguayans will be making their return to the World Cup stage for the first time since 2010, and have been giant killers throughout their qualifying rounds, taking down the likes of South American heavyweights Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. Next on the docket, the U.S. will face off against Australia on Friday, June 19, at 3 p.m. Eastern in Seattle. The Socceroos will try their best to muck it up and play a very defensive brand of soccer against America, while also boasting a great goalkeeper in Matthew Ryan. SEATTLE, VANCOUVER COORDINATE CROSS-BORDER PLANNING FOR 2026 WORLD CUP TOURISM Goals will be at a premium for anyone who plays Australia in this tournament. To conclude group play, the United States will play Turkey on Thursday, June 25, at 10 p.m. Eastern back in Los Angeles. Fresh off a quarterfinals appearance in Euro 2024, this is a very talented Turkey who may not have the star power of a France or Brazil, but will be a very dangerous out for anyone in the World Cup. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Though the subject of who moves on may already be decided when Türkiye and the United States square off, these are the two heavyweights of Group D and should make for an exciting conclusion to group play. All three games will be streaming on Fox Sports and Fox One, with both the Australia and Paraguay matchups available on Fox (blackout restrictions may apply). Additionally, the U.S.-Paraguay matchup will be available for free on Tubi. Happy World Cup, everyone, and go, go USA! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29afeeee6011c3f4eca40b How do teams advance in the 2026 World Cup? Tiebreaker rules and Round of 32 format explained te 2026-06-10T18:41:50.327Z How do teams advance in the 2026 World Cup? Tiebreaker rules and Round of 32 format explained The 2026 World Cup is finally upon us, and while it marks the 23rd edition of the global tournament that takes place every four years, this edition of the event is unlike any of its predecessors. For starters, the 2026 World Cup marks the first time that the event has been co-hosted by three separate countries, with the United States, Canada and Mexico sharing honors. The widely spread-out host sites across North America aren't the only unique factors, however. The 2026 World Cup will also feature an expanded field of teams, going from the traditional 32-team field to 48. With the addition of 16 teams also comes modified Group Stage play, ways to advance and tiebreaker scenarios that will be worth closely monitoring throughout the tournament. The top two teams from each of the 12 four-team groups will advance to the knockout stage. During the round-robin Group Stage, teams are awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. This is the same format we've seen in previous World Cups, albeit with 24 teams automatically advancing from the Group Stage rather than 16. The main difference is that there will be an additional round of knockout matches, as the eight best third-place teams from the group stage will also advance. This turns the traditional Round of 16 into the Round of 32 as the first set of matches of the knockout round. WORLD CUP PLAYERS WHO COVER THEIR MOUTHS DURING CONFRONTATIONS COULD GET RED CARDS With the group stage consisting of round-robin play, with each of the four teams playing the other three teams in their group once, ties in the standings will very likely occur. If two or more teams in a group finish with an equal number of points, the following tiebreaker rules (in order) will determine which country advances: As for how eight of the eventual 12 third-place finishing teams across the group stage advance into the single-table Round of 32, another set of tiebreaker rules will likely need to be implemented: ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The matchups for the Round of 32 will depend on which groups the eight third-place teams emerge from. From this stage forward, the tournament will feature only single-elimination matches. The Round of 32 will begin immediately after the completion of the group stage play. In order for a team to advance to the World Cup Final, it will have to play: The 2026 World Cup Final will be held on July 19 at MetLife Stadium, home of the NFL's New York Giants and New York Jets, with kickoff set for 3 p.m. ET. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29afdaee6011c3f4eca402 Barring garbage officiating, the Knicks will get revenge over the Spurs in Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals te 2026-06-10T18:41:30.410Z Barring garbage officiating, the Knicks will get revenge over the Spurs in Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals The San Antonio Spurs (and officials) served the New York Knicks a slice of humble pie Monday in Game 3 of the 2026 NBA Finals. San Antonio got on the board in the finals, taking Game 3 115-111 and snapping New York's 13-game playoff win streak. Besides President Donald Trump's trip to Madison Square Garden, the biggest storyline from Game 3 was the officiating, which sucked for a second straight game. Even though I'm a Knicks fan, I try to be objective, and the officiating was objectively inconsistent Monday. First of all, the Spurs got three times more free-throw attempts in the second half. Second, the referees somehow missed 7-foot-5 Victor Wembanyama shoving Jalen Brunson's head at the top of the key, a few feet away from the ball. KNICKS LEGEND CAUGHT EATING FRIES LIKE BONE-IN WINGS DURING NBA FINALS, AND FANS CAN'T LOOK AWAY Also, Brunson got a flagrant foul for being in the Spurs forward Julian Champagnie's landing space on a three-point shot. But the refs didn't call anything on Wembanyama when he did the same thing to NYK wing Josh Hart earlier in the game. Between the hooligan-ish behavior in New York City, San Antonio's desperation not to go down 3-1 and the chippiness of this series, Game 4 of the NBA Finals should be the most intense basketball game so far this season. At DraftKings, New York is -135 on the moneyline and a cheap -2.5 favorite on a 217.5-point total as of 1:30 p.m. ET Wednesday. Now that the stage is set, let's discuss my best bet and a player prop for the Spurs-Knicks Game 4. Again, I've already mentioned that I'm a Knicks fan, so if you want to ignore this bet or fade it, no worries. All I can do is show my math, so to speak, and explain why I'm wagering on New York for Game 4. However, free-throw attempt rate is the only one of the "four factors" in which San Antonio is leading in the NBA Finals. The Spurs have 23 more free throws in this series, which is misleading because they have intentionally sent Knicks backup C Mitchell Robinson to the foul line eight times. Eventually, the free-throw discrepancy should even out, and the most likely time that happens is at Madison Square Garden Wednesday or if the series goes to a Game 6. Otherwise, New York is leading San Antonio in shooting, rebounding and ball security in the finals. Meanwhile, NYK had a seven-point lead at halftime of Game 3 and only lost by four points despite looking like they had never played basketball before in the first quarter, Brunson playing terribly, Karl-Anthony Towns having little impact, Mikal Bridges no-showing and sketchy officiating. GAME 4 NBA FINALS BETTING TURNS TO THE PROP MARKET AFTER STRIKING OUT ON THE LAST TWO GAMES OF THE SERIES While it was fun for Knicks fans to talk about a sweep, I said in my 2026 NBA Finals betting preview that New York would win the title in six games. With that in mind, I got NYK winning their last two games at the Garden, starting with Game 4. _____________________________ _____________________________ Follow me on X @Geoffery-Clark, and check out my "OutKick Bets Podcast" for more betting content and random rants. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29afc2ee6011c3f4eca3cb ‘X-Men’ Actor Tyler Mane Says He Has Male Breast Cancer te 2026-06-10T18:41:06.326Z ‘X-Men’ Actor Tyler Mane Says He Has Male Breast Cancer Tyler Mane said he was initially embarrassed to divulge the diagnosis but wanted to encourage other men to look out for the disease. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29afaeee6011c3f4eca3c2 Southern Baptists Move to Strengthen Ban on Women Pastors te 2026-06-10T18:40:46.330Z Southern Baptists Move to Strengthen Ban on Women Pastors The amendment passed easily at the denomination’s annual gathering. It needs approval again next year to enter the constitution. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29af96ee6011c3f4eca394 What Loop users in Tucson want: More safety, shade, water stations and signage te 2026-06-10T18:40:22.255Z What Loop users in Tucson want: More safety, shade, water stations and signage The safety of Loop users, along with the need for more shade to combat Tucson’s extreme heat, access to drinking water, restrooms, better protocols for addressing homeless encampments, signage and possible regulation of electric bicycles, were among the main topics discussed during the June 9 meeting of the Pima County Board of Supervisors. The conversation stemmed from the results of a survey conducted by Pima County among Loop users. The Chuck Huckelberry Loop is the 137-mile recreational trail that surrounds much of the Tucson metro area. Participants indicated that their primary concerns are related to safety and comfort while using the space for walking, running, biking or walking their pets, as the county moves forward with developing a Loop Improvement Plan as part of the One Pima initiative. Although the survey identified safety as one of the top priorities among Loop users, some supervisors raised questions during the discussion about how trail rules are currently enforced and the role the Tucson Police Department plays in responding to incidents and enforcing regulations. “Adding more safety measures throughout the trail is very necessary. I encourage this board to consider ways to collaborate with regional public safety agencies. Even a bicycle patrol could be an option to consider in the future,” District 5 Supervisor Andrés Cano said. Concerns about safety on the Loop are not new. In a memo dated Aug. 22, 2024, Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher noted that the recreational trail had been the site of homeless encampments, vandalism and, on occasion, harassment incidents and other crimes. Credit: Condado de Pima Nearly two years after Pima County launched a private security patrol service along the The Chuck Huckelberry Loop, more than 40% of Loop users still do not feel safe, according to the survey. “Currently, we are relying on the Tucson Police Department. I would encourage the administration to develop a proposal and improvement plan that could eventually be presented to voters through a bond measure in order to address the immediate need for action,” Cano said. Revisiting some of the key findings from the survey, Sarah Davis, senior advisor in the Pima County Administrator’s Office, addressed Loop users’ concerns before the Board of Supervisors and outlined several actions already underway to improve safety and maintenance along the recreational corridor. Among them are cleanup operations, the creation of new maps and digital tools, improvements to Geographic Information System (GIS) resources, and the exploration of a mobile application for Loop users. “The priorities are already underway, including cleanup efforts that removed thousands of pounds of trash,” Davis said. John Campbell, 62, said he spends a lot of time on the loop, and occasionally sleeps in or near its parks. He’s never had a problem with security, but said he sees a lot of drug use. Photo taken Aug. 27, 2024. Photo by John Washington. Davis also noted that the county is developing protocols to respond to unauthorized encampments and collect data that could help identify areas where infrastructure improvements or stronger rule enforcement may be needed. Credit: Condado de Pima As part of the recommendations presented to the Board of Supervisors, the county proposes moving forward with a Loop Improvement Plan that builds on previously studied projects, dedicating resources to promote new informational tools and presenting a framework aligned with the One Pima initiative before the end of 2026. “We have explored previous projects that were designed to address high-priority areas,” Davis said. What you need to know The Loop is used by approximately 20,000 people each month. The survey is part of the implementation of the One Pima initiative, approved by the Pima County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 18, 2025. One of the five priority areas of One Pima focuses specifically on safety, cleanliness and maintenance along the Loop, including the removal of unauthorized encampments. The county is developing a Loop Improvement Plan in collaboration with the Regional Flood Control District and the Parks and Recreation Department. The survey sought users’ opinions on: Safety. Improvement opportunities. Maintenance. Priority actions for the future of the Loop. The survey was open from Feb. 26 to April 30, 2026. A total of 1,988 people participated: 1,972 completed the English-language survey. 16 completed the Spanish-language survey. The goal was to obtain responses from approximately 10% of Loop users, or about 2,000 people. Top requested improvements More shade (43.4%) — the most selected option. More safety features (41.6%). More water stations (40.9%). Better signage and wayfinding (38.9%), including maps, mile markers and directional signs. Most popular activities Cycling: 82% Walking: 58% Running: 23% Walking pets: 20% The post What Loop users in Tucson want: More safety, shade, water stations and signage appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29ad93ee6011c3f4eca37c School voucher fight ramps up over ballot measures to alter Arizona’s $1B ESA program te 2026-06-10T18:31:47.288Z School voucher fight ramps up over ballot measures to alter Arizona’s $1B ESA program WASHINGTON – Supporters of dueling ballot measures to either drastically scale back Arizona’s ballooning school voucher program or tweak it are intensifying efforts ahead of a July 3 petition deadline.  So are the defenders of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, which cost state taxpayers more than $1 billion this year.  The ESA program has exploded to more than 100,000 students in the most recent school year. There were just 12,000 in 2022, when former Gov. Doug Ducey signed the law, expanding access to nearly every K-12 student and creating the nation’s first universal voucher program. Parents can get $7,000 per student to use for private and charter school tuition and homeschooling.  The Protect Education Act would end eligibility for families making over $150,000. Teachers unions are backing that one. The rival initiative, called the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Reform and Accountability Act, would retain universal eligibility while adding oversight to curb improper spending, which has tarnished the program.  That plan is backed by Fortify AZ, a newly formed political action committee supported by American Federation for Children, a pro-voucher group formerly chaired by Betsy DeVos, who was the Michigan Republican Party chair before serving as secretary of education during the first Trump administration. Organizers must submit 255,949 signatures from registered voters to get the measures on the November ballot. The Fortify AZ proposal would limit reimbursements through Classwallet, the online portal the Arizona Department of Education uses to issue ESA payments. Parents would only get repaid for pre-approved items.  That would bring the Arizona voucher program in line with those in other states, said Fortify AZ spokesperson Barrett Marson – and it would address widespread concerns that taxpayer funds have been used to buy diamond rings, resort stays and even lingerie. In August 2025, 12News reported on an internal audit of reimbursements in 2024 showing that families had used ESA funds for those and other luxury items, including iPhones, kitchen appliances, plane tickets and personal trainers.  In December 2024, to clear a growing backlog of unprocessed claims, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne allowed automatic approval of transactions under $2,000. Through the end of January 2026, nearly 2.3 million ESA transactions were processed automatically – totalling more than $654 million.  Horne offered assurances that claims could be audited and improper payments would be recovered. But the program has only been auditing 30% of transactions, chosen randomly rather than based on likelihood of impropriety.   A report issued April 23 by the Arizona Auditor General found that $102.1 million worth of pre-approved transactions were not subject to all risk-assessment procedures. Families spent ESA funds on Disneyland tickets, cruises and other improper items.  Despite the uproar stemming from revelations of improper purchases, Horne has kept automatic approval in place. Olivia Fierro, communications manager for Protect Education, Accountability Now! – the PAC behind the teachers-backed initiative – called the Fortify AZ initiative a “decoy” intended to siphon support from an effort to truly reform Arizona ESAs. Even so, she said, her side has collected hundreds of thousands of signatures. “Arizonans are rushing to sign for and support the Protect Education Act – despite the millions of dollars we’ve had poured in against us by Betsy DeVos-backed organizations,” Fierro said. American Federation for Children gave Fortify AZ $1.3 million in March, according to a campaign disclosure report filed  April 15 with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office. The PAC has reported no other donors. Fox News reported in March that AFC is spending more than $15 million this year to defeat candidates nationwide who oppose school choice. “We’re going to be playing heavily” in Arizona, the group’s president, Tommy Schultz, told the network.  Protect Education, Accountability Now! raised $4.4 million through March 31, according to its April 15 filing. All but about $400,000 came from the National Education Association, a teachers union.  Ducey has been working to protect the program he created. A group he leads has bought more than $100,000 worth of online ads advocating for ESAs.  School choice advocate Jenny Clark – ousted from the state Board of Education in March 2025 by Ducey’s successor, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs – has also been fighting the ballot initiatives. Clark set up a group called AZ Loves ESAs that has been running ads urging voters to steer clear of both petitions, a tactic Fierro and other ESA critics say it intended to sow confusion.  Ads from both Ducey and Clark’s groups link the ballot initiatives to unidentified out-of-state interest groups.  That’s an apparent reference to teachers unions, which have fought school voucher programs nationwide on grounds they sap funding from public schools, though it also applies to AFC and the pro-ESA campaign. “Governor Ducey is proud that Arizona has sparked a national movement of universal school choice, with state after state replicating our state’s achievement,” said his former chief of staff Daniel Scarpinto. “Through this effort and others, he’s committed to educating Arizonans and Americans on the value of educational freedom and pushing back on the unions and hard partisans that want to trap kids in failing schools.” One ad from Ducey’s group shows an Arizona mother describing the program as a “lifeline” for her family.  Another says, “Fraud is unacceptable anywhere. ESA misuse rates remain extremely low and cases are being identified and prosecuted.” The ad links to a report by the Common Sense Institute, a conservative group where Scarpinto serves as a strategic adviser. The report downplays concerns about mispending, asserting that news outlets relied on anecdotes and citing an Education Department study from March that identified only 0.3% of spending as “egregious.”  According to Meta’s Ad Library, which covers digital ads on Facebook and Instagram, nearly 70% of ad spending by the Ducey group, Institute for American Prosperity, targets women 35 and over, in particular those with children. Seven of the group’s 22 ads only target women. Some have been viewed over 1 million times. Ducey is the only person listed on the group’s website under “leadership.” The website provides no contact information and only limited information on the group. An incorporation filing in Delaware shows it was created in March. The Meta ads began showing up in late May.  According to Google Ads Transparency Center, AZ Loves ESAs is paying for sponsored search results to direct anyone seeking information on Arizona ESAs to a pro-voucher “Decline to Sign” site. #DeclineToSign has been shared by high-profile figures including Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, who is seeking the GOP nomination for Arizona governor in the July 21 primary, and Scottsdale-based actor Rob Schneider, who has more than 2 million followers on X. The post School voucher fight ramps up over ballot measures to alter Arizona’s $1B ESA program appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29ad3eee6011c3f4eca2e6 Lo que quieren los usuarios del Loop en Tucson: más seguridad, sombra, estaciones de agua y señalización te 2026-06-10T18:30:22.972Z Lo que quieren los usuarios del Loop en Tucson: más seguridad, sombra, estaciones de agua y señalización La seguridad de los usuarios del Loop, junto con la necesidad de más sombra para enfrentar el calor extremo de Tucson, acceso a agua potable, baños, mejores protocolos para atender campamentos de personas sin hogar, señalización y una posible regulación de las bicicletas eléctricas, fueron algunos de los temas centrales discutidos durante la reunión de la Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Pima el 9 de junio. La conversación surgió a partir de los resultados de una encuesta realizada por el Condado de Pima a usuarios del Chuck Huckelberry Loop, el circuito recreativo de 137 millas que rodea gran parte del área metropolitana de Tucson.  Los participantes señalaron que sus principales preocupaciones están relacionadas con la seguridad y la comodidad al utilizar este espacio para caminar, correr, pasear mascotas o andar en bicicleta, mientras el condado avanza en el desarrollo de un Plan de Mejoramiento del Loop como parte de la iniciativa One Pima. Aunque la encuesta identificó la seguridad como una de las principales prioridades de los usuarios del Loop, durante la discusión algunos supervisores plantearon preguntas sobre cómo se aplican actualmente las reglas del sendero y el papel que desempeña el Departamento de Policía de Tucson en la respuesta a incidentes y el cumplimiento de las normas.  “Añadir más medidas de seguridad a lo largo del circuito es muy necesario. Animo a esta Junta a considerar formas de colaborar con las agencias regionales de seguridad pública. Incluso una patrulla en bicicleta podría ser una opción a considerar en el futuro”, dijo Andrés Cano, supervisor del Distrito 5.  Las preocupaciones sobre la seguridad en el Loop no son nuevas. En un memorando fechado el 22 de agosto de 2024, la administradora del condado de Pima, Jan Lesher, señaló que el circuito recreativo había sido escenario de campamentos de personas sin hogar, vandalismo y, ocasionalmente, incidentes de acoso y otros delitos.  Credit: Condado de Pima A casi dos años de que el condado de Pima pusiera en marcha un servicio de patrullaje de seguridad privada en el sendero Chuck Huckelberry Loop, más del 40% de los usuarios del Loop aún no se sienten seguros, de acuerdo a la encuesta.  “Actualmente estamos confiando en el Departamento de Policía de Tucson (TPD). Yo exhortaría a la administración a desarrollar una propuesta y un plan de mejora que eventualmente puedan presentarse a los votantes mediante un bono, con el fin de responder a la necesidad inmediata de acción”, dijo Cano.  Retomando algunos de los puntos básicos de la encuesta, Sarah Davis, asesora principal de la oficina del administrador del condado de Pima, abordó  ante la Junta de Supervisores las inquietudes de los usuarios del Loop y presentó una serie de acciones que ya están en marcha para mejorar la seguridad y el mantenimiento del corredor recreativo. . Entre ellas destacan los operativos de limpieza, la creación de nuevos mapas y herramientas digitales, mejoras en los recursos de información geográfica (GIS) y la exploración de una aplicación móvil para los usuarios del Loop.  “Las prioridades están en marcha, esfuerzos de limpieza que eliminaron miles de kilos de basura”, dijo Davis.  John Campbell, 62, said he speJohn Campbell, de 62 años, comentó que pasa mucho tiempo en la zona y que a veces duerme en los parques o cerca de ellos. Nunca ha tenido problemas con la seguridad, pero sí observa un alto consumo de drogas. Foto tomada el 27 de agosto de 2024. Fotografía de John Washington. Davis también señaló que el condado trabaja en protocolos para responder a campamentos no autorizados y recopilar datos que ayuden a identificar áreas donde podrían ser necesarias mejoras de infraestructura o un mayor cumplimiento de las normas.  Credit: Condado de Pima Como parte de las recomendaciones presentadas a la Junta de Supervisores, el condado propone avanzar con un Plan de Mejoramiento del Loop que aproveche proyectos previamente estudiados, destinar recursos para promocionar nuevas herramientas informativas y presentar antes de que termine 2026 un marco de trabajo alineado con la iniciativa One Pima. “Hemos explorado proyectos anteriores que han sido diseñados para lidiar con zonas de alta prioridad”, dijo Davis.  Lo que debes saber El Loop es utilizado por aproximadamente 20,000 personas al mes La encuesta forma parte de la implementación de la iniciativa One Pima, aprobada por la Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Pima el 18 de noviembre de 2025. Uno de los cinco ejes prioritarios de One Pima se enfoca específicamente en la seguridad, limpieza y mantenimiento del Loop, incluyendo la eliminación de campamentos no autorizados. El condado está desarrollando un Plan de Mejoramiento del Loop en colaboración con el Distrito Regional de Control de Inundaciones y el Departamento de Parques y Recreación. La encuesta buscó conocer las opiniones de los usuarios sobre: Seguridad. Oportunidades de mejora. Mantenimiento. Acciones prioritarias para el futuro del Loop. La encuesta estuvo abierta del 26 de febrero al 30 de abril de 2026. Participaron 1,988 personas en total: 1,972 respondieron la versión en inglés. 16 respondieron la versión en español. El objetivo era obtener respuestas de aproximadamente el 10% de los usuarios del Loop, es decir, unas 2,000 personas. Principales mejoras solicitadas Más sombra (43.4%) — fue la opción más seleccionada. Más elementos de seguridad (41.6%). Más estaciones de agua (40.9%). Mejor señalización y orientación (38.9%), incluyendo mapas, marcadores de millas y señales direccionales. Actividades más populares Ciclismo: 82% Caminar: 58% Correr: 23% Pasear mascotas: 20% The post Lo que quieren los usuarios del Loop en Tucson: más seguridad, sombra, estaciones de agua y señalización appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29ab1cee6011c3f4eca2a5 FBI nabs 7 for alleged 'campaign of violence' to pressure University of Michigan, businesses over Israel ties te 2026-06-10T18:21:16.169Z FBI nabs 7 for alleged 'campaign of violence' to pressure University of Michigan, businesses over Israel ties A group of college-aged activists were arrested after they allegedly waged a year-long campaign of intimidation, vandalism and threats against University of Michigan officials, businesses and Jewish-linked institutions to pressure them into cutting ties with Israel, FBI Director Kash Patel announced Wednesday. According to a federal indictment, the suspects are accused of coordinating attacks that included spray-painting homes with messages such as "Intifada" and "Free Palestine," leaving threatening notes on victims' doors and damaging private property across eastern Michigan. "These individuals spent over a year allegedly engaging in a targeted, coordinated campaign of violence and intimidation motivated by the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel," Patel said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "They vandalized property, left threatening messages, and even violently attacked homes while children slept inside." The alleged campaign targeted University of Michigan leaders, elected officials, business owners and a police officer. ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN AMERICA AS SOME INVOKE INTIFADA AND TARGET JEWS Federal investigators said the alleged conspiracy stretched from approximately March 2024 through April 2025. During that time, members of the group allegedly used encrypted messaging platforms and social media to identify targets, coordinate attacks and publicize their activities online. Authorities allege the group escalated its tactics by breaking windows and throwing glass jars filled with chemicals into family homes while children were inside. Some of the most visible incidents occurred on Oct. 7, 2024, the one-year anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel, the FBI said. According to Patel, one suspect allegedly targeted the Jewish Federation in Bloomfield Township that day, while another, who was employed by the university, vandalized the home of the University of Michigan's president. Patel said the FBI will not tolerate such behavior, and vowed to bring anyone who participates in such activity to justice. "Our FBI Detroit team and partners across Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin pursued a thorough, rigorous investigation and did a tremendous job executing the multi-state operation early this morning," Patel said. The seven individuals arrested were charged for their alleged roles in conspiracies to transmit threats in interstate and foreign commerce. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29ab08ee6011c3f4eca29c First on Fox: Trump admin opens new front in fraud crackdown targeting health insurers, drug middlemen te 2026-06-10T18:20:56.168Z First on Fox: Trump admin opens new front in fraud crackdown targeting health insurers, drug middlemen FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is lifting the hood on federal health benefits programs that cover millions of Americans, ordering insurance carriers to tighten fraud controls as part of a broader crackdown on waste and abuse, Fox News Digital learned. "Working alongside the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, OPM is taking additional steps to safeguard the premiums paid by federal employees and taxpayers, protect beneficiaries, and ensure health insurance companies are meeting the highest standards of accountability," said Office of Personnel Management (OPM) director Scott Kupor to Fox News Digital. OPM functions as the federal government’s human resources agency, overseeing civilian personnel policy and administering benefits for federal employees, retirees and their families. OPM, partnered with the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, is sending new compliance expectations on Wednesday to insurance carriers in the Federal Employees Health Benefits and Postal Service Health Benefits programs, directing them to strengthen fraud prevention, payment reviews, pharmacy benefit oversight, subcontractor accountability, audits and reporting, Fox News Digital learned.  READ: DR. OZ PUTS ALL 50 GOVERNORS ON NOTICE OVER BILLIONS LOST TO MEDICAID FRAUD The push also targets pharmacy benefit managers, the drug-pricing middlemen that administer prescription drug benefits for health plans and negotiate with drugmakers and pharmacies. The FEHB program cost the government and enrollees about $70 billion in fiscal 2024 and covered more than 8.2 million federal employees, family members and other eligible individuals, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. "OPM is a valuable partner and leader on the Task Force. The steps taken today will protect taxpayers and our federal workforce," White House Task Force Executive Director Scott Brady told Fox News Digital. OPM is also building a data science and audit team with the agency’s inspector general to review anonymized claims data and detect fraud, waste and overbilling more proactively. HOUSE GOP LAUNCHES NEW TASK FORCE, PROBES ALLEGED $250B MEDICAID FRAUD IN OHIO The Government Accountability Office said in a July 2025 report that OPM should do more to manage fraud risks in the FEHB program, citing risks including benefit card sharing, improper inducements, insufficient or fraudulent documentation, kickbacks, marketing fraud, theft of personally identifiable information, provider ineligibility and self-referrals. The announcement marks the latest crackdown in medical programs following the launch of a nationwide probe into Medicaid. CMS directed all 50 states to submit plans to revalidate high-risk Medicaid providers, including providers subject to less rigorous enrollment standards or operating without a National Provider Identifier in April. Vice President JD Vance, who is leading the task force, amplified the call in May, saying during a news conference that states could lose federal funding if they fail to aggressively pursue Medicaid fraud. The push comes amid heightened focus on large-scale fraud cases, including Minnesota’s $250 million "Feeding Our Future" scheme, which became a national flashpoint in recent months. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29aaf4ee6011c3f4eca293 Purple Heart recipient mocked by Platner says PTSD does not excuse 'abhorrent behavior' te 2026-06-10T18:20:36.250Z Purple Heart recipient mocked by Platner says PTSD does not excuse 'abhorrent behavior' A Purple Heart recipient wounded in Afghanistan is speaking out after Reddit comments linked to Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner resurfaced, saying PTSD does not excuse mocking a wounded American service member. Speaking on "The Ingraham Angle," Pfc. Ted Daniels, who received a Purple Heart after surviving a Taliban attack, pushed back against efforts to explain Platner's comments by citing PTSD. "Right now it appears that Graham Platner is the poster child for people who suffer with PTSD, and it's an embarrassment to veterans, to first responders, to sexual assault victims, to everybody who deals with it," Daniels said Tuesday. The controversy began after a Reddit comment linked to Platner resurfaced. The comment referred to a helmet-cam video of Daniels fighting Taliban operatives in 2012 before he was shot four times. COMBAT VETERAN NEARLY KILLED BY TALIBAN FIRES BACK AT PLATNER’S DELETED ONLINE ATTACK: ‘YOU’RE A COWARD’ The Reddit account "P-Hustle," linked to Platner, posted, "Dumb motherf----- didn't deserve to live. At least his stupidity and fat a-- wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt. Poor marksmanship on the Taliban's part is the only reason this mouthbreather made it home, he managed to make every possible s--- decision possible when it comes to small unit combat."  The post was deleted but remains available in the Maine Monitor's archive of Reddit posts attributed to Platner, a former U.S. Marine who served three combat tours in Iraq and a fourth in Afghanistan with the Maryland Army National Guard.  But Daniels said Platner's past does not excuse the comments. WATCH: PURPLE HEART VETERAN REACTS TO PLATNER'S REFUSAL TO APOLOGIZE FOR MOCKING HIM, SHREDS PTSD EXCUSE "I can empathize with the fact that I'm sure he has PTSD. What I cannot do is excuse that for his poor decisions in life and abhorrent behavior," Daniels said. Daniels added that since the comments surfaced, he has not heard from Platner or received an apology from his team. Daniels, however, said he believes there are other people Platner needs to apologize to first. "I don't need an apology. Who deserves the apology is every Gold Star family out there who lost a loved one in combat because people like Graham Platner are online cheering for their death," Daniels said. Platner addressed criticism of his past online posts in a video posted to X in October 2025, saying, "As I read through them, I read things that I absolutely do not agree with. I read through and I see things, words and statements that I abhor." PLATNER CALLED PTSD EXCUSE 'BULL----' IN 2020 POST, NOW CITES HIS OWN STRUGGLE TO EXPLAIN ONLINE CONTROVERSIES "I had PTSD. I had depression. I had all of the things that come with serving in a war, in two wars, that I eventually began to not believe in at all. It left me feeling very unmoored. It left me feeling very disillusioned, very alienated and very isolated. And I think like a lot of people, I went on the internet to post stupid things and get in fights and find some form of community in some way, some outlet for my feelings, for my rage, for my isolation," he later added. Platner recently won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November.  He has also faced criticism over allegations involving sexting with multiple women during his marriage and a tattoo that resembles a Nazi symbol. Platner said he got the tattoo during a "night of drinking" while on leave in Croatia and was unaware of its meaning at the time. Fox News Digital reached out to Platner's campaign for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29a8c8ee6011c3f4eca217 LOCAL ROUNDUP: AIA releases 2026-27 high school volleyball schedules te 2026-06-10T18:11:20.086Z LOCAL ROUNDUP: AIA releases 2026-27 high school volleyball schedules Four local schools have released their 2026-27 volleyball schedules. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29a8aeee6011c3f4eca1ec Trump concession breathes new life into stalled FISA spy powers deal te 2026-06-10T18:10:54.568Z Trump concession breathes new life into stalled FISA spy powers deal The flatlined bid to reauthorize the nation’s controversial spying powers may have a pulse again after President Donald Trump made a key concession to Democrats.  Congress was on its way to reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is set to expire Friday, but that momentum was halted when Trump tapped his current director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte, to serve as a temporary chief for the nation’s spy agencies.  Pulte, who is set to take over the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on June 19, has proven the prime sticking point in a process that has already been marred by disagreements over FISA’s controversial Section 702. Critics have panned him as having no experience in a role that will require him to oversee the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies. SENATE PUSH TO REAUTHORIZE NATION’S SPY POWERS STUMBLES OVER CONTROVERSIAL TRUMP DECISION "This is not a problem between Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans, this was the administration throwing a live hand grenade into a critical reauthorization 10 days out," Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said. Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Senate Intelligence Committee chair Tom Cotton, R-Ark., produced a compromise, three-year reauthorization with reforms to Section 702 that likely would have advanced absent Trump’s decision to tap Pulte.  Given the logjam, Trump on Wednesday announced that he was actively seeking a replacement to lead ODNI and requested that Congress produce a short-term extension to keep the program running in the meantime. "I would say this, [Pulte is] going to be there for a short while, while we pick somebody else," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "We're interviewing five different people. They're all very good, very different, and we'll put somebody there." WHY TRUMP PICKED BILL PULTE TO LEAD US INTELLIGENCE AS CRITICS QUESTION HIS QUALIFICATIONS That move could help some Senate Democrats get over the hump.  Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said that he believed that at least knowing that Pulte would be out could be enough to dislodge some Democrats to support an extension.  "I think knowing who the DNI will be, if it's somebody that people have confidence in, that makes the FISA question a lot easier," Kaine said. For others, Trump’s ambiguity on how long Pulte will stick around remains a troubling prospect. "That's a problem," Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said. "If Mr. Pulte is gonna be there for an indefinite period, then I can’t vote for an extension. If there's some timeline, measurable, defined, then I would consider it." Lawmakers are currently mulling a possible three-week extension to the program, which has given conservatives and Democrats heartburn. TRUMP MOVES TO SLASH INTELLIGENCE OFFICE AHEAD OF PERMANENT CHIEF'S ARRIVAL It’s one of the rare horseshoe issues in the Capitol where privacy hawks on both sides of the aisle want steep reforms, particularly for warrant requirements to prevent Americans from getting ensnared in information collected on foreigners under Section 702.  That reality means that some Republicans and Democrats wouldn’t vote for the compromise deal anyway — six Republicans joined nearly every Democrat to block a procedural move to reauthorize the program last week.  "Why don't we surveil the foreigners and not surveil Americans? It’s a new concept," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said. That means that Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., will need all the help from Democrats that he can get.  "We need Democrat votes," Thune said. "And, as I've said before, I think irrespective of what you think about Bill Pulte, providing the reforms that are included in the 702 reauthorization is a safeguard, regardless of who's in that job, or which party is in power here."  But others contend that the Friday deadline isn’t the hard end of the program. Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said on the Senate floor that the case to rush a reauthorization to the floor by the end of the week "is not true."  "Existing law allows Section 702 collection to continue under an order from the FISA court for another year, even without congressional reauthorization," Durbin said. "Congress can and must take the time to get this right." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29a89aee6011c3f4eca1e3 Olivia Culpo pulls a veteran move by wishing Christian McCaffrey a happy birthday with string bikini pics te 2026-06-10T18:10:34.579Z Olivia Culpo pulls a veteran move by wishing Christian McCaffrey a happy birthday with string bikini pics I’ve been doing this for a while now, and I can honestly tell you I’ve never seen anyone be a better leader off the field than Olivia Culpo. Don’t get me wrong, there are definitely some on the same level. But there’s nobody above that. The former Miss Universe has reached the highest level. She doesn’t just show up for the annual bikini vacations, she sets the offseason standard. She’s been in the NFL long enough to understand the importance of getting that right. When everything clicks, it carries over into the following season. It was clicking again over the weekend for her husband Christian McCaffrey’s 30th birthday. The 49ers running back didn’t have time to wonder about his future in the league as he reached his milestone birthday. 49ERS' CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY, OLIVIA CULPO ANNOUNCE THEY'RE EXPECTING: 'NEXT CHAPTER, MOTHERHOOD' There was a birthday party in Mexico planned and a celebration to be had. Once again, that’s what us old school folks like to call leadership. Culpo’s work wasn’t finished. The pregnant mother of one had a happy birthday message on social media to deliver and deliver, she did. We wouldn’t be going over the game film right now if she didn’t. She wrote along with a carousel of pictures that included the model in bikinis, "Happy 30th birthday to the best husband, the best father, and the kind of person who makes everyone around him want to be better." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Her birthday wishes continued, "Getting to share this life with you is something I’ll never take for granted, and sometimes it truly feels too good to be true. Thank you for being the best part of every day. I love you so much!!!!" Well done and happy 30th birthday to Christian McCaffrey. I can’t say for certain that Mike Evans looked at the veteran leadership provided on the offseason bikini vacations and took it into consideration prior to signing with San Francisco as a free agent. I would never go that far out on a limb, but I will say it definitely didn’t hurt. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29a643ee6011c3f4eca16d Critics: Arizona’s ‘religious interference’ bill is a shield for anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion protests te 2026-06-10T18:00:35.682Z Critics: Arizona’s ‘religious interference’ bill is a shield for anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion protests Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision ended federal abortion rights, women around the country have faced criminal charges after their pregnancies ended in miscarriage or stillbirth, ranging from homicide to child abuse to abuse of corpse. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder) Arizona Republicans want to make it a crime to disrupt religious activities, but critics warn it’s little more than a thinly veiled attempt to protect anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion protestors.  On Tuesday, the state Senate gave preliminary approval to House Bill 4117, which would punish “interfering” with a religious service or activity with jail time. At a minimum, doing so would be a class 1 misdemeanor, which carries with it fines and a six month jail sentence. Repeat violations or the use of threats, force or physical intimidation could escalate that punishment up to a class 6 felony.  If it becomes law, “interfering” with a religious service or activity would happen when a person blocks someone from entering or exiting a place of worship or engages in a “protracted commotion, utterance or display” that disrupts proceedings in a place of worship. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE But what has critics worried is how the bill defines a “place of worship,” which sweeps in far more than churches, synagogues, mosques and the like. Instead, as Sen. Mitzi Epstein, D-Tempe, pointed out during a debate on the bill, the measure defines a religious place of worship as a privately owned building or “designated location” where people assemble to engage in religious worship or activity. And that, she said, opens the door for any religious group to set up a counterprotest with a legal shield to rely on.   A previous iteration of the bill defined it as a location where people regularly gather to take part in religious activities or any location where an organized religious service is held, but Republicans amended it to be much more expansive.  Sen. Analise Ortiz, a Democrat who represents Phoenix, said she’s concerned that the revised language could embolden groups like the Westboro Baptist Church, which organizes anti-LGBTQ protests and has picketed funerals and vigils for military service members and shooting victims. In 2011, the group announced an intent to protest the funeral of 9-year-old Christina Green, who was killed in the Tucson shooting targeting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, prompting the state legislature to ban protests within 300 feet of funerals.  Ortiz warned that the bill’s broad definition would protect the activities of the Westboro Baptist Church while at the same time punishing people who react to their protests.  “The Westboro Baptist Church might sporadically be outside of service member funerals protesting gay people,” she said. “That has been what they consider a ‘religious activity’. Under your bill, someone who might get involved and things spiral out of control could then be hit with a felony.”  Sen. John Kavanagh, a Republican from Fountain Hills who authored the amendment that opened up the definition of what a religious place of worship is, defended the language as necessary to cover religious groups that rent outdoor or community spaces for special services. When Ortiz pressed him about whether the bill could loop in discriminatory protests like those organized by the Westboro Baptist Church, Kavanagh avoided the issue, instead emphasizing that people would only face criminal charges if they deliberately interfere with an ongoing religious service.  “If they were across the street just chanting, that would not be interfering with the religious service,” he said. “In addition they would not be on the site of the religious service. They would be doubly removed.”   Ortiz was unconvinced, saying that leaves too much up to the judgment of responding law enforcement officers and prosecutors.  Sen. Lauren Kuby, D-Tempe, opposed the bill because of what she saw as its potential to criminalize people who respond to anti-abortion protestors at clinics. Groups that picket outside of abortion clinics frequently do so because of their religious opposition to the procedure, and they often recite prayers or scriptures to deter patients from receiving abortions. At least one abortion clinic, Camelback Family Planning, registered its opposition to the bill.  “The idea that someone could be subject to a class 6 felony or a class 1 misdemeanor because someone is protesting an abortion and they dare to say, ‘Leave me alone, stop bothering me, stop harassing me,’ that truly is the definition of a bad bill,” Kuby said.  But Kavanagh waved away that concern, saying that protests don’t qualify for the protections granted to places of religious worship under the proposal.  “Protesting against any political thing does not become a religious service because somebody says a prayer in the middle of a protest,” he said. “That’s not a religious service, that’s a political protest.” The legislation moved forward with the approval of the GOP-majority Senate on Tuesday, but it has yet to undergo a formal vote. Even if it does earn the full chamber’s approval, however, it must next go back to the Arizona House of Representatives for a final vote before being sent to Gov. Katie Hobbs. It’s unclear where the Democrat stands on the legislation.  In the past, Hobbs has swiftly vetoed any proposals that fail to earn bipartisan support and are opposed by community advocates. Multiple progressive and religious groups, including the Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Council of Jewish Women Arizona and the Council on American Islamic Relations Arizona, are officially opposed to the bill.  But during Tuesday’s debate, Kavanagh shared that his revisions, including expanding what a place of worship is, were the result of negotiations with Hobbs’ office and the Anti-Defamation League, which supports the proposal. When asked whether the Governor’s Office was involved with negotiations around the legislation and if Hobbs approves of it, spokesman Christian Slater declined to comment. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29a19eee6011c3f4ec9fd3 Katie Hobbs agrees to fund 50 Arizona troopers for immigration enforcement te 2026-06-10T17:40:46.965Z Katie Hobbs agrees to fund 50 Arizona troopers for immigration enforcement Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29a187ee6011c3f4ec9fc6 Tucson group gives nonspeaking individuals a voice te 2026-06-10T17:40:23.930Z Tucson group gives nonspeaking individuals a voice For years, Ethan Jackson had something to say. He just had no way to say it. Before he found Tucson Spellers, a local nonprofit that teaches nonspeaking individuals to communicate using letterboards and keyboards, those thoughts had nowhere to go. "(People) wanted me to conform to the way they thought I should act," Jackson said in an email. "I am a very smart person with my own thoughts and feelings, and I deserve to be heard." Jackson is one of several nonspeaking individuals who have found their voice through Tucson Spellers, which aims to transform how Southern Arizona understands autism, communication and human potential. Tucson Spellers was co-founded by spelling practitioners Anna Britton and Courtney Cameron, who, while working with families across the region, noticed that nonspeaking individuals, particularly older teens and adults with high support needs, were largely invisible. "While many autism-friendly spaces are well-intentioned, they can still unintentionally exclude individuals with higher support needs or those who communicate differently," Britton said. The pair began hosting monthly meetups for nonspeakers and their families to come as they are, without judgment and without pressure. Cameron said the gap that led to Tucson Spellers' formation was not simply a lack of services, but a lack of belief and meaningful connection. For the founders, communication is not an end in itself. "Communication is important, but communication exists for connection," Cameron said. "People want friendships, belonging, and the opportunity to be seen for who they truly are." Tucson Spellers members and their families gather during one of the organization's holiday light walks, part of its commitment to bringing nonspeaking individuals into community life outside of therapy settings. Courtesy of Tucson Spellers. Central to Tucson Spellers' mission is a concept called "presuming competence," the idea that nonspeaking individuals understand far more than their bodies may let them show. This rings true for many of the organization's members who spent years being underestimated. "People thought I couldn't comprehend the world around me, but here I am," Joshua Greiner said in an email. "Everyone treated me like a toddler. Hearing others talk about me like I don't have ears is crushing to my soul." Others were equally blunt about what life felt like before spelling. "Trying to navigate this world as a nonspeaker is hell with no voice. The stress alone will break a man's spirit," Speller Niko Tax said in an email. "No amount of internal screaming made them see I was there, railing to escape my silent prison." Ashton Curtis said his family was told he was intellectually impaired, a label he said some people took too far. Britton and Cameron work to dismantle those assumptions through education, including explaining concepts like the brain-body disconnect, apraxia and the neurological barriers that can prevent a person from demonstrating what they know. Their work is impactful, but they say the most powerful teacher is the nonspeaking community itself. "Families and community members witness nonspeaking individuals spelling complex thoughts, writing poetry, discussing current events, building friendships, and advocating for themselves," Cameron said. "It moves from being a philosophy to something they truly experience and understand." For many members, spelling created a defining moment of breakthrough. "To lean into the creativity of artistic writing just clicked," Jackson said. "The best part was seeing the look of surprise on my mom's face. My family was able to see how smart and funny I was." For Tax, the breakthrough was simpler, and perhaps more profound. Tucson Spellers members, families and supporters gathered at Las Milpitas Community Farm last month to celebrate the release of the Tucson Spellers Poetry Anthology, featuring poetry, creative writing and original artwork. Courtesy of Tucson Spellers. "The first complex communication was not even complex. It was when my humor began to surface," Tax said. "Then the family knew I was part of the group. I think that special moment can be as simple as a single word." For Dylan Lauger, the stakes were even higher. "I remember exactly how it felt to have no voice in my medical choices and the added stress on my mom trying to decide what I wanted," Lauger said in an email. "My voice was finally heard in an intense lesson where I spoke up for my own body. I was finally able to tell my doctors what they were missing." The experience transformed not just his healthcare, but his bond with his mother. "My connection with my family has deepened in the most profound way," Lauger said. "Now our connections can be more than medical trials." For Puru Sharma, gaining a voice meant finally being able to grieve. "Grief needs to be voiced. Now I can do that with my finger. Mourning feels better when I can share with my family," Sharma said in an email. "Nobody knew my inner self before I found my voice." Beyond practical communication, spelling has allowed members to share the full texture of who they are. Tax, it turns out, is a devoted art lover. "Mom thought I hated the art museums," Tax said. "These trips stimulated my mind and gave me an early exposure to beauty in a different light." He now writes a blog highlighting murals around Tucson. "Art can soothe a man's broken spirit," Tax said. Attendees raise their hands during a Tucson Spellers community workshop on spelling and communication for nonspeaking individuals. Courtesy of Tucson Spellers. Curtis said people often mistake his difficulty staying in place and making eye contact for a lack of interest. "I can now express my interests through the letterboard," Curtis said. The letterboard also transformed his relationships, exposing his family and friends to a new version of himself. "My good looks weren't the only thing people stared at," Curtis said. "Now my family includes me, and my opinion matters." Spelling also gave Jackson a way to show his personality. "Now that I can communicate, all of my family and friends know that I'm smart, articulate, sometimes a little snarky, and very caring and sensitive," Jackson said. Among the most emotional themes in the Tucson Spellers' stories is what it means to finally have peers. "Having peers who communicate is amazing because it helps me feel not so alone," Jackson said. "At Speller events I feel a part of what is happening." Tax described the bond among nonspeakers with unmistakable depth. "Spelling friends cannot compare to any others. Being locked in silence is such an alone experience that only nonspeakers can relate," Tax said. "That shared story makes these friendships, events, and get-togethers that much more special." Autism advocate and author John Elder Robison, left, spoke with Tucson Spellers members ahead of a May 1 screening of "The Reason I Jump" at The Loft Cinema. Courtesy of Tucson Spellers. For Curtis, the friendships feel like a revelation. "For the first time in my life, I have friends who pay attention to me and ignore my weird body," Curtis said. "A Speller friend is a no-nonsense, real friend and will always be there for me." Tucson Spellers is built to support the whole family, not just the speller. The organization connects parents with other parents, helps siblings form their own friendships, and offers financial assistance and scholarship opportunities to remove access barriers. Tucson Spellers also sponsored the training of a certified Spelling to Communicate practitioner to expand one-on-one services in the region. One of the organization's core commitments is moving communication out of therapy rooms and into real life, through activities including hiking clubs, poetry readings, advocacy panels, rock climbing, holiday light walks and community workshops. "Communication is meant for life, not just therapy rooms," Cameron said. "Nonspeaking individuals deserve the same opportunities as anyone else to participate in friendships, community activities, creative expression, recreation, leadership, and public life." Britton noted that public visibility also matters. When Tucson residents encounter Spellers members at parks, restaurants and community events, assumptions begin to shift. "We've had many moments where community members ask questions about letterboards or spelling, which opens the door for meaningful education and greater understanding," Britton said. Cameron acknowledged that broad cultural change takes time and that not everyone will immediately grasp the nuances of nonspeaking communication, but she suggested the bar for basic decency is lower than people might think. Respect, she said, does not require full understanding, just a willingness to extend it. Isabel Vidrio is a University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist in Tucson. Contact her at  vidrioi@arizona.edu. 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Dave McCormick wants to create a national commission on robotics te 2026-06-10T17:34:10.958Z U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick wants to create a national commission on robotics (The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., is among a bipartisan group of lawmakers who want to establish a national commission on robotics. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299ffeee6011c3f4ec9fa0 Will AI replace therapists? What experts say te 2026-06-10T17:33:50.408Z Will AI replace therapists? What experts say Talkspace reports that while AI can aid mental health through tools like chatbots, it cannot replace therapists due to the essential human connection they provide. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299fe9ee6011c3f4ec9f97 Will AI replace therapists? What experts say te 2026-06-10T17:33:29.378Z Will AI replace therapists? What experts say A doctor and a patient undergoing through a therapy session indoors. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299fd4ee6011c3f4ec9f8e Flippo, Benitez-Thompson to face off in November te 2026-06-10T17:33:08.961Z Flippo, Benitez-Thompson to face off in November (The Center Square) - David Flippo, a retired Air Force veteran, is projected to secure the Republican nomination in Nevada's competitive 2nd Congressional District. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299fc0ee6011c3f4ec9f85 pexels-kampus-7556640 te 2026-06-10T17:32:48.480Z pexels-kampus-7556640 Photo by Kampus Production via Pexels Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299faaee6011c3f4ec9f76 Can less sleep slow down aging? te 2026-06-10T17:32:26.089Z Can less sleep slow down aging? Less than six hours of sleep was associated with increased cardiovascular diseases. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299f94ee6011c3f4ec9f6a Can less sleep slow down aging? te 2026-06-10T17:32:04.409Z Can less sleep slow down aging? Photo by Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299f4dee6011c3f4ec9f31 'Whalefall' trailer is here to add getting swallowed by a sperm whale while SCUBA diving to your list of fears te 2026-06-10T17:30:53.289Z 'Whalefall' trailer is here to add getting swallowed by a sperm whale while SCUBA diving to your list of fears The 1975 Steven Spielberg classic "Jaws" famously made several generations of people afraid of the ocean. Now, in 2026, it looks like the upcoming movie "Whalefall" is here to kickstart a whole new bunch of people who will stick to the sand next time they hit the beach. The film is based on Daniel Kraus' 2023 book of the same name, and while there's a lot of depth to the story, it's the boiled-down premise that is going to put butts in seats: man gets swallowed by a sperm whale while scuba diving. I mean, yeah, the Bible already did it, but I'm intrigued. ‘JAWS’ AT 50: HOW ‘PERFECT FILM’ DROVE PUBLIC FASCINATION WITH SHARKS AND STILL MAKES US AFRAID TO SWIM And it's hard not to be intrigued by the trailer that 20th Century Studios just put out because it doesn't pull any punches and shows you what everyone wants to see, and that's star Austin Abrams doing his best impression of chum. Nope. Nope. Nope. Now, I'm a big sperm whale guy. I think they're so cool. They overcame a name that will make any middle schooler chuckle to become one of nature's most underappreciated badasses. Moby-Dick? He was a sperm whale, and he drove a one-legged sea captain to the point of madness. That's awesome. And you know what's cooler than that? Real sperm whales cruise around in the ocean going to war with giant squid. Why? I really have no idea, but for some reason sperm whales and giant squids are like the Hatfields and McCoys of the ocean. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! But imagine coming face to face with one in the open ocean as you saw in that trailer, and then getting swallowed by it. That would be the worst. Your fear of the ocean would go away — which is nice — but it would be quickly replaced with claustrophobia, because the inside of a whale isn't exactly roomy. That's bad. I think I'm sold. I'll probably be venturing out to see this one — which also stars Josh Brolin — when it comes out Oct. 16. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299f35ee6011c3f4ec9ef9 Hopes Dim for Renewing Spy Law as Trump Digs In on Bill Pulte te 2026-06-10T17:30:29.200Z Hopes Dim for Renewing Spy Law as Trump Digs In on Bill Pulte Republicans are struggling to extend a powerful surveillance authority set to lapse this weekend after President Trump alienated lawmakers with his choice of acting spy chief. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299cdcee6011c3f4ec9e4f Netflix expands revamped mobile app across Asia and doubles down on kids’ gaming te 2026-06-10T17:20:28.960Z Netflix expands revamped mobile app across Asia and doubles down on kids’ gaming The media giant is pushing to expand its mobile and gaming business. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299b3aee6011c3f4ec9e29 pexels-karola-g-6633579 te 2026-06-10T17:13:30.729Z pexels-karola-g-6633579 Photo by www.kaboompics.com via Pexels Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299af1ee6011c3f4ec9df2 UFO whistleblower claims billions in secret spending hidden from Congress te 2026-06-10T17:12:17.848Z UFO whistleblower claims billions in secret spending hidden from Congress Unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) whistleblower and former Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch accused intelligence agencies Tuesday of hiding billions of dollars in secret government spending from Congress, as lawmakers renewed demands for records they say federal officials continue to withhold.    His investigation uncovered what he described as "slush funds" — pools of money allegedly operating outside normal congressional oversight channels — worth billions of dollars annually that were allegedly used to support activities operating outside normal oversight channels, Grusch said speaking at a Capitol Hill event alongside members of the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets.  "This is also a real fraud, waste and abuse issue," Grusch said. "During my investigation, I found slush funds to the tune of billions of dollars per annum for these activities." TASK FORCE TO EXPOSE 'FEDERAL SECRETS' ON JFK ASSASSINATION, EPSTEIN, UFOS PACKED WITH GOP REBELS The allegations come as lawmakers and the Trump administration have intensified efforts to declassify government unidentified aerial phenomena records, releasing hundreds of pages of previously secret files and renewing pressure on agencies to disclose what they know about unexplained aerial incidents. Grusch, who served on the Pentagon's Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force and later as the National Reconnaissance Office's representative to the task force, first gained national attention in 2023 when he testified before Congress about alleged government efforts to recover and study unidentified craft.  The Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 budget includes nearly $132 billion in military and national intelligence spending, much of it contained in classified programs accessible only to a limited group of cleared officials and lawmakers. Asked what the government knows about nonhuman intelligence, Grusch claimed the government is aware of "several" different alien species.  "It's a continuum from corporeal bipedal type life to, you know, what I would consider is like sentient plasma life," Grusch said. "But there are several that this government is aware of."  He did not elaborate on the claim or provide evidence during the event. Grusch specifically accused the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Pentagon's primary military intelligence agency, of obstructing congressional oversight efforts, arguing that records requested by lawmakers have not been fully provided despite what he described as lawful requests from Congress. He urged the agency to release additional documents for review and declassification.   The DIA could not immediately be reached for comment.  The Pentagon has consistently said investigations have not uncovered verified evidence of extraterrestrial technology, and previous government reviews have disputed claims that secret crash-retrieval programs exist. A bipartisan group of lawmakers joined Grusch during the press conference, arguing that agencies have continued to resist congressional efforts to obtain information related to unidentified anomalous phenomena. "We would ask questions, and they would then push back. We would ask more questions, and the pushback became more significant," said Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla. "We would try to put language in an amendment, in a bill, and they would oppose it." "There must be real penalties for officials who knowingly withhold information from Congress," added Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo. Moskowitz also tied the debate to broader concerns about Pentagon accountability. "There's trillions of dollars missing at the Pentagon. Where does that money go?" he said. The Pentagon has failed seven consecutive annual audits, though defense officials have said those findings reflect longstanding challenges tracking assets and accounting systems across the department. REP TIM BURCHETT CONVINCED THAT ALIENS EXIST, SAYS HE'S 'SEEN TOO MUCH' IN GOVERNMENT BRIEFINGS Grusch said additional witnesses remain reluctant to come forward because of concerns about retaliation and legal exposure. Burlison called on President Donald Trump to waive nondisclosure agreements for individuals with knowledge of alleged government UAP programs and grant immunity to those willing to testify. "Grant immunity to anyone who has already come forward, and everyone who will come forward," Burlison said. "Open the door and let them speak." "Congress is requesting specific records and videos," Burlison added. "These agencies and contractors know that we know that they exist, and we're going to get them released." Burlison said lawmakers have continued pressing agencies and defense contractors for records they believe remain classified despite recent disclosure efforts. He said his office obtained MQ-9 footage of a UAP incident off the coast of Yemen that was delivered through what he described as a "Tom Clancy-style dead drop." Lawmakers argued that additional disclosures may depend on persuading more witnesses to come forward. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., who chairs the House task force examining the issue, said lawmakers are discussing immunity protections for individuals with knowledge of alleged craft locations, recovered materials or advanced technologies. The renewed push comes as lawmakers seek greater access to information tied to some of the government's most closely held programs. Federal investigators recently alleged that former CIA official David Rush used a fraudulent "special access program" as part of a scheme involving more than $40 million in gold bars and millions in government funds, drawing renewed attention to how highly restricted government programs can operate with limited outside visibility. The event comes weeks after the Trump administration released a major tranche of previously classified UAP records, including military reports, sensor data and witness accounts that had long remained hidden from public view. Lawmakers and disclosure advocates have pointed to those releases as evidence the government is becoming more transparent about UAP investigations, while arguing that significant amounts of information remain classified. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299addee6011c3f4ec9de9 Texas mom jailed over dirty water Facebook post te 2026-06-10T17:11:57.922Z Texas mom jailed over dirty water Facebook post Jennifer Combs says she never set out to become the face of a fight over free speech, dirty water and small-town power. She says she was simply trying to help people in Trinidad, Texas, report problems with their water. Some residents had complained about discoloration, sediment, odors and health concerns. So Combs used her Southern Belle Watch Facebook page to collect reports and send them to the state. Then, according to Combs, the situation took a turn that still sounds hard to believe. She says police came to her home and arrested her on a felony warrant over a Facebook post. "I've never even had a speeding ticket," Combs said. "I'm a mom of four kids. I have one grandbaby right now. I have two more grandbabies on the way." Now, Combs says her arrest has become about something much bigger than one Facebook post. HOW I WAS TRICKED AND LOCKED OUT OF FACEBOOK AFTER BEING HACKED Your phone holds your email, passwords, photos, banking apps and personal data. In this free, live online class, Kurt the CyberGuy will walk you step by step through simple phone security fixes you can do in real time. You’ll learn how to improve your privacy settings, spot the latest phone scams, use trusted security tools and walk away with a simple checklist to stay protected. Register here: CyberGuyLive.com. Jennifer sat down with me for my CyberGuy Report podcast at CyberguyPodcast.com to explain what happened, why she started asking questions and what she wants other communities to learn from her ordeal. Combs says she got involved after seeing a post from an older woman who needed help buying bottled water. According to Combs, the woman was on a fixed income and had already spent part of her monthly money on bottled water. Combs said the woman claimed her doctor had told her not to cook with or drink the tap water. That moment stuck with her. 11 EASY WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR ONLINE PRIVACY IN 2025 "I'm a firm, firm person on transparency," Combs said. "I stand on it. I think if you're going to be in government, there should be zero reasons for you not to be transparent with your people that elected you to be there." So she started collecting complaints. Her plan was simple. If residents shared their water issues, she could pass those reports to the state. That way, inspectors would know where to look. Combs says the water issue had been going on for years in parts of Trinidad. "That's real. That's not AI. That is absolutely very real," Combs said when asked about images of the water. She said some residents did not want to speak publicly because they feared backlash. "A lot of them wanted to be able to message me anonymously, because the retaliation in Trinidad is very, very real," Combs said. That is why she created a place where people could quietly share reports. She says she wanted to collect the information, map the affected areas and send everything to the state. Combs read the Facebook post during our conversation. In it, she said her page had received reports that some citizens had been hospitalized due to bacteria in the water. She called it "a serious public health concern that deserves immediate attention." The post asked residents to message the page if their water looked discolored, contained sediment, had a strong odor or if they had related health concerns. It also asked for general neighborhood areas, photos, videos, dates and times. Combs says the post was later removed by Facebook after it was reported by a select group of people from the community and flagged, though she says Facebook did not tell her why. But before it came down, she says, then-Trinidad Police Chief Charles Gregory had taken a screenshot of it and posted it on the Trinidad Police Department Facebook page, accusing her of making a false report. "I never filed a report with the police department," Combs said. "I only filed a report with the state of Texas with the water."  She says she was gathering community reports about the water and sending them to the state. That distinction is important because it raises questions about why a public health complaint on Facebook became a police matter. We reached out to Meta, Facebook's parent company, for comment, but did not hear back before our deadline. Combs says the city had hired a contractor to help manage the water problem. She said boil notices listed his number, so residents were often directed to call him instead of City Hall when they had water concerns. According to Combs, that created even more frustration. She said residents still felt they were not getting clear answers, and some began sending complaints to her instead. Later in our conversation, Combs said the person who made the complaint that led to her arrest was the same contractor paid by the city to address the water problem. "Do you want to know who that someone is?" Combs said. "That someone that made the call report is the contractor that's paid by the city to fix the water." That detail adds another layer to the story. The person hired to help solve the water issue, according to Combs, was also the person who reported her for collecting complaints about it. FACIAL RECOGNITION JAILS INNOCENT GRANDMOTHER, ATTORNEY SAYS Combs says this all came to a head on April 6. Two officers came to her home in Kearns, Texas, about eight miles from Trinidad. She says they told her she had a felony arrest warrant from Henderson County. "I said, 'Oh, what? What do you mean?'" Combs said. "And they said, 'Yeah, you have a felony arrest warrant. We have to take you to Navarro County Jail.'" Then she was handcuffed in her front yard. "To be handcuffed in my front yard and taken to jail and spend 23 hours in jail before I could get out was very traumatic," Combs said. "It was insane." Combs says she was charged with a felony false report tied to public panic over the water system. "I was just in disbelief, in absolute disbelief," she said. Combs says Gregory later doubled down on Facebook and defended the decision to arrest her. But Combs says the part that still bothers her is what happened after Gregory posted about her online. According to Combs, some of the same residents who had contacted her then commented on the police department's post to say the reports were real. "The people that had made the reports to me commented on there, and they never even interviewed them," Combs said. "They never even talked to them. But they literally commented on his own post saying, 'Hey, this really happened.'" That raises a basic question. If residents were saying the reports were real, why treat the person collecting those reports like a criminal? After Combs arrest, the costs started adding up. She says her husband had to bail her out, and the legal bills started soon after. "It's $2,500," Combs said about the bail amount. "So he had to pay 300 and something to get me out of jail. And then we've had to pay attorney fees." Combs says the felony charge eventually went before a grand jury. The grand jury no-billed the case, meaning it did not indict her. "The grand jury said no bill. Absolutely no part of this," Combs said. "No bill, not enough evidence." That meant the charge was no longer hanging over her head. Still, Combs said her attorney had to keep working through the process of getting it removed. By then, the damage had already been done. Combs had spent nearly a day in jail. Her husband had to bail her out. She had to hire a lawyer. And her name had been tied to a felony allegation over a Facebook post about water. Combs says the fallout did not stop with her arrest. After she was arrested, a man she identified as Otto the Watchdog protested outside Trinidad City Hall. Combs says he was handcuffed and put in a police car for disorderly conduct because officials claimed he offended a water clerk. Then, according to Combs, the water clerk said she was not offended. "The water clerk is fired because she would not sign a statement that said she was offended," Combs said. Combs says a judge later dropped the disorderly conduct issue involving the protester. Then, she says, the city fired that judge. "The judge dropped it. They fired the judge," Combs said. She also said the city attorney was fired the same night. Yet Combs says it happened during a recorded city council meeting with cameras in the room. MICROSOFT CROSSES PRIVACY LINE FEW EXPECTED CyberGuy requested comment from the City of Trinidad. Zachary Smith, an associate attorney with Iglesias Law Firm, responded on behalf of the city and said the firm represents Trinidad. "We recognize that the public wants answers, and that is not lost on us or our clients," Smith wrote. Smith said the city is leaving the details to the legal process. "Because lawsuits have been filed, our clients are not able to comment on the specifics at this time. As you know, this is standard practice in active litigation," Smith wrote. He also defended the city's position. "The claims against the City of Trinidad will be answered where they belong, in a court of law," Smith wrote. "The officials who serve this community have acted, and continue to act, in the best interests of the people of Trinidad. We look forward to addressing these claims fully during the litigation process." People complain online about local problems every day. They post about roads, trash pickup, schools, taxes, crime and public utilities. Some posts are emotional. Some include claims that still need to be checked. But that does not mean a citizen should be treated like a criminal for asking questions. Combs said it best. "You have the right to question what anybody is doing," she said. "You have the right to figure out what is in your water, what you're drinking." Then she added one line that says a lot about her. "I'm never going to tell people, 'Oh, just keep your mouth shut. Don't say anything and just be quiet.' That's not me. I don't hush very well. Combs says the water problem still needs outside attention. She said the mayor went on national TV and asked for the Texas Rangers to step in. Combs also said she had reached out for support. "I need someone to help," Combs said. "It's insane. It's not going to get fixed the way it is." She said people in Trinidad have waited long enough. "They've had all of these years to do it," Combs said. "And now you're putting people in jail for talking about it." That is the part that should make all of us pay attention. If people are afraid to speak up about water, what else will they stay quiet about? At the end of our conversation, I asked Combs what message she has for people who speak out online about local issues. Her answer was direct. "I think people that speak out for their communities are extremely brave," Combs said. "So I'm never going to not tell people to speak out." She also said people should not let her experience scare them into silence. "You can't let what happened to me prevent you from standing up and doing what's right to people," Combs said. "You can't because then there's no good people left." Facebook can be a powerful way to raise local concerns, but you should think carefully before posting. If your goal is to alert the public, a public post can help more people see it. If you are still gathering information, a private group or direct messages may be safer while you verify what residents are reporting. Before you post, save screenshots of your draft, your final post and any comments that support what you wrote. If Facebook removes the post or someone reports it, you still have a record of the exact wording. Also, protect people who contact you. Ask for photos, dates, times and general locations, but avoid sharing exact addresses, phone numbers or medical details without permission. You can show a pattern without exposing someone's private information. Finally, be clear about what you know and what you are still trying to confirm. Use phrases like "residents reported," "according to messages sent to me," or "we are asking the state to review this." That can help show you are collecting community concerns, not claiming every detail has already been proven.  HOW SURVEILLANCE TECH LED POLICE TO ACCUSE THE WRONG PERSON Jennifer Combs says she wanted clean water, transparency and answers. Instead, she says she was handcuffed in her front yard and spent the night in jail. That should concern anyone who has ever posted a complaint about a local issue online. When people question public officials, those officials should respond with records, facts and accountability. They should not turn criticism into a police matter. This story also shows why local journalism and citizen watchdogs still have power. Small towns can have big problems. Sometimes the person asking the uncomfortable question is the one doing the public a favor. The bigger question is simple: If a Facebook post about dirty water can lead to a felony arrest, what would stop another local government from trying the same thing? To hear Jennifer tell her story in her own words, check out The CyberGuy Report podcast at CyberguyPodcast.com. Have you ever spoken up about a local problem and felt ignored, intimidated or brushed aside? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299ac4ee6011c3f4ec9d9d ‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI te 2026-06-10T17:11:32.249Z ‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI The most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That's not more than an engineer's salary — yet. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299aafee6011c3f4ec9d82 How Mohave County circumvented library policy to purge LGBTQ+ books te 2026-06-10T17:11:11.290Z How Mohave County circumvented library policy to purge LGBTQ+ books Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299a9bee6011c3f4ec9d79 Arizona faces 77% cut in share of Colorado River as states remain deadlocked over water allocation te 2026-06-10T17:10:51.287Z Arizona faces 77% cut in share of Colorado River as states remain deadlocked over water allocation Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299a7eee6011c3f4ec9d6c Fox Tucson Theatre lands $5M naming rights deal te 2026-06-10T17:10:22.654Z Fox Tucson Theatre lands $5M naming rights deal The Fox Tucson Theatre announced a $5 million naming rights deal with Hughes Federal Credit Union on June 4, the largest single contribution to date in the theater's campaign to expand into a full performing arts complex. The project is expected to be completed and open by 2030, coinciding with the theater's centennial. The new event center will allow the theater to host a wider range of events, including weddings, educational programming and corporate or nonprofit events. The center will include a grand lobby and bar for pre- and post-show events and receptions, a catering kitchen, spaces for community programming, a rooftop terrace, additional restrooms and full ADA accessibility, with public elevators and curbside drop-off. It will also include a second-floor performance space for youth performances, local artists and more intimate touring performances. The Fox Tucson Theatre's Kids in the Theatre program brings 15,000 young people to the theater annually through school matinees, family shows, summer camps and autism-friendly events. The program also partners with community organizations to provide free tickets to Title I schools, teachers and caregivers. Fox leadership said the new event center's dedicated youth space will allow them to expand partnerships with school districts and nonprofit organizations. Your membership pays emerging journalists to cover Southern Arizona the way it deserves. The Fox Tucson Theatre expansion will include expanded lobbies and a second entrance with grand corner footprint. Courtesy of Swaim Associates, Ltd. The entrance for the event center will be located along Stone Avenue and include a curbside drop-off area in front. Fox Tucson Theatre Executive Director Bonnie Schock noted the theater's status as a community asset, saying it serves as a model for creativity in the city. She said the expansion will increase accessibility, opportunity and economic activity. "This extraordinary commitment is an investment in Tucson's future in education and gives tourism, accessibility, economic development in community gathering space, in togetherness and well-being and in the arts that have enriched all of our lives," Schock said. "The Hughes Center at the Fox will serve as the stone album entrance for an expanded performing arts complex integrated with the beloved historical theatre." Schock said both the Fox and Hughes Federal Credit Union have a history of showing up for the community. Hughes Chief Experience Officer Elisa Ross pointed to the credit union's efforts to support initiatives including youth education and science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics programming. "The Fox's mission and our mission align perfectly, representing the same goals in different forms," Ross said. "And research backs this up. Children who participate in the arts programs are measurably more likely to stay engaged in school, stay connected to their communities and face fewer significant challenges. That's not a feel-good statistic, that's an outcome." Fox Tucson Theatre Executive Director Bonnie Schock and Hughes Federal Credit Union Chief Experience Officer Elisa Ross shake hands at a June 4 news conference revealing the naming of the Hughes Federal Credit Union Event Cente. Ian Stash / Tucson Spotlight. Ross said that as a credit union, Hughes answers to its members rather than stockholders, and that she believed those members would support an investment that makes Tucson more vibrant. Ross expressed hope that the opportunities the event center will create for families and performers will expand far beyond the 10-year naming rights deal. This is the first time a Tucson performing arts facility has received a corporate naming. The event center will join the Fox Tucson Theatre as part of a broader Fox Tucson Performing Arts Complex, with the only physical change to the historic theater being the addition of doorways connecting the two spaces, preserving its status on the National Register of Historic Places. Fox leadership predicts that when completed, the performing arts center will see 150,000 guests and generate $18 million in annual revenue. Hughes' $5 million contribution is the largest single gift in the Fox Tucson Theatre's $26.6 million campaign, which organizers said has reached the halfway point. Hughes Federal Credit Union is challenging community members to make $100,000 donations or pledges before the end of the year to help support a 2028 groundbreaking. Ian Stash is University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist in Tucson. Contact him at ianjgs16@gmail.com. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299870ee6011c3f4ec9d20 Texas Tech cannot play the victim in Brendan Sorsby saga, it could’ve dealt with PR mess months ago te 2026-06-10T17:01:36.971Z Texas Tech cannot play the victim in Brendan Sorsby saga, it could’ve dealt with PR mess months ago How many times does someone have to break the rules before consequences have to be paid for the wrongdoings? I'd imagine plenty of college football fans were asking this question over the past 72 hours while watching the fallout from Brendan Sorsby being granted an injunction that will allow him to play this season for Texas Tech. There comes a point when one has to ask themselves how much there is to gain from allowing an athlete to stay on the team when there is so much backlash coming from outside sources. On Monday, a Texas judge granted the Red Raiders quarterback an injunction, after being presented evidence by Sorsby himself and the NCAA, that showed he had been gambling for the past four years on a variety of sports. TEXAS TECH'S BRENDAN SORSBY WON ROUND 2, BUT THE NCAA IS COMING BACK SWINGING IN LANDMARK CASE This included placing bets on his own team to win, while he was on the roster at Indiana, which added up to 40 different wagers, according to Sorsby. In addition to gambling on the Hoosiers, while on the team, the quarterback also placed a number of bets on Indiana basketball. Then, when he transferred to Cincinnati, he placed additional bets on the Bearcats basketball team, along with more than $6,000 on other college football games. When it was all said and done, Sorsby admitted to wagering $90,000 on sports betting, which did not stop when he arrived at Texas Tech, telling the NCAA he wagered an additional $5,000 through his friends. I would guess that fans of the football team are most likely divided on the inside, if they were telling the truth. In reality, I'd imagine athletic director Kirby Hocutt and Texas Tech megabooster Cody Campbell probably feel a tad awkward knowing they will end up paying Sorsby more than $4 million to play football this season in Lubbock. But lost in the ill-timed posts on social media from Campbell, or the awkward statements coming from the school regarding its starting quarterback, is a reality that this public bashing could’ve been prevented from day one of the school finding out the transfer portal addition had been breaking NCAA, and federal, laws since he first enrolled in college. COLLEGE ATHLETICS INTEGRITY 'LEFT THE BUILDING' AFTER JUDGE LETS SORSBY PLAY DESPITE GAMBLING ADMISSION In speaking with multiple sources regarding the financials tied to Sorsby, there are plenty of conversations being quietly held behind closed doors across the country about why Texas Tech would not initiate the ethics clause in the NIL contract and just cut its losses. Sure, there would be a number of hurdles wrapped up in the process, which would include medical provisions based upon Sorsby's 'mental health disorder' of addiction that his attorneys presented in court as an argument against the NCAA. Most contracts that athletes are signing have 'outs' for schools and third-party collectives, centered around breaking NCAA rules triggering a way for schools to get rid of the problem. In no way am I implying this would be easy, but to act as if there isn’t at least an avenue to turn down would be a lie. HAIL MARY IN LUBBOCK: BRENDAN SORSBY’S LAST SHOT AT BEATING NCAA GAMBLING ALLEGATIONS In a number of cases, the school or collective, could try to collect on payments already made by either negotiating with the athlete's representation or taking the athlete to court. "If this was the second-string running back or offensive lineman, I would think Texas Tech would not want to deal with the hassle," one Power-4 athletic director told FOX News. "Have you seen social media or the public statements from opposing schools over the past few days? "This is a problem, but they (Texas Tech) are clearly putting their foot in the ground and sticking by him, for now." Right now, the Big 12 Conference is searching through bylaws and legal notifications for a way to potentially punish the football program for keeping Brendan Sorsby on the roster. Conference athletic directors spent a majority of their meeting on Tuesday letting it be known how much they disagree with what Texas Tech is doing, according to sources briefed on the conversations. At first, this was a personal matter. But, the moment Texas Tech decided to ride this wave and only suspend him for two games of the upcoming season, they essentially entered the ring with him. The reality is that Texas Tech can no longer act as though they've done nothing wrong. That ship has sailed, and it doesn’t look as though it's coming back into port. And, I can't say I blame the Red Raiders if they are willing to be the 'heel' (bad guy) in this equation. They've come this far. What's the point of bailing now? "I've been Governor of Massachusetts for eight years now and President of the NCAA for the last three years. This is a new low. I'll leave it at that. We're appealing already and we'll pursue every legal avenue that's available to us," NCAA president Charlie Baker said on Tuesday evening. Given that the NCAA has formally filed an appeal to the Seventh Court of Appeals, while asking for an expedited process, the next few months are going to be a public relations nightmare for the Texas Tech athletic department. COLLEGE QUARTERBACK WHO BET ON HIS OWN TEAM ALLOWED TO PLAY IN LANDMARK RULING, NCAA FILES APPEAL IN COURT If you haven’t noticed, it looks as though schools across the country are ready to get their shots in on the program, and rightfully so. By 'standing beside' their transfer quarterback in Lubbock, the NCAA of all organizations has garnered empathy from fans across the country. In what world did you think that would happen after the previous 30 years? Obviously, the Texas Tech administration is not looking as though they are going to give into the pressure and cut bait. I'd say there are plenty of CFP reasons why they shouldn’t at the moment. Though, we are past the point of acting as though the athletic department in Lubbock is just abiding by the injunction granted by a Texas judge. And again, I'm not blaming the Red Raiders for their stance to go full 'NWO' of college sports. But, we can also no longer act as though Texas Tech has done nothing wrong. The school might not have known about the laws broken by its transfer quarterback three months ago, but darn sure know now. So, whatever happens next, happens next. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299859ee6011c3f4ec9cf9 Nevada Attorney General Wins Democratic Nomination for Governor te 2026-06-10T17:01:13.929Z Nevada Attorney General Wins Democratic Nomination for Governor Aaron Ford easily outpaced a Washoe County commissioner, Alexis Hill, for the nod to take on Gov. Joe Lombardo in November. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299845ee6011c3f4ec9cf0 Democrats Face Another Long Wait for Results in Maine Swing District te 2026-06-10T17:00:53.927Z Democrats Face Another Long Wait for Results in Maine Swing District No candidate cleared 50 percent in the Democratic primary race to replace Representative Jared Golden, sending the race into ranked-choice voting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29982aee6011c3f4ec9cba GOP lawmaker ties endangered wolves to ‘global government’ as Arizona ban heads to Hobbs te 2026-06-10T17:00:26.808Z GOP lawmaker ties endangered wolves to ‘global government’ as Arizona ban heads to Hobbs Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299612ee6011c3f4ec9c7c Nadler goes out of his way to rip Trump's Knicks game appearance during Sports Broadcasting Act hearing te 2026-06-10T16:51:30.567Z Nadler goes out of his way to rip Trump's Knicks game appearance during Sports Broadcasting Act hearing President Donald Trump took some heat during Wednesday's examination of the Sports Broadcasting Act. Representatives ripped the National Football League for broadcasting games exclusively to streaming services, costing some fans nearly $1,000 to watch their favorite teams. However, one Democratic rep felt it necessary to take an unrelated swipe at Trump after he attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Trump became the first sitting president to attend the NBA Finals when he watched his hometown New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks won the first two games of the series in San Antonio before dropping Monday's home game. In a hearing that was largely about the NFL having fans pay absurd prices to watch games on streaming sites, Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., seemed to blame Trump for the Knicks' loss. "We cannot discuss anything related to sports today without taking note of the sports story happening in this country today – the New York Knicks' drive for an NBA championship. Tonight is Game 4, and as long as Donald Trump stays far away from Madison Square Garden, the Knicks should do fine. Let's go Knicks," Nadler said. TRUMP SAYS NBA IS 'GOOD ENTERTAINMENT' DESPITE IT BEING 'A LITTLE LEFT-WING' AFTER ATTENDING FINALS Trump received a massive reaction from the Madison Square Garden crowd on Monday, mostly in contrast with how he was received in Florida for the college football national championship. Trump’s arrival in New York involved enhanced security throughout the city. A security fence went up around MSG. The Secret Service and other law enforcement officials performed their duties to the highest standard, which meant longer lines and wait times to get into the arena. Watch parties in the area were canceled, with the NYPD claiming it was because of security for Trump’s visit. They will return for Game 4 on Wednesday. Trump has attended numerous sporting events since beginning his second term, including the Super Bowl in New Orleans two seasons ago, the Daytona 500, the college football national championship, the men's tennis U.S. Open and the Ryder Cup, among others. Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2995feee6011c3f4ec9c73 Navy veteran who won CNN defamation case appeals lawsuit against the Associated Press over 'smuggling' claim te 2026-06-10T16:51:10.720Z Navy veteran who won CNN defamation case appeals lawsuit against the Associated Press over 'smuggling' claim The U.S. Navy veteran who successfully sued CNN for defamation earlier this year continued his crusade against the media on Tuesday when appealing his defamation suit against the Associated Press.  A panel of three judges on Florida’s First District Court of Appeal heard arguments from both sides after Zachary Young’s defamation lawsuit against the AP was tossed out last year. Young believes he was defamed when AP media reporter David Bauder wrote that "Young’s business helped smuggle people out of Afghanistan" when covering the CNN trial in a January 2025 article.  The AP’s counsel, Charles Tobin, dismissed the organization’s own style when Judge L. Clayton Roberts said, "It says ‘smuggling’ is an illegal activity." JUDGE TOSSES LATEST DEFAMATION SUITS FROM NAVY VET WHO BEAT CNN, SAYS SOME SEQUELS ‘SHOULD NOT BE MADE’ The AP Stylebook is widely considered the industry standard for journalists and used in newsrooms throughout the world.  "It says, ‘human smuggling’ is an illegal activity, or ‘people smuggling,’ the whole point of defining a term, Your Honor, we do this in our briefs every day, is to use the term consistently from case-to-case moment-to-moment within it as you're walking through a brief," Tobin said.  "The AP did not use the terms in its Stylebook," Tobin continued. "The stylebook… is inapplicable to the circumstances of this case." NAVY VETERAN WHO PROVED CNN DEFAMED HIM SUES ASSOCIATED PRESS, SAYS HE WAS FALSELY PAINTED AS ‘SMUGGLER’ NewsBusters associate editor Nicholas Fondacaro, who has covered Young’s legal plight since the early days of the CNN lawsuit, was baffled by the argument.  "Tobin’s argument was eyebrow-raising given that he prefaced his comments with how important it was for legal professionals to have common definitions for words, but then rhetorically tossed away a stylebook for journalists and newsrooms, which provided the same function," Fondacaro wrote.  Young’s counsel Lisa Glass seemed to agree.  "We just heard the attorney for the Associated Press get up here and say that its stylebook, which is a handbook for journalists, for students worldwide, does not apply to this case, that its reporter should not be held to what it says," Glass said. "Words matter. The AP created its own stylebook to ensure that." In January 2025, a Florida jury found that CNN defamed Young by implying he illegally profited when helping people flee Afghanistan on the "black market" during the Biden administration's military withdrawal from the country in 2021.  CNN DEFAMATION JUROR WOULD HAVE AWARDED NAVY VETERAN ‘UP TO $100 MILLION’ BEFORE SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED Young was awarded $4 million in lost earnings, $1 million in personal damages, and the jury found that punitive damages were also warranted against CNN. A settlement was reached before punitive damages were decided by the jury.  Judge William Henry of Florida’s 14th Judicial Circuit, who also presided over Young’s CNN trial, dismissed his lawsuit against the AP in September. The judge compared Young’s follow-up lawsuit to movie sequels that "should not be made."  Young’s legal team appealed, requesting a new judge. A timeframe for a ruling was not provided during Tuesday’s hearing.  The AP, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital regarding the appeal, has defended its reporting throughout the process.  "AP’s story was a factual and accurate report on the jury verdict finding in Zachary Young’s favor. We will vigorously defend our reporting against this frivolous lawsuit," an AP spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2995d2ee6011c3f4ec9c44 The Indian government got cold feet on Starlink just before SpaceX’s IPO te 2026-06-10T16:50:26.560Z The Indian government got cold feet on Starlink just before SpaceX’s IPO Problems with Starlink's India expansion could challenge SpaceX's IPO growth story. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2993bbee6011c3f4ec9c06 A New York university faces Justice Department investigation over 'Black Male Initiative' te 2026-06-10T16:41:31.205Z A New York university faces Justice Department investigation over 'Black Male Initiative' The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division announced an investigation into the City University of New York (CUNY) over its "Black Male Initiative (BMI)." According to the CUNY website, BMI’s mission "is to increase, encourage, and support the inclusion and educational success of students from groups that are severely underrepresented in higher education, in particular African, African American/Black, Caribbean and Latino/Hispanic males." In a press release on Tuesday, the DOJ confirmed that it has begun investigating the New York institution for potentially violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race or color by institutions that receive federal financial aid. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANGES 'ILLEGAL' PROGRAM THAT EXCLUDED WHITE MEN "Race can never play a role when deciding how to distribute educational resources or opportunities," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said in a statement. "This Justice Department will not tolerate universities directing educational benefits to certain students over others based on their race." The DOJ clarified that the Civil Rights Division "has not reached any conclusions" regarding the university yet. Fox News Digital reached out to CUNY for comment but did not immediately receive a response. NEW YORK GOVERNOR WARNED TO FIX RACE-BASED COLLEGE PROGRAM OR BE TAKEN TO COURT The Black Male Initiative began at the City University of New York approximately 21 years ago with the goal of increasing the enrollment, retention and graduation rates of underrepresented students. The initiative was originally investigated in 2012 under the Obama administration, which determined it was "permissible for a college to conduct race-targeted recruiting." The initiative was also the subject of a civil rights complaint last month by the Equal Protection Project (EPP), which noted that BMI operates across 24 New York campuses and that White students are more often than not minorities at CUNY. "If CUNY had a 'White Male Initiative' structured similarly to BMI such race-based recruiting would not be tolerated, much less funded and promoted. It is up to DOJ to ensure that the civil rights laws are enforced in a race-neutral manner," the EPP wrote in its complaint. FEDERAL PROBE CLAIMS UNIVERSITIES ARE 'LEGITIMIZING AND AMPLIFYING ANTISEMITISM' This announcement is the latest in a long list of investigations by the Trump administration into U.S. universities for allegedly violating civil rights through initiatives that favored minority students. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2993a7ee6011c3f4ec9bfd FIRST ON FOX: SPLC's tax-exempt status under threat after fiery Capitol Hill hearing te 2026-06-10T16:41:11.358Z FIRST ON FOX: SPLC's tax-exempt status under threat after fiery Capitol Hill hearing FIRST ON FOX: A left-wing nonprofit accused by the Department of Justice of secretly funding the extremism it claims to combat is facing a new threat from Capitol Hill. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced legislation Wednesday that would revoke the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) tax-exempt status, ramping up pressure on the civil rights nonprofit organization amid a federal probe into alleged financial crimes.  The measure’s introduction comes after Roy vowed Tuesday to target the law center’s tax-exempt status after grilling Bryan Fair, the SPLC's interim chief executive, about its record of targeting mainstream conservative organizations during a contentious oversight hearing. "The SPLC has built a business in smearing Christian conservatives and profiting from labeling its ideological opponents as ‘extremists’ and ‘hate groups,’" Roy said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital. "Tax-exempt status should be reserved for charitable organizations serving the public good — not groups engaged in partisan political warfare." FIRST ON FOX: SPLC’S LEGAL WOES GROW AS JIM JORDAN FIRES LATEST SALVO AT LEFT-WING GROUP "The Stop SPLC Act would simply revoke the SPLC’s tax-exempt status and end the special tax benefits it has enjoyed for far too long," he added. A spokesperson for the nonprofit did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  The legislation comes as the SPLC is accused of routing $4.1 million in tax-exempt donor funds to various extremist organizations — including the Ku Klux Klan and the United Klans of America — between 2010 and 2023, using fictitious accounts and committing bank fraud to conceal the payments. The group has insisted its informant program "saved lives," but federal prosecutors allege hate groups that received the donor money used a portion of it for recruitment purposes and to purchase materials, such as wood for cross burnings and KKK paraphernalia. Fair has denied that the SPLC did anything wrong and largely declined to discuss the allegations Tuesday. The law center has 501(c)(3) status as a nonprofit organization, which means financial contributions to the group are tax-deductible. HOW MUTINY AT SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER TRIGGERED LEADERSHIP COLLAPSE Roy’s bill could threaten the group’s flush finances, as donations surged during the period it operated the now-defunct informant program.  "Advancing hatred has become quite profitable for the SPLC, as in 2024, the organization had over $829 million in assets and an endowment of approximately $730.8 million and $120.9 million in revenue," Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wy., said Tuesday. "The bulk of this money comes from the contributions of the SPLC donors." Turning Point USA, the Family Research Council and Moms for Liberty are among the conservative organizations listed on the law center’s annual "hate map" database alongside neo-Nazi and White supremacist groups. GOP lawmakers pressed Fair Tuesday about those designations and the notable omission of leftist groups. "How many leftist anti-Jewish groups do you have listed on your website," Roy asked Fair. "How many extremist Islamic groups do you have?" Fair did not name an organization that fit either criteria, prompting Roy to suggest that the left-wing nonprofit intentionally targets conservative Christian groups. "So you think there's a bunch of Islamic groups that are pro-LGBTQ?" the Texas lawmaker then asked Fair, triggering laughs from the hearing room. "Is that the position of the SPLC? I just want to make sure the record is reflecting that." "We target no group or label … because of its religion," Fair insisted. Fair also defended the law center’s decision to designate Turning Point, a conservative youth activism powerhouse founded by the late Charlie Kirk, as an extremist organization. "It is our position that TPUSA expresses views and vilifies other people based on immutable characteristics, exposing them to our listing," Fair told Roy.  Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk slammed Fair’s comments during a post on social media Tuesday. "Turning Point USA has, from the beginning, stood for open conversations and respectful debate regardless of creed or color," Kirk, the wife of the late Charlie Kirk, said. "All along, the real hate group is the SPLC, which recklessly sows hate every day with its lies." Roy has also introduced legislation to revoke the tax-exempt status of the national Muslim advocacy group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), but the bill has since stalled in committee. Republicans have sharply criticized the nonprofit over alleged ties to terrorism. 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Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299180ee6011c3f4ec9b78 Emergency action seeks to prevent erasure of 'mother' and 'father' in code of largest US town te 2026-06-10T16:32:00.639Z Emergency action seeks to prevent erasure of 'mother' and 'father' in code of largest US town Officials in America's most populated township are taking urgent action to stop a Democrat-backed bill that would replace "mother" and "father" in New York State law with gender-neutral parental terms. The emergency resolution from Hempstead Township comes just days after New York State Legislature passed a bill that would replace "mother" with the term "gestating parent" and "father" with "non-gestating parent." It would also change "paternity" to "parentage." Democrats say the measure is an effort to be more "inclusive" of the state's residents with non-traditional "gender identities." It is now awaiting action from Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul. Hempstead Township Supervisor John Ferretti told Fox News Digital the legislation is "woke nonsense." "As a father of two, it was an insult to me and to my wife," Ferretti said in an interview on Tuesday. "As soon as I learned, the first thing I did was bring my wife into our bedroom and say, 'Look what they did up in Albany. They're eliminating the terms mother and father from state law.'" His nine-year-old daughter overheard the conversation and got upset, asking Ferretti: "Can I still call you dad?" BILL REPLACING 'MOTHER' AND 'FATHER' WITH GENDER-NEUTRAL TERMS PASSES IN NEW YORK, HEADS TO HOCHUL'S DESK "It really hit close to home," he continued. "We need to take a stand in the Town of Hempstead, the largest township in America, and make sure that we make it clear not just to residents in the Town of Hempstead, but to residents throughout New York State, that we won't stand for this kind of woke nonsense." While the 2026 legislative session ended last week, Hochul has until the end of the year to sign the bill into law. Hochul told reporters last week that she had not yet reviewed the proposal. "I have until the end of the year to review them and make a decision, so I won't be commenting on pending legislation," Hochul said during a news conference, according to FOX 5 New York. Ferretti said he hopes Hochul ultimately rejects the bill, but said she'll wait to act until after the election "because she's not brave enough to take a stand." He said that the emergency resolution in Hempstead is intended to ensure the town continues recognizing the terms "mother" and "father" in its own laws and policies, regardless of whether the state measure ultimately becomes law. LONG ISLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE VOWS TO ‘PROTECT’ WOMEN’S SPORTS AFTER APPEALS COURT HALTS TRANS ATHLETE BAN "We're taking a stand because we will not allow woke Democrat liberals in New York State and the New York State Legislature to erase the traditional family," Ferretti said. "They did not pass a law that adds language. They passed a law that erases mother and father from certain statutes under New York state law, and that's completely unacceptable." "If Albany wanted to add additional language to their state laws, they could have added additional language, and we would not be discussing this right now," Ferretti continued. "Instead, they chose to erase mother and father and replace it, and we won't stand for that." Ferretti said the resolution has garnered support from Republican lawmakers representing Nassau County, including Assembly Minority Leader Ed Ra, state Sen. Steve Rhoads, Assemblywoman Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick and other members of the county's Republican legislative delegation. GOP LAWMAKERS, RILEY GAINES SLAM DEMOCRATS FOR VOTING AGAINST PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SPORTS ACT Republican gubernatorial candidate and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman also blasted the proposal on social media. "In Kathy Hochul's New York, 'mom' is now defined as 'gestating parent,'" Blakeman wrote. "Not when I'm Governor! I'll stand up for moms and dads against this insanity." The fight marks the latest cultural flashpoint involving Hempstead, a Republican-led township of roughly 800,000 residents located on Long Island and within Nassau County. Hempstead officials previously backed measures include a push to keep biological males from competing in girls' and women's sports athletic facilities operated by Hempstead Township. Conservative groups are also mobilizing against the parental-language bill. "It's just absurd, but also inherently dehumanizing," Maggie McKneely with Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee told Fox News Digital. "It reduces women to just their reproductive organs, but women are so much more than that. They are individuals with unique abilities and capabilities, and yes, motherhood is one of the greatest things that a woman can be. Being a mother is an incredible gift," McKneely continued. "Women do so much more than that, and to reduce them to just whether or not they are capable of gestating a child is really sad and dehumanizing. To reduce men to being just non-gestating people is just really sad." Fox News Digital reached out to Hochul's office for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299168ee6011c3f4ec9b6a Cardi B claims Donald Trump’s attendance brought a 'dark' energy to NBA Finals Game 3 te 2026-06-10T16:31:36.169Z Cardi B claims Donald Trump’s attendance brought a 'dark' energy to NBA Finals Game 3 Some people find a way to blame President Donald Trump for just about everything. Apparently, that now includes the New York Knicks losing an NBA Finals game. Following New York's 115-111 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 on Monday night, rapper Cardi B suggested Trump's presence at Madison Square Garden may have brought some bad juju into the building. Trump, who became the first sitting U.S. president to attend an NBA Finals game, was in attendance as the Spurs snapped the Knicks' 13-game playoff winning streak and cut New York's series lead to 2-1. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE After the game, Cardi B hopped on Instagram Live, where one fan asked whether Trump was "bad luck" for the Knicks. "It probably was. But it is what it is," Cardi said. "You can't stop the president from f---ing going to a game. But it did feel a little dark in there." The Bronx-born rapper, who performed at halftime during Game 3, compared the atmosphere inside Madison Square Garden to having a school principal unexpectedly walk into class. "It felt like the principal was there and everybody had to be on their best behavior," she said. To be fair, Trump's visit did bring heightened security around the arena, with road closures and an increased Secret Service presence surrounding Madison Square Garden. Cardi B acknowledged as much, saying she understood why the precautions were necessary and even got a firsthand look at the presidential security detail. Still, blaming Trump for the Knicks' fourth-quarter shooting woes might be a bit of a stretch. New York shot just 2-for-12 from three-point range in the final frame, while Victor Wembanyama poured in 32 points to lead San Antonio to the win. Unless the president secretly suited up for the Spurs or put a curse on New York's shooters, the Knicks may have to look elsewhere for an explanation. TRUMP TORCHES STEPHEN A SMITH'S PRESIDENTIAL HOPES AFTER KNICKS LOSE GAME 3 WITH TRUMP AT MSG Cardi B isn't the first person to connect Trump's appearance to the loss, though. Before tipoff, ESPN personality and noted Knicks fan Stephen A. Smith said he'd blame Trump if New York lost, prompting a sharp response from the president afterward. Speaking to reporters following the game, Trump questioned whether Smith — who has teased a White House bid more than once — has the intelligence necessary to run for president. The good news for Knicks fans is they'll get another shot Wednesday night when Game 4 tips off at Madison Square Garden. And if New York loses again, that'll probably be Trump's fault, too. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29913eee6011c3f4ec9b5c A Catholic Mayor Commissioned Statues of Saints. Residents Revolted. te 2026-06-10T16:30:54.727Z A Catholic Mayor Commissioned Statues of Saints. Residents Revolted. The mayor of Quincy, Mass., is being sued over 10-foot statues of two Catholic saints that he wants to install in front of a new public safety complex. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a299128ee6011c3f4ec9b46 Trump-Backed Air Force Veteran Wins Republican House Primary in Nevada te 2026-06-10T16:30:32.728Z Trump-Backed Air Force Veteran Wins Republican House Primary in Nevada David Flippo won his party’s nomination for a safely Republican open seat, defeating a candidate backed by the G.O.P. governor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298f88ee6011c3f4ec9aef World Series champion John Smoltz warns MLB 'cannot afford' a work stoppage with CBA set to expire te 2026-06-10T16:23:36.083Z World Series champion John Smoltz warns MLB 'cannot afford' a work stoppage with CBA set to expire Major League Baseball is in a great spot right now, and World Series champion John Smoltz said the sport cannot afford a work stoppage. The CBA between MLB and MLBPA is set to expire at the end of the season, setting up what looks to be a long and contentious period of negotiations over the winter. Smoltz said this head-on collision has been coming for a long time, and the two sides can’t afford to get it wrong. "We know that if they don't get this worked out, baseball will suffer. They cannot afford to have a stoppage with all the good that has been done and all the great games that have played late lately with the World Series," Smoltz told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM MLB is pushing hard for a salary cap to be implemented, while the MLBPA is vehemently opposed to the salary cap. Smoltz recognizes there is a competitive-balance issue and disparity, but thinks a lot of the spending has been done on purpose. "There's a competition issue in baseball and a disparity that's bigger than ever, and I think a lot of it's been on purpose to get to this point when you have the Dodgers spending beyond belief and the Mets spending beyond belief. Until recently, nothing guaranteed a championship," Smoltz said. "The Dodgers have been back-to-back champions for the first time since the Yankees. That's the uniqueness of 162 games. You have basically eight to 10 teams that don't try to win at all." The Dodgers won the World Series in 2024 and 2025, becoming the first team to repeat as champion since the New York Yankees won three championships in a row from 1998-2000. The Baseball Hall of Famer said he questions the thought that one brand-new system will automatically fix the current issues. WORLD SERIES CHAMPION JOHN SMOLTZ WARNS BASEBALL 'WILL SUFFER' IF ABS SYSTEM IS APPLIED TO ALL PITCHES "There is a disparity within baseball that some system is claiming that it's going to fix. I question that big time. Until you have teams and owners that want to put the best product they can on the field in their market, it's hard for me to be able to tell somebody what they can and can't spend in a free market world," Smoltz said. "However, this is a monopoly, right? This is an antirust. There's definitely a separate system for Major League Baseball." Smoltz pointed out that the game has gotten younger, and with that, 2% of the players make 98% of the money. He said that careers are getting shorter, pushing veterans out of the game. The Atlanta Braves legend also noted that a salary cap has not translated to a competitive environment in other professional sports leagues. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "Because if you look at every other sport and what they've tried to do and you can make an argument that you know salary caps in other sports have not exactly produced a competitive environment where most teams have a chance," Smoltz said. "It's actually made super teams in the NBA for the longest time." MLB and the MLBPA traded formal proposals for the first time at the end of May, and as expected, the two sides are far apart. The MLBPA offered a proposal first, and MLB countered with a salary cap and salary floor, and no formal proposals have been made since. Major League Baseball said in an announcement last month that viewership for exclusive national games is up 44% over last season, and the best of the last nine seasons. Regardless of the solution for the MLB and MLBPA, Smoltz just wants to see something worked out so baseball can continue to build on its momentum. The eight-time All-Star spent 21 seasons in the big leagues, 20 of those with the Braves. He spent his last season with the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox. Smoltz has a career record of 213-155, an ERA of 3.33 and 154 saves, as he converted to a reliever for a few seasons after his Tommy John surgery. He is competing in the American Century Championship, which takes place July 10-12 at Edgewood Golf Course in Lake Tahoe. The tournament will be broadcast on NBC and Peacock. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298f74ee6011c3f4ec9ae6 Pairing nine World Cup contenders with their college football counterparts ahead of 2026 tournament te 2026-06-10T16:23:16.079Z Pairing nine World Cup contenders with their college football counterparts ahead of 2026 tournament When it comes to fandom, few can rival international soccer fanatics. It's hard to find a group of people more fervent than the ones who support a World Cup powerhouse. Luckily for us Americans, we have college football, which is basically the closest thing to European or South American soccer when it comes to just how insane we get about it. The two sports actually parallel each other better than either fan base would like to admit, so today I wanted to take a look at nine contenders in the 2026 World Cup and compare them to their college football counterparts. SHAKIRA, MADONNA AND BTS CO-HEADLINE FIRST-EVER WORLD CUP FINAL HALFTIME SHOW We are looking at these teams and programs through a historical lens, and judging them based on their history, fanbase, trophy case, and more. This way, if you are a college football fan trying to catch World Cup fever, you can pick who you want to root for based on how they match the college programs you like or don't like. It's not an exact science, but let's have some fun with it! Let's start with an interesting case on either end. The Netherlands' national team is fun to watch, has produced plenty of good players, has cool, eye-catching uniforms, and has come close a few times while never winning it all. Sounds a lot like the Oregon Ducks to me. They did win the Euros back in 1988, which is basically like winning a souped-up conference title, but their best finishes in the World Cup are a few second-place finishes in 1974, 1978 and 2010. They even invented a fun attacking style of soccer with Total Football back in the 1970s that revolutionized the game, much like Chip Kelly did with his spread attack in the late 2000s and early 2010s. The Tigers and La Roja have a lot in common in the sense that both are considered powerhouses in their respective sports and while a lot of fans think of them as traditional blue bloods at this point, they both found their successes fairly recently. SPORTS TEAMS THAT WERE CROWNED CHAMPIONS IN 2024 Clemson won a national championship back in 1982, but their dominance came in the 2010s under Dabo Swinney, while Spain started their own dominant run at the 2008 Euros before winning the World Cup in 2010 and bookending that with another Euro win in 2012. Even though Clemson fans feel as though they've fallen on hard times, they just won a conference championship back in 2024, coinciding perfectly with Spain's win at the 2024 Euros. Spain has all the talent they need to win the World Cup again in 2026, but the same could have been said for Clemson in 2025, so let's hope for Spanish soccer fans' sakes that they don't parallel each other that closely. Every college football fan knows two things about the Texas A&M Aggies: they always recruit well and have a ton of top-level athletes on their roster, and they don't have a damn thing to show for it. Sounds a lot like Belgium, who are currently in the midst of their second "Golden Generation," with a roster full of players littered all over top-flight European club teams. However, aside from an Olympic gold medal from more than 100 years ago, the Red Devils have a very empty trophy case. TEXAS A&M TRYING TO REPEAT HISTORY WITH TORRID HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITING PACE DURING 2027 CYCLE Belgium came into tournaments like the 2016 Euros and 2022 World Cup highly ranked and expecting to make a splash, only to leave way earlier than anyone anticipated. Fans of both have had to endure constant razzing for underperforming on the big stage. Both USC and Brazil are considered powerhouses in college football and world soccer, respectively, producing some of the greatest players to ever live and capturing countless trophies in the process. USC COACH LINCOLN RILEY MAKES BOLD CLAIM, SAYS USC IS READY TO WIN 'CHAMPIONSHIPS' These two programs are some of the most recognizable brands in their respective sports, and have young and old fans who remember them as winners. However, both are still in search of that "next title," having won it all last in the early to mid 2000s before experiencing dry spells in the late 2000s through the 2010s. From Pele and Marcus Allen to Neymar and Reggie Bush, you can't tell the story of the World Cup or college football without Brazil and USC. Much like their rivals Brazil, Argentina is one of the blue bloods of the sport of world soccer. They have a tradition of winning similar to their South American brethren, but their recent history is even more impressive than Brazil, having won it all back in 2022. Argentina is a modern-day powerhouse much like Alabama, and their fans are quick to remind everyone. That air of superiority is well earned for both, though I doubt you'll find other fans of South American teams chanting "CON-MEM-BOL" the way a Vandy fan would chant "S-E-C" while the Crimson Tide were winning all of their titles. Argentina has produced the most Ballon d'Or winners, but they've all been from one player (Lionel Messi) and have come fairly recently, similarly to Bama producing all four of their Heisman winners since 2009, the most from any school in that stretch. I know soccer fans will chastise me for calling the United States a "World Cup contender," but they are the host nation, and the vast majority of you reading this are American, so I couldn't leave them off the list. That being said, America is very similar to the Kentucky Wildcats' college football program for many reasons. For starters, Kentucky is a powerhouse program in a different sport (basketball) much in the same way that the United States dominates other sports while being woefully behind the other world powers in soccer. Kentucky also punches above its weight every once in a while despite not having the same caliber of players compared to some of the other teams it goes up against, which pairs nicely with America's "plucky underdog" attitude. CLINT DEMPSEY ADMITS USMNT ROSTER HAS 'SOME SURPRISES,' BUT EXPLAINS OPTIMISTIC MINDSET ABOUT WORLD CUP SQUAD Both fanbases have their pockets of delusional devotees that believe their success in other sports means they're good at all of them, but most Kentucky football and U.S. Men's soccer fans have accepted their places and just hope for the best. Titles in multiple different decades and went through a long dry spell before winning another one in the modern era, that sounds to me like the Georgia Bulldogs. Germany and Georgia at their best are both hard to top when it comes to powerhouses in their respective sports, and both represent some of the best-run programs in soccer and college football, respectively. INTERNET FALLS IN LOVE WITH GERMAN SOCCER FAN DISCOVERING AMERICAN SOUTH AHEAD OF 2026 WORLD CUP The Bulldogs haven't had much success recently in the College Football Playoff, similarly to Germany, whose last two trips to the Euros and most recent World Cup appearance ended way earlier than they had hoped. Fans from both leagues are writing off the two juggernauts, but much like I said with Georgia, I think it's a little early to pour dirt on Germany as well. Also, Kirby Smart and former longtime German manager Jogi Löw have similarly bad haircuts, so there's that. France comes into the tournament ranked No. 1 in the FIFA rankings, and always seem to carry a ranking with them into every tournament they enter. That's usually a result of having the best players, and though they don't always live up to the lofty expectations placed on them, when they put it all together, they are a sight to behold, winning the whole thing fairly recently in 2018 and coming close to repeating in 2022. You could say the same for the Ohio State Buckeyes, who always sit near the top of the recruiting rankings as well as the preseason polls. They have a recent title to show for it, but they also have some seasons where they probably should have won it all and grossly underperformed. Both fan bases also have devastating losses in high-pressure games in which they lost their best players, with Les Bleus losing the 2006 World Cup Final to Italy thanks to Zinedine Zidane being sent off and Ohio State losing the 2022 CFP Semifinal after wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. went out with an injury. The parallels are uncanny. England is famously a soccer-obsessed nation, and with how much they talk about their team and how good their players are, you would think they won a World Cup or even a Euro more recently. However, their last and only World Cup title came all the way back in 1966, but every four years we are led to believe this is the year the lads bring the Cup back home. Does that sound familiar to college football fans? Because it does to me. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Notre Dame similarly won a national title back in 1988, and have been chasing that high ever since as other powerhouses have risen to prominence along the way. Despite their shortcomings in the postseason, the Fighting Irish always come into the following season with sky-high expectations. Speaking of which, the Irish are likely to be a top-five team in the preseason polls for 2026, mirroring England's top-four FIFA ranking on the eve of the 2026 World Cup. Both fan bases are clinging to a past that is slipping further and further away from them, but it only takes one good year to birth a new generation of believers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298f60ee6011c3f4ec9add Sydney Sweeney defends 'Euphoria' nudity and reveals a pole dancing scene was cut from season three te 2026-06-10T16:22:56.011Z Sydney Sweeney defends 'Euphoria' nudity and reveals a pole dancing scene was cut from season three Sydney Sweeney is a professional. The 28-year-old actress told Vanity Fair that she didn't have a problem doing her more explicit scenes in "Euphoria" this season because she's playing a character. "He sent me all the scripts and it already had all of Cassie’s scenes in it, the OnlyFan scenes, and he called me afterwards, and he was talking about it, and we talking through it all," she said of creator Sam Levinson. "He asked me how I felt about it, and I told him, 'Look, I’m playing a character.' Do I agree with all of Cassie’s decisions? Would I personally make these choices? No, of course not." SYDNEY SWEENEY’S ‘EUPHORIA’ RETURN SPARKS BACKLASH AS FANS SLAM ‘HUMILIATING’ STORYLINE But, she stressed she's playing a part on a TV show. "I’m an actor and that’s my job and this is Cassie’s life and to be able to do her justice and play her how she’s to be played is to bring Sam’s vision to life and to play Cassie in the most vulnerable and insane way possible," she said. Late last month, Sweeney defended her scenes on Instagram, writing, "it’s called… acting." She also shared behind-the-scenes photos that included some of her most provocative looks from the third and final season of the HBO show. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Some people have criticized the show for oversexualizing their characters, especially given that they were high schoolers in the first two seasons. Earlier this month, Levinson told The New York Times that he had originally considered not having any nudity on the show, but she told him: "Are you kidding? I’m playing an OnlyFans model." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Sweeney also told Vanity Fair that her character poles dances in a season three scene that got cut. "There were some really fun scenes between us when Cassie goes to the strip club with Maddie and they’re doing the photoshoots," she said. "Cassie starts to see the girls on stage and she gets really excited. She’s like, 'Wow, these girls are beautiful. I could do this.' She gets wasted and she goes up on the stage, she gets all dressed up and Cassie pole dances. I did lessons for pole dancing, and it was so much fun. Imagine crazy Cassie on a pole, which was hilarious. But man, these girls are strong." She said that Levinson called her after she shot the scenes to explain that they didn't make sense for the episode. "I was like, 'Totally get it.' I definitely was disappointed," she said. "But he was like, 'Maybe we should release it as like behind-the-scenes footage or deleted scenes.' I was like, please do, because I put a lot of hard work into that." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298f4cee6011c3f4ec9ad4 British Muslim police group called IDF a terrorist organization, questioned Hamas atrocity reports te 2026-06-10T16:22:36.162Z British Muslim police group called IDF a terrorist organization, questioned Hamas atrocity reports The National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP) is facing intense backlash after it was revealed that a policy paper it promoted contained what critics say are "antisemitic lies," while also facing accusations that the organization is "infiltrated or controlled by Islamists." This latest embarrassment for British police authorities comes as the government continues to face criticism for alleged two-tier policing, especially when it comes to anti-Israel and pro-British protests. The paper from the organization, titled "From Past Prejudices to Present Policies: Confronting Anti-Muslim Hatred and Promoting Human Rights," was recently unearthed by The Spectator.  In it, then-NAMP Vice President Khaldoun Kabbani refers to Zionism as "a narrow, nationalist, and colonialist viewpoint that fosters anti-Muslim hatred, among other forms of xenophobia, distancing itself from the inclusive and compassionate teachings of Judaism." EVEN BEFORE GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL HATE CHANTS, UK JEWS WARNED OF ALARMING RISE IN ANTISEMITISM In addition to calling the IDF a Zionist terrorist group, the paper surmises that "eventually" the IDF’s actions following Oct. 7 "will be recognized as terrorism, though likely without any reference to the Jewish faith." The report appeared to be deleted from the web, though it continues to be hosted online through an archive at the Wayback Machine. Andrew Fox, senior associate fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital that the paper is filled with "antisemitic lies and blood libels." Kabbani’s paper calls for "dismantling myths through education," but he presents unsourced facts about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.  In one segment, Kabbani notes that "as the hostilities commenced, reports in Israeli and Western media outlets began circulating alarming and unverified stories about acts of violence by Hamas, including claims of beheadings and assaults. These reports have significantly contributed to increasing hatred towards Islam." SIGN UP FOR ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED NEWSLETTER Dr. Chen Kugel, head of the National Center for Forensic Medicine in Israel, told the themedialine in Nov 2023 that many of the burned bodies of Oct. 7 victims, including those of babies, are "without heads." He admitted it was "difficult to ascertain whether they were decapitated before or after death, as well as how they were beheaded." Kabbani also said that reports of 120 children being killed by Hamas "have been challenged by more recent disclosures indicating that not a single Israeli infant was a casualty during the said attacks. It was later confirmed that only one child’s death occurred two days following the attack, with circumstances involving IDF gunfire and lacking precise details." I EXPOSED HAMAS LINKS IN BBC GAZA FILM: 'WHEN THE MEDIA SPREAD LIES IT HAS CONSEQUENCES' Contrary to its report, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has stated that at least 29 of the fatalities from Oct. 7 whose ages had been provided by Oct. 25 were children. The Campaign Against Antisemitism’s Director of Investigations and Enforcement, Stephen Silverman, said in a public statement that the NAMP paper is "evidence that a major national policing association has been infiltrated by or is controlled by Islamists." Silverman called for those "responsible for publishing this extremist screed" to be "immediately investigated by their respective forces’ professional standards departments and dismissed." The National Police Chiefs’ Council did not respond to Fox News Digital’s questions about whether they were concerned by the NAMP’s paper, whether it would take action in reference to it, and whether its statements were problematic for public trust. Fox News Digital also received no response from NAMP or the British government. Noting the "skyrocketing antisemitism" in the United Kingdom, Fox said that the NAMP’s policy paper is "grossly inappropriate." He said that "whilst it is important that minority groups have dialogue with the police to ensure their issues are considered, divisive internal organizations, such as a group for Muslim officers, are clearly counterproductive to public trust. This practice should be clamped down on immediately and no police force should engage with this organization going forward." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298f38ee6011c3f4ec9acb Trump says US will strike Iran 'very hard' again today te 2026-06-10T16:22:16.086Z Trump says US will strike Iran 'very hard' again today President Donald Trump vowed a forceful response against Iran on Wednesday, saying the U.S. would be "attacking them very hard" after accusing Tehran of prolonging nuclear negotiations and targeting a U.S. helicopter. Trump was asked during the signing of the Secure America Act in the Oval Office what he meant about an earlier social media post in which he wrote that Iran has taken too long to negotiate a deal and "now they will have to pay the price!!!" "We're going to be attacking them and attacking them very hard," Trump told reporters, adding that the action is being taken after Iran shot down an American military helicopter. "We hit them hard yesterday and we're going to hit them again hard today," Trump said. This is a developing news story; check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298f24ee6011c3f4ec9ac2 Trump takes ICE shutdowns off the table with signature on key $70B bill te 2026-06-10T16:21:56.159Z Trump takes ICE shutdowns off the table with signature on key $70B bill President Donald Trump signed the $70 billion Republican-led homeland security bill Wednesday after the Senate-crafted measure narrowly passed the House despite the GOP's slim majority.  Speaking from the Oval Office alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and other lawmakers, Trump said he was "thrilled" to fund the Department of Homeland Security and give "heroes of ICE and Border Patrol" needed resources through the end of his term, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  "The bill provides crucial funding for domestic law enforcement investigations and combating child exploitation, continuing our work to restore law and order across our nation, and to protect America's youth," the president said.  TRUMP ON VERGE OF SECURING $70B ICE FUNDING VICTORY AFTER HOUSE CLEARS HURDLE "For more than 100 days, congressional Democrats tried to block all funding for the Department of Homeland Security in a reprehensible attempt to throw open the borders of the United States of America," he added. "They want to drag us straight back to chaos and crime of the Crooked Joe Biden administration, one of the most corrupt administrations, probably the most corrupt ever."  Trump took shots at former President Joe Biden for his "open border policy" allowing 25 million migrants to illegally enter the U.S. and former Vice President Kamala Harris, named border czar, for not utilizing ICE and border patrol.  "She never once called them," Trump said. "She was the border czar for four years, almost four years, and she never went to the border, and she never called up. I used to call them all the time."  He said the crossing of fentanyl across the border has been cut by almost 60%, with law enforcement now narrowing in on land crossings "because the sea was tougher." House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said Tuesday it was imperative that the lower chamber act amid "heightened security threats." The $70 billion package initially faced resistance from conservatives who pushed to codify Trump's immigration-related executive orders, which still lack the full force of law. "We need to codify what the president has done across the board," Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, told reporters Tuesday. "So we're going to fund the people who will try to keep the bad guys out, but we haven't codified the actions to prevent them to do to come back here in three years or so." All Senate Democrats and Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski voted against the bill in early June, while the rest of the GOP argued that ICE and Customs and Border Protection must be fully funded through the remainder of Trump's term. California Rep. Pete Aguilar, a member of House Democratic leadership, said that giving a "$70 billion blank check to ICE" is the wrong move, claiming the agency has a record of "brutalizing (and) terrorizing" American communities. Trump initially gave congressional Republicans a June 1 deadline to secure funding for ICE and Border Protection, but intra-party opposition to the president's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" delayed the measure's passage. Some Republicans feared people convicted of violent offenses, including assaulting police officers, in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot could access taxpayer funds. The bill's passage comes months after Democrats successfully shut down the Department of Homeland Security over objections to Trump's immigration enforcement actions. However, the shutdown's impact was limited because ICE had already been separately funded through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act the previous November. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for additional comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298f0fee6011c3f4ec9ab9 Clay Travis goes scorched earth on NFL during Sports Broadcasting Act hearing: 'Fans are getting gouged' te 2026-06-10T16:21:35.610Z Clay Travis goes scorched earth on NFL during Sports Broadcasting Act hearing: 'Fans are getting gouged' Fox News contributor and OutKick founder Clay Travis unleashed on the National Football League in a heartfelt testimony regarding the cost of watching games from home. During his testimony, Travis "advocate[d] for the reasonable fan" in efforts to put an end to what he dubbed unlawful "pay-per-view." "Every single day, sports fans are getting gouged now for the opportunity of watching their favorite teams. Fans now pay far more money every year for something that by law in 1961 you all guaranteed for them should be free," Travis began. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Most of your constituents are frustrated. They don't know how to find games, and they are having to pay far too much when they have the opportunity to actually watch those games. I don't know how many of you remember back in the day when you can have one remote control in your hand, and you can easily flip to any different game... They just want to be able to watch their favorite team and not have to struggle to do so." "You guys have an important responsibility and an opportunity to apply the law fairly, freely, and help fans everywhere across the entire nation pay less and get more." Travis then said the NFL "quite clearly ... is violating the plain intent of the law." FCC TAKES NOTICE AS AMERICA’S MOST POPULAR SPORT BECOMES INCREASINGLY COSTLY, FRUSTRATING TO CONSUME "It was designed to make sure that fans get free access to games. Anything that fans are having to pay for, outside of broadcast television, arguably is outside the scope of that 1961 exemption," Travis said. Back in March, the Senate Judiciary Committee asked for a revision of the act. Congress passed the act to let leagues pool their media rights and sell them nationally — a move that helped make NFL games a staple of free network television. Today, those same collective rights deals are increasingly being sliced up for streaming platforms, sparking backlash from fans frustrated by paywalls and platform hopping. If one were to strictly stream all NFL games throughout the 2025 season on Sunday Ticket, Netflix, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video, ESPN Unlimited, and NFL+, it would have cost a minimum of $575, and others (prior Sunday Ticket watchers) nearly $800. The sports leagues have cashed in on the pivot to streaming, with the NFL landing $1 billion a year to air "Thursday Night Football" on Amazon as an example. The Sports Broadcasting Act exemption passed in 1961 applies only to broadcast television. Courts have ruled in the past that it does not apply to other media, including cable, satellite, and streaming. The Sports Broadcasting Act includes a rule allowing blackouts of local games, which still applies to out-of-market packages sold by the leagues. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298ee3ee6011c3f4ec9a99 Pro-Palestinian Activists at U. of Michigan Indicted on Federal Conspiracy Charges te 2026-06-10T16:20:51.447Z Pro-Palestinian Activists at U. of Michigan Indicted on Federal Conspiracy Charges Federal prosecutors said the actions of eight demonstrators crossed the line into threats and vandalism. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298ecdee6011c3f4ec9a7d How memory tools can make AI models worse te 2026-06-10T16:20:29.522Z How memory tools can make AI models worse New research suggests that AI memory systems can degrade model performance and encourage sycophantic tendencies. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298b7cee6011c3f4ec979b Mohave College plans smaller budget with pay raises te 2026-06-10T16:06:20.640Z Mohave College plans smaller budget with pay raises Mohave College is preparing to adopt a smaller budget for the coming year as major construction projects wrap up and grant funding declines. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298b61ee6011c3f4ec975c Homeland Security retreats on plan to harvest data on millions of mail-in voters under Trump executive order te 2026-06-10T16:05:53.609Z Homeland Security retreats on plan to harvest data on millions of mail-in voters under Trump executive order A voter deposits a mail-in ballot at the drop box outside the Chester County Government Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Peter Hall/Pennsylvania Capital-Star) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots. In a federal court filing Monday night, the Justice Department significantly hedged the data-sharing plan, pulling back from a position the Trump administration advanced last week. DOJ lawyers now cast the idea as in the early stages and dependent on approval of a new U.S. Postal Service rule for mail ballots, citing a memo that Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin signed earlier Monday. “The Secretary authorized DHS to continue preliminary conversations with USPS concerning potential data-sharing arrangements, and should USPS finalize its rulemaking process, consider working to advance potential coordination to the extent feasible and consistent with applicable law and privacy protections,” the notice says. Mullin’s memo, the Monday court filing says, “more accurately reflects the current policy of the Administration with respect to the implementation” of the executive order, reversing a Friday notice that said Homeland Security “contemplates” working to “integrate” the Postal Service’s voter data in an effort to monitor the flow of mail ballots and identify possible fraud. Friday’s filing said Homeland Security would use the information to generate investigative leads. Trump’s March 31 executive order requires states to submit lists of potential mail voters to the Postal Service if they want ballots delivered and directs Homeland Security to compile lists of voting-age citizens in each state. The order faces several lawsuits ahead of the November midterm elections but so far hasn’t been paused by a federal judge. Trump signed the executive order amid an ongoing campaign to influence how states administer federal elections. Under the U.S. Constitution, states run elections. While Congress can pass regulations, the president has no unilateral authority over voting.  Trump has long attacked mail voting and has also promoted the idea that noncitizen voting is rampant. In reality, it’s extremely rare. Democrats and voting rights groups say the order represents an unconstitutional attempt by Trump to assert authority over elections. They also argue the order endangers the independence of the Postal Service, which is overseen by a Board of Governors, not the president. Running out the clock Michael McNulty, the policy director at Issue One, a group focused on protecting American democracy, said the Justice Department’s second notice almost appears to anticipate that a court will block the Postal Service’s new rule, which would require states sending ballots through the mail to provide lists of voters. “It looks like they definitely walked back the USPS data-sharing language,” McNulty said in an interview. Downplaying the current effect of the rule could be part of a legal strategy to shield the administration from court challenges. Despite a series of legal challenges, the Trump administration has urged judges not to block the March order because federal officials haven’t taken major action to implement it — making the lawsuits premature. That argument will become more difficult to maintain as the Postal Service moves forward on the new rule for mail ballots and Homeland Security begins to take action. David Becker, a former Justice Department Voting Rights Section attorney who leads the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research, said that since the beginning of the second Trump administration, the Justice Department has sought to “run the clock out” in legal challenges until it’s too late for courts to act or judicial action would cause chaos. While Trump and his aides speak publicly about the alleged threat of noncitizen voting, in court the Justice Department seeks to minimize the extent of the actions the federal government has taken to carry out the executive order, Becker indicated. “So I think this is a case of the government trying to have it both ways,” Becker said. “The government is trying to satisfy an audience of one, the president, while at the same time trying to play this rope-a-dope game with the court so that the court might not rule against them, they might say that a case isn’t ripe yet.” In response to questions from States Newsroom, Homeland Security said in an unattributed statement that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency within DHS, is “lawfully implementing” the executive order. “President Trump has been clear: Nothing is more fundamental than the integrity and security of our elections,” the statement said. Quest for voter rolls The Trump administration has spent the past year attempting to obtain unredacted state voter rolls to feed into a powerful Homeland Security computer program that can identify potential noncitizen voters. The Justice Department has filed more than 30 lawsuits seeking to force states and the District of Columbia to turn over the information, but so far none have been successful. Eight states — including heavily Democratic California, Oregon and Washington — have all-mail elections, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. For those states, complying with the executive order would effectively mean turning over the names of all or nearly all their voters to the Postal Service. It’s unclear if those lists would include voters’ sensitive personal data, like driver’s license and partial Social Security numbers, that the Justice Department has sued to obtain. In its Monday notice, the Justice Department appeared to suggest Homeland Security had been planning to go beyond the scope of the executive order.  The executive order does not explicitly direct the Postal Service to share voter and mail ballot data with Homeland Security. Instead, it tells the Postal Service to coordinate with the Justice Department on investigations into suspected election crimes. Data-sharing arrangements between DHS and the Postal Service “are not directed” by the order, the Monday notice says. Any future sharing would be contingent upon both the Postal Service’s mail ballot rule and “any policy and legal determinations as to the desirability and feasibility of any such data-sharing” — in other words, a decision the Trump administration will make later. Computer system participation The Justice Department had also reported Friday that Homeland Security planned to launch a “State Voter Roll Verification” powered by the Systematic Alien Verification for Eligibility, or SAVE, system — the computer program that can flag possible noncitizen voters. The Friday notice said states would be able to upload their voter rolls to SAVE, but Homeland Security already allows states to voluntarily run this information through the program. Some Republican-led states have previously used SAVE to scan their voter rolls and it’s unclear how the new verification process would have been different. On Monday, the Justice Department reversed itself on that issue as well. DOJ lawyers wrote in the second notice that the executive order “does not direct that approach, and the new memorandum no longer includes that discussion.” The Justice Department’s Monday notice makes clear that Homeland Security still plans to create lists of citizens in each state, as mandated under the executive order. The agency plans to have a way for states to obtain citizenship information from federal agencies by June 30, the notice says. The executive order also requires Homeland Security to allow individuals to access their citizenship-related records and update or correct them ahead of elections. The Justice Department said Monday that Mullin approved a phased plan for a portal accessible to the public. Monday’s notice, citing Mullin’s memo, says only that those capabilities will be developed and launched later this year after the completion of legal, privacy and technical groundwork. That leaves open the possibility that states will have access to federal citizenship information weeks or months before individual voters will be able to view the same data and call attention to any errors. Questions linger What prompted Mullin to sign the memo on Monday is unclear. Homeland Security didn’t respond to a request for a copy of the memo. Early on Monday evening, lawyers for the League of Women Voters filed a court document in a separate lawsuit challenging Homeland Security’s use of the SAVE system that alerted the judge to the Justice Department’s Friday notice.  “It remains unclear—from the Implementation Notice or otherwise—what specific legal authority either the USPS or DHS have to share, consolidate, and use data in this way,” the lawyers wrote, referring to the initial data sharing plan between Homeland Security and Postal Service. The Justice Department responded on Tuesday, saying in a court filing that information was “no longer accurate, as of yesterday evening.” Also unclear is what role, if any, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has played in Mullin’s decision to change course. Trump’s executive order charges Lutnick with coordinating implementation efforts. The Commerce Department didn’t respond to States Newsroom’s questions. Sixteen Democratic senators last week demanded Lutnick halt implementation of the executive order. The letter, led by Sens. Maria Cantwell of Washington, Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico and Alex Padilla of California, urged Lutnick to preserve records related to the development of the order ahead of congressional oversight. “Vote-by-mail is safe, secure, and convenient, and it has been used successfully across the political spectrum over many election cycles,” the senators wrote. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298b46ee6011c3f4ec9726 Dan Sullivan accuses same-name challenger of trying to 'rig' Alaska Senate race te 2026-06-10T16:05:26.091Z Dan Sullivan accuses same-name challenger of trying to 'rig' Alaska Senate race Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, is in a predicament.  The lawmaker, who is seeking a third term in the upper chamber, is staring down a tough challenge in former Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska. But first, he’s got to beat Dan J. Sullivan, a same-name rival running against him in the Republican primary.  The senator contended in an interview with Fox News Digital that the other Dan J. Sullivan, a political newcomer with few ties to the GOP, is a Democratic plant.  GOP FIGHTS TO STOP MULTIPLE DAN SULLIVANS FROM APPEARING ON ALASKA BALLOT, CALLS CANDIDACY A 'SHAM' "His primary purpose is not to win an election, it's to confuse Alaskans and rig the vote for my opponent, the Democrat," Sullivan said.
"He's not in it to win it. He's in it to rig it." The name confusion could prove particularly consequential in Alaska given its ranked-choice voting system, where voters list candidates in order of preference. If Dan J. Sullivan is allowed to stay on the primary ballot, both he and incumbent Dan S. Sullivan could advance to the general election in which the top four vote-getters will appear. Sullivan, the senator, is not the only one looking into Dan J. Sullivan, the candidate.  The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, requested that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) investigate an alleged "coordinated scheme" between Dan J. Sullivan and Amber Lee, an Alaska Democratic consultant tied to the nascent campaign. ACTBLUE CHIEF HEADS TO CAPITOL HILL HOT SEAT AS DONOR FRAUD PROBE INTENSIFIES Earlier this week, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, R-Alaska, sent a letter to Dan J. Sullivan citing "credible allegations" that he launched his candidacy to confuse voters at the ballot box and siphon off votes from the senator.  "Specifically, it was alleged that you filed for office with the intent to use your identical first and last name and newfound affiliation with the Republican Party to confuse or deceive voters who intend to vote for Senator Sullivan into mistakenly voting for you instead," Dahlstrom wrote Monday. "If true, this would be an unprecedented situation." Dahlstrom, who is tasked with overseeing Alaska’s elections, said Dan J. Sullivan must clarify several details about his political background and campaign announcement to determine whether he can appear on the August primary ballot. DAN SULLIVAN VS. DAN SULLIVAN: GOP BLASTS CLONE CANDIDATE AS LOOKALIKE ENTERS ALASKA SENATE RACE The election official asked Dan. J. Sullivan to submit a sworn affidavit by Wednesday clarifying whether he had affiliated with the Republican Party before his Senate bid. Dahlstrom is also scrutinizing Dan J. Sullivan’s ties to Lee, who has supported Peltola during her prior House races. Metadata from the campaign’s announcement showed Lee as its author, Fox News Digital previously reported. Sullivan, the senator, contended that his primary opponent was a "far-left liberal," with a track record of donating to Democrats.  Dan J. Sullivan, a former schoolteacher and U.S. Forest Service employee, previously donated to former Rep. Mary Peltola, the top Democratic contender in the race, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. The lawmaker has asked his Democratic colleagues about the situation, and he said that they had no idea what’s going on. He’s turned his ire to the top, accusing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., the chair of Senate Democrats’ campaign committee, of colluding to defeat him. Alaska is among several battleground states that Democrats are aggressively targeting as part of their efforts to retake Senate control. Fox News Digital reached out to Schumer for comment. When asked about a coordinated effort to insert Dan J. Sullivan into the race, or if they were aware of his candidacy, a spokesperson for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) said, "No." "Is Schumer or Gillibrand and their staffs or the DSCC or the staff at the DSCC — were they aware? Were they coordinating, orchestrating?
I mean, if that's the case, that would be a huge scandal," Sullivan said.  "Think about it. Schumer has talked about flipping the Alaska seat, he hand-recruited and handpicked Peltola as his top recruit for Alaska, and now he's trying to rig the election in Alaska by deceiving the voters," he continued. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298b2bee6011c3f4ec96f6 How to stream every World Cup match without cable te 2026-06-10T16:04:59.525Z How to stream every World Cup match without cable The FIFA Club World Cup kicks off June 11 and runs through July 19, with all 104 matches airing on FOX and FS1. Fans can stream the tournament through services that carry those channels, including FOX One, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, DISH and Sling TV. Each provider offers a different mix of channels and pricing, giving viewers several ways to watch every match live without the commitment of cable. Take a look at our rundown of each below to see which is best for you. For $20 a month, FOX One gives fans access to every FIFA Club World Cup match airing on FOX and FS1. The service includes a three-day free trial, multiview functionality that lets you watch up to four live games at once and DVR capabilities for catching matches on your own schedule. New subscribers can also take advantage of a limited-time offer that provides three months of service for $40, a $20 discount. Through July 1, you can also purchase a Roku Streaming Stick and receive one month of FOX One for free.  Fubo offers access to hundreds of channels, including FOX and FS1 for FIFA Club World Cup coverage. Beyond the tournament, subscribers can watch a wide range of soccer competitions, including Premier League, UEFA Champions League, MLS and Ligue 1 matches. Plans start at $46 per month after a one-month free trial, with higher-tier options available for viewers who want additional channels and features. READ MORE: 30+ early Amazon Prime Day deals worth shopping now, with discounts up to 79% off Sling remains a popular option for sports fans looking to stream live events without a traditional cable package. To watch the World Cup matches on FOX and FS1, viewers can choose Sling Select, which starts at $20 per month, or Sling Blue, which starts at $46 per month. Sling Select focuses on core channels, while Sling Blue expands the lineup with more than 40 channels, including a broader selection of sports programming. Hulu + Live TV offers access to FOX, FS1 and a wide range of other sports and entertainment channels for $90 per month. The subscription also includes Hulu's on-demand library, along with Disney+ and ESPN, making it a strong option for households that want a mix of live sports, movies and family-friendly programming. While it costs more than some competing services, the breadth of content helps justify the higher price. For more deals, visit www.foxnews.com/deals Viewers who prefer a traditional pay-TV experience can turn to DISH, a satellite TV provider that offers some of the largest channel lineups available. The America's Top 120 package includes FOX and more than 190 channels for $90 per month. For even more programming, DISH also offers America's Top 200 with more than 240 channels and America's Top 250 with more than 290 channels. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298b16ee6011c3f4ec96d8 Trump tears into Stephen A Smith as feud grows: 'Arrogant fool, a low IQ individual' te 2026-06-10T16:04:38.327Z Trump tears into Stephen A Smith as feud grows: 'Arrogant fool, a low IQ individual' President Donald Trump took another swipe at ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith as the two traded barbs over the president’s attendance at the New York Knicks’ NBA Finals game. Smith initially said Trump’s attendance would be a detriment to NBA fans and the city. Trump was asked to respond to Smith’s comments by Fox News Digital/OutKick on Monday night. The president said he wasn’t sure that Smith had the "aptitude" or a "high IQ" to run for office. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The ESPN "First Take" star criticized Trump further on the show and on his own podcast. He questioned Trump’s America First policies, policies toward the affordability crisis and getting involved in conflicts in the Middle East. The president shot back Wednesday morning. "Stephen A. Smith is an arrogant fool, a low IQ individual," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "In other words, he’s ‘dumb as a rock,’ and totally unqualified to ever think of running for high political office, or even low political office, for that matter! CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "He’d get annihilated in a debate by the most incompetent of politicians. Joe Biden’s now ‘fabled’ performance would look great by comparison to anything that this loudmouth huckster has to offer, which isn’t much! Within a few weeks, they’d laugh him out of politics!!!" Smith has teased a possible presidential run in the past. He added that he was only being critical of Trump for going to the Knicks’ game – nothing political. "To go there, knowing the inconvenience it would cause and knowing that thousands of people who would be displaced right outside the Garden with their watch parties, which built and fomented a level of momentum, you should be able to appreciate because you were alive at the age of 26, the last time we had anything like this in New York City and you being a Queens, New York, native, you should know better," he said. "But this was the latest example of you thinking about yourself." The Knicks are back in action on Wednesday night against the San Antonio Spurs for Game 4. New York owns a 2-1 series lead. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298b02ee6011c3f4ec96ab Deion Sanders declares he's cancer-free, addresses incontinence ahead of Colorado football season te 2026-06-10T16:04:18.485Z Deion Sanders declares he's cancer-free, addresses incontinence ahead of Colorado football season Deion Sanders is a Pro Football Hall of Famer, the football coach at the University of Colorado, and the only athlete ever to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series. But the last few years have been a tougher challenge to his health than any opponent ever was during his football career. And he's still finding a way to come out victorious. "I got my life back," Sanders said in a nationally televised interview this week. "I got my swagger back." Sanders revealed during a "Good Morning America" appearance that he's finally cancer-free. The blood clots that attacked him years ago — resulting in the amputation of multiple toes — and returned last year, forcing him to undergo an aspiration thrombectomy procedure in his left leg, were not even part of the conversation. DEION SANDERS SAYS HE NEVER QUESTIONED GOD DURING HIS BATTLE WITH BLADDER CANCER "I'm cancer free. I'm good," Sanders said. "Great doctors in Colorado that [have] brought me through. God has brought me through. I'm thankful, I'm healthy. I got my swagger back. Like, I'm ready to go, coach my butt off. And I'm having a good time. "But early detection was key getting on it early, because you know amputation, so they were checking for something else and stumbled upon this. So early detection helped me out tremendously." Blood clots forced Sanders to have surgery in 2023 to improve his circulation. But last year he began experiencing severe leg pain and concerns about the recurring clots. That led to the clot-removing procedure. All that atop the 2025 diagnosis of an aggressive form of bladder cancer that was discovered during one of his regularly scheduled vascular exams. COLORADO ADDS MOBILE BATHROOM NEAR TEAM BENCH FOR SEASON OPENER AFTER DEION SANDERS' BLADDER CANCER TREATMENT The cancer treatment included doctors removing his bladder and reconstructing a new one using part of his intestine. That intended solution to one problem caused other issues. "Now you're sitting in the room, don't know what's what, can't control your bladder," Sanders said. "You got a whole new bladder. Your bladder don't know you, you don't know it. You're peeing in the bed. I remember going to a speaking engagement and the first thing I do, and we left that morning, like 7 a.m. and I had to be there at 830. First thing I do is grab my crotch. Because I'm like, oh, my God, I hope I haven't peed on myself. I didn't bring another change of clothes. "When you're playing a football game, night game, we played, we fly back on the plane. First thing you do is wake up and you grab your crotch. Oh, my God, I hope I haven't peed on myself." Those potentially embarrassing episodes somehow made Sanders money. He signed on to be a spokesman for Depend and its disposable adult incontinence underwear. "I don't have to be afraid to travel anymore," Sanders said. "I don't have to be afraid to have a good night's sleep. I have the product that helps me." With his health issues seemingly in retreat, Sanders is ready to take on another challenge that he's more comfortable addressing — coaching the Buffaloes in the upcoming season. "Winning," Sanders answered when asked what he's looking forward to next. "And I'm healthy. I got my health back. I got my swagger back ... I got my me back. You know, last year, this time, I'm fighting cancer. Didn't know which way it was gonna go ... "But I'm fully back now. Last year, [at] this time it it wasn't a good look." FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298aecee6011c3f4ec967e San Francisco judge not convinced reparations fund will be discriminatory during lawsuit hearing te 2026-06-10T16:03:56.082Z San Francisco judge not convinced reparations fund will be discriminatory during lawsuit hearing San Francisco Superior Court Judge Joseph Quinn ruled last week that a lawsuit challenging the city's race-based reparations fund is premature, sustaining a demurrer against the suit. A demurrer is an objection stating that the evidence presented was not sufficient to proceed for a review by the judge. "We are disappointed by the Superior Court's ruling, but remain undeterred. The government cannot use taxpayer money to administer funds for programs that discriminate on the basis of race. The next step will be to either amend the complaint or appeal," a Pacific Legal Foundation spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS TRUMP DOJ'S NEARLY $2B 'ANTI-WEAPONIZATION' FUND Quinn also granted the Pacific Legal Foundation leave to amend, giving them a chance to fix any errors in their case. The Pacific Legal Foundation, several San Francisco residents, and the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation sued San Francisco, challenging an ordinance that establishes a fund for Black residents.  The lawsuit alleges that the ordinance discriminates on the basis of race because it allows taxpayer money to be funneled into the fund. The plaintiffs said a win would protect taxpayers from supporting a government-run, race-based program and establish boundaries for other cities implementing similar policies. Quinn was reportedly not convinced by claims that the reparations plan is discriminatory, stating that there is not enough evidence yet to determine if the use of the program would have racial implications. "Both the United States and California Constitutions forbid this," the nonprofit says in its complaint. "Government may not allocate benefits, opportunities or burdens according to race or lineage." AOC-BACKED $30 MINIMUM WAGE PLAN COULD BACKFIRE IN UNEXPECTED WAYS, EXPERTS WARN "This is a taxpayer standing challenge at the pleading stage against an ordinance that assigns a public agency, a taxpayer-funded agency, with the responsibility of administering a fund for an unlawful purpose," said Andrew Quinio, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation. "How do you know that?" Quinn asked, pushing back on the claim that reparations would be distributed unlawfully. According to Courthouse News, "Quinn and Quinio had a rousing back-and-forth about taxpayer standing and other issues. Quinn asked whether ‘a possibility that something race-conscious is going to happen’ was enough to bring a claim." "Quinio said yes, it was sufficient," the outlet reported. "‘No, it’s not," Quinn replied.  "‘There’s no authority for that.’ He noted that if that were true, ‘then we would have thousands of taxpayer actions, challenging all kinds of laws that citizens disagree with because something might happen under that law.’" Quinn reportedly said that, provided that the plan has one race-neutral option, the plaintiffs would need to show how the ordinance was unlawful in every application it could potentially have to adequately challenge it. Quinn was appointed by former Democratic California Governor Jerry Brown. MAYORS WANT TO KEEP HANDING OUT FREE CASH AFTER FEDERAL FUNDS DRIED UP San Francisco officials and Californians for Equal Rights did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Democratic Mayor Daniel Lurie in December signed an ordinance that creates a reparations fund that could one day grant each of the city's eligible Black residents up to $5 million in reparations for alleged historic discrimination and displacement. The ordinance, passed by the Board of Supervisors in December, was signed by Lurie two days before Christmas. It established the legal framework for the fund but did not allocate funds or guarantee payments.  The fund can be financed with private donations, foundations and other non-city sources. Any taxpayer-funded reparations payouts would require separate legislation, an identified funding source and mayoral approval. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298abaee6011c3f4ec962c Hegseth Visits Guantánamo Bay Amid U.S. Tensions With Cuba te 2026-06-10T16:03:06.884Z Hegseth Visits Guantánamo Bay Amid U.S. Tensions With Cuba The trip comes as the Trump administration pushes for political and economic changes on the island. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298a9dee6011c3f4ec95ec Will Trump’s Repairs to Washington D.C.’s Reflecting Pool Work? te 2026-06-10T16:02:37.925Z Will Trump’s Repairs to Washington D.C.’s Reflecting Pool Work? President Trump has said that construction is complete. Now comes the real test. Will the longstanding problems finally be solved? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298a89ee6011c3f4ec95c6 Could Control of Congress Run Through Northern Maine? te 2026-06-10T16:02:17.045Z Could Control of Congress Run Through Northern Maine? The state’s vast rural areas, which make up the swing Second Congressional District, will be important in November. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298a6eee6011c3f4ec95a0 Cybersecurity researchers aren’t happy about the guardrails on Anthropic’s Fable te 2026-06-10T16:01:50.718Z Cybersecurity researchers aren’t happy about the guardrails on Anthropic’s Fable Cybersecurity researchers are complaining that Anthropic's new model Fable has guardrails that are too strict for any cybersecurity work. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298a5aee6011c3f4ec958e Zest launches a restaurant discovery app powered by where people actually eat te 2026-06-10T16:01:30.169Z Zest launches a restaurant discovery app powered by where people actually eat Backed by Alexis Ohanian’s 776 and Kindred Ventures, Zest uses transaction data and AI to generate restaurant recommendations based on users’ real dining habits and the places they frequent. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298a28ee6011c3f4ec9528 Tucson retira acceso al agua para Proyecto Blue te 2026-06-10T16:00:40.330Z Tucson retira acceso al agua para Proyecto Blue Leer en inglés Tucson Water revocó un medidor de agua para la construcción en el emplazamiento del centro de datos del Project Blue el 24 de abril, después de que la ciudad descubriera que su contratista había utilizado dos acres-pie de agua municipal sin autorización. Esta medida se detalló en una carta fechada el 4 de mayo, enviada por el Administrador de la Ciudad de Tucson, Tim Thomure, a Brendon Gallagher, vicepresidente sénior de Beale Infrastructure, la empresa promotora del proyecto. La carta explicaba que Ames Construction, el contratista del proyecto, obtuvo un medidor de agua para la construcción, un dispositivo portátil utilizado para extraer agua de los sistemas públicos antes de que estén disponibles las tuberías permanentes, a través de los Servicios de Agua de Tucson y lo transportó al lugar de la obra. “La Alcaldesa y el Concejo de la Ciudad de Tucson rechazaron por unanimidad cualquier participación en el desarrollo del centro de datos del Project Blue, así como cualquier apoyo al mismo. En consecuencia, la Ciudad de Tucson también rechazó cualquier uso de nuestros recursos hídricos para estas instalaciones,” afirmaba la carta. El concejo votó a favor de bloquear la anexión del Project Blue durante una reunión celebrada en agosto. “La ciudad emitió un permiso para el suministro temporal de agua siguiendo el curso habitual de los trámites administrativos. Nuestro contratista siguió el procedimiento estándar y se le facturará en consecuencia,” declaró Beale Infrastructure en un comunicado. “Actualmente estamos obteniendo el agua para la construcción a través de una fuente alternativa de agua no potable. Remitimos cualquier consulta relativa a la emisión del permiso a Tucson Water.” La carta de Thomure fue inequívoca. “La Ciudad de Tucson no respalda el desarrollo del Project Blue. La Ciudad de Tucson no proporcionará ningún recurso municipal, incluido nuestro suministro de agua, para su uso en el Project Blue,” concluía la carta. La alcaldesa Regina Romero interviene en una sesión informativa pública sobre el Proyecto Blue el verano pasado. El concejo votó por unanimidad bloquear la anexión del centro de datos en agosto de 2025. Arilynn Hyatt / El Foco de Tucson. Thomure concluyó solicitando a Beale que repusiera los dos acres-pie de agua que había utilizado. La noticia sobre el uso del agua de la ciudad se difundió rápidamente; el concejal del Distrito 3, Kevin Dahl, la publicó en Instagram. “No todos los héroes llevan capa,” decía la publicación. “Gracias, administrador de la ciudad de Tucson, Tim Thomure.” Los usuarios en los comentarios elogiaron a Thomure y expresaron su indignación respecto al centro de datos; algunos calificaron a Beale Infrastructure de “solapada,” y uno de ellos afirmó que la actuación de la ciudad “ayudó a mitigar la angustia existencial que siento ante la plaga de centros de datos.” Desde que el concejo municipal bloqueó la anexión para el Proyecto Blue, la alcaldesa y el concejo han estado trabajando en una Enmienda al Código de Desarrollo Unificado para Centros de Datos a Gran Escala, con la asistencia del Comité Asesor Técnico para la Enmienda del Código de Centros de Datos. “Tucson carece de directrices específicas sustanciales para este tipo de instalaciones. Esta enmienda propuesta busca establecer normas y regulaciones para este uso del suelo que reflejen los valores comunitarios de Tucson y garanticen que los futuros desarrollos se alineen con los objetivos a largo plazo de la ciudad,” según la Hoja Informativa sobre la Propuesta de Enmienda al Código para Centros de Datos a Gran Escala. La alcaldesa y el concejo han recibido comentarios del público, y la Comisión de Planificación revisó el código durante una sesión de estudio celebrada el 6 de mayo. La comisión celebrará una audiencia pública en junio, a la que seguirá una sesión de debate y audiencia pública ante la alcaldesa y el concejo en julio. Arilynn Hyatt es estudiante de periodismo en la Universidad de Arizona y pasante en El Foco de Tucson. Puede contactarla en arilynndhyatt@arizona.edu. Esta nota fue traducida por Diana Ramos, exalumna de la Universidad de Arizona, Directora de Iniciativas Bilingües y reportera del Foco de Tucson. Contáctala en diana@tucsonspotlight.org. El Foco de Tucson es una sala de prensa comunitaria que ofrece oportunidades remuneradas a estudiantes y periodistas emergentes del sur de Arizona. Por favor, considera apoyar nuestro trabajo con una donación deducible de impuestos. Donar a El Foco Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298357ee6011c3f4ec8f81 Fox News Now launches across social media platforms to give viewers behind-the-scenes access to the network te 2026-06-10T15:31:35.926Z Fox News Now launches across social media platforms to give viewers behind-the-scenes access to the network Fox News viewers can now get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the stories and personalities they see on-air every day with the launch of Fox News Now. Available across X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, Fox News Now takes audiences inside the network's newsrooms, dressing rooms, studios and reporting locations where the magic happens, offering an up-close look at how television's most-watched cable news network comes together each day. From candid moments with anchors and correspondents to exclusive glimpses of breaking news coverage and life behind the camera, Fox News Now gives fans a new way to connect with the people and stories driving the headlines. One recent Fox News Now video featured "Special Report" anchor Bret Baier reflecting on some of the most memorable interviews of his career, including a high-stakes 2010 sit-down with then-President Barack Obama just days before a House vote on the Affordable Care Act. FOX NEWS' PARTNERSHIP WITH 'RUTHLESS' PODCAST IMMEDIATELY MAKING WAVES ACROSS DC, MEDIA LANDSCAPE Looking back at the interview, Baier recalled realizing early on that he would need to press Obama for direct answers as a White House aide stood nearby with a countdown clock limiting the conversation to 20 minutes. "I had 30 minutes when we started with President Obama, and we walked in and he said, 'Bret, we're going to do this for 20 minutes?' And I said, 'Sure, Mr. President, I'll take whatever time you've got,'" Baier recalled, looking down at a tablet playing the interview. FOX NEWS DOMINATES ON YOUTUBE IN MAY, MORE THAN TRIPLES EVERY BROADCAST NETWORK "Two questions in, I was halfway done with the interview and, at some point, I decided either I have to press or this is just going to be fruitless as far as getting answers," he said. The interview featured one of the central questions surrounding Obamacare at the time: whether Americans who liked their doctors would be able to keep them under the new healthcare law. HOW TO WATCH THE 'HANG OUT WITH SEAN HANNITY' PODCAST In another behind-the-scenes video, "Fox & Friends First" co-host Carley Shimkus gave viewers a glimpse into her early-morning routine, taking them from the makeup chair to the studio as she prepared to go live before sunrise. "Saturday in America" host Kayleigh McEnany also offered viewers a post-show travel vlog and a dual-cooking session with Kennedy, while the "Ruthless" podcast members hopped on some of the latest viral trends in other recently-posted videos. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Fans can follow along for more exclusive moments, behind-the-scenes access and untold stories from across the Fox News universe. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298343ee6011c3f4ec8f78 Former Louisiana mayor gets jail time for sex with son's teen friend at house party te 2026-06-10T15:31:15.927Z Former Louisiana mayor gets jail time for sex with son's teen friend at house party A former Louisiana mayor convicted of having sex with her teenage son's friend at an alcohol-fueled party was branded a "predator" in court Tuesday by the victim's mother before a judge sentenced the disgraced politician to 90 days behind bars. Misty Roberts, 43, the former mayor of DeRidder, was convicted in March of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile after having sex with the 16-year-old boy during a July 2024 birthday party for her son at her home. Prosecutors had urged the court to impose the maximum 17-year sentence, arguing Roberts had failed to accept responsibility for her actions. "This is not a dumb lady. This is somebody who managed an entire city budget," prosecutor Charles Robinson said according to the New York Post, arguing that Roberts "has not come to the realization of accountability." Instead, Judge D. Kent Savoie sentenced Roberts to 90 days in jail, along with two suspended five-year sentences. He also ordered her to undergo therapy, register as a sex offender and submit to regular drug and alcohol testing. EX-MAYOR CONVICTED AFTER SON WALKS IN ON LEWD ACT AT ALCOHOL-INFUSED POOL BASH Before sentencing, the victim's mother delivered an emotional statement accusing Roberts of preying on a child entrusted to her care. "Danger doesn’t always look like danger," she told the court, according to KPLC-TV. "This predator has hair extensions, high heels, Botox and other augmentations." Roberts apologized in court and said she would "blame myself for the rest of my life," while telling the victim's family she was sorry for the pain and embarrassment they had endured. CALIFORNIA ‘PARTY MOM’ ACCUSED OF GROOMING VICTIMS FOR SEX, DRINKING IN RITZY MANSION, TEENS TESTIFY AT TRIAL Text messages between Roberts and her teen son had been shown to the jury, with the pair discussing what type of alcohol the teenagers wanted for the party.  Additional text messages from the night of the party show Roberts’ son calling the situation "crazy" and telling her that his younger sister was emotional. Upon taking the stand, Roberts’ daughter told the court that she witnessed her mother and the victim "on top of each other" the night of the party, KPLC reported. Roberts' ex-husband, Duncan Clanton, reportedly testified that Roberts confessed to having sex with the teenage boy and that the couple’s children had caught them in the act.  The ex-mayor said during sentencing that she was "an embarrassment" to the city, according to reports, and had asked others to lie on her behalf about the incident because she feared her ex-husband would not allow her to see her children again. "I’m here just asking for grace and mercy and the opportunity to do what the Lord has asked me to do, which is be a mom," Roberts said. Fox News Digital’s Julia Bonavita contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29831aee6011c3f4ec8f65 NAEP Test Shows Younger Students Recovering From Pandemic te 2026-06-10T15:30:34.488Z NAEP Test Shows Younger Students Recovering From Pandemic A national test found surprising progress among 9-year-olds, who are fully caught up in reading. But 13-year-olds have shown no improvement. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a298101ee6011c3f4ec8f21 Flagstaff's precipitation total continues to slip as May finishes below normal once again te 2026-06-10T15:21:37.603Z Flagstaff's precipitation total continues to slip as May finishes below normal once again Through five months, 2026 remains the hottest year on record for Flagstaff with an average temperature of 43.8 degrees just ahead of 1934’s 43.5 degrees. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2980ecee6011c3f4ec8f18 Arizona Snowbowl to host Real Wild and Woody Beer Fest along with Brewer's Cup Disc Golf Tournament te 2026-06-10T15:21:16.084Z Arizona Snowbowl to host Real Wild and Woody Beer Fest along with Brewer's Cup Disc Golf Tournament The Real Wild and Woody Beer Fest runs Saturday, June 13, from noon to 6 p.m. and Sunday, June 14, from noon to 4 p.m. Disc golf tournament competition rounds start at 8:45 a.m. each day. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2980baee6011c3f4ec8ece Why enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026 te 2026-06-10T15:20:26.805Z Why enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026 While Silicon Valley continues pushing aggressively into large language models and consumer-facing AI products, many European companies are focused on applying AI to complex systems already embedded into everyday life. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a297eb5ee6011c3f4ec8e75 Cardi B's reaction to Karmelo Anthony verdict draws millions of views and fierce criticism te 2026-06-10T15:11:49.773Z Cardi B's reaction to Karmelo Anthony verdict draws millions of views and fierce criticism The public reaction to Karmelo Anthony's guilty verdict on Tuesday is garnering a shock wave of responses online; people are either supporting the jury's decision or criticizing it, in support of Austin Metcalf's killer. Anthony was charged, tried and ultimately convicted of murder for stabbing and killing 17-year-old Metcalf at a high school track meet in April 2025. He was sentenced to 35 years behind bars. Anthony, who is now 19 years old, stabbed Metcalf in the chest during an altercation between two teens near a team tent at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Following Tuesday's verdict, rapper Cardi B posted on X, "Wow! Just freakin wow! DISGUSTING… This is not justice, this is trying to make an example!!!" KARMELO ANTHONY JURY REACHES VERDICT IN MURDER TRIAL IN TEXAS TRACK MEET STABBING The artist's post has generated 10 million views with tens of thousands of impressions. Tomi Lahren, a Fox News political commentator and host of Outkick's "Tomi Lahren Is Fearless," responded to the post saying, "Yes, the example is, don't stab somebody in the chest. Thanks for playing." CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS Others have also weighed in on the post. Matt Van Swol, a user with more than half a million followers, replied: "I know… It’s like, 'Damn, Black people cant stab any White people to death anymore and not go to prison just because they are Black.' Devastating." Zeek Arkham, a former New York Police Department officer and current host of "Reasonable Suspiscion" podcast, replied: "'Trying to make an example?' Yes, Cardi…stabbing people is bad. We should make stabbing people as unattractive as possible. Might cause people to think before they stab someone. Thanks… I think?" Fox News Digital has reached out to Cardi B's team for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a297e8dee6011c3f4ec8e6a How the Epstein Files Paralyzed the Trump White House te 2026-06-10T15:11:09.847Z How the Epstein Files Paralyzed the Trump White House President Trump’s advisers gathered in secret in the Situation Room without him as they struggled to handle the Epstein files scandal, our reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan learned while researching their book, “Regime Change.” Here’s the inside story. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a297e78ee6011c3f4ec8e61 Bees Are Swarming Earlier: What to Do if You’re Attacked te 2026-06-10T15:10:48.810Z Bees Are Swarming Earlier: What to Do if You’re Attacked Experts discuss the threat and how to escape aggressive bees. Hint: Don’t jump in water. 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We rounded up those with at least 10,000 five-star ratings — only the best of the best — including Apple AirPods 4, the Stanley Quencher tumbler and the shopper-favorite Paula's Choice 2% BHA exfoliant. Early discounts reach up to 55% off, with prices starting at just $4. READ MORE: When is Prime Day 2026? Amazon reveals the official dates and the best early deals Women's linen blend pants: $17.20 (37% off) Anker Soundcore 2 portable speaker: $29.99 (33% off) adidas Adilette slide sandals: $19.98 (33% off) Digital meat thermometer: $13.99 (30% off) Silicone car cupholder inserts: $6.99 (30% off) Crocs classic clog: $39.99 (20% off) These best-selling finds have earned a permanent spot on countertops everywhere. Original price: $49.99 The Fullstar chopper helps speed up meal prep, with one five-star reviewer noting that the different blade options "handle a huge variety of kitchen tasks, from chopping vegetables to slicing and dicing quickly and evenly." Simply place fruits or vegetables on the cutting surface and press down to create uniform pieces, while the 5-cup container catches ingredients as you work. Original price: $45.98 This four-piece Rubbermaid food storage set makes it easy to store leftovers and meal-prep ingredients. The BPA-free containers feature airtight, leak-resistant lids and stay clear even after storing leftovers.  According to one reviewer, "They arrived crystal clear and have stayed that way (and survived spaghetti sauce, impressive!)." The stackable design also helps maximize space in the refrigerator. Original price: $40 The Stanley Quencher H2.0 uses double-wall vacuum installation to keep drinks cold for hours, making it a favorite for long days on the go. The versatile lid contains a straw opening, sip slot or fully closed position depending on your preference. 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Shoppers frequently praise the soft fabric and flattering fit, with one reviewer describing it as "buttery soft" and noting that it offers light shaping support without feeling restrictive.  "I love the cut, it's not too revealing and so comfortable I forget I'm wearing it at all," the reviewer wrote. Original price: $19.99 Carhartt's classic pocket tees are on sale and available in dozens of colors. "It's a classic for a reason," wrote one five-star reviewer. "The heavyweight cotton material feels durable and high quality, making it great for both work and everyday wear. It holds up well over time and doesn't feel flimsy like cheaper T-shirts." At this price, it's worth grabbing a few and rotating them through the week. Original price: $14.99 This leather belt combines a clean, modern look with the convenience of a ratchet-style buckle for a more precise fit. 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The built-in surge protector helps safeguard electronics from power spikes, while an integrated dusk-to-dawn nightlight adds extra functionality in darker spaces.  One reviewer called it "an absolute game-changer" for older homes, adding that the built-in nightlight worked especially well in a dim corner of their kitchen. For more deals, visit www.foxnews.com/deals Original price: $44.99 Keep tabs on wallets, keys and other frequently misplaced items with these Life360 Tile Bluetooth trackers. Compatible with both Apple and Android devices, the trackers let you locate belongings through the companion app or ring the Tile when it’s nearby.  One reviewer shared that a Tile helped police recover a stolen wallet, writing that they used the app to provide a location after the theft and were later reunited with their belongings. If you're an Amazon Prime member, you can get these items sent to your door ASAP. You can join or start a 30-day free trial to start your shopping today. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a297c11ee6011c3f4ec8dcc Federal Judge Blocks Alabama From Using Nitrogen Gas in Jeffrey Lee Execution te 2026-06-10T15:00:33.686Z Federal Judge Blocks Alabama From Using Nitrogen Gas in Jeffrey Lee Execution The judge ordered the state to find an alternate method if it is going to move ahead with the execution of Jeffery Lee, who was convicted of murder. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2979b3ee6011c3f4ec8d43 The three hard-tech moonshots fueling SpaceX’s unbelievable IPO te 2026-06-10T14:50:27.608Z The three hard-tech moonshots fueling SpaceX’s unbelievable IPO Most of the value in SpaceX's IPO is effectively a call option on the company's ambitious space data center plans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2977adee6011c3f4ec8cfc Ella Langley goes viral with passionate comments about her Christian faith, God, love and religion te 2026-06-10T14:41:49.307Z Ella Langley goes viral with passionate comments about her Christian faith, God, love and religion Country music sensation Ella Langley continues to prove she's one of the best people in entertainment. Langley has been on an unstoppable role lately, and she's built herself a massive following in the genre she's dominating. It's not just the music fans love. It's the fact that the "Nicotine" singer comes off as incredibly authentic, and is very open about who she is as a person. That includes a deep Christian faith. ELLA LANGLEY HAS THE INTERNET BUZZING WITH HER BLACK OUTFIT AND PERFORMANCE AT CMA FEST IN NASHVILLE The incredibly talented singer was performing over the weekend at Railbird Festival in Lexington, Kentucky, according to Whiskey Riff, when she took some time to address God, Christianity and faith. Langley said the following, in part, when speaking to the crowd: ELLA LANGLEY FANS RALLY TO HER DEFENSE AFTER MORGAN WALLEN DUET SPARKS POLITICAL BACKLASH You can watch her comments in the video below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. People were quick to show Langley major support in the comments on TikTok. One person wrote, "I pray she never loses her boldness to share her Faith." Another fan added, "I love how she uses her talent and platform to share her faith!!!!!" A third commented, "This makes me love her even more." Clearly, people are big supporters of Langley not being shy about her faith. I have no doubt Langley will continue to push her pro-faith message for her millions of followers. Let me know what you think at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a297799ee6011c3f4ec8cf3 Tucson woman wanted for kidnapping and assault has no connection to Nancy Guthrie case, authorities say te 2026-06-10T14:41:29.372Z Tucson woman wanted for kidnapping and assault has no connection to Nancy Guthrie case, authorities say The Tucson woman wanted in connection with a kidnapping and assault case 6.8 miles from Nancy Guthrie's home remains at large Wednesday morning and has no connection to the 84-year-old's suspected abduction, according to authorities. The Pima County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help tracking down Coral Michelle Smith, 40, who is wanted in connection with a May 29 incident near the intersection of La Cholla Boulevard and River Road. According to the county's Crime Stoppers affiliate, 88-Crime, the attack involved an alleged assault with a deadly weapon. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Authorities never indicated there could be a connection to the Guthrie case. PIMA COUNTY SHERIFF ISSUES ALERT FOR KIDNAPPING SUSPECT LESS THAN 10 MILES FROM NANCY GUTHRIE'S HOME They're asking anyone who sees her to call 911 immediately and not to approach or attempt to detain her themselves. SEND US A TIP HERE Court records show Smith has been accused of kidnapping, assault and disorderly conduct in the past. Her 2020 kidnapping charge was dismissed, but she was convicted of residential robbery in the same case. The victim was under 15. She's served multiple prior stints in prison and has a number of aliases, including "Corral Albright" and "Under the Sea Smith," according to local reports. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST She has a number of tattoos, including a smiley face and heart on her right ankle, a rose with flames on her right foot and the phrase "love, life family" on her left leg. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Smith is described as standing about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing around 136 pounds. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB Anyone who sees Smith is asked to call 911 immediately. To provide information anonymously, call Tucson's 88-Crime hotline at 1-520-882-7463. There is a $1,000 reward for information leading to her arrest. Guthrie is the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie. No suspects have been publicly identified in connection with Guthrie's Feb. 1 disappearance, but authorities have described a man who appeared on her front doorstep in Nest camera video as average height and build — between 5 feet, 9 inches and 5 feet, 10 inches tall. The Guthrie family is asking anyone with information on her abduction to contact 1-800-CALL-FBI. There is a combined reward of more than $1.2 million. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29776fee6011c3f4ec8cd1 Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI te 2026-06-10T14:40:47.050Z Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI Through the acquisition, WMG aims to better track when its artists' work is used in AI-generated content or for training AI models. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a297759ee6011c3f4ec8cc8 Pinterest bets on creators with Amazon Storefront integration te 2026-06-10T14:40:25.854Z Pinterest bets on creators with Amazon Storefront integration Pinterest is adding support for Amazon Storefronts, allowing creators to earn affiliate commissions more easily while showcasing their product recommendations in one place. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29751dee6011c3f4ec8c6e Orioles' Leody Taveras suffers most embarrassing strikeout of the pitch clock era against his former team te 2026-06-10T14:30:53.526Z Orioles' Leody Taveras suffers most embarrassing strikeout of the pitch clock era against his former team Not all strikeouts are created equal, and nothing may exemplify that more than the punch-out Baltimore Orioles center fielder Leody Taveras endured against the Seattle Mariners. Taveras, who played 28 games for Seattle a season ago, was Baltimore's leadoff man in the bottom of the ninth with his club trailing 4-2 at home. In a spot where he could have jump-started a comeback, he instead struck out in what very well could be the most embarrassing fashion possible of the modern era. Sitting on a 2-2 count, Taveras took a pitch well outside and began walking to first base, thinking he had just been walked. He even began taking off his elbow guard before realizing that he had the pitch count wrong. ATHLETICS WILD FIRST GAME IN LAS VEGAS LEADS TO 29 RUNS, 11 HOME RUNS IN OMINOUS SIGN FOR AREA'S MLB FUTURE Unfortunately for him, that's not the most embarrassing part of the at-bat. With the pitch clock immediately restarting after the pitch, and Taveras wasting a few precious seconds to adjust his equipment and eventually step back into the batter's box, he didn't realize the clock was ticking. This led to a full-count strikeout in the bottom of the ninth on a pitch clock violation. Brutal is an appropriate word to describe the sequence at the dish. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! That's a mistake that simply cannot happen in that situation in a professional baseball game at any level, let alone in The Show. The MLB pitch clock is 15 seconds when the bases are empty, which they were during Taveras' at bat, and a player must be settled in the batter's box by the eight-second mark on the clock. While the baseball gods were clearly not on the Orioles' side during Taveras' at-bat, his teammates managed to overcome the free out and score two runs in the bottom of the frame to tie things up at 4-4. Ultimately, the Mariners took care of business in the 10th inning and won the contest 5-4, handing Baltimore its fourth loss in a row. Taveras finished the night with one hit and two RBI, but his lone strikeout in the game in the bottom of the ninth inning will understandably be the most memorable moment of the ballgame. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2972d6ee6011c3f4ec8bf9 'World's Best Ex-Girlfriend' Morgan Riddle done dating athletes, Nikki Spoelstra's selfies for haters & malls te 2026-06-10T14:21:10.169Z 'World's Best Ex-Girlfriend' Morgan Riddle done dating athletes, Nikki Spoelstra's selfies for haters & malls It's hump day, and you've arrived at "America’s Best Daily Internet Column." Joe literally made the call to the bullpen on Tuesday morning. It wasn’t all we discussed on the relatively short phone call, but he's traveling on business, and I'll be toeing the rubber for the next two days. We're starting Wednesday's Screencaps off with tennis pro Taylor Fritz's ex-girlfriend, the self-described "World's Best Ex-Girlfriend," Morgan Riddle swearing off athletes. This is a shocking turn of events for the former WAG whose influencer career took off after going viral at Wimbledon a few years ago. This isn't your average ex-girlfriend of an athlete. She was also labeled "The Most Famous Woman in Men's Tennis" on the cover of the the New York Times. What happened during her almost six years with Fritz? Whatever it is, she's gone from one of the hottest names in all of tennis to slapping together a list of what she's looking for in her next relationship and a must is that they're not an athlete. These sorts of lists are always a good sign. I'm sure the perfect guy who isn’t an athlete is out there for her. She's the real star. SIBLINGS CATCH THEIR PARTNERS SLEEPING TOGETHER, A CORRECTIONS EMPLOYEE LOVE STORY & UNHINGED NON-NEGOTIABLES "I made, like, a 33-point non-negotiables list for [my next relationship]. It has basic things like political alignment, shared life goals, intellectual intimacy, no sports betting or gambling, only makes my life happier," Riddle told Elle. "I’ll never date an athlete again." Best of luck to Morgan Riddle. It's a shame we'll not get anymore "get ready with me" content before she heads out to the court for her share of the camera time. Although she's swearing off dating athletes, not showing up to sporting events to fulfill her influencer duties. We may not have seen the last of her near a tennis court. I could get into how insane the Stanley Cup Final has been. If you're not watching that, you're missing out on some wild hockey. There's been a hat trick by a player in one period, three goals scored by a team in 39 seconds and unbelievable comebacks. Last night was just your typical eight-goal game won by the Hurricanes to even the series with the Golden Knights at two games apiece. I could dive deeper into that, but I'm going to use this call to the bullpen to address a couple of things I would have had to wait until Sunday to address. The first thing I wanted to address was Bob, who made an appearance on Sunday Screencaps when he sent in greetings and meat from North Las Vegas. I evidently forgot to respond to him. I want to first and foremost thank him for sending his meat my way. I encourage everyone to do so as they fire up the grills during grilling season. Now that I have that out of the way, I want to also address the Go Pack Go he included. One of my good friends is a Packers fan and for that reason I'm forced to root against them. Keep the meat coming, but I hope for nothing but misery in Green Bay each and every season for the team and their fans. I feel much better getting that off my chest. SYDNEY THOMAS DOMINATES THE RED CARPET IN CANNES AS HER STAR CONTINUES TO RISE, NEW MLB POWER COUPLE & MEAT! Next up on the agenda is malls. I was dragged out to the mall by my wife last weekend, and I was shocked at how many people were there. All I keep hearing is how malls are dead, and I assumed that was the case. I saw people, I saw multiple dogs, and even some dog crap smeared across the floor after being trampled on. We occasionally go out to the mall. The trips usually take place if we're out of town or around Christmas for some last-minute shopping. This trip reminded me of one of those trips around the holidays. Gen X Warren M. and his wife are still making their way out to malls. He writes: Hey SeanJo, Great work today on Sunday Screencaps, and I’m glad to see someone from my neck of the woods emailing in, Matt from Palm Beach Gardens. CHRISTEN GOFF HIT THE RUNWAY FOR SWIM WEEK, ALYSHA NEWMAN IN MIAMI FOR THE FESTIVITIES & A DINGER TO THE DOME Anyway, malls have been a hot discussion on OutKick these days. Zach wrote about his hometown mall getting demolished in favor of, at least in part, an outdoor outlet mall. The mall he mentioned was a nearly a ghost town when my wife and I stopped in 11 years ago when wedding planning in Stuart, Florida (we ended up getting married in Southwest Florida). We go to the Palm Beach Gardens mall, which is getting more and more fancy like the Boca Raton mall. It’s got all my wife’s favorite stores and some nice restaurants like Cooper’s Hawk, Marlin Bar, and Tap 42. The old Palm Beach Mall is now an outdoor outlet mall while two others should probably be torn down. The one in my town of Wellington saw major stores leave over the last decade. They should keep half of it with the nice theater and comedy club, then tear down the rest and make it an exclusive place. As a Gen Xer, malls were always the place to go. And that’s probably why I’m writing so much about our local malls. Crazy how half in our area are very nice and the other half are ghost towns. Have a great one! SeanJo Warren, thanks as always for the support and for breaking down the Florida mall scene. I want to know what it's like out there across the country. Are people still braving the emotional support dog shit covered floors and going to malls? Are malls dead or have they started to bounce back? ########## That's it for this hump day and my first of two relief appearances. As I mentioned, Joe is on a business trip. He'll be back on Friday. Let me know what the mall scene looks like in your area. We have a few here within 30 to 45 minutes and I assume since they're still up and running, and the one I went to was packed, that people are still frequenting them. Keep sending your meat and whatever else you'd like my way. If sent emails my way already, I haven’t forgotten about them. They will either be included tomorrow or Sunday. The inbox is open at sean.joseph@outkick.com. You can also follow me on Twitter and over on Instagram if you'd like. Feel free to slide into the DMs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2972abee6011c3f4ec8bd6 ServiceNow tells customers a bug left some of their data exposed to the internet te 2026-06-10T14:20:27.687Z ServiceNow tells customers a bug left some of their data exposed to the internet ServiceNow is used by thousands of enterprises to automate their internal processes, but says several customers had data accessed because of a security bug. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29706cee6011c3f4ec8b8e Country singer Alana Springsteen felt like a 'black sheep' growing up for wanting to leave her hometown te 2026-06-10T14:10:52.728Z Country singer Alana Springsteen felt like a 'black sheep' growing up for wanting to leave her hometown Alana Springsteen is sharing why she never felt like she fit in while growing up in her hometown. During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 25-year-old singer and songwriter discussed her latest autobiographical album, "I Hope This Helps" – which is out now — and why she always felt like a "black sheep" growing up. "I always felt just a little out of place in my hometown and my family. Where I grew up, people, they're born there, they stay there, they live there, they just kind of never leave," she explained. "Most of my family has never been out of the country, let alone traveled the US, and I just had all of these dreams of traveling seeing other cultures wanting to see what was outside of my little bubble when I was a little kid, and I didn't really understand that, and I don't think there were many people around me that had that same passion." The singer went on to explain that while those around her have gone on to get married and have children, she "didn't grow up dreaming about my wedding," but instead would dream about performing in stadiums. PEOPLE'S CHOICE COUNTRY AWARDS: SHANIA TWAIN, ALANA SPRINGSTEEN AND KELSEA BALLERINI SHINE ON RED CARPET She explained that her dreams for her future and what she prioritized "were a little different than what I was raised to believe was right." "What I've learned is that we're all created so differently for different purposes, and the more I've leaned into the things that make me different, that make the black sheep, the more [I] ended up exactly where I'm meant to be, and it's made me realize that all of those things are my superpower, and they make me uniquely built to live this life," she said. WATCH: Alana Springsteen felt like 'a black sheep' while growing up in her hometown When speaking about her newest album, "I Hope This Helps," Springsteen has referred to it as the most personal chapter in her life, saying her "gauge these days for when writing a song" is that she needs to feel "a little bit terrified" when she has finished, otherwise she didn't do it right. For this album specifically, she wanted to "say the things that scare me the most," saying sometimes the best thing to do in order to heal is to "face those things that you've been running from," adding, "that's what this album was for me." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "I think it changed the way I see myself, so I knew inevitably that the people who cared enough to really listen would see me differently, and to be honest, my whole life I've been so concerned with what people think," she said. "I'm a people pleaser. A lot of times I tend to prioritize what people think over being who I truly am and just being fully authentic." WATCH: Alana Springsteen used her new album, 'I Hope This Helps' as a way to heal "I tried my best with this album to use that as an exercise of just like, it doesn't matter what people think," she added. "Some people will take something great from it, some people may judge you, but I'm trying to be comfortable being a little misunderstood in this season of my life." "I Hope This Helps" is Springsteen's second studio album, following her breakout debut album, "Twenty Something," which was released in 2023, which featured collaborations with major country stars, including Chris Stapleton and Mitchell Tenpenny. In addition to working with big-named stars on her album, Springsteen also performed to massive crowds as the opening act for both Luke Bryan and Keith Urban during their respective tours in 2024 and 2025. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Working with Urban was special for Springsteen, as he is someone she "looked up to for so long." WATCH: Alana Springsteen's latest album changed how the artist saw herself Springsteen told Fox News Digital during her first ever appearance at the Stagecoach Festival.  "I don’t know if he knows this, but he basically taught me how to play guitar when I was nine-years-old," she told Fox News Digital in May. "I just remember having his records on repeat, trying to learn those licks, those riffs, just obsessed with his songwriting, obsessed with everything he does, so to be on tour with him is so special." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a296e31ee6011c3f4ec8b4c Sedona Hummingbird Festival registration opens te 2026-06-10T14:01:21.848Z Sedona Hummingbird Festival registration opens Banding demonstrations began biweekly in mid-May Alice Madar, the executive director of the Sedona-based International Hummingbird Society, said her favorite part of the annual Hummingbird Festival was the hummingbird breakfast. It had discontinued a few years after she first started attending about Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a296bbcee6011c3f4ec8aa5 Do not click fake 'account recovery' Amazon email te 2026-06-10T13:50:52.400Z Do not click fake 'account recovery' Amazon email Amazon is getting ready for Prime Day, and you can bet scammers are, too. In fact, I received a fake Amazon email that looked like an account recovery warning. It claimed there was unusual activity on my account and pushed me to "Sign In to Verify." That kind of message can make anyone uneasy. It certainly did for me. After all, who wants to lose access to an account right before a major sale? Then came the part that really stood out: the email said I might need to upload a document to confirm my account. That was the giveaway. A real deal can save you money. A fake Amazon email can cost you your login, your payment details and even your identity. Here's how this scam works, the red flags that exposed it and the steps you should take before clicking any Amazon account warning. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report The timing made this phishing email more convincing. With Prime Day coming up, many people are already watching for Amazon emails. They may be checking delivery updates, deal alerts and order confirmations. That creates the perfect opening for a fake account warning. The email used the same tricks you see in many phishing scams. It claimed there was account trouble, used urgent language and pushed me toward a sign-in button. That is exactly what scammers want. They want you to react before you inspect the message. They want you to sign in before you think through the request. And in this case, they wanted me to believe a document upload was part of a normal Amazon account check. This fake Amazon email had several warning signs. First, it landed in my junk folder. That alone does not prove fraud, but it should make you cautious. Second, the subject line sounded awkward. It said, "Account Recovery: Sign-in and Verify your Amazon account." That wording felt stiff and a little off. Third, the greeting was generic. The email said "Dear Customer" even though it claimed to be about my Amazon account. That alone does not prove the email is fake, but it adds to the concern. Fourth, the message created urgency. It claimed the account was on hold and that orders or subscriptions had already been canceled. Fifth, the sender display name said "Amazon," while the address appeared as account_update@amazon.com. That may look official at first. Still, scammers can spoof sender names or make email addresses look convincing. Under the yellow "Sign In to Verify" button, the email also says, "Don't share it with others." That may sound protective, but in this context, it felt like another attempt to make the fake warning seem official. The biggest warning sign came from the document request. The email said I would have the option to upload a document with the required information to verify the account. That should stop you cold. Scammers may be after more than your Amazon password. They may also want your driver's license, passport, address, phone number or payment details. This scam works because it hits a very real fear. Most people do not want to lose access to an online shopping account. That concern grows when a big sale is about to start. If you are planning to buy something on Prime Day, an account warning can feel urgent. The email also borrowed Amazon's familiar look. It used the Amazon name, a logo area and a yellow sign-in button. It also included a footer that appeared to show an Amazon.com link. That can make the message feel safer than it really is. Here is the problem. The visible link text in an email can mislead you. A link can appear to point to Amazon while sending you somewhere else. It can also pass through tracking links, redirects or look-alike pages. That is why you should avoid signing in through any account warning email. 120,000 FAKE SITES FUEL AMAZON PRIME DAY SCAMS If you click the link, you may land on a fake Amazon sign-in page. It may look close enough to fool you. Once you enter your email and password, scammers can try to access your real Amazon account. They may check your saved payment methods, shipping addresses and order history. They may also try that same password on other websites. That becomes a bigger risk if you reuse passwords. The document request adds another layer of danger. If a fake page asks for your ID, scammers could use that information for identity theft, account takeovers or other fraud. That is why one quick click can turn into a much bigger mess. A fake Amazon email can look convincing at first, so the best move is to slow down and use these simple checks before you click, sign in or share anything. Skip buttons like "Sign In to Verify," "View details" or "Restore access." Open the Amazon app or type Amazon.com into your browser yourself. After signing in directly, go to Your Account > Message Center. If the alert is real, you should see a matching message there. Scammers often say your account is locked, your orders were canceled, or you must act right away. That pressure is designed to make you click before thinking. If an email asks for a passport, driver's license or other document, stop. Contact Amazon through the app or website before sending anything. A password manager can help you spot fake login pages. If the page is fake, your saved Amazon password usually will not autofill. Check out the best expert-reviewed password managers of 2026 at CyberGuy.com. Install strong antivirus software on your computer, phone and tablet. Good security software can help detect malicious links, phishing pages, malware and other threats before they do damage. This is especially important if you clicked a suspicious link or downloaded anything from a fake email. Security software should back up your smart habits, not replace them. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices at CyberGuy.com. Scammers often build more convincing attacks with information they find about you online. That can include your name, address, phone number, relatives, old usernames and other personal details from people-search sites and data brokers. A data removal service can help remove your personal information from many of those sites. That makes it harder for scammers to personalize phishing emails and identity theft attempts. Check out my top picks for data removal services and get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web by visiting CyberGuy.com. Forward suspicious Amazon emails to reportascam@amazon.com. Then delete the message from your inbox or junk folder. JANUARY SCAMS SURGE: WHY FRAUD SPIKES AT THE START OF THE YEAR Prime Day is a great time to find real deals, but it is also a busy season for fake Amazon emails. Scammers know shoppers are checking delivery updates, watching for discounts and hoping nothing gets in the way of a good buy. That is what made this email so sneaky. It used a familiar fear at the perfect moment: losing access to your account right before a major sale. The safest move is to slow down before you click. Do not trust the button. Do not trust the sender name alone. Open the Amazon app or type Amazon.com into your browser and check your account yourself. Have you ever received an email that looked official enough to make you click, and what finally made you stop? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report HOW TO DETECT FAKE AMAZON EMAILS AND AVOID IMPERSONATION SCAMS Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29697eee6011c3f4ec8a41 Cubs World Series hero embracing Chicago in retirement as 10-year anniversary of broken curse approaches te 2026-06-10T13:41:18.083Z Cubs World Series hero embracing Chicago in retirement as 10-year anniversary of broken curse approaches This November will mark 10 years since the Chicago Cubs were champions for the first time in several generations. On Nov. 2, 2016, the Cubs broke a curse that had lasted 108 years, winning their first World Series title four years before the Titanic even sank, and many members of the team will get back to Wrigley Field next month to celebrate. "It's crazy. Time flies. I mean, it was a special team, special run, and it's gonna be fun to celebrate it," Anthony Rizzo recently told Fox News Digital. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Now in retirement, Rizzo, who signed a one-day contract to retire a Cub after spending nearly four years with the New York Yankees, has been back in Chicago attending Cubs games and recording a podcast with former World Series teammate David Ross. But recently, as the World Cup nears, he partnered with Abbott and Real Madrid to help give rising soccer stars in Chicago a chance to play for the Abbott Dream Team. The 16 selected male and female "Abbott Dream Team" members, ages 18–19, will travel to Spain on an all‑expenses‑paid trip to train at Real Madrid's official facilities. "Giving back in the community here in Chicago means the world to me, and these kids getting an opportunity to go to Real Madrid, practice, and train there is pretty special," Rizzo said. "It's a really cool program, they're both respective leaders in their industry, bringing together kids playing soccer, and then harping on the nutrition side of it, as well, means a lot, because it takes a lot to get to the next level, and the fact that Abbott's drilling these kids with nutrition and the importance of it, I think is very important as well." BLUE JAYS RALLY WHILE ORIOLES' DOUBLE-PLAY ATTEMPT NEGATED AS UMPS RULE INFIELDER FAILED TO TRY TO TAG RUNNER "Everyone's talented when you get to the higher levels, right? Everyone has the talent, but it's the mental capacity, it's the little things, and nutrition is, I think, for me, one of the most important things," Rizzo added. "You don't really see the results on the field, but you feel you're gonna recover better, you're gonna sleep better, you have more energy, so taking care of your body is very important, and I let them know that when you get to a certain level, the talent level evens out, and it's what separates you from making it, or getting that opportunity, or being ready for that opportunity when it comes." Rizzo, of course, knows what it takes to get to, and succeed at, the next level. He found the ultimate success with that 2016 title, which obviously came with additional pressure. But the former first baseman said that, despite fans' desperate desire for a drought to end, he was able to maintain business as usual in the World Series in which he hit .360 with a 1.084 OPS. "You don't really feel as much of that weight, because you're in the World Series, you're at the highest level, you're one of two teams standing, right? So, all the drought stuff comes in on the outside, and I was only there for five or six years up to that point, so, the previous 102 years ... You just have to, you have to be able to have perspective on it," Rizzo said. "You have to be able to laugh about it, and for us, we just kept all the outside noise outside, and we just focused on what we had to do to win." The 2016 Cubs will gather on July 18, 10 years to the day Rizzo hit a three-run homer off New York Mets pitcher Steven Matz in a 5-1 victory to go to 56-36. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29694eee6011c3f4ec89fd Jedify raises $24M to help companies arm AI agents with context on their business te 2026-06-10T13:40:30.330Z Jedify raises $24M to help companies arm AI agents with context on their business The funding round was led by Norwest, with participation S Capital VC, Cerca Partners, and Oceans Ventures. Snowflake Ventures also participated as a strategic investor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29671dee6011c3f4ec88e9 Former Disney star reveals her 'genius hack' for cooling down on delayed flight te 2026-06-10T13:31:09.288Z Former Disney star reveals her 'genius hack' for cooling down on delayed flight Former Disney Channel star Leigh-Allyn Baker posted a very talkable video recently showing how she soaked her feet in a cup of ice water while stuck on a delayed airplane — prompting numerous reactions, including many positive ones.  Best known for playing Amy Duncan on Disney Channel's "Good Luck Charlie," Baker shared the video after her flight sat on the runway for roughly two hours with apparently little air conditioning. "SOS. Stuck on a plane, sitting on the runway, for TWO HOURS," Baker wrote in the video's caption. PASSENGERS SHARE 'WEIRDEST' THINGS SEEN ON PLANES, INCLUDING UNUSUAL FOODS, BARE FEET AND BARNYARD ANIMALS "Almost no A/C! This and menopause are NOT a good combination," she also wrote.  "So I decided to pretend it was just a day to dip my toes in the pool to cool off. This is survival, guys. Don’t judge." Baker told Fox News Digital the cooling method was born out of necessity during the lengthy delay. The actress said that while filming Christmas movies during the summer, she learned ice can be an effective way to cool down. "My feet were on fire," Baker said. "And imagining a day at a tiny pool seemed nice … and hilarious." HOLLYWOOD ACTOR BLASTS AIRPLANE MODE AS 'NONSENSE' IN HILARIOUS PODCAST FLIGHT RANT Rather than complain about the situation, Baker said she decided to have some fun with it. "I could whine and complain about it, or I could get creative, make light of the situation and spread some laughter," she said. Baker also said she believes the post resonated with many followers because it showed an imperfect moment. "I believe the world is craving authenticity," she said. "Imperfection is refreshing in a social media climate that just pushes perfect lives and perfect moments." 'WORST PLANE RIDE': AIRLINE PASSENGER CLAIMS SHE WAS REPEATEDLY SHOVED FOR RECLINING HER SEAT She added that fellow passengers in her row found her stunt amusing. "My row mates couldn’t stop laughing," Baker said. The clip quickly drew mixed reactions online, with some viewers calling the move creative and relatable. Others said they felt it was unsanitary. After posting the video, Baker clarified in the comments section that her feet had not touched the airplane floor. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "For the record ... my feet never touched the airplane floor," she wrote in the comments section. "They went straight from my shoes to the pool." Diane Gottsman, a Texas-based etiquette expert who was not present on the flight, told Fox News Digital that passengers should remain mindful of how their behavior affects those around them, particularly in confined spaces. "As in every public space, we all have a responsibility to be aware of our surroundings and show respect for those standing, walking, or seated around us," Gottsman said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES She added that airplanes can already be stressful environments for both passengers and crew members. "Placing your feet in shared areas, or using drinking cups as a spa treatment on a flight, is simply asking for negative feedback," Gottsman said. Many social media users disagreed with that — calling the move "brilliant" and "creative." "This is so Amy Duncan and I love it," one commenter wrote, referencing Baker's "Good Luck Charlie" character. Another commenter said the idea was "actually genius." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ A third wrote, "Do what you gotta do to stay cool!!" Another person wrote, "Hey, if it works, that’s what counts! Making note of this hack." Still another chimed in, "I’m stealing that idea for my next trip!"  "I love this so much! You are amazing," a fan gushed. Others questioned whether the foot soak was appropriate in a confined public space. A commenter said, "I hope you know the girl sitting next to you." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a296708ee6011c3f4ec88db We found 10 patriotic deals in Amazon's America 250 shop — all under $50 te 2026-06-10T13:30:48.967Z We found 10 patriotic deals in Amazon's America 250 shop — all under $50 America's 250th anniversary is here, and Amazon is celebrating with patriotic gear to help you commemorate the occasion. Whether you're looking for collectible whiskey glasses, classic baseball caps, garden flags or other Americana-inspired finds, these products make it easy to celebrate the nation's historic birthday. READ MORE: America 250 is coming: What to know and the best commemorative gear to buy This America 250 baseball cap is the kind of patriotic gear you can wear well beyond the Fourth of July. For less than $20, it features anniversary dates alongside a bold bald eagle and the American flag design. Choose from classic red and blue colorways or opt for a camouflage version. Raise a toast to America's 250th anniversary with this whiskey glass. The detailed design features an eagle, American flag and the words "We are the People," creating a classic keepsake that celebrates the nation's history while serving your favorite pour. READ MORE: Celebrate America's 250th with these patriotic keepsakes and collectibles, from $16 Give your Fourth of July outfit a rugged update with this distressed America 250 hat. Red, white and blue fabric shows through the worn-in detailing, creating a subtle patriotic look without sacrificing style. The denim construction adds a classic, lived-in feel that pairs well with everything from jeans to a simple T-shirt. This America 250 anniversary T-shirt comes directly from the official Amazon storefront. The understated design offers a simple way to commemorate the nation's milestone birthday, making it a suitable choice for those who prefer a more subtle look. READ MORE: 18 brands still making cookware and kitchen tools in the U.S. — from skillets to spatulas This patriotic T-shirt combines classic Americana imagery, including an eagle and an American flag-inspired cross, with the dates marking the nation's 250th anniversary. Available in more than a dozen colors, it offers plenty of options to match your personal style while celebrating the milestone. Accessorize your America 250 look with these American flag heart earrings. The dangly design is festive enough for the occasion, so you'll be sure to stand out. It's the perfect patriotic addition to your wardrobe for less than $10.  This spirited V-neck T-shirt features an eagle and an American flag graphic, while the star-patterned trim adds an extra Americana-inspired touch. The shirt is available in sizes S through XXL. READ MORE: Shopping for America 250? Here's what's actually made in the USA — and what's imported Every Fourth of July celebration deserves a flag, and this American 250 edition adds a commemorative touch to the occasion. The flag incorporates classic red, white and blue elements alongside text inspired by the Constitution, while 13 stars representing the original colonies surround the nation's 250th anniversary dates. The result is a distinctive design that honors a special year in American history. More than 1,000 shoppers bought this America 250 garden flag last month, and at just $10, it's a great way to add patriotic flair to your yard. The double-sided design showcases artwork from every angle without taking up much space. For more deals, visit www.foxnews.com/deals Show your patriotic side without sacrificing comfort with this American flag polo. The quick-drying fabric helps keep you comfortable on hot days, while the classic design works just as well for a round of golf as it does for a backyard barbecue or casual Friday at the office. If you're an Amazon Prime member, you can get these items sent to your door ASAP. You can join or start a 30-day free trial to start your shopping today. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29629bee6011c3f4ec881d Trump’s counterterrorism strategy scores big wins against global terror threats te 2026-06-10T13:11:55.211Z Trump’s counterterrorism strategy scores big wins against global terror threats Last month, Iranian proxy Kataib Hezbollah terrorist Mohammad al Saadi was arrested in Turkey and extradited to New York City, where he was charged with planning and executing terrorist attacks in Europe and the U.S. Al Saadi was accused of firebombing the Bank of New York Mellon in Amsterdam, stabbing two Jewish victims in London, and shooting at the U.S. consulate in Toronto. He was also allegedly targeting Ivanka Trump for assassination. Al Saadi, who reportedly received training from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), posted a picture of the Kushner home in Florida on social media and boasted that he was "currently in the stage of surveillance and analysis...our revenge is a matter of time." Al Saadi sought to assassinate Ivanka Trump because he wanted to avenge the kinetic strike President Trump launched during his first term, which eliminated IRGC Commander Qasem Soleimani. FBI BRINGS IRAQI MAN ACCUSED OF COORDINATING NEARLY 20 TERROR ATTACKS IN EUROPE TO FACE TRIAL IN NEW YORK Al Saadi, a 32-year-old Iraqi national who was on his way to Russia when he was arrested, established a travel agency, which specialized in religious trips and gave him cover to travel around the world to connect with terrorist cells. When he was arrested he had an Iraqi Service Passport, a special travel document issued to Iraqi government employees only obtained with the consent of the Prime Minister. In another successful overseas counterterrorism operation last month, the U.S. and Nigerian Military forces killed senior ISIS terrorist leader Abu Bilal al Manuki, a Nigerian national, who was responsible for global terrorist operations and had also planned terrorist attacks in West Africa and the Sahel. Specific details about how the U.S. and our Nigerian partners found, fixed, and finished al Manuki have not been released. The Biden administration designated al Manuki as a global terrorist in 2023. According to Nigerian military officials, al Manuki was responsible for supplying ISIS with weapons, explosives, and drones. These two exquisite kill/capture counterterrorism operations followed the path set out in the Trump administration's Counterterrorism Strategy, which was released in early May 2026 and emphasized the priority of targeting terrorists including al Qaeda and ISIS with external operations capabilities. The Counterterrorism Strategy reflects the president's commander's intent to "identify terror actors and plots before they happen" so that the U.S. government can undertake preemptive measures, thereby denying the terrorists the opportunity to inflict harm on our citizens and homeland. Since 9/11, the U.S. has developed highly sophisticated counterterrorism tactics by fusing the work of our intelligence agencies with law enforcement and elite U.S. military capabilities. Additionally, as the Counterterrorism Strategy highlights, "there are a number of nations around the world whose militaries, law enforcement agencies, and intelligence units have become the United States' close CT allies and partners." That includes Africa, where according to the Counterterrorism Strategy, the U.S. strategic objective is to "guarantee that none of the Jihadi groups can build a base of operations that allows them to plot and execute attacks against the United States and American interests around the world." IRANIAN SLEEPER CELLS POSE WORLD CUP THREAT, FORMER FBI AGENT WARNS, URGES TRUMP TO SEND STARK WARNING Both of these impactful counterterrorism operations went off without a hitch because our foreign partners - Nigeria in the case of al Manuki and Turkey in the case of al Saadi- served as powerful force multipliers for our counterterrorism mission. The foundation for our success was the human intelligence on which we relied to find and fix the targets. We will still need to be alert for the possibility that remnants of al Saadi's network might seek to follow through on his terrorist attack plans and the same holds true for al Manuki's ISIS terrorist network, who no doubt will continue to plot and plan against us. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Bottom line, there should be no safe haven for terrorists who seek to do us harm. And that means we need a forward deployed small footprint of U.S. intelligence and military focused relentlessly not on nation building but on our sacred counterterrorism mission. Geographic separation no longer grants us immunity from terrorist threats because the world is so interconnected. If we fail to deal with terrorist threats over there, then those threats will materialize on our shores over here. As World Cup begins, there is no question that terrorists have in their crosshairs these high profile soccer games and their massive fanbase. Expect the U.S. Intelligence Community, law enforcement, and the U.S. military together with our foreign allies and partners to be mounting a full court press to ensure the games go on safely and securely. That's what implementing an effective Counterterrorism Strategy is all about. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DAN HOFFMAN Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a296287ee6011c3f4ec8814 Dennis Quaid ditched LA for Nashville after the once 'fantastic' city went 'downhill' te 2026-06-10T13:11:35.290Z Dennis Quaid ditched LA for Nashville after the once 'fantastic' city went 'downhill' Dennis Quaid is opening up about why he left Los Angeles, saying the once "fantastic" city has been on a downward slide for years. The 72-year-old actor joined the growing exodus of residents fleeing LA when he moved to Nashville, Tennessee with his wife Lauren Savoie, 33, in 2020. During an interview with Fox News Digital, "The Parent Trap" star, who lived in LA for decades, explained how he became frustrated and disillusioned with the management of the city, a sentiment that he believes is shared by many, particularly following the devastating California fires in early 2025. DENNIS QUAID SLAMS EXTREME LEFT SHIFT IN HOLLYWOOD: 'WHAT USED TO BE, YOU CAN'T BE ANYMORE' "It used to be such a great town and the '90s was nice. And then it's been kind of going downhill and I feel like people pay these taxes for no services is what it gets down to," he said at the country music festival CMA Fest on Saturday. "And then fire happens and it kind of exposes all those things that go on that should be taken care of," Quaid continued. "So people are — people are angry and half angry, and they're half kind of feel like giving up, to tell you the truth." "I'm just one of thousands who have left, and I don't know, I hope the town comes back," he added. "I really do. It used to be such a fantastic town. It was. It was a great community, too. And something's happened. People need to be inspired there." Despite making Nashville his primary residence, Quaid maintained a home in LA's Brentwood neighborhood. In January 2025, Quaid was forced to evacuate his house during the fires, which destroyed more than 18,000 buildings and claimed 31 lives. WATCH HERE: DENNIS QUAID SAYS HE'S ‘JUST ONE OF THOUSANDS WHO HAVE LEFT' LA Quaid has been an outspoken critic of LA Mayor Karen Bass over the city's handling of the fires. The actor previously slammed Bass for leaving the country on a trip to Ghana as the blazes erupted. Quaid also blasted local leadership over its preparedness and response, water shortages and cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department's budget. Following the fires, Quaid actively participated in the "They Let Us Burn" protests as well as calling for Bass to resign and supporting recall efforts against her. Quaid has described himself as a "commonsense independent" who leans conservative and previously slammed what he said was the "extremely" left shift in Hollywood. He publicly endorsed President Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 election and appeared at conservative political events.  When asked about his thoughts on the LA mayoral primary race, Quaid voiced his support for Spencer Pratt. The 42-year-old former reality star is a registered Republican who ran as an Independent in the nonpartisan race. "I hope Pratt wins," he told Fox News Digital. SPENCER PRATT SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS IN HIS LA MAYORAL CAMPAIGN, LOVES ATTACKS Quaid previously endorsed "The Hills" alum's campaign during an interview with Fox News Digital at the 2nd Annual Military & Veteran Entertainment Awards Gala in LA last month. The Emmy Award winner didn't hold back when asked why he was endorsing Pratt. "Why? What are you talking about? Why? Just look around, man," Quaid said. REALITY TV STAR SPENCER PRATT TESTS LA VOTERS' APPETITE FOR POLITICAL OUTSIDER Pratt, who has also been a vocal critic of Bass over her response to the fires after losing his own home in the disaster, announced his surprise bid for City Hall at a "They Let Us Burn" protest in January. During his campaign, Pratt emphasized issues such as homelessness, public safety, wildfire response and infrastructure. In the June 2 primary election, Pratt spent several days in second place behind Bass and appeared on track for the November runoff before late-counted mail ballots steadily narrowed his lead and eventually pushed City Councilmember Nithya Raman ahead. Though California's vote count is still being finalized, Bass and Raman are now projected to advance to the November election. NE-YO EMBRACES COUNTRY’S EVERYDAY LIFESTYLE, SAYS R&B’S ‘SEXIEST GUY, ALL THE MONEY’ IMAGE ISN’T REALITY Beyond his frustrations with LA, Quaid has previously said that Nashville's thriving music scene helped draw him to the city. While best known for his acting work, Quaid has also pursued a decades-long music career. Quaid performs with his band, Dennis Quaid & The Sharks, and has released multiple albums, blending rock, country and gospel influences. In recent years, he has increasingly focused on faith-based music, including his 2023 gospel album "Fallen: A Gospel Record for Sinners." In 2019, Quaid began working with country music icons Tanya Tucker and the late Kris Kristofferson on a joint recording of the actor's gospel song, "On My Way to Heaven," which also featured Brandi Carlile. Though the song and an accompanying music video were completed years ago, the rollout was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DANICA MCKELLAR EXPLAINS WHY LA HAS LOST ITS APPEAL AS MORE CELEBRITIES FLEE HOLLYWOOD During CMA Fest, Quaid appeared with Tucker to discuss the music video for "On My Way to Heaven," which will be released alongside the audio single on June 20. While speaking with Fox News Digital ahead of the event, Quaid shared the story behind their collaboration. "I'd done a record with The Sharks that I had put the song 'On My Way to Heaven' on, and it came out and went nowhere," he recalled. "Then out of the blue, I get a call from 'TNT' Tanya Tucker, who was my leading lady 40 years before that." LAINEY WILSON SAYS CITY PEOPLE HAVE WRONG VIEW OF COUNTRY TOWNS AS SHE DEFENDS HER 'BLUE COLLAR' ROOTS "She was my first leading lady in movies," Quaid continued. "We did a TV movie called 'Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill.' Anyway, she called, and she says, 'I really like the song and I wanna do it.'" "'Really? Well, OK then,'" he remembered telling her. "And then she called back 10 minutes later and said, 'Kris Kristofferson wants to do it.' That blew my mind twice. And especially because Kris was, I mean, my hero from the time I was 17." "And then over the next two years, really, we recorded with Kris. And Brandi Carlile's doing backups on it. And this is around the time that Tanya was making a record with her. And, you know, it just came together slowly. And then COVID hit." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER  Reflecting on the song's origins, Quaid said the song emerged from one of the most transformative periods of his life, as he navigated recovery after his stint in rehab in the early 1990s, revisited religious texts and deepened his personal faith. "It was right after I got out of what I call 'cocaine school' — rehab," he recalled. "And it was a song that I wrote that night. You know, they tell you you need a higher power in that program there. I started rereading the Bible." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I'd read it when I was a kid and I read it cover to cover," Quaid continued. "I also read the 'Dhammapada' and the 'Bhagavad Gita' and all of them and stuff. It was really a personal relationship with Jesus which really struck me, which is what it's all about. And I wrote that song, you know, after doing that, also to let my mother know I was OK.'" When asked whether country music's emphasis on faith, family and hard work has contributed to its success, Quaid said those values have always been at the heart of the genre. "That's the way country music has always been, and it's grown," he said. "I grew up on country music, really, with Hank Williams. And my dad would listen to it in the car, the truck on his way to work, because it appealed to working people back then. And it was outside of rock and roll, but it influenced everything." "I can't think of a genre that's bigger," Quaid added. "Everybody loves it." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a296273ee6011c3f4ec880b Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing executes a slide so illegal it would've made the 1980s proud te 2026-06-10T13:11:15.287Z Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing executes a slide so illegal it would've made the 1980s proud Los Angeles Dodgers' catcher Dalton Rushing reminded baseball fans of a simpler time with a perfectly executed slide Tuesday night against the Pirates. Unfortunately, it was only "perfectly executed" from about 1930 through 2016. Nowadays, what Rushing did in the fifth inning of Tuesday's eventual win over Pittsburgh is deemed illegal. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Sad. We used to be a proper country! Anyway, take a look, and judge for yourself: First of all, the slide itself would've been textbook in the 1980s. They would've shown that on overhead projectors in high school clubhouses across the country. It's also genuinely funny that Dalton Rushing thought this would hold up in a court of law. What was he thinking here? I mean, he didn't even come CLOSE to the bag itself. I'd wager to say he was closer to sliding into the outfield grass than he was to sliding into the actual base. Amazing. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! For those wondering, Major League Baseball changed the sliding rules about a decade ago after Chase Utley famously tried to break Mets shortstop Rubén Tejada in half during the 2015 NLDS: From MLB: Rule 6.01 (j), the so-called "Chase Utley slide rule," has been clarified by Major League Baseball. In the process, the rule has been made more workable. Under the new Rule 6.01(j), a runner will have to make a "bona fide slide," which is defined as making contact with the ground before reaching the base, being able to and attempting to reach the base with a hand or foot, being able to and attempting to remain on the base at the completion of the slide (except at home plate) and not changing his path for the purpose of initiating contact with a fielder. That last one really hurts Rushing's case here, given the literal purpose of his slide was to take out the shortstop. Easy call for the umpires, I'd say. Pretty cut and dried stuff. Anyway, it reminded this MLB fan of simpler times. Some would argue they were better times. Nothing like being able to absolutely wallop someone to break up a double play, or score a run. Was it dangerous? You betcha. Did we love it? Absolutely. How can you not be romantic about baseball? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a296248ee6011c3f4ec87e8 Decart’s new world model can simulate hours of photorealistic driving — with some caveats te 2026-06-10T13:10:32.809Z Decart’s new world model can simulate hours of photorealistic driving — with some caveats Decart is launching Oasis 3, a real-time world model that generates photorealistic driving environments for autonomous vehicle testing, now available via API for developers to build on. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a296007ee6011c3f4ec878f The magic of Omaha: Why the College World Series is unlike anything else in sports that's worth the trip te 2026-06-10T13:00:55.771Z The magic of Omaha: Why the College World Series is unlike anything else in sports that's worth the trip If you're on the fence about making the trip to Omaha this week to root on your favorite team at the College World Series, just buy the ticket or make the drive. Just outside the gates of Charles Schwab Field sits a bar that has triggered one of the fiercest competitions that takes place off the actual field. How much alcohol are you prepared to drink, to help your team claim the status of Jell-O-Shot challenge champions? No, I'm being dead serious. Thanks to a clever idea started by Rocco's Pizza, the alcohol-infused competition has turned into a social media craze, with the leaderboard updated every few hours to keep fans not in Omaha abreast of the challenge. And yes, it's one of the smartest ideas in recent memory, with a large percentage of the money made going to a local food bank. TEXAS TECH'S BRENDAN SORSBY WON ROUND 2 BUT THE NCAA IS COMING BACK SWINGING IN LANDMARK CASE So, purchasing alcohol is actually helping people, just think of it that way. But, that's not the main reason why you make the trip out to Omaha. Not even close. I took my first flight to the beautiful state of Nebraska eight years ago, and it might be one of the best decisions I've made in my entire life around a sporting event. TROY PLAYER 'JABE RUTH' PROVES COLLEGE SPORTS CAN BE SAVED WITH THE MOST PATRIOTIC HOME RUN YOU'LL EVER SEE In reality, the moment you step off the plane at Eppley Airfield, you're hooked. Walking through the small terminal, with just around eight gates, the anticipation builds for what's to come over at least the next five days. Luckily, if you have the money to spend on a hotel within the five-mile radius of downtown Omaha, the entire College World Series is centrally located. I promise you that the folks who run this event, along with local community members, will make this trip an everlasting memory. Maybe you take a trip to the old stomping grounds of Rosenblatt Stadium, the previous home of the storied event, where there is still a unique setup that includes plenty of memories. Whether it's the tailgates that are happening in the parking lot just past the left field wall or the party that is going on at Rocco's Pizza & Cantina with the shot contest.  OLIVIA DUNNE, PAUL SKENES THROW DOWN JELL-O SHOTS WITH LSU FANS BEFORE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES GAME  I've never seen so many folks willing to spend thousands of dollars just to beat another team in a drinking contest, but never underestimate the power of liquor and college baseball fans. For the love of all that's good, please remember to pace yourselves. If you are booking a one-way flight to Omaha, prepare for a potentially long 12 days in Nebraska. It's going to be expensive, so maybe spend a few nights outside of the downtown area to help your finances, but make sure to spoil yourself at least once or twice while you’re out there. The double-elimination part only adds to the intrigue of it all. Make sure to enjoy these spots while you have some free time. But, it's inside the stadium where everything comes together for a fan of baseball. No matter if you don't follow the college game much, if any, experiencing the atmosphere in Omaha is worth the trip. I thought of it as a bucket-list item 10 years ago, until I finally arrived and was able to partake in the environment that brings together eight different groups of fans from across the country to one city that will leave you wanting to return. We talk about the "coolest experiences" in college basketball or football, but being in the area as fans converse through the streets around the stadium, while enjoying everything this beautiful city has to offer, might be one of the most fulfilling parts of my job. It's the pageantry that comes with standing along the street corner waiting for the team buses to arrive, or watching a team go through a 12-day gauntlet to win a national championship. Honestly, it's hard to really put your finger on just one part of the College World Series that makes it worth the trip. Take this year for example. The underdog story of the Troy Trojans making their first appearance in Omaha, out of the Sun Belt Conference. Or, West Virginia fans ready to bring that beautiful "Country Roads" hymnal to hopefully celebrate a win. Maybe, it's the Georgia Bulldogs looking to put a stamp on an SEC championship-winning season, or Ole Miss going on another run to secure a return trip to Omaha for the first time since 2022 where the Rebels won it all. Heck, North Carolina, Alabama and Texas all have an opportunity to win a national championship, which only adds to the intrigue of playing in the College World Series. I think I know who will win, but I also know that there have been times when I'm completely caught off-guard. Yes, I'm talking about Coastal Carolina in 2016 winning a national championship. It's up to the baseball gods now, so just enjoy the ride while you're in Omaha. Afterwards, make sure to share your experiences with me or find me around the stadium. Enjoy the trip to the College World Series! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a295daaee6011c3f4ec86d6 Why everyone’s an energy company now te 2026-06-10T12:50:50.888Z Why everyone’s an energy company now Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone — including automakers like GM and Ford — into the energy storage business. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a295d96ee6011c3f4ec86cd Snapchat limits users under 16 to sharing Spotlights with friends te 2026-06-10T12:50:30.402Z Snapchat limits users under 16 to sharing Spotlights with friends Users under 16 years old will get a separate profile to show Stories and Spotlight posts to friends that they follow back. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a295bb0ee6011c3f4ec86b3 Arizona lottery results for Wednesday, June 10, 2026 te 2026-06-10T12:42:24.887Z Arizona lottery results for Wednesday, June 10, 2026 Powerball - June 6 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a295b9cee6011c3f4ec86aa Movies and TV shows casting in Tucson te 2026-06-10T12:42:04.012Z Movies and TV shows casting in Tucson Backstage compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting in Tucson. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a295b86ee6011c3f4ec86a1 Movies and TV shows casting in Tucson te 2026-06-10T12:41:42.892Z Movies and TV shows casting in Tucson Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a295912ee6011c3f4ec85fe Kyle Busch's son suffers heartbreak in emotional return to racing after father's stunning death te 2026-06-10T12:31:14.408Z Kyle Busch's son suffers heartbreak in emotional return to racing after father's stunning death Brexton Busch, the 11-year-old son of the late NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, suffered heartbreak on the final lap in his return to racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Busch led the majority of Tuesday's Summer Shootout, but came up just short after being passed on the final turn by Landon Thrasher. It was Brexton's first race back since his father died late last month just days before he was set to race at Charlotte in the Coca-Cola 600. Busch, 41, died May 21 after a battle with pneumonia turned into sepsis. The two-time NASCAR champion collapsed during a simulator session the Wednesday of race week, and was rushed to the hospital. He died the next day. The entire Busch family including Brexton, mother Samantha and his sister, Lennix, were honored during an emotional pre-race ceremony last month. That was the last time any of the Busches made a public appearance until last week, when Brexton returned to Charlotte for practice ahead of Tuesday's race. KYLE BUSCH'S 11-YEAR-OLD SON TAKES BIG STEP IN RACING WORLD NEARLY TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS DAD'S STUNNING DEATH First of all, what a solid pass by Landon Thrasher. Never heard of the kid until last night, but that was textbook stuff. Yes, it ruined what would've been a great story, but that's racing. It ain't all ham and eggs on the track, you know. Kyle Busch would be the first to tell us that. I'd imagine he told Brexton that a thousand times. By the looks of it, though, Brexton Busch will be just fine in terms of racing. The kid can wheel an automobile, and will undoubtedly be in NASCAR sooner rather than later. In fact, Richard Childress is currently holding a spot for him when he's ready. RCR announced last month that Busch's No. 8 would be suspended permanently unless Brexton wanted to use it should he enter the series. For those keeping tabs at home, Brexton can compete in the NASCAR Truck Series as early as 16. He cannot turn laps in a Cup car until he's 18. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "The No. 8 is reserved and ready for Brexton Busch when he is ready to go NASCAR racing," the team said in a statement. Brexton has been an up-and-coming racer for some time now. In recent years, Kyle had spent much of his own racing season following Brexton around during the week. Samantha Busch is among the most active of the drivers' wives on social media, and has spent several years now documenting life with both Kyle and Brexton racing. Earlier this year, Brexton raced against his dad for the first time at the Tulsa Shootout. Good stuff. The Busch Family was born to race, clearly. Kyle was a two-time Cup champ. Kurt Busch won a title in 2004. Brexton is clearly on the same track. Heck, even Tom Busch, Kyle's 51-year-old father, led laps this week. That's right. Take a look at how Tuesday's race began: Lordy. Nothing like a little tug at the heartstrings to get this Wednesday started, huh? Good to see Brexton Busch back behind the wheel. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2958e8ee6011c3f4ec85dc Why two SpaceX alumni are betting on solar and batteries to power the AI craze te 2026-06-10T12:30:32.411Z Why two SpaceX alumni are betting on solar and batteries to power the AI craze Ambrosia Energy wants to build power plants in less than 12 months while undercutting natural gas. It hopes to build gigawatts worth by 2030. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29568eee6011c3f4ec856c Avalanche’s desktop fusion reactor delivers blistering-hot plasma te 2026-06-10T12:20:30.081Z Avalanche’s desktop fusion reactor delivers blistering-hot plasma Fusion power startup Avalanche Energy said its reactor prototype heated a plasma to over 10 million degrees C. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a295460ee6011c3f4ec8522 Belfast burns after Sudanese migrant arrested in brutal knife attack te 2026-06-10T12:11:12.829Z Belfast burns after Sudanese migrant arrested in brutal knife attack A Sudanese asylum seeker accused of blinding a Belfast man in one eye during a stabbing attack appeared in court Wednesday as anti-immigrant unrest spread across Northern Ireland. Hadi Alodid, 30, was ordered to be held in jail after appearing by video in Belfast Magistrates' Court, where prosecutors accused him of blinding Stephen Ogilvie in his left eye during Monday's attack. Alodid was charged with attempted murder, threatening to kill a radiographer and possessing a knife. He declined legal representation through an Arabic interpreter and did not enter a plea. The attack, which occurred shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday in north Belfast and was captured in graphic video footage that quickly spread online, sparked outrage and fueled demonstrations that turned violent overnight. Police said Ogilvie, a man in his 40s, suffered serious injuries to his face, neck, back and eyes, and officers recovered what they believe was a kitchen knife from the scene. POLICE USE WATER CANNON IN RESPONSE TO ANTI-IMMIGRANT VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN IRELAND TOWN Video circulating online appeared to show members of the public confronting the attacker, including one person wielding a hurling stick. PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson praised the bystanders as "heroic," saying their intervention helped save the victim's life. Police said Alodid entered Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland in 2023, applied for asylum and was granted a five-year permit to remain. Authorities initially identified him as Somali before later correcting his nationality to Sudanese. PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said investigators had "no information to suggest that this was a terrorist-related incident" and were not seeking additional suspects. WAVE OF ALLEGED MIGRANT MURDERS IGNITES FURY ACROSS US AS OFFICIALS WARN OF MORE CARNAGE, CRACKDOWN NEEDED Masked men set fire to several homes they believed housed immigrants following the incident. They also burned trash bins, torched a Belfast bus and threw objects at police officers. Firefighters rescued multiple people from burning homes. Police said they had declared a critical incident and increased their presence across Northern Ireland amid concerns about further unrest. Anselme Shima, a Belfast resident originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said he witnessed the aftermath of the unrest near his home. DUBLIN PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE, BURN VEHICLE AFTER MIGRANT ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING IRISH GIRL "I've lived on my street for almost 10 years, I have a good relationship with my neighbors, but last night was a horrific one," he told Reuters. "We don't know what to do. I'm scared. Seeing this, I'm wondering if I'm next." First Minister Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Fein described the unrest as "thuggery." "Groups of masked men burning families out of their homes is nothing less than disgusting cowardice," she said. AUSTRIA STABBING ATTACK SUSPECT IS SYRIAN MIGRANT WHO PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISLAMIC STATE, OFFICIALS SAY Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly of the Democratic Unionist Party said that "taking frustration at the evil actions of a person out on those who had no part in it is utterly wrong." British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the stabbing attack "sickening" and condemned violence targeting people because of their background. "The scenes in Belfast last night were shocking and completely unacceptable," Starmer wrote on X. "There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online or elsewhere. It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it." AMERICAN TOURIST STABBED IN FACE BY SYRIAN AFTER DEFENDING WOMEN ON GERMAN TRAM: REPORT The unrest was amplified online by anti-immigration activists, including Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson. Some politicians said the stabbing should prompt a review of the open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, a highly sensitive issue because free movement across the border is a central pillar of the peace process that largely ended decades of violence known as "The Troubles." The conflict involving Irish republican and British loyalist militants, as well as U.K. security forces, left nearly 3,600 people dead before the 1998 peace accord. Much of Tuesday's unrest took place in working-class areas where former paramilitary groups continue to wield influence. HENRY NOWAK’S KILLING EXPOSES BRITAIN’S DANGEROUS TWO-TIER JUSTICE SYSTEM The case comes amid ongoing debate in Britain over another fatal stabbing that drew national attention in Southampton, England, last year. Henry Nowak, who was White, was killed by Vickrum Digwa, a Sikh man who falsely claimed to police that he had been the victim of a racist assault by Nowak. Officers initially treated the wounded Nowak as a suspect before recognizing his injuries and attempting to save his life. Digwa was convicted of murder and sentenced last week to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years. The case has fueled debate about policing and race, and a protest following the killing turned violent, with some participants attacking officers with chairs and rocks. Several people were later charged with violent disorder. Fox News Digital's Efrat Lachter and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29544cee6011c3f4ec8519 Former Disney star reveals her 'genius hack' for cooling down on delayed flight te 2026-06-10T12:10:52.889Z Former Disney star reveals her 'genius hack' for cooling down on delayed flight Former Disney Channel star Leigh-Allyn Baker posted a very talkable video recently showing how she soaked her feet in a cup of ice water while stuck on a delayed airplane — prompting numerous reactions, including many positive ones.  Best known for playing Amy Duncan on Disney Channel's "Good Luck Charlie," Baker shared the video after her flight sat on the runway for roughly two hours with apparently little air conditioning. "SOS. Stuck on a plane, sitting on the runway, for TWO HOURS," Baker wrote in the video's caption. PASSENGERS SHARE 'WEIRDEST' THINGS SEEN ON PLANES, INCLUDING UNUSUAL FOODS, BARE FEET AND BARNYARD ANIMALS "Almost no A/C! This and menopause are NOT a good combination," she also wrote.  "So I decided to pretend it was just a day to dip my toes in the pool to cool off. This is survival, guys. Don’t judge." Baker told Fox News Digital the cooling method was born out of necessity during the lengthy delay. The actress said that while filming Christmas movies during the summer, she learned ice can be an effective way to cool down. "My feet were on fire," Baker said. "And imagining a day at a tiny pool seemed nice … and hilarious." HOLLYWOOD ACTOR BLASTS AIRPLANE MODE AS 'NONSENSE' IN HILARIOUS PODCAST FLIGHT RANT Rather than complain about the situation, Baker said she decided to have some fun with it. "I could whine and complain about it, or I could get creative, make light of the situation and spread some laughter," she said. Baker also said she believes the post resonated with many followers because it showed an imperfect moment. "I believe the world is craving authenticity," she said. "Imperfection is refreshing in a social media climate that just pushes perfect lives and perfect moments." 'WORST PLANE RIDE': AIRLINE PASSENGER CLAIMS SHE WAS REPEATEDLY SHOVED FOR RECLINING HER SEAT She added that fellow passengers in her row found her stunt amusing. "My row mates couldn’t stop laughing," Baker said. The clip quickly drew mixed reactions online, with some viewers calling the move creative and relatable. Others said they felt it was unsanitary. After posting the video, Baker clarified in the comments section that her feet had not touched the airplane floor. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "For the record ... my feet never touched the airplane floor," she wrote in the comments section. "They went straight from my shoes to the pool." Diane Gottsman, a Texas-based etiquette expert who was not present on the flight, told Fox News Digital that passengers should remain mindful of how their behavior affects those around them, particularly in confined spaces. "As in every public space, we all have a responsibility to be aware of our surroundings and show respect for those standing, walking, or seated around us," Gottsman said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES She added that airplanes can already be stressful environments for both passengers and crew members. "Placing your feet in shared areas, or using drinking cups as a spa treatment on a flight, is simply asking for negative feedback," Gottsman said. Many social media users disagreed with that — calling the move "brilliant" and "creative." "This is so Amy Duncan and I love it," one commenter wrote, referencing Baker's "Good Luck Charlie" character. Another commenter said the idea was "actually genius." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ A third wrote, "Do what you gotta do to stay cool!!" Another person wrote, "Hey, if it works, that’s what counts! Making note of this hack." Still another chimed in, "I’m stealing that idea for my next trip!"  "I love this so much! You are amazing," a fan gushed. Others questioned whether the foot soak was appropriate in a confined public space. A commenter said, "I hope you know the girl sitting next to you." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29520aee6011c3f4ec84a5 Game 4 NBA Finals betting turns to the prop market after striking out on the last two games of the series te 2026-06-10T12:01:14.342Z Game 4 NBA Finals betting turns to the prop market after striking out on the last two games of the series I find the narratives around the NBA just as intriguing as the games and betting options. There are so many people who claim to hate the NBA or not watch it that have opinions on what players are doing. In the world of hot takes and quick highlights on social media, this is no surprise. People see one thing and make a universal opinion. If that’s you, I suggest not sports betting. While there is some benefit from trusting your gut, you really need to be a critical thinker. I’m trying to dissect Game 4 and see what the best option is as the Spurs look to tie up the series with the Knicks. I thought Game 2 was the Spurs' best game. I guess I was wrong considering they won Game 3. I’m wrong about a lot of things. This was a total back-and-forth battle, and the final score shows a difference of just four points. However, there really was only one quarter of the game that the Knicks excelled. The Spurs jumped out to a quick lead. Then they gave it all back (and then some) in the second. They won the third and fourth to get the series to 2-1. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Going down 3-1 is not a death sentence. But, the Spurs really need to avoid it. We know that it is possible to still win, but getting 2-2 means they’ve taken back home court advantage. Victor Wembanyama since the start of the second quarter in Game 2 has scored 54 points, so maybe he has figured some things out about the Knicks' approach to him. Maybe it is just that the Spurs are shooting better in that span. I wouldn’t make too many conclusions one way or another. Like a lot of teams when the 3s are falling, the Spurs are unbeatable. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! You can actually say the same about the New York Knicks. I took them in Game 3 because I felt like they took the best shot from San Antonio, but maybe the hoopla around the game was too much for them to overcome. Jalen Brunson was his typical dominant self. Let me get this out of the way -- he is a foul baiter, he flops, but he is damn good at basketball. He plays incredibly well off of two feet, is creative with getting the shot he wants, and he has no fear. These are the things you see when you watch a full game and not just a clip of him being pushed by Wemby. Which, by the way, is also being misconstrued. Brunson was holding Wembanyama’s arm and jersey. That’s when he was pushed. It’s almost never a one-sided thing with any instance. But, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a cheap shot or two on Wemby tonight. The Knicks really need to avoid that, though. They are in the driver’s seat. They have a lead, they’ve won two close games. And now they just need to find a way to knock some shots down tonight. If you’re a Spurs fan, you’re saying this series easily could be 2-1 San Antonio. If you’re a Knicks fan, you’re saying you could be up 3-0 without any real argument against it. The realist recognizes this series has had two games that were toss-ups and one where the Knicks were just better, longer. New York probably would benefit from a shorter rotation. I get that their bench (and actually using them) helped get them here, but Mikal Bridges played 29 minutes. Sure he barely shot, but his defense is what keeps him out there. Josh Hart is playing great and in my eyes needs 40 minutes. Bridges said he needs to play better, and I expect he will, but I’d be surprised if he scored 13 points. I’ll take the under. I like the superstars to do their things tonight. Brunson and Wembanyama should both get over their totals (27.5 and 26.5, respectively). I’ll stick with prop bets after I’ve given back my wins from Game 1. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2951e2ee6011c3f4ec8496 ActBlue C.E.O. to Invoke Fifth Amendment in Testimony to Congress te 2026-06-10T12:00:34.409Z ActBlue C.E.O. to Invoke Fifth Amendment in Testimony to Congress The head of the Democratic fund-raising behemoth was called to testify on Wednesday about reports that she may have misled Congress about how it vets foreign donations. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294fb3ee6011c3f4ec8421 Kansas boy discovers 15-foot marine reptile fossil from 85 million years ago during geology field trip te 2026-06-10T11:51:15.369Z Kansas boy discovers 15-foot marine reptile fossil from 85 million years ago during geology field trip A Kansas boy searching for fossils during a geology club field trip stumbled onto something far bigger than expected: the remains of a 15-foot-long marine reptile that swam an ancient sea 85 million years ago. Corbin Bullard was just 11 years old when he spotted several large vertebrae protruding from rock at a quarry near his hometown of Clearwater, Kansas, during a September 2025 outing with the Sedgwick County 4-H Geology Club. "I didn't know what it was, but I knew that it was something big," Bullard told FOX Local. Over the course of three additional excavation trips, Bullard and fellow club members carefully uncovered nearly an entire tylosaurus, a massive marine reptile that ruled the seas during the Cretaceous Period. DINOSAUR FOSSILS UNEARTHED DURING PARKING LOT CONSTRUCTION AT NATIONAL PARK The fossil measured more than 15 feet long and included everything from the animal's enormous skull to most of its skeleton. LIMPING DINOSAUR'S TWISTED PATH PUZZLES PALEONTOLOGISTS, 150 MILLION YEARS LATER: 'VERY RARE' The ancient predator lived roughly 82 million to 87 million years ago, according to researchers who dated the specimen to the Smoky Hill Chalk formation, a fossil-rich layer of rock that stretches across parts of Kansas. The discovery emerged from a quarry where commercial crews routinely shave away layers of rock, exposing relics hidden for millions of years. Before Bullard's find, club members had mostly uncovered shark teeth and fish fossils. Now 12 and preparing to enter seventh grade, Bullard plans to display the fossil's skull at the Sedgwick County Fair in July. "I hope [the judges] say that it looks really nice and that we put a lot of effort into it," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294f9fee6011c3f4ec8418 Sen Tom Cotton urges DOJ to probe Chinese bid to 'kneecap' American AI te 2026-06-10T11:50:55.370Z Sen Tom Cotton urges DOJ to probe Chinese bid to 'kneecap' American AI Sen. Tom Cotton urged the Justice Department to investigate a covert campaign linked to China designed to "kneecap" America's rapidly expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure in a letter obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital. In the letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the Arkansas Republican calls for federal investigators to examine whether foreign actors are attempting to shape U.S. public opinion and policy against data centers and AI development as Washington and Beijing compete for dominance in artificial intelligence. "Recent reports show that Communist China is attempting to influence our policy and public opinion on data centers. The reason is obvious: they want to kneecap our processing power to win the AI race," Cotton told Fox News Digital. "Americans should decide their own future free of communist propaganda. I'm encouraging the Department of Justice to investigate," Cotton said. REPORT: CHINESE PROPAGANDA, SINGHAM NETWORK, FOREIGN DARK MONEY LINKED TO CAMPAIGNS AGAINST DATA CENTERS Cotton's request follows the release of a report last week from the Bitcoin Policy Institute, a think tank based in Washington, D.C., alleging that Chinese state media, foreign-funded advocacy groups and a network of organizations funded by American tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham have spent years building opposition to U.S. data center construction and AI infrastructure projects. Singham, an avowed Marxist and the founder of a Chicago-based company, Thoughtworks, that he sold in 2017, now lives in Shanghai, and has become a growing focus of congressional scrutiny and federal investigations. In March, as members of the Singham network were journeying to Havana to support the Communist Party of Cuba, Earlier this year, Fox News Digital published a five-part series documenting how Singham has funneled $278 million into a series of nonprofits, including groups at the heart of the protests against AI, data centers and technology firms in the U.S. As Fox News Digital has reported, 501(c)(3) nonprofits from the Singham network, including CodePink, the People's Forum, Tricontinental and BreakThrough News, have participated and led campaigns opposing AI development, semiconductor export controls and large-scale data center projects. Singham, a self-avowed communist, started pumping the money into the groups after his 2017 marriage to Jodie Evans, the co-founder of CodePink. POWER COUPLE OF CHAOS: HOW A TYCOON AND ACTIVIST BUILT A 'REVOLUTIONARY BASE' AT THE HOUSE OF SINGHAM For years, groups funded by Singham have worked closely with two self-described communist groups in the U.S. — the ANSWER Coalition and the Party for Socialism and Liberation — that have organized foot soldiers to protest major U.S. technology, defense and logistics companies, such as Palantir Technologies, Lockheed-Martin and Google, to try to name-and-shame the firms for doing business with the U.S. government on issues from immigration to global geopolitics where China has major interests, including in Israel, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, South Korea and even Greenland. Pro-China protestors have seized on high electrical costs associated with operating a data center. One of the key themes of new protests is the rising electricity bills that consumers have been seeing in recent months. Earlier this year, Cotton introduced a bill, called the "DATA Act of 2026," that would lift regulatory controls to allow manufacturers, data centers and other energy-intensive industries to build new electricity systems separate from the consumer electrical grid. More widely, Senate and House lawmakers have launched inquiries into the nonprofits in the Singham network, while questioning whether the groups should be required to register as "foreign agents" under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, called FARA, which demands that entities or individuals working for the interests of foreign interests register with the U.S. Justice Department as foreign lobbyists. "Alarming reports indicate that a network of foreign actors, led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is attempting to manipulate U.S. policy and public opinion on data centers," Cotton wrote in the letter. AGITATORS UNITED BY CHINESE MONEY, HATE FOR AMERICA TARGET DATA CENTERS, EXPERTS WARN Climate activists, anti-Israel protesters and other activist movements with very different agendas have become strange bedfellows united by a shared disdain for America and funding from China, according to experts who warn the trend is weakening the United States amid a rapidly accelerating AI race. They are seen as part of a "red-green-green alliance," an ideological overlap between three elements: communist movements, characterized by the color red; Islamist activism, described as green; and environmental protest groups, symbolized as green. Cotton argued that America's position in artificial intelligence will have sweeping implications for the country's economic strength, military capabilities, diplomatic influence and national security. He warned that foreign adversaries shouldn't be allowed to exploit public concerns over energy use, utility costs and water consumption to slow U.S. technological development. The Bitcoin Policy Institute report, "Foreign Influence in the Campaign Against American AI," alleges that three separate streams of influence — Chinese state media, the Singham network and foreign-funded advocacy organizations — have increasingly aligned around efforts to block or delay new AI-related infrastructure in the United States. LAWMAKERS RAISE ALARM OVER NEVILLE ROY SINGHAM'S $278M NETWORK SPREADING CCP PROPAGANDA IN THE U.S. After their wedding in early 2017, Singham and Evans have transformed far-left protests in the United States, creating a machine that sounds the alarm for new protests from clear command-and-control centers within the Singham network, churns out pre-printed protest signs, shares common messaging and galvanizes around common themes that support China and condemn "AmeriKKKa," as an "imperiaist nation," borrowing on Russian and Chinese propaganda. According to the report by the Bitcoin Policy Institute, the Singham network "has spent nearly five years producing parallel domestic content opposing U.S. AI infrastructure, AI labs, and AI export controls." The report argues that the campaign against American AI infrastructure creates a strategic advantage for Beijing at a time when China is aggressively investing in its own AI capabilities. "While Beijing's state media warns American audiences that data centers are environmentally and economically dangerous, the Chinese state subsidizes up to half of the energy costs of its own AI data center operators," the report states. KEVIN O'LEARY WARNS CHINA 'KICKING OUR HEINIES' IN AI RACE AS REGULATORY ROADBLOCKS STALL US The issue has become increasingly prominent as policymakers, investors and technology leaders warn that the U.S. risks falling behind China if it fails to rapidly expand the computing infrastructure needed to power next-generation AI systems. One of the most vocal advocates for expanded AI infrastructure has been billionaire investor Kevin O'Leary, who has argued that data centers, power generation and advanced computing capacity are now strategic assets in the global competition for artificial intelligence leadership. The broader concern raised by Cotton, O'Leary, the Bitcoin Policy Institute and others is that pro-China campaigns opposing U.S. AI infrastructure are advancing narratives that ultimately benefit Beijing as the U.S. States and China battle for technological and economic supremacy. BERNIE SANDERS' PLANS TO SCHMOOZE WITH TOP BEIJING AI EXPERTS IGNITES BACKLASH: 'HOLY SH--' Earlier this year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandrio Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), both leaders in the Democratic Socialists of America, organized an event on the "existential threat of AI." The event featured speakers closely affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, including Zeng Yi of the Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance and Xue Lan, a counselor to China's State Council and chairman of China's national AI governance committee. Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, Yi and Lan didn't respond to requests for comment. Cotton noted in his letter that Lan is affiliated with Tsinghua University, an institution frequently scrutinized by U.S. officials because of its role in China's military-civil fusion strategy. As reported, last fall, during a conference of the "Global South Academic Forum," which Fox News Digital first reported, Singham publicly praised the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese President Xi Jinping's global campaign for a "new world order." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294defee6011c3f4ec83c7 🚧 Havasu Tip List | Future of The Photo Center on Main Street unknown te 2026-06-10T11:43:43.372Z 🚧 Havasu Tip List | Future of The Photo Center on Main Street unknown Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294ddaee6011c3f4ec83be Lake Havasu City Restaurant Inspections, April 2026 te 2026-06-10T11:43:22.400Z Lake Havasu City Restaurant Inspections, April 2026 Reported by the Mohave County Department of Health. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294dc5ee6011c3f4ec83b5 Lake Havasu City candidate Q&A | How can the city address the needs of Havasu's homeless? te 2026-06-10T11:43:01.374Z Lake Havasu City candidate Q&A | How can the city address the needs of Havasu's homeless? As the 2026 primary election approaches, with early voting set to begin June 24, Today’s News-Herald is asking Lake Havasu City Council candidates one question each week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294dafee6011c3f4ec83ac Mayoral candidate 'River Dave' responds after threatening video resurfaces te 2026-06-10T11:42:39.855Z Mayoral candidate 'River Dave' responds after threatening video resurfaces A recently resurfaced online video shows Lake Havasu City mayoral candidate Dave “River Dave” Johnson drunkenly livestreaming from his garage on election night 2020 as he reacted to false claims of voter fraud with obscenities, slurs and a repeated threat… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294d93ee6011c3f4ec8384 Navy sailor sentenced to 44 years for strangling fellow servicemember in Virginia barracks room te 2026-06-10T11:42:11.052Z Navy sailor sentenced to 44 years for strangling fellow servicemember in Virginia barracks room A Navy sailor who pleaded guilty to strangling a 21-year-old fellow service member inside his barracks room was sentenced Wednesday to 44 years in prison, capping a case that raised questions about missed warning signs. Petty Officer Jermiah Copeland received the sentence at a general court-martial after pleading guilty to unpremeditated murder and related charges in the death of Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Angelina Resendiz, Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) said Tuesday in a news release. Copeland, who was previously assigned to the USS James E. Williams, will also receive a dishonorable discharge, forfeit all pay and allowances, be reduced in rank to Seaman Apprentice and be required to register as a sex offender upon his release. The sentencing comes days after Copeland admitted in court that he strangled Resendiz on May 29, 2025, inside his barracks room at Naval Station Norfolk. According to testimony cited by USNI News, Copeland said he killed Resendiz after the two had been drinking and she became upset over something she saw on his phone. NAVY RESERVIST ON ACTIVE DUTY ACCUSED OF MURDERING WIFE BELIEVED TO HAVE FLED TO HONG KONG Resendiz's disappearance triggered a 10-day search led by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Investigators ultimately recovered her remains in a wooded area near Norfolk and arrested Copeland. "Petty Officer Copeland deserves to be held fully accountable for his heinous actions that resulted in the tragic murder of Petty Officer Resendiz," NCIS Norfolk Special Agent in Charge Emily Schmid said in a statement Wednesday. The case drew broader scrutiny from Resendiz's mother, Esmi Castle, who told Fox News Digital she believes military leaders missed opportunities to intervene before her daughter's death. Castle has argued that prior allegations involving Copeland and other women should have prompted stronger action. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS MISSING AND MURDERED UNIT INVESTIGATING ALLEGED MILITARY BASE KILLING "If they would have dealt with him when he started harming women, he would never have gotten to Angie," Castle previously told Fox News Digital. Before her death, Resendiz was working to advance her career as a Navy culinary specialist and hoped to one day cook for presidents and world leaders, according to her mother. Despite criticizing the military's handling of the case, Castle said she found some measure of closure after hearing Copeland admit responsibility for the killing. "I thanked him for telling the truth," she told Fox News Digital following his guilty plea. Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294d7fee6011c3f4ec837b QR code menus headline readers' biggest food and restaurant gripes te 2026-06-10T11:41:51.128Z QR code menus headline readers' biggest food and restaurant gripes It’s Wednesday, which means that it’s time to take inventory of everything we hate in another edition of The Gripe Report. Last week, in an edition some are calling "historic," "monumental," and "meh, it was something good to read on the can," I talked about some of my biggest food gripes. Stuff like restaurants that insist on planks of wood being better than good old-fashioned plates (they’re not), foods with outlandish flavors meant to make you go, "Whoa, that’s weird," and how brunch just isn't what it used to be. So, I figured it was time to toss the keys to readers who wrote in with their opinions on some of these topics and more. Let’s start with the ruining of what is a great concept on paper — brunch — with some takes from Brunch-hater Jim: I’m 56.  My dad died 17 years ago.  He hated brunch until the day he died, and he passed it to me.  His feeling was that you couldn’t get a project started in the morning if you had to go to brunch.  And by the time you got home, there wasn’t enough time to get one done (not to mention the issue if you’d had a few cocktails). And you’re right, it’s impossible to get reservations. I made the mistake of waiting until the Tuesday night before Mother’s Day this year.  Nothing available other than a high-top in the bar section of one place, and that was shot down by the mother in question. Finally found a place with a nice patio, albeit one not known for breakfast food. But their website bragged about Mother’s Day brunch.  So, I made a reservation only to get there and find out that they had two items on the menu. Steak and eggs or eggs Benedict.  Good thing my wife likes eggs Benedict. Brunch sucks. … I never really thought about brunch as the most inconveniently timed meal there is. It really does take up your morning and a chunk, if not all of your afternoon. It’s a commitment. As Jim mentioned, getting brunch reservations is always a nightmare, but don’t get me started on Mother’s Day brunch. That’s a tradition for my family as well, and it almost always sneaks up on me. Then I’m left scrambling trying to find a place. Sure, there are lots of places, but all of the best ones fill up in a hurry. Also, if you’re a restaurant that only has two items on the menu, you shouldn’t be allowed to call it brunch. I don’t know what you call it, but brunch is supposed to be the who’s who of menus where eggs Benedict stands shoulder to shoulder with burgers and fish tacos. It’s a thing of beauty, and I think that joint with two menu items just fundamentally misunderstands the spirit of brunch. They just understood that the name is a portmanteau of brunch and lunch. It was a big week for Jims, because Jim T. (no word on his feelings on brunch) wrote in about his disdain for restaurants that seem to have a singular goal of making everything QR code-centric: I get that we're in the digital age now - heck, I built from scratch one of the first daily newspaper websites in the country in another life, and converted another daily from film and wax paste-up to digital production. I'm on board. But asking for an actual menu at a restaurant doesn't seem like it's asking for too much. Kinda strikes me as part of your base-level overhead. A buddy and I went to a sit-down brewhouse chain in SoCal a few years back, and the hostess greeted us and took us to a table. She turned to leave, and my buddy asked if we could get menus. She looked at us like we were idiots (not entirely unfair, in my case), and pointed to the QR code on the label in the middle of the table. POPULAR PIZZA CHAINS FACE BACKLASH OVER SURGING MENU PRICES At the time, I had a cell phone that barely qualified as smart - it didn't do QR codes. (On the other hand, it did just fine at making phone calls and getting emails and was paid for). I explained this to her - and in response got a loud sigh. She went and got two paper menus for us. When we were done and getting ready to leave, my buddy asked the waitress if we could get our tab to close out. She again pointed to the QR code - we were expected to pay via an app, I guess. GUY FIERI NEVER EATS THESE 6 FOODS — WOULD YOU? She, too, sighed, and then brought us a receipt and took our cards. Didn't get a tip, either. … I’m 30 years old, which means I kind of came up with QR codes, and even I want those things to get bent. The first time I used one to look at a menu, I felt like George Jetson, but as soon as the novelty wore off, I was like, "Give me a physical menu, please." The menu is part of the experience of going out to eat. It’s like holding a big gastronomic map and using it to plot your course. "We’ll start off with the mozzarella sticks and then maybe take a detour into the onion ring country before we get back on track to the French dip district, then, finally, I think we’ll call it a day in bread pudding burrough…" I don’t like paying by QR either, mainly because it’s never been super clear at places that go this route that this is how it’s done. My wife and I recently went to a restaurant that we’ve been to many times that pulled the rug out from under us and switched to QR pay. The server came to our table, and I was like, "We’ll just take the check," and she just nodded. After a moment of confused silence, she pointed at this chunk of clear acrylic with what looked like a business card trapped in it like a mosquito trapped in amber. Turns out that’s how you pay, but it was also how you look at the menu. It was complete madness, and that’s for me, someone who is fairly tech savvy. I can’t imagine not being tech savvy and being faced with this dilemma. I’d probably just run out of the restaurant without paying and screaming like Rainman. Last week, I talked about my issues with buying avocados. It’s not that I don’t know how to pick a good ‘cado; it’s just that the universe is conspiring against me to make it way harder than it needs to be. Fortunately, Mike, AKA the Avocado Whisperer, has a foolproof plan to ensure top-top avocados. Your avocado buying lesson begins now: NUTRITION EXPERTS REVEAL 5 OF THE HEALTHIEST NUT OPTIONS FOR YOUR DIET First, find a store (for me it's Sprouts here in Las Vegas) where produce is a priority, and the person placing the avocados from the box to the bin doesn't hate their job and slam the avocados into the bin as I've seen many times. Second, walk up to the bin and survey all of the avocados. Never choose from the front, as typical avocado buyers squeeze 5 or 6 before choosing. Each squeeze becomes a black bruise in a day. Look around the back of the bin or even under other avocados for the one that hasn't been touched and has just enough green that it will be ripe the next day. If you need an avocado for the same day, no green and brown is the way to go. For the next 3 days, get one that is mostly green. No avocado lasts longer than three days. Third, treat your chosen avocados like eggs. Do not allow them to hit anything in your basket, and load them on the checkout last. Or even better, use self-checkout to avoid the evil, uncaring cashier or bag person. And last, store them only on top of the refrigerator where they will comfortably ripen slowly, unmolested. I rarely get a bad avocado using this method. … This. This is the greatest crash course in avocado selection, care, and maintenance I have ever read. Mike should sell this as an E-book, because it just saved all of us probably $20 a year in rancid avocados. He also pointed out something I’ve noticed too, and that is the disrespect a lot of cashiers show for produce. They’ll treat eggs like they’re, well, Faberge eggs, but not produce. I swear, I’ve had checkout people ring up a bag of Honeycrisp apples, then practically Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sky hook them onto that metal staging area where they bag everything up. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Thanks for that. Few fruits are robust enough to handle that. Maybe some melons. Cantaloupe, yes; honeydew, no; watermelon, maybe; and casaba, who the hell knows? I’m an adult man who still has no idea what those actually are. It’s up there with cumquats and rhubarb on my list of produce I’ve heard about my entire life but could not identify in a police lineup. … That’s it for this week’s Gripe Report. If you want your gripe to be featured in a future edition like these fellas — no, heroes — then be sure to send it to matthew.reigle@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294d6bee6011c3f4ec8372 Top takeaways from primary elections in Maine and South Carolina and more top headlines te 2026-06-10T11:41:31.130Z Top takeaways from primary elections in Maine and South Carolina and more top headlines 1. Top takeaways from primary elections in Maine, South Carolina  2. US military strikes 20 targets inside Iran 3. Family of slain track star confronts Karmelo Anthony after guilty verdict, sentencing EXECUTIVE WIN — Trump locks in ICE funding through end of presidency after House passes $70B package. Continue reading … WHISTLE BLOWN — Trump admin official reveals why Somali World Cup ref was sent back home. Continue reading … ‘INCONSISTENT’ — Phone call recording reveals what missing American woman's husband let slip. Continue reading … ‘A LOT OF FUN’ — German soccer fan's southern road trip goes viral as he falls in love with America. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294d57ee6011c3f4ec8369 Why the under 4.5 through five innings is the play in Nationals-Giants with Foster Griffin facing Robbie Ray te 2026-06-10T11:41:11.128Z Why the under 4.5 through five innings is the play in Nationals-Giants with Foster Griffin facing Robbie Ray I took a hit on my baseball plays last week. Part of the problem is that I've been too focused on hockey and basketball, and part of it was just bad luck. I did get some money back on my loss from last week as I took Christopher Sanchez last night to beat the Blue Jays on the run line. He did that without much issue. Today, we are back on the diamond, but taking on a different series as the Washington Nationals play the San Francisco Giants. The Nationals have been surprisingly good this year. For a team that most expected to compete for one of the worst records in baseball, I have to give them a bit of credit. There are fewer than 100 games remaining and they have a winning record. Let's not start selling playoff tickets or anything, but this is still good work out of Washington. The young players seem like they are getting things together, and it is clicking for now.  They send out Foster Griffin to the hill in hopes of sweeping the Giants this series. Griffin is one of those youngsters who has been delivering for the Nationals this year. Only, he's not all that young. He is 30, but he never really had a full chance until this season. He is dealing. Griffin has a 7-2 record with a 3.63 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP. He has been better on the road, but I wouldn't call his numbers fantastic. He has the upper hand today as the Giants have never really seen him, but he actually performs better the second and third times through a lineup.  The Giants are not quite a disaster, but they are teetering on that term for the season. They are 27-41 and despite a lineup full of great players, they are basically inept on offense. With a losing record, it isn't much of a surprise, but they have been bad at home, too. They are 12-18 at home, and part of me does wonder if their manager is to blame for any of this. Without any major league experience, they trust their club to Tony Vitello.  It isn't like Vitello is hitting for them. His goal is to put guys in spots to succeed and draw out the best for his team. I'd argue that managers in baseball make the fewest impactful decisions of any of the big four coaches. However, I'm sure there is more strategy than I'll ever understand. A pretty simple approach to the game is to take Robbie Ray and put him on the mound. That's what he gets to do today. Ray has been average this year. He is 4-6 with a 4.12 ERA and a 1.40 WHIP. He has been better at home, posting a sub-3 ERA over six starts. If you're going to boost your confidence in him anywhere, it would be in San Francisco. Ray also has been very good in his past performances against Nationals hitters. He has been hittable, but not offered much. The Nationals hitters are just 6-for-31 against Ray, good for a .193 batting average. Griffin just needs to keep doing what he does in order to keep the Giants' bats quiet. This does feel like a game the Giants should win. I've been impressed enough with Griffin's stuff that he is hard to fade. Even with Ray on the mound, the Giants still need to score runs to win. I don't see the runs coming against Griffin for five innings, and I think Ray should be reliable for five innings. Give me the under 4.5 through five in this one. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294d43ee6011c3f4ec8360 Bill Gates faces House investigators over Jeffrey Epstein ties te 2026-06-10T11:40:51.211Z Bill Gates faces House investigators over Jeffrey Epstein ties House lawmakers are turning their focus to billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates as congressional investigators press ahead with their probe into Jeffrey Epstein and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.  Gates will participate in a voluntary interview with the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. Members on the panel are expected to pepper him with questions about his relationship with Epstein, which occurred years after Epstein’s 2008 prison term for soliciting a minor for prostitution.  The interview will take place behind closed doors, though a transcript is expected to be made available at a later date. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., invited Gates to testify before the committee after he appeared multiple times across millions of documents released by the federal government as part of its criminal probe against Epstein. EPSTEIN FALLOUT GROWS AS DOJ WATCHDOG DIGS DEEPER INTO HANDLING OF THE CASE Gates and Epstein were shown corresponding, including discussions about the tech billionaire's philanthropy work and socializing between 2011 and 2014. Epstein later killed himself in 2019 after being indicted on federal sex trafficking charges.  According to the files, Epstein appeared to discover Gates’ extramarital affairs with two Russian women during his marriage to Melinda French Gates, which the tech billionaire has said did not involve Epstein’s victims. Gates has not been accused of any wrongdoing and has denied knowledge about Epstein’s sex crimes against minors. "I did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit," Gates said, according to a town hall recording reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, adding it was a "huge mistake" to spend time with Epstein. BILL GATES: 'FOOLISH' TO SPEND TIME WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN A spokesperson for Gates previously told Fox News Digital that he welcomed the opportunity to testify before the committee. "While he never witnessed or participated in any of Epstein’s illegal conduct, he is looking forward to answering all the committee’s questions to support their important work," the spokesperson said. The Microsoft founder is the latest influential figure to testify before the oversight panel in connection to the Epstein probe. Billionaire businessman Les Wexner, former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Pam Bondi and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have also participated in interviews with the committee. Kathryn Ruemmler, former White House counsel to former President Barack Obama, and Leon Black, co-founder of investment firm Apollo Global Management, are expected to sit for interviews in the coming weeks. Lawmakers have pointed to Gates’ association with Epstein after his conviction as a key focus of their inquiry. "We've said we don't care if you are a Republican or a Democrat or who you are, the fact that Mr. Gates still had a relationship with Mr. Epstein, even after knowing about the conviction, knowing actually what he had done, I think is very concerning," House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., told reporters Tuesday. "So we want to know what did Mr. Gates know, who else was around that orbit and why Mr. Gates continued to have a relationship with Mr. Epstein. I think those are important questions." Fox News' Dan Scully contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29488fee6011c3f4ec82e8 Iran allegedly used soccer clubs to spy on citizens, opposition group urges FIFA to ban team before World Cup te 2026-06-10T11:20:47.530Z Iran allegedly used soccer clubs to spy on citizens, opposition group urges FIFA to ban team before World Cup EXCLUSIVE: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has allegedly used the country's soccer system to spy on citizens, potentially violating FIFA bylaws, according to a new report from a major opposition party. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)'s U.S. office provided the report to Fox News Digital. It outlines an alleged plot for Iran’s soccer federation and top clubs to be drawn into a broader state security apparatus, and that at least 15 IRGC commanders have been formally documented and identified in soccer club management. The NCRI, citing alleged official IRGC documents, accuses the IRGC of using clubs, stadium infrastructure and security-linked management posts to monitor fans, suppress dissenting athletes and violate FIFA rules on political interference. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The report alleges facial-recognition technology and other devices and tracking systems were used to monitor spectators. The report cites alleged internal Iranian security documents, including Tehran Province Security Council material from 2025 and a Sarallah Headquarters security plan from 2024. According to NCRI-US’s translations of those documents, officials discussed facial-recognition cameras at Azadi, Takhti and Shahr-e Qods stadiums; ticketing tied to Iran’s national civil-registration database; seat-by-seat mapping of spectators by national ID; monitoring and vetting of fan-club leaders; and designated police staging areas or quick-reaction units inside stadiums. "It is highly critical for security, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies to utilize and exploit the video surveillance cameras of the Azadi Complex during matches, given the constant potential for unpredictable security incidents. It is highly conceivable that future riots and civil unrest could originate inside the sports stadiums," the report said, quoting the documents. Fox News Digital reached out to the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran and Iran’s mission to the United Nations for comment. OLYMPIANS UNITE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST IRAN FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE COUNTRY'S STAR ATHLETES NCRI-US is the Washington office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an Iranian opposition coalition that advocates replacing the Islamic Republic with what it describes as a democratic, secular and non-nuclear republic. The group says the material was obtained through the network inside Iran of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, or MEK, a major opposition movement that Tehran considers an enemy. Alireza Jafarzadeh, deputy director of NCRI-US, told Fox News Digital that the organization first became focused on stadium surveillance while tracking how Iranian authorities identified protesters during recent uprisings. "Our focus was basically in terms of the protests and seeing how the Iran regime actually [was] trying to identify the protesters in the streets, identifying the leaders of the protests," Jafarzadeh said. He said NCRI later realized, while reviewing what he described as a large batch of internal material, that "when it comes to a sports field, the Iran regime has a special attention on sports as a means of repression." Jafarzadeh added that Iranian soccer stadiums are among the few spaces where large numbers of young people gather and express collective emotion, making them a target for security forces. Soccer is Iran’s most popular sport, and clubs such as Persepolis and Esteghlal draw massive followings. According to NCRI’s report, minutes from a May 2025 Sports Commission meeting under the Tehran Province Security Council discussed the need to equip multiple Azadi, Takhti and Shahr-e Qods stadiums with facial-recognition cameras. The same document says cooperation from the Football Federation, the Football League Organization, Esteghlal and Persepolis was "strictly required" for the video surveillance project at Azadi Stadium, according to the NCRI. Another section lists the president of Iran’s soccer federation, Mehdi Taj, among officials copied for "executive implementation." The report also cited minutes from a later Tehran Province Security Council session saying officials discussed smart ticketing connected to Iran’s National Organization for Civil Registration, mandatory identity verification, numbered seats matched to national ID numbers, facial-recognition cameras, X-ray scanning machines and "fan cards" for pre-vetted fan leaders. Jafarzadeh said NCRI believes the purpose of collecting such information is to identify people who oppose the regime and enable later arrests. IRAN REGIME USES WAR TO MASK 'BRUTAL' EXECUTION SURGE AGAINST POLITICAL OPPONENTS "The information they got from the sports facilities, they used in order to identify the people who were opposed to the regime, and then later on arrested them," Jafarzadeh said. "The regime uses sports and athletic events in order to exert its repression on the population." The report further alleged that Iran’s soccer system has been penetrated by IRGC and security-linked figures for decades. NCRI names at least 15 people it describes as IRGC or security-linked figures who have held senior positions in clubs, federations, league management or sports bodies. Among them, the report identifies Taj as a former IRGC intelligence officer who currently leads the Iran soccer federation. Official FIFA bylaws say member associations must "manage their affairs independently," ensure their affairs are not influenced by third parties, and that they be "neutral in matters of politics and religion," "independent," and avoid "any form of political interference." Jafarzadeh said FIFA should expel Iran’s soccer federation, comparing the case to international sports bans imposed on apartheid-era South Africa. "You cannot have a sports club, a sports facility, dominated with the military, which is part of the Iran regime," he said. "Sports federations, they have to be able to operate autonomously independent of the government... "My message to FIFA is that do exactly what you did with South Africa during the apartheid. The Iranian Football Federation that is controlled by the Revolutionary Guards must be expelled from FIFA." FIFA also says violations of that independence requirement can lead to sanctions, even if the outside influence was not the fault of the association. Fox News Digital has reached out to FIFA for comment. The report also accuses Iran of systematic gender discrimination in sports, especially restrictions on women entering stadiums and state control over female athletes’ uniforms. Human Rights Watch reported in 2022 that Iranian authorities blocked dozens of women from entering a soccer stadium in Mashhad. FIFA, however, has also pointed to recent cases where women were allowed to attend Iranian matches, including a 2024 women-only crowd at a Persian Gulf Pro League match in Isfahan. Rights groups say Iranian women continue to face discriminatory barriers to stadium access. Rights groups have documented cases in which Iranian athletes faced punishment after supporting or participating in anti-government protests. Habib Khabiri, a former famed Iran national soccer player and team captain, was listed in a 1985 United Nations report among people "allegedly summarily and arbitrarily executed" in Iran in 1984-1985. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported that Khabiri was arrested in 1983, tortured in prison and executed in 1984 after alleged ties to the Mojahedin-e Khalq. Jafarzadeh highlighted Khabiri as a symbol of the regime’s repression of athletes, as Khabiri was a rising soccer star who became captain of Iran’s national team before being arrested and asked to appear on television to renounce his political beliefs. "He refused, and he was executed on June 21, 1984," Jafarzadeh said. "He became a symbol for all of the athletes." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2946a0ee6011c3f4ec8240 Women's basketball legend Nancy Lieberman credits Caitlin Clark for new WNBA CBA, higher salaries te 2026-06-10T11:12:32.407Z Women's basketball legend Nancy Lieberman credits Caitlin Clark for new WNBA CBA, higher salaries WNBA legend Nancy Lieberman believes Caitlin Clark is to thank for the league's new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that has allowed players to get much higher salaries. "She’s a generational player. She came with a fan base of millions, and it’s helping the league,"Lieberman said. "They don’t get the $2.2 billion collective bargaining agreement, honestly, without her being there." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM That recent surge in attention has helped change the financial future of the WNBA. The WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association reached a tentative new collective bargaining agreement in March. The deal delivers major salary increases, a larger salary cap and more player benefits. The new WNBA CBA is a transformative seven-year labor deal establishing the first-ever revenue-sharing model (averaging 20% of league and team revenue). It nearly quintuples the team salary cap and introduces sweeping upgrades to player benefits, family planning and facility standard Lieberman said Clark’s arrival helped push the league into a new era. "You can’t deny she brings the media," Lieberman said. "You’re talking about her. You probably weren’t talking about anybody four years ago." Lieberman compared Clark’s effect on the WNBA to that of Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods on their respective sports. "She’s done her job, just like Tiger did, just like Michael Jordan did," Lieberman said. FEVER'S LEXIE HULL SPEAKS OUT AGAINST ATTACKS ON PLAYERS AS TEAM'S POPULARITY GROWS DURING CAITLIN CLARK ERA Clark entered the WNBA in 2024 after a record-setting college career at Iowa. She brought massive television audiences, sold-out arenas and a national conversation that followed her from college into the pros. Lieberman said that kind of attention does not take away from the rest of the league. It helps expose more fans to everyone. "Now, you take A’ja, you take Napheesa, you take Stewie, you take Kelsey Plum, and you take Sabrina, and all these other great athletes, and now you put them together — that’s very formidable," Lieberman said. "These young players that are coming into the league have this incredible fan base," Lieberman added. "They were making millions of dollars in college with their NILs, so they just brought that to the league... "We shouldn’t be jealous of them," Lieberman said. "We should celebrate them, not tolerate them." Clark's Indiana Fever are off to a surprisingly underwhelming start to the 2026 season amid championship expectations after how close the team got last year. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! In 2025, the Fever came one game shy of reaching the WNBA Finals, all while Clark was sidelined with injury. But so far Indiana is off to just a 6-5 start this year, while Clark has seen a seeming decline in shooting accuracy. But Lieberman believes the Fever will be "fine" as the season develops. Lieberman said teams now circle Fever games the way players once circled matchups with Michael Jordan. "You see the schedule and you get amped up for the Fever because you’re dealing with some of the most famous players in the league," Lieberman said. "Same with Angel Reese. So, it's just part of it, people used to get amped for Michael Jordan. It's okay, you've created a reputation for yourself, you've been able to exceed the reputation, and people want to play against the best." She said the same is true for other marquee teams and stars. "It’s like the Aces," Lieberman said. "You look at the schedule and you go, ‘We’re playing A’ja Wilson,’ and you get amped up for this. Same with Angel Reese." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29468cee6011c3f4ec8237 Beyond the Super Bowl ad: Why Jewish teens need more than a moment to fight antisemitism in schools te 2026-06-10T11:12:12.424Z Beyond the Super Bowl ad: Why Jewish teens need more than a moment to fight antisemitism in schools In February, during the Super Bowl, a message about antisemitism reached one of the largest audiences in American history. It was clear, direct, and difficult to ignore. For a brief moment, the country’s attention was focused on a problem that Jewish communities have been navigating for years. People watched. They talked about it. They shared it. And then the moment passed. Now the school year is coming to an end. Lockers are being cleaned out and yearbooks are being signed. For many students, summer is a time to relax and reset. For Jewish teenagers, however, a more difficult question lingers as they leave school for the year. FROM HOMEROOM TO HATE: HOW JEWISH STUDENTS ARE FACING A NEW KIND OF PRESSURE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS What will be different when I come back? Across the country, Jewish students continue to navigate real antisemitism. Some are being called "baby killers" by classmates. Some are told that Hitler "should have finished the job." Some show up to school to find a swastika drawn on the wall. Others are bullied online, threatened in hallways, mocked for supporting Israel, or made to feel that simply expressing their Jewish identity makes them a target. At the same time, there is another reality unfolding in those very same schools. I lead NCSY and the Jewish Student Union, and in more than 550 middle and high schools across the United States, students are choosing to gather in optional Jewish clubs and programs that create a very different kind of experience.  Jewish teens come together not only with each other, but often with non-Jewish classmates who are genuinely curious to learn about Judaism, Israel and Jewish life. These are spaces where students build friendships, ask difficult questions and engage with Jewish identity in a way that feels authentic and meaningful. These moments are not defined by fear. They are defined by curiosity, by openness and by a sense of pride. This is what real strength looks like. SIGN UP FOR ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED NEWSLETTER It is important to be clear about something. Creating schools that are fully safe environments for Jewish students is essential, and schools, communities and policymakers have a responsibility to address antisemitism directly. That work cannot be ignored. But long-term resilience is built in a different way. A young person who understands their story, who has experienced their tradition and who feels connected to a larger community carries a kind of confidence that cannot be easily shaken. That confidence does not come from a single conversation or a public moment. It develops over time through relationships, shared experiences and consistent engagement with something meaningful. This is the work we are focused on. It is not about teaching teenagers how to win arguments. It is about helping them build a sense of identity that is strong enough and lived deeply enough, that it cannot be undone by a comment in a hallway or a headline online.  A student who has experienced the joy of Shabbat, who has built friendships across communities, and who feels connected to their heritage, carries a kind of emotional and psychological strength that others cannot take away. When students return to school after experiences like these, the environment around them may not have changed. But they have. They are more grounded, more connected and more confident in who they are. They do not rely on a moment to tell them who they are. That distinction matters, especially now. The question is not whether the Super Bowl message was meaningful. The question is whether we are willing to act on it in ways that create lasting change. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION The decisions that will shape the next school year are being made right now. Parents are speaking with administrators. School leaders are reviewing policies and procedures. Community organizations are planning for the months ahead. These conversations will determine what students walk back into in the fall. Now is the time. Which schools are opening new Jewish Student Union clubs? Which summer programs are helping teens prepare for the challenges and opportunities they will face when they return to campus? Which parents are encouraging their children to participate in Jewish extracurricular life, build Jewish friendships and deepen their connection to their identity before the next school year begins? This work rarely becomes national news. It does not air during the Super Bowl. But it is the kind of work that shapes whether a Jewish teenager walks into school feeling isolated or supported, hesitant or proud. If we are serious about addressing antisemitism, then we cannot limit ourselves to statements and awareness campaigns alone. We must invest in the relationships, communities and experiences that give young people the confidence to stand tall as Jews long before they encounter hostility in a classroom or hallway. By the end of the summer, Jewish students will return to their schools. They will quickly understand whether the adults around them treated this issue as a passing moment or as a real responsibility. They are watching. And they will know. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294678ee6011c3f4ec822e Anna Kepner’s damaged cellphone becomes key clue in cruise ship murder case against stepbrother: Filings te 2026-06-10T11:11:52.494Z Anna Kepner’s damaged cellphone becomes key clue in cruise ship murder case against stepbrother: Filings Anna Kepner’s cellphone emerged as a key piece of circumstantial evidence as federal investigators zeroed in on her stepbrother, Timothy Hudson, in the Florida 18-year-old’s murder investigation. Kepner was found dead Nov. 7, 2025, in cabin 8343 aboard the Carnival Horizon, which she shared with Hudson, then 16, and a 13-year-old relative. Hudson faces charges for her alleged sexual assault and murder. Prosecutors said surveillance video did not show her leaving the cabin after she returned there the previous evening. Investigators later searched the cabin but could not find Kepner’s phone. According to a recently released federal transcript, family members told the FBI that the Florida 18-year-old was "never without" it. ANNA KEPNER DIES MYSTERIOUSLY DURING FAMILY VACATION ON CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP: TIMELINE OF EVENTS Cruise ship personnel also said they had not taken it or seen it in the room, prosecutors said. Investigators later found the phone in the ship’s lost and found. According to the transcript, a crew member had recovered it from a trash bin near the rear of the ship, on the starboard side. Prosecutors said the phone appeared to have been seriously damaged, with a broken screen. CELLPHONE DATA DEFINED 2025’S BIGGEST CRIMINAL CASES AS EXPERT CALLS THEM A 'CRIME SCENE IN THEIR POCKET' The government said investigators then reviewed surveillance video and ship Wi-Fi records to determine how the phone may have moved from the cabin to the trash bin. ANNA KEPNER'S STEPBROTHER CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE: COURT DOCS Prosecutors said the ship’s wireless network kept records showing when devices connected to routers in different areas of the ship. They said those records placed Kepner’s phone along a route that corresponded with her stepbrother’s movements on the morning of Nov. 7. ANNA KEPNER’S STEPBROTHER CHARGED AS ADULT WITH MURDER, SEXUAL ABUSE IN FLORIDA TEEN’S CRUISE SHIP DEATH According to the transcript, Hudson left cabin 8343 at about 9:26 a.m. At the exact same time, prosecutors said, Kepner’s phone began connecting to routers along the same general path Hudson took through the ship. At about 9:29 a.m., the phone connected near deck 10 in the Lido Marketplace area onboard the Carnival Cruise ship. FBI INVESTIGATES CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP DEATH IN MARITIME MYSTERY THAT CAN BE ‘VERY COMPLEX,’ FORMER AGENT SAYS At about 9:34 a.m., it connected near a smoking area on deck 11, where Hudson was seen smoking. At about 9:39 a.m., it connected near deck 12, where surveillance showed Hudson walking on the jogging track. Hudson, the transcript revealed, returned to the cabin at about 9:48 a.m. At about 9:50 a.m., he left again. Prosecutors said video showed him holding something in his left hand and appearing to reach into the front pocket of his sweatshirt. He then walked toward the rear of the ship. At about 9:52 a.m., surveillance showed him near the area of the trash bin where the phone was later found. Prosecutors acknowledged the trash bin itself was not directly visible on the video, but said Hudson remained in the area for about 22 seconds before returning to the cabin. The government said the phone’s router data placed it near the trash-bin area at about 9:55 a.m., while Hudson had returned to cabin 8343. WATCH: Florida teen Anna Kepner seen dancing on board Carnival Cruise days before death LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Prosecutors argued that sequence showed Hudson had taken Kepner’s phone from the cabin and discarded it. Defense attorney Eric Cohen challenged the strength of the prosecution’s deduction during cross-examination of FBI Special Agent Andrew Delvalle. Cohen said that Hudson had been on an upper deck and asked whether he could have thrown the phone into the water. Delvalle agreed he could have but said he did not. Cohen also asked whether the router data showed only that the phone’s path was "somewhat similar" to Hudson’s route. Delvalle agreed. PROSECUTORS WARN ANNA KEPNER’S STEPBROTHER SHOULDN’T ROAM FREE AFTER ALLEGED CRUISE SHIP MURDER Prosecutors said search warrants were obtained for Hudson and Kepner’s phones. According to the government, the phones did not reveal information about Kepner’s killing or about the relationship between Kepner and Hudson. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB The phone evidence was one part of the government’s broader probable cause argument, along with the cabin timeline, medical evidence and DNA evidence. U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres found probable cause, citing the circumstantial evidence, including the movements of people in and out of the cabin, evidence of sexual contact and the movement of Kepner’s phone when she was not with it. But Torres also said the weight of the evidence was "a much closer call." If convicted, Hudson could face a maximum penalty of life in prison. Hudson’s case is expected to go to trial in September. Fox News Digital has reached out to Hudson's attorneys for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294664ee6011c3f4ec8225 ActBlue chief heads to Capitol Hill hot seat as donor fraud probe intensifies te 2026-06-10T11:11:32.488Z ActBlue chief heads to Capitol Hill hot seat as donor fraud probe intensifies The embattled head of a Democratic fundraising powerhouse is slated to face a grilling by House lawmakers as questions swirl about whether the group misled Congress about alleged donor fraud. ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones will testify before the House Administration Committee in a potentially explosive hearing Wednesday, as a years-long congressional probe into how the payment processor vets overseas donors comes to a head. Wallace-Jones’ testimony will be the first time she has publicly addressed the fraud allegations. Representatives for ActBlue have repeatedly denied making false statements to Congress and have argued the Republican-led probe is politically motivated.  Earlier this week, an attorney for Wallace-Jones requested that House Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., issue a subpoena for her testimony ahead of Wednesday’s hearing — weeks after she voluntarily agreed in May to appear before the committee on June 10. HEAD OF DEM FUNDRAISING POWERHOUSE GETS CAPITOL HILL SUMMONS AS GOP PROBE ESCALATES After Republicans promptly moved to subpoena Wallace-Jones, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital that she planned to attend Wednesday’s hearing. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., who have been involved with the ActBlue probe, are also expected to be waved onto the committee to question Wallace-Jones. Steil framed the hearing as part of a broader effort to prevent foreign money from entering the political sphere. "The goal of this investigation remains the same: to ensure that federal law effectively stops bad actors, including foreign actors, from making political donations to American candidates and campaigns through online fundraising platforms," Steil wrote in a letter to Wallace-Jones Wednesday, accompanying the subpoena request reviewed by Fox News Digital. The House Administration Committee has scrutinized ActBlue since 2023 over the payment processor’s fraud prevention practices and its processing of overseas donations that may have been routed into U.S. elections.  Nonresident foreign nationals are generally prohibited from making political contributions to federal and state candidates, candidate committees and political action committees. Wednesday’s hearing comes after Republicans accelerated their scrutiny of ActBlue, following a story in The New York Times earlier this year reporting that the group’s former outside counsel warned Wallace-Jones that she may have made false statements to Steil’s panel about its fraud screening practices. The attorneys found that some of the anti-fraud measures described to congressional investigators were not always followed as outlined, according to the report.  ActBlue did not immediately correct the record with the House Administration Committee, despite internally updating donor screening practices, the Times reported. The payment processor later acknowledged that certain fraud prevention practices had been strengthened in a June 2025 letter to Steil’s committee.  DEM FUNDRAISING GIANT IN THE HOT SEAT AS GOP LAWMAKERS DEMAND ANSWERS OVER DODGED SUBPOENA Republicans have argued that the discrepancy between ActBlue's statements to Congress and its internal practices was likely "an attempt to avoid negative attention," as Steil wrote in a letter Tuesday to Wallace-Jones. Steil has sharply criticized ActBlue personnel for refusing to fully cooperate with the committee’s probe. Five current and former ActBlue employees asserted their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination a combined 146 times when their testimony was subpoenaed by the committee. The GOP-led panel has also expanded its ActBlue investigation beyond Wallace-Jones. Steil requested earlier in June that five members of ActBlue’s Board of Directors sit for transcribed interviews to discuss their involvement in the group’s response to congressional scrutiny and how it addressed a wave of departures within the organization amid internal turmoil over whether Wallace-Jones misled Congress. Two unions affiliated with ActBlue warned the board about a "growing pattern of volatility and toxicity" among leadership, including alleged retaliation against a whistleblower, the Times reported. Steil’s panel has also requested a swath of documents from ActBlue board members. The targeted individuals have until June 16 to comply, according to a letter previously obtained by Fox News Digital. Fox News Digital reached out to ActBlue for comment before publication. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294650ee6011c3f4ec821c Dirty soda drinks are everywhere, but doctors warn of health risks: 'Metabolic disaster' te 2026-06-10T11:11:12.568Z Dirty soda drinks are everywhere, but doctors warn of health risks: 'Metabolic disaster' The latest beverage trend is far from clean – and it’s raising red flags with doctors. Known as a "dirty soda," it’s a soft drink that also includes a combination of added ingredients, such as flavored syrups, creamers, fruit juices and other garnishes. The result is a sweet beverage that’s a combination of a soda, mocktail and dessert. Dirty sodas can easily deliver 250-400 calories and 55-70 grams of sugar in a single drink – which is often more than double the American Heart Association’s daily added sugar limit, according to Erin Palinski-Wade, a New Jersey-based registered dietitian. SUGARY DRINKS LINKED TO HIGHER ANXIETY RISK IN CERTAIN AGE GROUP, STUDY FINDS "It’s more like a dessert beverage than a soft drink, even if people use diet soda as the base," she told Fox News Digital. The drinks are most dangerous for those with insulin resistance, prediabetes or diabetes, Palinski-Wade warned. "The combination of rapidly absorbed sugar plus cream can cause sharp blood sugar spikes and crashes, driving hunger, fatigue and higher insulin demands," she cautioned. The trend is said to have originated in Utah years ago at a specialty soda shop, Swig, reportedly due to people in the Mormon faith seeking an alternative to coffee. The drink was then popularized by social media and TV shows, such as "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives," according to Eater.com. The dirty soda trend is widely credited to Swig, a Utah-based soda shop founded in 2010. The concept reportedly gained popularity in Utah, where many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints abstain from coffee and alcohol, helping create demand for customizable, non-alcoholic drinks. 'ADDICTIVE' ULTRAPROCESSED FOODS LINKED TO SPIKE IN CHRONIC DISEASE, RESEARCHERS WARN "There are multiple soda shops in most suburbs here," one Utah resident wrote on Reddit. "I have many coworkers who stop at one daily on their way to work [because] they don’t drink coffee, but will drink dirty sodas." Dirty sodas have recently grown in popularity, appearing on many restaurant menus and grocery store shelves. Coca-Cola has launched its Coca-Cola Cherry Float, which is designed to mimic the soda-and-cream experience, while PepsiCo offers a Dirty Mountain Dew Cream Soda. McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Sonic and Dunkin are among the fast-food brands that include dirty soda options in their beverage line-ups. Perhaps taking the cake is Crumbl, which recently launched a dirty soda that includes multiple sweet ingredients on top of an already sugary soda base. "Crumbl needs to be stopped," Dr. Mark Hyman wrote in a recent social media post. "Their new ‘dirty soda’ contains 186 grams of sugar, the equivalent of eating 19 Krispy Kreme donuts. This is a metabolic disaster and should be illegal." Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, echoed the warnings about dirty sodas being "very unhealthy." "They are loaded with processed sugar, empty calories and saturated fats," he told Fox News Digital. "They are also highly addictive, especially because of the high sugar content, and are about 400 calories per serving." Over time, regular consumption of these types of sugary beverages can train the brain to seek repeated dopamine and endorphin releases, Siegel warned. This can increase the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, dementia and other chronic illnesses. Tanya Freirich, a registered dietitian nutritionist in Charlotte, North Carolina, echoed that daily added sugars increase the risk of obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. "Additionally, the creamy mix-ins featured in dirty sodas are generally high in saturated fat, another nutrient that should be consumed in limited amounts," Freirich told Fox News Digital. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES "If you're looking for a mocktail or fun non-alcoholic beverage, consider using a base of plain seltzer water for a bubbly drink," she recommended. "Even with the same add-ins, your end result will contain considerably less sugar, but still taste sweet." Kenneth J. Perry, M.D., an emergency physician in Charleston, South Carolina, also noted that dirty sodas represent a continuation of the trend toward highly sugary beverages. "Their effects are short-lived, prompting individuals to consume excessive amounts," he warned. "This combination of low nutritional value, high sugar content and poor satiety can have significant health implications." Each additional highly sugary beverage consumed daily increases the risk of developing diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease, Perry cautioned. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER The World Health Organization recommends limiting free sugars – such as those found in beverages with added sugar – to less than 10% of total daily energy consumption, the doctor noted. "Beverages with added sugar are one of the most easily modifiable risk factors for various downstream health issues," Perry added. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ For those who do decide to try the dirty soda trend, Palinski-Wade recommends choosing a small size, using a diet soda base and limiting it to a rare treat. "It really belongs in the same category as a cake or a milkshake – occasionally, and in smaller portions." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29463cee6011c3f4ec8213 Europe's $116B fighter jet 'failure' raises fresh doubts about ability to defend itself without US te 2026-06-10T11:10:52.574Z Europe's $116B fighter jet 'failure' raises fresh doubts about ability to defend itself without US Europe's most ambitious effort to build a homegrown sixth-generation fighter jet has collapsed, dealing a major blow to the continent's push for military independence just as NATO allies pledge historic increases in defense spending. France and Germany have abandoned the fighter jet portion of the Future Combat Air System project (FCAS), according to French and German officials — a roughly $116 billion project launched in 2017 to develop a next-generation combat aircraft intended to replace France's Rafale fighter and Germany and Spain's Eurofighter fleets by 2040.  "The German authorities considered that it was not possible to put further pressure on the companies concerned," the Élysée Palace, the office of French President Emmanuel Macron, said in a statement. The program was envisioned as Europe's answer to future U.S. and Chinese airpower, combining a stealth fighter with advanced networking capabilities, artificial intelligence and accompanying drone aircraft. European leaders also viewed it as a cornerstone of the continent's push for greater defense autonomy and a stronger domestic defense-industrial base. TRUMP PUSHED NATO TO SPEND BIG — NOW COMES THE HARDER QUESTION: CAN EUROPE ACTUALLY FIGHT? Concerns about the project's viability had been building for months. Earlier in 2026, European Union Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius described the program as a "failure" and warned that Europe lacked successful examples of major multinational defense projects. Its collapse now raises fresh questions about whether Europe can translate promises of rearmament and strategic autonomy into the complex multinational weapons programs needed to compete with the United States and China. Sixth-generation fighters are expected to combine stealth technology, artificial intelligence, advanced sensors, networking systems and teams of accompanying drones. Military planners view them as the future of air combat and a key capability in potential conflicts involving major powers such as China or Russia.  European leaders viewed the program as a test of whether Europe could develop cutting-edge military technology without relying on American defense contractors, making its collapse a setback for broader ambitions of defense self-sufficiency and strategic autonomy. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had publicly questioned whether Germany would even need a manned sixth-generation fighter by the time the aircraft entered service and argued that Berlin's requirements differed from France's, which wanted a future jet capable of carrying nuclear weapons and operating from aircraft carriers. The collapse comes at a pivotal moment for NATO, as alliance members have committed to sharply increase defense spending and expand military capabilities in response to Russia's war in Ukraine and growing concerns about long-term European security. "It's hardly ideal signalling either to Washington or to Moscow," Douglas Barrie, senior fellow for military aerospace at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, told Reuters. PENTAGON SLASHES NATO COMBAT COMMITMENTS AS TRUMP PUSHES EUROPE TO DEFEND ITSELF The collapse underscored the depth of disagreements between the governments and industrial partners involved in the program. Macron's office said France would continue pursuing European defense cooperation despite the setback. "The French authorities will continue to encourage our companies and armed forces to explore ways and means of pursuing ambitious European projects that are consistent with our national security interests," it added. The fighter program's collapse also is raising questions about the future of other major European defense initiatives.  France and Germany have struggled to maintain momentum on the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS), a next-generation tank project, while several other joint defense efforts have faced delays, restructuring or cancellation in recent years. Defense analysts say the Future Combat Air System failure is the latest example of Europe's struggle to convert political commitments to military self-sufficiency into large-scale multinational defense programs, despite growing pressure to reduce reliance on U.S. military capabilities. German War Minister Boris Pistorius said Berlin already is evaluating alternatives following the program's collapse.  "One is ordering more F-35s as a bridge solution or for whatever reason," Pistorius told reporters Tuesday. Other options include joining another international fighter program already underway or pursuing a separate aircraft effort under German leadership with Airbus and other partners. Pistorius also offered a blunt assessment of the failed effort.  "With what we know today, we would no longer launch this project in the way it was originally set up," he said, describing FCAS as "an ambitious European project" that had "crashed into reality."  He attributed the collapse largely to tensions between Airbus and Dassault and differing military requirements between France and Germany. Germany and France launched the Future Combat Air System project in 2017, with Spain joining two years later. The aircraft was designed to operate alongside drones and a highly networked "combat cloud," but the program had been edging toward collapse for months amid disputes over design authority, technology sharing and industrial control. French President Emmanuel Macron has long championed the concept of European "strategic autonomy," arguing that Europe should reduce its dependence on the United States for critical defense capabilities. The Future Combat Air System was widely viewed as one of the most important tests of that vision. But disagreements emerged over industrial leadership, intellectual property rights, technology sharing and the future design of the aircraft itself. France sought to preserve key sovereign capabilities tied to its nuclear deterrent and aircraft carrier operations, while Germany pushed for a more equal industrial partnership. The program's failure leaves uncertainty over how France, Germany and Spain will pursue future air combat capabilities. It also comes as a rival sixth-generation fighter effort — the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), led by the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan — continues to advance. The failure could also reinforce Europe's dependence on American defense technology at a time when many European leaders say they want to reduce it. Germany already has committed to purchasing U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets, while numerous NATO allies have turned to American-made aircraft, missile defenses and long-range weapons systems since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. INSIDE AMERICA’S 6TH-GEN ARSENAL: B-21, F-47, AND THE FUTURE OF AIR DOMINANCE While France is unlikely to abandon its domestic aerospace industry, analysts say the demise of the Future Combat Air System project could make it harder for European governments seeking alternatives to American defense technology in the coming decades. The Pentagon repeatedly has welcomed greater European defense spending but also has emphasized the need for allies to deliver tangible capabilities rather than make promises that take decades to materialize. The Pentagon and NATO could not immediately be reached for comment.  The U.S. is pursuing multiple next-generation combat aircraft programs.  Earlier in 2026, President Donald Trump announced the Air Force's new F-47 fighter jet, while the Navy continues development of its separate F/A-XX carrier-based fighter program. China also is pursuing next-generation air combat systems and has conducted highly publicized test flights of advanced aircraft that defense analysts believe could be connected to Beijing's sixth-generation fighter efforts. The collapse leaves Europe without a clear continental path toward a sixth-generation fighter capability while both the United States and China continue advancing next-generation combat aircraft programs.  France, Germany and Spain must now decide whether to pursue separate national efforts, seek new industrial partners or deepen reliance on existing aircraft and foreign-made systems as pressure mounts to deliver on Europe's rearmament ambitions. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294480ee6011c3f4ec81d7 Movies and TV shows casting in Phoenix te 2026-06-10T11:03:28.167Z Movies and TV shows casting in Phoenix Backstage compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting in Phoenix. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29446bee6011c3f4ec81ce Movies and TV shows casting in Phoenix te 2026-06-10T11:03:07.206Z Movies and TV shows casting in Phoenix Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a294456ee6011c3f4ec81c5 Movies and TV shows casting in Flagstaff te 2026-06-10T11:02:46.167Z Movies and TV shows casting in Flagstaff Backstage compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting in Flagstaff. 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"This individual was seeking admission to the United States," a Trump administration official said in a statement. "Upon further inspection by CBP, derogatory information, including association with suspected members of terror organizations, was discovered making the traveler ineligible for admission to the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). "The traveler was refused admission and given immigration forms that provide the section of law used to complete an expedited removal under 8235 of the INA. President Trump's administration will not allow any security threat to enter our country - full stop." Artan was denied entry at Miami International Airport on Saturday over "vetting concerns," the CBP said in a statement. He was reportedly issued a visa to the U.S. last week, according to the Somalia Embassy in Kenya that processed it. He was set to meet with other referees for training at their base in Miami. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM He returned home to Somalia on Wednesday and thanked supporters. "I promise you, God willing, that I will attend the next one," he said. "I want the Somali public to take comfort in this and remain confident." Somalia is one of about three dozen countries subject to travel restrictions under the Trump administration as it has focused on illegal immigration. Artan was set to be the first referee from Somalia to officiate in the World Cup and is among the top referees in Africa. "It is up to all of us to defend the Somali name," Artan said. "Somalia belongs to us, whether it is in a bad state or a good state. That flag belongs to us, and that passport belongs to us." The World Cup begins on Thursday with the U.S., Mexico and Canada each hosting matches. The World Cup final takes place on July 18 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a29386dee6011c3f4ec7f84 EXCLUSIVE: Serbian President Vučić says support for US 'surged' under Trump, invites him to visit Belgrade te 2026-06-10T10:11:57.280Z EXCLUSIVE: Serbian President Vučić says support for US 'surged' under Trump, invites him to visit Belgrade Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić says relations between Serbia and the United States have undergone a dramatic transformation under President Donald Trump, a shift he says has changed public perceptions in a country where memories of the 1999 NATO bombing campaign remain deeply rooted. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Vučić praised Trump's approach to the Balkans, arguing that the administration's focus on economic cooperation rather than political pressure resonated with many Serbs. "President Trump and his team so far were working very diligently and dedicatedly on the Western Balkans," Vučić said, adding that many Serbs view his administration very differently from previous U.S. governments. "If you ask people in Serbia just to make a comparison between Clinton and Trump's administration, or Democrats to Republicans, you wouldn't believe it," Vučić said. "It would be 90 to 10 or 95 to 5." FORMER TRUMP ADVISORS WAGE BALKAN CAMPAIGN AS MAGA MOVES INTO EUROPE The comparison is particularly striking in Serbia, where many still associate the United States with NATO's 1999 bombing campaign during the Kosovo conflict, launched to stop Serbian forces' crackdown on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo and which remains one of the most consequential events in modern Serbian history. Vučić said he recently extended an invitation to Trump to visit Serbia and predicted the American president would receive an enthusiastic welcome. "I hope that we'll be able to host him," Vučić said. "More people will be ready to greet him and wait for him than he might even expect…I dare to say even more than hundreds of thousands of people." The Serbian president said the improving relationship between Washington and Belgrade is increasingly centered on economics, investment and technological cooperation, and mutual conservative values. According to Vučić, Serbia and the United States are preparing to launch a strategic dialogue that will focus on energy, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, defense cooperation and investment opportunities. Among the projects under discussion are energy infrastructure, liquefied natural gas cooperation, data centers and advanced computing technologies. EUROPEAN LEADER PRAISES TRUMP'S 'PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH' FOR KEEPING COUNTRY SAFE FROM CONFLICT The growing relationship comes as Serbia seeks to position itself as a regional economic hub while continuing its long-standing ambition of joining the European Union. Vučić pointed to preparations for Expo 2027 in Belgrade with nearly 150 participating countries, as evidence of Serbia's growing international profile and economic ambitions. Vučić, who has served as Serbia's dominant political figure since becoming prime minister in 2014 and president in 2017, pointed to the country's economic growth as evidence of its transformation. "Our GDP was 32 billion (euros) when I became the prime minister," Vučić said. "This year it's going to be over 100 billion euros., which is $120 billion." Vučić's relationship with Trump dates back to the president's first term, when the White House brokered a series of economic normalization agreements between Serbia and Kosovo. Rather than focusing first on the politically explosive question of Kosovo's status, the Trump administration emphasized infrastructure projects, transportation links and investment aimed at improving ties between the two sides. In September 2020, Vučić and then-Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti signed U.S.-brokered economic agreements at the White House that included commitments to expand rail and highway connections and promote investment. Trump described the deal as a breakthrough achieved by focusing on "job creation and economic growth" rather than longstanding political disputes. PRESIDENT ALEKSANDAR VUČIĆ: EUROPE VILIFIES TRUMP, BUT WE IN SERBIA SEE A FRIEND Asked whether he would consider recognizing Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and has been recognized by the United States under President George W. Bush and most European countries, if doing so unlocked Serbia's economic future and accelerated its path toward membership in the European Union, Vučić pushed back on the premise, arguing that economic cooperation and improved relations should come before discussions about political status. "I'm not saying that I'm ready to violate my constitution… I have always been open to talks or compromising solutions, I have always been open to developing great economic ties and no doubt much better political ties. But I was not speaking about recognition of someone's independence," he said. While Serbia continues to pursue membership in the European Union, the country has also maintained ties with Russia and China, a balancing act that has drawn scrutiny amid Russia's war in Ukraine and growing geopolitical tensions worldwide. Asked whether Serbia could continue navigating between East and West in an increasingly divided world or would eventually need to choose a side, Vučić rejected the notion that countries must choose between competing geopolitical camps. Instead, he pointed to both his own visit to China and Trump's engagement with Beijing as examples of what he described as pragmatic diplomacy focused on national interests. "President Trump didn't go there because of his vanity," Vučić said of Trump's visit to China. "He brought with him all the leading people of the United States of America for making better businesses, for earning more money for their companies." KOSOVO ACCUSES SERBIA OF 'TERRORIST ATTACK' RESEMBLING RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN UKRAINE Vučić said he adopted a similar approach during his own visit, arguing that leaders should prioritize economic opportunities for their citizens rather than ideological alignments. "I'm coming from a small country. I was asking for more investments and was fighting for the interests of my people," he said. The Serbian president said the same pragmatic approach should guide efforts to resolve ongoing conflicts in both Ukraine and the Middle East. "It's always better to have thousands of days of negotiations than one day of war," he said. Asked about tensions involving Iran and the wider conflict in the Middle East, Vučić reiterated Serbia's support for Israel, a position that increasingly distinguishes Belgrade from some European governments. "I am the president of the country that is one of the very rare countries in Europe that is not hesitating to cooperate and collaborate with Israel," he said. "And it is proud to say this publicly and openly." Vučić warned about what he described as rising antisemitism around the world. "From time to time, I'm very much afraid to see a lot of antisemitic slogans and antisemitic banners," he said. "The Serbian president said Serbia has resisted those trends and pledged that it would continue to do so under his leadership." "It does not happen in Serbia, and it won't happen as long as I'm the president." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a293859ee6011c3f4ec7f7b Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed dodges question on whether he still supports defunding the police te 2026-06-10T10:11:37.211Z Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed dodges question on whether he still supports defunding the police Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed avoided answering whether he still wants to "defund the police" and why he deleted past posts supporting those efforts. In November, El-Sayed was accused of deleting multiple social media posts supporting calls to "defund" the police in 2020 and 2021. "Most major US cities spend WAY TOO MUCH on police departments to police poverty & WAY TOO LITTLE on public schools, health departments, recreation departments, & housing to eliminate poverty," El-Sayed wrote in one June 2020 post on X, then-Twitter, just several weeks after the death of George Floyd. "Fixing that is what the #Defund movement is about." MICHIGAN SENATE CANDIDATE DELETED THANKSGIVING TWEET CALLING FOR INDIGENOUS REPARATIONS: REPORT El-Sayed was asked about these posts on CNN, who first reported the story, and what the reason was behind deleting them. "Well, let me just speak to a vision for public safety that I think all of us can agree with," El-Sayed responded Monday. "I think all of us want to be safe. We want to know that we can get home safely. We don’t want to worry about being the victim of somebody’s violence, whether it’s from a neighbor or the state itself." He added, "And we got to get serious about the kind of policing we need. For too long, we have not invested in the kind of recruitment and retention and retirement that has people from local communities wanting to join in and be a part of keeping public safety. But also, for too long, our answer to every problem has been someone with a gun." BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGNS WITH CONTROVERSIAL MICHIGAN SENATE CANDIDATE El-Sayed went on to describe his support for "community violence intervention" and suggested we needed to "get past the past" and look to the future without explaining why he deleted the original posts. When CNN's Kaitlan Collins followed up asking if his beliefs had changed, El-Sayed continued to avoid directly answering whether he still wants to defund the police. "Well, look, at that time I was a professor. I was teaching at the edge of criminal justice and public health. At this point, I’m running for U.S. Senate, and in my experiences as a public official, I understand deeply that we have to all come together to think past. But I’ll tell you this — we need investments in the right things," El-Sayed said. He acknowledged investments in "recruitment and retention for law enforcement" but also emphasized the need to invest in "public health" for the "safety that we really need and deserve." Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed's campaign for comment. ABDUL EL-SAYED SAYS RALLYING WITH HASAN PIKER DOESN'T MEAN HE ENDORSES 'AMERICA DESERVED 9/11' REMARK El-Sayed has faced growing antisemitism concerns based on some of his public comments and his decision to rally with far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who has been accused of espousing antisemitic beliefs. In April, the Michigan candidate agreed with the idea that Israel is "just as evil" as the terrorist group Hamas. "Yes, killing tens of thousands of people makes you pretty damn evil," El-Sayed said. "It’s not how evil is this one versus that one — Hamas: Evil, Israeli government: Evil. We can say both." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a293845ee6011c3f4ec7f72 Violent transit attacks in Atlanta, New York and Charlotte fuel calls for tougher tracking of repeat offenders te 2026-06-10T10:11:17.215Z Violent transit attacks in Atlanta, New York and Charlotte fuel calls for tougher tracking of repeat offenders Violent transit attacks in three major U.S. cities have renewed commuter fears and sparked outrage over how the justice system tracks repeat offenders. The cases include a shooting on Atlanta’s MARTA system, stabbings at New York City’s Penn Station and a stabbing on Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line. Here are three recent public-transit attacks involving accused repeat offenders that have fueled calls for tougher action to protect residents. Anthony Tyrone Gresham, 42, a felon with multiple convictions, is accused of opening fire at MARTA’s Midtown station in Atlanta, wounding a 17-year-old before fleeing on Friday, June 5. ATLANTA TRAIN PASSENGER STABBED ABOUT 20 TIMES AFTER MANIAC ALLEGEDLY SLIT HER THROAT IN RANDOM ATTACK Authorities say that Gresham allegedly walked up to the train car where the teen sat, pulled a handgun out of his bag and fired three times toward the victim. The teenager was struck in his left hand and leg and medics took the teen to a nearby hospital. Gresham, authorities said, ran from the station before law enforcement could apprehend him. The escape sparked a multi-agency manhunt that ended two days later when officers captured him in Douglasville. BLUE CITY BUS ATTACK HEIGHTENS COMMUTERS' FEARS AFTER CHARLOTTE TRAIN STABBING Federal authorities charged Gresham with committing an act of violence with intent to cause serious bodily injury on a mass transportation system. He also faces federal charges for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. The shooting came amid heightened scrutiny of MARTA safety following a separate fatal stabbing on the transit system days earlier of 66-year-old Margaret Swan, a great-grandmother. In that separate attack, John Elijah Matthews, 25, a homeless man from Decatur, Georgia, was charged in a federal criminal complaint with committing an act of violence using a dangerous weapon with intent to cause death on a mass transportation system, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. LENIENT JUDGES IGNORE RED FLAGS, CAVE TO SOFT-ON-CRIME PRESSURES AS THEY RELEASE REPEAT OFFENDERS: ATTORNEY He is also charged locally with felony murder, according to Fulton County records. Hector Deleon, 51, was identified as the suspect in a stabbing and slashing spree inside Penn Station’s New Jersey Transit concourse in New York City on Sunday, June 7. The random attack happened shortly after 7 p.m. on the NJ Transit concourse inside Penn Station and sent commuters scrambling. The stabbing spree in the busy Manhattan commuter hub left five people bloodied, with one seriously injured, officials said. NYC TRANSIT HEAD SAYS VIOLENT SUBWAY ATTACKS HAVE 'GOTTEN IN PEOPLE'S HEADS' BUT CRIME IS DOWN Deleon had at least seven prior arrests, including a 2022 case in which he was accused of slashing a man in the neck. He was later sentenced to two years' probation with conditions including mental health treatment. GOT A TIP? WATCH: Penn Station stabbing victim recounts 'crazy scene' Victim Henry Obadiah criticized liberal soft-on-crime policies after being stabbed in Penn Station by a career criminal. In an interview with Fox & Friends, Obadiah recalled the stabbing which left him with a large slash on his cheek and lip. FOLLOW US ON X "I'm heading toward the exit to 7th Avenue, and I'm walking, you know, toward the escalator, and I see these two guys kind of scuffling a little bit. I didn't think anything of it," Obadiah said. "Walking toward the escalator, and I locked eyes with this crazy madman, and he just looked at me, and he had this rage in his eyes, and he went whack. Cracked me right in the mouth. And my first reaction was, 'I'm gonna go after this guy. I want to kill him.' But then this guy behind me goes, 'he's got a knife. he's got a knife.'" GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Decarlos Brown Jr., 35, is accused of fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, aboard Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line on Aug. 22, 2025. CHARLOTTE LIGHT RAIL MURDER SUSPECT RULED INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL AS HISTORY OF CRAZED CLAIMS TRAILS CASE Federal prosecutors said Zarutska sat in front of Brown before he allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed her from behind. Brown has been charged federally with violence against a mass transportation system resulting in death, a charge that could carry life in prison or the death penalty if he is convicted. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS Brown had a history of violent crime, including assaults and robberies, and had also been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Yet he was still free and walking the streets. On Tuesday, the repeat offender was deemed incompetent to stand trial in his federal case following a mental evaluation. This followed a previous May hearing for his state charges where the judge had ruled Brown incompetent to stand trial. Brown is expected to be committed to a special facility under the direction of the U.S. attorney general for treatment aimed at restoring competency. If he is later found competent, the federal case could resume. "Let me be clear, he will be in custody that whole time. Mr. Brown is in federal custody now and will remain in federal custody until trial," Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, said following the hearing. "For us, our number one goal here is justice for Iryna Zarutska and Iryna Zarutska's family. That's what's on the top of our minds and our hearts every day." Brown could face the death penalty if the federal case proceeds. However, a defendant who is found incompetent cannot be tried or executed while incompetent. Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner and Julia Bonavita contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a293831ee6011c3f4ec7f69 Raising Cane's owner admits there's one side dish he won't eat, and it's still on the menu te 2026-06-10T10:10:57.365Z Raising Cane's owner admits there's one side dish he won't eat, and it's still on the menu Raising Cane's owner and founder Todd Graves recently admitted he doesn't like the coleslaw served at his own chicken-finger chain. Graves made the revelation in an Instagram interview in which content creator Joe Bonham asked him his Cane's order. "Box Combo, no slaw, extra toast and extra sauce," the CEO replied. FAST-FOOD MENU ITEMS THAT CHEFS LIKE TO EAT "You don't do any coleslaw?" Bonham asked. "I don't like the coleslaw, man, that's why I trade it out," Graves replied. Bonham told Graves nobody likes the coleslaw, and Graves shrugged. "Every once in a while, I get somebody that likes it, but I'm not crazy about coleslaw, so trade it out for toast," he said. Bonham followed up by asking whose idea it was to add the coleslaw. Graves said he wanted a "vegetable component to the meal," and that coleslaw is "a Southern thing, but I don't care for it." The viral video garnered 8.5 million views, 457,000 likes and over 4,000 comments. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Several commenters agreed with the sentiment expressed by one Instagram user: "Love an honest CEO." "He's one of us," a person wrote.  "He knows what's up," wrote another. Discussion regarding the coleslaw itself prompted a lively debate.  The comment, "I go double slaw," received 35,437 likes, along with reactions such as, "Criminal," "Diabolical" and "Federal prison for you." "The slaw is underrated for sure," remarked another.  "It's the best part!" someone else wrote. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "Everyone says lock him up, but he's doing us a service," another person commented. Others chimed in to suggest different sides. Potato salad, pickles and mac and cheese were among the ideas. A 3.1-ounce serving of Raising Cane's coleslaw is 100 calories, according to the restaurant's website. The chain advertises the menu item as "crisp, creamy and freshly prepared." "If you try to be all things to all people, you aren't great to anyone," Graves said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "So, we focus on serving craveable chicken finger meals and doing it better than anyone else, which is why you'll never see limited-time offerings or new items coming on and off the menu. I always say, don't fix what isn't broken. Our coleslaw isn't going anywhere." There are multiple Reddit forums that debate Cane's coleslaw. "Coleslaw is the best part of Raising Cane's" is posted on the r/unpopularopinion subreddit. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "Why do they make slaw?" wondered a poster on the r/RaisingCanes forum.  "Does anyone actually eat the coleslaw from here? I always sub it out for extra toast/fries," wrote someone in the same forum. "I get asked all the time if I'm ever going to add something else to the menu and the answer is no," Graves told Fox News Digital.  "We've had the same menu since I opened the doors to the first Raising Cane's in Baton Rouge nearly 30 years ago: chicken fingers, Cane's Sauce, coleslaw, Cane's toast and crinkle-cut fries. This focused menu means our crew can focus on doing one thing and doing it better than anyone else." The restaurant's ethos, according to Graves, is centered around the "one love" principle that "enables us to build the perfect box combo that is served hot, fast and fresh each and every time." "When I originally created the menu, I wanted to give people something to be able to switch out, so they can sub extra fries, extra Cane's Sauce or extra Texas toast," Graves added.  "The coleslaw gives them that item to be able to assemble their perfect box. And if someone personally loves coleslaw, that's great too!" Raising Cane's opened its 1,000th restaurant – in Hollywood, California, – in March.  The restaurant's website lists six new locations set to open this month. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a292f14ee6011c3f4ec7e9b Heap Rejects Board’s Public Meeting Proposal, Says Supervisors Are Delaying Compliance With Court Order te 2026-06-10T09:32:04.180Z Heap Rejects Board’s Public Meeting Proposal, Says Supervisors Are Delaying Compliance With Court Order By Matthew Holloway | Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap rejected the Board of Supervisors’ proposal for a public meeting to discuss unresolved election administration disputes, arguing the offer was intended to create an appearance of cooperation while the Board continued litigating election authority issues. In a June 5 statement, Heap said the Board’s latest proposal was “not a serious effort to resolve this dispute” and accused the Board of continuing “a pattern of delay, obstruction, and political theater” that has lasted more than 18 months. For 18 months, the Board refused negotiations. Then they lost in court. Six weeks later, they're still refusing to comply and facing contempt proceedings and sanctions for ignoring the Court's order. I've offered to sit down with the Board and our respective legal counsel so we… https://t.co/DHiFwzCC5J — Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap (@azjustinheap) June 6, 2026 “They rejected proposals, rejected meetings, rejected mediation, and forced taxpayers to fund unnecessary litigation,” Heap said. “After losing decisively in Superior Court, they are now doing everything possible to delay compliance while pretending the problem is a lack of communication. The problem is not communication. The problem is that the Board refuses follow the law and accept Court orders they do not like.” The dispute follows an April ruling in the litigation between Heap and the Board over election administration duties. The Maricopa County Superior Court issued a ruling in Heap’s favor on April 16, rejecting the Board’s claim of “plenary” authority over election administration, and held that Arizona law establishes the Recorder as the county’s principal elections officer. The Recorder’s Office said the court ordered the Board to return control of IT staff, servers, databases, software, and election systems to the Recorder or fund their immediate replacement. The office also said the court found that the Board’s control of the Recorder’s IT systems and personnel constituted an “unlawful usurpation” of authority. The Board has disputed Heap’s characterization of the litigation and said the April ruling could disrupt election operations. In a May 4 release, the Board said it had filed a motion for a stay pending appeal and warned that the ruling could cause “significant disruptions to election operations,” including confusion over chain of custody, on-site tabulation, and the handling of mail-in ballots on Election Day. The Board has also maintained that it negotiated in good faith with Heap over a Shared Services Agreement. On the county’s election duties dispute page, the Board said it has “consistently negotiated in good faith” to reach an agreement on how to divide election responsibilities and said Heap chose to file a lawsuit in 2025 instead of finalizing a new agreement. The latest exchange centered on whether unresolved Shared Services Agreement issues should be discussed in a public meeting or through structured negotiations involving counsel. Heap pushed back in a June 1 letter, saying he had sought discussions and negotiations since the beginning of the dispute, had submitted multiple Shared Services Agreement proposals, had requested meetings with Board leadership, and had offered mediation. Heap said the Board’s proposed public meeting format was “unlikely to achieve” the objective of resolving the dispute. He wrote that effective negotiations over legal authority, operational responsibilities, staffing, resources, and election administration required candid discussion, counsel’s participation, and a process capable of producing written agreements. “Public Board meetings are not designed for that purpose,” Heap wrote in the letter. “They are designed for conducting public business. While appropriate for informing the public, they are ill-suited for negotiating and memorializing agreements between parties engaged in active litigation.” Heap also said the Board could not “simultaneously litigate authority before the courts” while expecting the same disputes to be resolved through informal public meetings rather than structured negotiations involving counsel. In a June 3 letter, Board Chair Kate Brophy McGee and Vice Chair Debbie Lesko asked Heap to meet in person “as quickly as you are available,” noting that UOCAVA ballots would be mailed within days and that early voting for the primary would begin in three weeks. What a shocker😀…@azjustinheap puts out a statement on Friday night saying he won't meet with me & @KateBrophyMcGee to resolve elections issues because he doesn't want the meetings livestreamed to the public. Election negotiations should be public. I have nothing to hide. — Debbie Lesko (@DebbieLesko) June 5, 2026 “The Board seeks, and voters deserve, a resolution to these SSA issues,” Brophy McGee and Lesko wrote in the letter. “There is no time to waste.” Brophy McGee and Lesko said legal counsel and staff would be welcome to attend, but said the in-person dialogue should be limited to elected officials “empowered by and accountable to the people,” according to the June 3 letter. They also said the discussion should be livestreamed because election administration is a public-facing government responsibility. “This discussion needs to occur in the light of day, not in secret,” Brophy McGee and Lesko wrote. In his June 5 statement, Heap said the Board was demanding a public meeting where it would control the agenda, format, questions, and discussion while continuing to litigate the same issues in court. “The Board has also attempted to portray my rejection of this proposal as opposition to transparency,” Heap said. “That is an obvious lie. I have offered to meet with Board leadership, County staff, and legal counsel for both parties. I proposed specific meeting dates and offered to make myself, my staff, and counsel available at any other time the Board preferred. The Board rejected that proposal.” Heap said real negotiations require decision-makers, legal counsel, candid discussion, and a process capable of producing binding written agreements. He said public hearings would instead produce “speeches, soundbites, and political posturing.” The disagreement comes as the Board appeals the April ruling and Heap continues seeking compliance with the court’s order. The Recorder’s Office said in a May 29 statement that Heap had requested the Superior Court hold the Board in civil contempt for allegedly refusing to comply with the April 16 ruling. The election authority dispute remains pending as Maricopa County officials prepare for upcoming elections without a new Shared Services Agreement in place. Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com. The post Heap Rejects Board’s Public Meeting Proposal, Says Supervisors Are Delaying Compliance With Court Order first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a292effee6011c3f4ec7e92 Phoenix Sued Over Permit Requirement To Feed And Aid Homeless In Public Parks te 2026-06-10T09:31:43.134Z Phoenix Sued Over Permit Requirement To Feed And Aid Homeless In Public Parks By Staff Reporter | A local church filed suit against the city of Phoenix for its new ordinance requiring permits to feed and provide medical care to the homeless in public parks.  The city ordinance, “Phoenix Medical Treatment and Food Distribution in Parks,” impacts any individual or organization with a charitable or humanitarian purpose from distributing food or medical care to the general public, not just the homeless — though it is those seeking to provide resources to the homeless that are most impacted by the policy. The city emphasized the prohibition on the sale, distribution, or exchange of syringes or needles, needle exchange programs, and distribution of needle/intramuscular naloxone in public communications discussing the new ordinance.  The ordinance exempts those distributing food or medical care for non-charitable purposes, such as food distributed at events not open to the general public, like birthday parties, or medical aid rendered to address a sudden medical event. Water and electrolyte beverage distribution was also exempted from the permitting process.  The council passed the ordinance last month, and it took effect last wek week. Starting Friday, the city provides a limited number of permits: two per month, per park made available on a tri-annual basis. The two permits combine both food and medical, not two food and two medical permits.  Those seeking permits must submit the names, food handler certificates, and medical certifications for all providing food and/or medical care, along with proof of a $2 million liability insurance policy. Lance Brace, a Phoenix real estate agent, and his nonprofit St. Herman’s Table filed the lawsuit challenging the ordinance through Provident Law in the Arizona District Court this week.  St. Herman’s Table provides a meal, water, Bibles, and small hygiene products to the homeless at Cave Creek Park at Cactus once a week. The nonprofit is part of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Orthodox Church.  Brace argued that the ordinance violates the First Amendment and the Arizona Free Exercise of Religion Act, claiming that it extends favorable treatment to secular activities, like wedding and birthday parties, by not holding them to the same permitting requirements as religious organizations engaging in charitable endeavors. Advocates for the city ordinance say the homeless have made the public parks unsafe for children and families.  In its presentation of the ordinance during a formal council meeting last month, the city included photos taken by city staff and submitted by residents as examples of the pervasive problems occurring in park systems due to unfettered services rendered to the homeless: mass crowding, littering, drug usage, drug paraphernalia, and contamination with biological hazards. As an example of the safety hazards presented by charitable organization presence without government oversight, officials referenced several recent city cleanup efforts that yielded the collection of hundreds of needles at South Mountain Park and Preserve, John F. & Mary P. Long Homestead Park, and Margaret T. Hance Park.  Critics of the city ordinance argued that the charitable services shouldn’t be limited by a permitting process due to the outsized needs of the homeless community.  AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Phoenix Sued Over Permit Requirement To Feed And Aid Homeless In Public Parks first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a292ee9ee6011c3f4ec7e89 Republican Lawmakers, Gov. Hobbs Reach Budget Deal Including $1.45 Billion In Tax Relief te 2026-06-10T09:31:21.694Z Republican Lawmakers, Gov. Hobbs Reach Budget Deal Including $1.45 Billion In Tax Relief By Matthew Holloway | Arizona Republican House and Senate leaders announced a compromise budget agreement with Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs on Tuesday and introduced a series of budget bills for consideration in both chambers. According to a press release by the GOP Senate Caucus, the budget, totaling $18.29 billion, is designed to deliver approximately $1.45 billion in tax relief to Arizonans over a four-year period and to limit state spending growth to 3.05%. The agreed-upon budget also “rejects or modifies more than $3 billion in proposed executive tax increases, fees, and spending expansions over the next three years.” The legislative GOP leadership and Gov. Hobbs have been embroiled in tense on-again-off-again negotiations since January, with Hobbs announcing a full moratorium on signing legislation, vetoing nearly all bills sent to her desk from April 13 until May 14, including a proposed Republican budget containing over $1 billion in tax relief. 🚨FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Arizona Becomes Only State in the Nation to Deliver Historic Trump Tax Cuts As Part of Bipartisan FY 2027 Budget Agreement Full press release: https://t.co/CL9cqvwG9N@votewarren @JohnKavanagh_AZ @TJShope @SenFrankCarroll @DaveFarnsworth_ pic.twitter.com/zqH1mfv4lp — AZSenateRepublicans (@AZSenateGOP) June 9, 2026 “Arizona is leading the nation once again,” Senate President Warren Petersen (R-LD14) said in a statement. “For years, Arizona has built a reputation as one of the best places in America to live, work, raise a family, and start a business. This budget strengthens that foundation. Families are facing higher costs for groceries, childcare, housing, and everyday necessities, and we wanted to provide real relief. By adopting President Trump’s tax cuts at the state level, expanding tax relief for families, and protecting educational freedom, we’re helping Arizonans keep more of their hard-earned money while ensuring our state remains economically competitive.” Looks like we have a deal on the budget. Arizona will be the first state in the nation to deliver the full Trump tax cuts! Proud of my colleagues in the House and Senate. Expecting to vote it out on Thursday. And this time, it will get signed. — Warren Petersen (@votewarren) June 9, 2026 The budget reportedly incorporates full conformity with the tax cuts of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act passed in 2025, which included several of President Trump’s major federal tax provisions, including: No tax on tips, no tax on overtime, An increased standard deduction, A new childcare deduction, An enhanced child tax credit, Expanded charitable giving deductions, Property tax relief for disabled veterans. In a statement to AZ Free News, Arizona House Speaker Steve Montenegro (R-LD29) said, “Republicans came into this session focused on affordability, responsible spending, public safety, school choice, and protecting taxpayers from new taxes and fees. This agreement reflects those priorities and shows what can be achieved through serious negotiations in divided government. The process still needs to play out, but this is a responsible budget agreement that moves Arizona in the right direction and puts families and taxpayers first.” According to the Senate GOP Caucus, the budget agreement will also address the ongoing controversy of data center development in the state through the imposition of “a three-year moratorium on the issuance of new certificates for the data center sales tax exemption while explicitly allowing construction of new data centers to continue.” In addition to implementing the $1.45 billion in tax relief, the budget will also include: $112 million for corrections operations, A 4% correctional officer stipend, $23 million for victims of crime assistance, $58 million for child safety operations, including foster care coaching and guardian contract costs, $25.5 million for county support programs, probation services, coordinated reentry efforts, and sheriff assistance, $10 million for wildfire suppression efforts, $4.3 million for rural hospitals. Reforms packaged with the FY2027 budget also include eligibility verification requirements for Medicaid and SNAP benefits, and protections for the Empowerment Scholarship Account program. Governor Hobbs praised the bipartisan agreement, saying, “This bipartisan, balanced budget agreement will put Arizona first and deliver opportunity, security and freedom to communities throughout the state. With this agreement, we are delivering a $1.4 billion tax cut for working-class families, investing in job creation, education and water security while tightening our belts, and securing a moratorium on the data center tax exemption so we can develop a responsible path forward that protects our water future and lowers utility bills for Arizona families.” She added, “This bipartisan compromise shows what we can do when we put common sense before political games and focus on delivering real results for our communities. It will put money back in the pockets of Arizona families and lower costs, make our communities safer, and protect the vital services that Arizonans rely on. In the coming days, I look forward to working with legislators in both parties to pass this bipartisan budget agreement that will make Arizona stronger, safer, and more prosperous.” House and Senate versions of the budget bills will be considered during a Joint Senate & House Appropriations Committee hearing Wednesday, with final votes set for Thursday. Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com. The post Republican Lawmakers, Gov. Hobbs Reach Budget Deal Including $1.45 Billion In Tax Relief first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a292aa7ee6011c3f4ec7d71 SEN KEVIN CRAMER: China builds for war while America waits on permits te 2026-06-10T09:13:12.000Z SEN KEVIN CRAMER: China builds for war while America waits on permits For too long, the debate over permitting reform has been confined to the wonky world of Washington insiders — endless discussions about transmission lines, pipelines, lawsuits, and administrative procedures. Policymakers fixate on the bark while missing the trees, let alone the forest. The stakes are far higher than connecting a natural gas plant, wind farm or data center to the grid. The most important reason for permitting reform is to grow the U.S. defense industrial base at the speed, scale and cost efficiency needed to deter a major conflict with China, and to quickly prevail if deterrence fails. This imperative requires a sustained U.S. capability to outperform our adversaries in the production of weapons, ships, munitions, and material. Yet for more than two decades, America’s national security, economic policies, and stifling environmental review processes hollowed out domestic manufacturing and largely transferred our defense-related industrial capabilities and control of global supply chains to China. The results are stark. China dominates global manufacturing, particularly those industries indispensable to defense. Its steel production exceeds America’s by roughly 12-to-1. In shipbuilding, China possesses capacity roughly 230 times that of the United States. A single major Chinese shipyard can exceed the total output of the entire U.S. commercial shipbuilding industry. American policymakers — both Democrats and Republicans — have been comatose on this front for far too long. 'THIS IS NO DRILL': CHINA'S DOMINANCE OVER US SHIPBUILDING SPARKS BIPARTISAN EFFORT Recent conflicts offer sobering previews of how profoundly these disparities matter in wartime. In Ukraine, U.S. and allied munitions production has struggled to keep pace with demand. For example, America ramped 155mm artillery shell output from about 14,000 per month to around 40,000, falling far short of Ukraine’s needs — estimated at 150,000–200,000 shells monthly — and exposing fragile, just-in-time supply chains. Similar constraints appear in meeting our own requirements and supporting Israel against Iranian-backed threats. Peacetime atrophy — dormant production lines, retired skilled workers, overseas dependence, and regulatory bottlenecks — has left the U.S. defense industrial base ill-equipped for sustained, high-intensity conflict. History underscores the danger of underestimating industrial power. Nazi Germany developed formidable new technologies during World War II: the Me 262 jet fighter, V-2 ballistic missiles, and advanced tanks. These "wonder weapons" stunned Allied forces when they appeared on the battlefield. Yet America’s overwhelming manufacturing juggernaut is what proved decisive. Mobilizing factories across the heartland, the United States produced nearly 300,000 aircraft, 86,000 tanks, and thousands of ships, vastly outproducing the Axis powers combined. Similarly, in the Civil War, 90 percent of our manufacturing economy was in the North — which produced 20 times more pig iron and 32 times more firearms than the South — which was still primarily an agrarian economy. Perhaps more ominously is the lesson we can draw from the North’s embrace of mechanization, which allowed threshing to be done 12 times faster than slave labor. Today’s corollary is Artificial Intelligence (AI) — the Great Power which dominates AI will gain the upper hand easily in any conflict, just like the North did, dominating the South which clung to the morally repugnant — but also ineffective — manual labor. Both mechanization and AI need reliable, dispatchable power to provide their economic and industrial benefits. Today, China enjoys the advantage once held by America. China’s defense industrial base and supporting infrastructure can much more easily shift to a wartime footing, surging output of ships, munitions, and material with little or no bureaucratic or legal constraints. RAPID RISE OF AI PUTS NEW URGENCY ON CONGRESS TO UNLEASH AMERICAN ENERGY Reversing America’s defense industrial decline requires more than a tweak to an administrative process, increasing permitting staff, or changing deadlines for filing lawsuits. It demands a fundamental change in mindset of how, and why, government places so many obstacles in the way of the rapid expansion and rebuilding of our defense industrial base. Roads, bridges, ports, rail, power generation and delivery and computing infrastructure are foundational infrastructure. Factories cannot hum without affordable and reliable power. Mines and processing facilities for critical materiels — essential for munitions, electronics, and advanced weapons — cannot secure funding and achieve necessary scale amid regulatory paralysis. Without this complex industrial ecosystem, we risk strategic vulnerability no amount of technological innovation can offset. American spirit and ingenuity are real assets, but cannot conjure raw materials and weapons systems from thin air when supply chains falter and projects languish in endless reviews. Congress and the administration must treat permitting modernization as a core national security priority. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION The most important element is time. Time is power — China builds three times faster than we do. Time is money — Chinese defense output costs a fraction of ours. Every year a U.S. defense infrastructure project is hung up in permitting adds 10-20 % to its final cost. Typical delays of more than five years lead to projects costing two or three times more than they need to. Eliminating this delay would not only unleash defense production with the speed and scale needed to keep the peace, but deliver it while saving hundreds of billions of dollars in defense spending. To accomplish this, Congress and the states must reach across the aisle and legislatively approve maintenance, replacement and new construction of defense industrial supply chains and preclude any further environmental review, permitting, and judicial review of such process. I’ve worked with sincere Democrats like Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) to build consensus and extend my thanks and trust to them. We all are committed to assuring environmental protection and reaffirm these industries must comply with all specified environmental performance requirements. They will remain subject to the full array of legal requirements for monitoring, reporting, inspection, enforcement, citizen suits, judicial review and punitive civil, criminal, and damages liability for any noncompliance. Ample bipartisan precedent for this approach has long been in place in non-security related laws such as health and safety, financial transactions, and border construction, while recent targeted federal and state laws waived permitting for public housing, fracking, pipelines, and chip manufacturing plants. The need to tackle the challenges of this permitting reform forest is clear: America’s ability to deter conflict, or to win if deterrence fails, rests on American industrial might. Permitting reform is the essential first step toward rebuilding it. The time for tepid measures and insider debates is over. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a292a93ee6011c3f4ec7d68 Here's why universal basic income would be a disaster for America’s future te 2026-06-10T09:12:51.928Z Here's why universal basic income would be a disaster for America’s future Every generation faces a new technological revolution. Today it's artificial intelligence. Just 40 years ago it was the internet. And according to some of the biggest names in tech, AI may eventually become so powerful that millions of Americans will need government checks just to get by. Their solution? THE IMPENDING AI-DRIVEN JOBLESS ECONOMY: WHO WILL PAY TAXES? Universal basic income. The idea sounds simple enough. Every American receives a government payment regardless of whether they work, how much they earn, or how much they contribute to society. Supporters claim it's the inevitable answer to automation and artificial intelligence. They're wrong. And many leaders promoting this across the country have it wrong. Not because AI won't transform the economy. It absolutely will. PALANTIR CTO SHYAM SANKAR: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE BEING LIED TO ABOUT AI They are wrong because they make the same mistake people have made during every major technological advancement in human history, assuming that because jobs change that work disappears. It never has. When automobiles replaced horse-drawn transportation, millions of jobs vanished. Yet millions more were created in manufacturing, construction, logistics, insurance, tourism, and countless industries that didn't previously exist. The same thing happened with personal computers, the internet, smartphones, and cloud computing. Technology destroys some jobs. It creates entirely new opportunities. That's what innovation does. What concerns me is that universal basic income assumes Americans are incapable of adapting. It assumes that the best solution to economic change is dependency rather than opportunity. That idea runs directly against everything that has made America successful. Capitalism works because incentives matter. People pursue education because it improves their future. People take risks because they hope to build wealth. People start businesses because they see opportunity. People work harder because effort is often rewarded. Universal basic incomebreaks that sacred relationship. When income becomes disconnected from productivity, incentives begin to weaken. The link between contribution and reward slowly disappears. And that's where the danger begins. America wasn't built on guaranteed outcomes. America was built on opportunity. Even if universal basic income were economically effective which is highly debatable, we would still have to answer a simple question.  Who pays for it? The United States is already carrying a national debt closing in on $40 trillion. Interest payments on that debt quickly becoming the largest line item on our fiscal budget. Now imagine sending checks to every American every month. Not just the poor. Not just the unemployed. Everyone. The price tag quickly becomes staggering. Government would ultimately have three choices. Raise taxes, print money, or borrow even more. None of those options creates prosperity. In fact, they often create the opposite. Higher taxes discourage investment. More borrowing increases future obligations. More money printing fuels inflation, which acts as a hidden tax on working families. Ironically, the very people universal basic income is supposed to help could end up hurt the most as housing, healthcare, food, and everyday necessities become more expensive. But perhaps the biggest problem with universal basic income isn't economic. It's cultural. The American Dream has never been about receiving a government check.  Never. It's about creating value for other. It's about ownership of assets. It's about building something for the future. It's about improving your skills, taking risks, solving problems, and participating in the growth of the economy. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION The future of AI shouldn't be a nation sitting at home collecting payments while a handful of technology companies create all the wealth. The future should be helping Americans own businesses, invest in innovation, develop new skills, and participate in the opportunities AI creates. The answer to artificial intelligence is not less ambition. It's more ambition. Leaders who promote this idea may believe the future requires universal basic income. I believe the future requires universal basic opportunity. So, it’s time to get off the couch. Because history has shown that when Americans are given the chance to innovate, adapt, and compete, they don't need a guaranteed paycheck. They create their own prosperity. And that's a far better future than anything universal basic income can offer. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM TED JENKIN Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a292a80ee6011c3f4ec7d5f Could the next Chinese threat walk into your kitchen on two battery-powered legs? te 2026-06-10T09:12:32.012Z Could the next Chinese threat walk into your kitchen on two battery-powered legs? Within the next ten years, there could be a humanoid robot in virtually every American home and workplace. They will hear and see everything. This is our future. But, a key question remains: will these omnipresent robots be American or Chinese-made? Ensuring that the United States wins the robotics race is both a national security and economic imperative. Both the administration and Congress are now working to address this challenge. Properly calibrated, these efforts demand broad bipartisan support and swift execution. Increasingly, robots represent the place where AI meets the physical world. Large, stationary single-purpose robots will be replaced by general purpose humanoids that can learn and complete virtually any task. The potential benefits to productivity, efficiency, and safety are astounding. Imagine a humanoid robot that can care for an aging parent, serve as a personal chef, or assist a surgeon during a complex procedure. These machines will enter burning buildings, clean up nuclear waste, work deep-sea pipelines, and staff dangerous and repetitive roles in American manufacturing that often cost workers their health and their lives. Goldman Sachs projects that the humanoid robot market could reach $38 billion by 2035. The companies and countries that lead in this technology will enjoy a generational economic advantage and the geopolitical leverage that comes with it. Which brings us to the threat. HUMANOID ROBOTS HIT MASS PRODUCTION IN CHINA This past Lunar New Year, Chinese robots went viral with a choreographed parade of humanoid robots dancing and performing martial arts in perfect unison — a spectacle equal parts impressive and unsettling. It was not an accident. It was a message…a warning. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has identified humanoids as a strategic emerging industry and the country has been pouring billions of dollars of state resources into ensuring Chinese supremacy in this emerging technology. The plan is working. Some market reports indicate that 90% of all humanoid robots are built in China. This is not simply a commercial problem for America. It is a national security crisis in slow motion. Consider what a networked fleet of Chinese-manufactured robots, embedded in American homes, hospitals, factories, and government facilities, would mean in practice. These machines see, hear, and map their environments. They connect to the cloud. They receive software updates from their manufacturers that could alter their behavior or extract sensitive data on command. We are not naïve to the risks posed by modern technology. But, humanoid robots are a far more intimate and consequential instrument for surveillance and sabotage. A smartphone knows your location. A humanoid robot knows your home, your family, your routines, and your secrets. NEW REPORT WARNS OF GROWING NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT TO U.S. AS CHINA BUILDS AI: 'SIGNIFICANT AND CONCERNING' China’s civil-military fusion doctrine and the dual-use potential of humanoids make this even more alarming. The same robot that folds laundry in a suburban home can, with a software update, perform logistics, reconnaissance, or other physical tasks in a military context. An army of commercially deployed Chinese robots is inherently a latent instrument of the Chinese state. America has faced this kind of strategic technological competition before, and we have won. But, this wasn’t luck. We won through deliberate national strategy, coordinated public and private investment, and clear-eyed policy frameworks. We need the same approach here. Commercial drones provide the cautionary tale. A decade ago, the United States ceded that market to China without an industrial policy response. Today, Chinese manufacturers control the overwhelming majority of the global drone market. American companies, law enforcement agencies, and even elements of the military found themselves dependent on Chinese hardware before policymakers recognized the scope of the problem. We now struggle to unwind a dependency that should never have been allowed to form in the first instance. To its credit, this administration has tried to address the issue — including by placing foreign-made drones on the FCC’s covered list — but we are playing catch-up and we are still far behind. We cannot afford to repeat these mistakes with humanoids The Trump administration has shown it understands the stakes in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, issuing ambitious strategies that marshal federal resources and align both the public and private sector around national priorities. The administration is now actively developing a national robotics strategy. It is critical that this initiative be both bold and broad. Among other things, a National Robotics Strategy should: (1) establish clear global leadership goals; (2) aggressively fund federal procurement, investment, and research; (3) secure the supply chain for key robotic components; (4) cement America as the global leader in robotics standards; and (5) establish a framework that implements stringent data security requirements and prevents infiltration by hostile actors. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Congress should act in parallel. Senators Schumer and Cotton recently introduced the American Security Robotics Act, which effectively bans the U.S. government from purchasing and operating most humanoid robots manufactured by Chinese firms. This rare show of bipartisanism underscores the seriousness of the situation. The pending bill is a meaningful first step, and Congress should be encouraged to build on it with a thoughtful and nuanced approach to this burgeoning industry. Congress needs to install guardrails that protect the country from the risks posed by fully integrated Chinese robotic systems. But, simultaneously, the government must carefully navigate the reality that key robotics components — including motors and magnets — are not yet manufactured competitively at home. We need to wean ourselves off our reliance on Chinese components and begin making these parts in the U.S. Blunt-instrument bans will hinder American industry from flourishing. The window to act is open, but not for long. The Lunar New Year video was merely a preview. The country that fields the best humanoid robots will shape the physical world the way that the country that fielded the best semiconductors shaped the digital one. That country should be the United States. The machines are coming. The only question is whose machines they will be. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a292a58ee6011c3f4ec7d54 Life Inside an ICE Detention Facility te 2026-06-10T09:11:52.088Z Life Inside an ICE Detention Facility For days protesters have been clashing with law enforcement over conditions at an ICE detention facility in New Jersey. Our reporter Hamed Aleaziz explains how these complaints persist across the country, and takes a closer look at the problems documented at one facility in Louisiana. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a292a42ee6011c3f4ec7d4b The Battle for the Senate Could Come Down to Hopes and Fears in Maine te 2026-06-10T09:11:30.560Z The Battle for the Senate Could Come Down to Hopes and Fears in Maine Graham Platner’s primary victory in Maine sets up a high-stakes contest between an insurgent progressive with political baggage and a battle-tested but vulnerable Republican senator. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a292a2eee6011c3f4ec7d42 The Knicks Are Hogging the Spotlight. Spurs Fans Aren’t Impressed. te 2026-06-10T09:11:10.641Z The Knicks Are Hogging the Spotlight. Spurs Fans Aren’t Impressed. As New York basks in the attention of a long-awaited N.B.A. finals run, many San Antonians say the Spurs, and the city they represent, are being underestimated. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a292a1aee6011c3f4ec7d39 Trial Begins for Man Accused of Sparking Palisades Fire te 2026-06-10T09:10:50.731Z Trial Begins for Man Accused of Sparking Palisades Fire Opening statements are set to begin Wednesday in the case of the man prosecutors say was enthralled by fire and resentful toward the rich. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a292a04ee6011c3f4ec7d1d Waymo says it built a better benchmark for comparing robotaxis to humans te 2026-06-10T09:10:28.570Z Waymo says it built a better benchmark for comparing robotaxis to humans Waymo created a new computer model to help it better understand how humans behave in crash scenarios that its robotaxis encounter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a291c0aee6011c3f4ec7b43 Top takeaways from the primary elections in Maine and South Carolina: 'Movement about us' te 2026-06-10T08:10:50.251Z Top takeaways from the primary elections in Maine and South Carolina: 'Movement about us' BLUE HILL, Maine - Graham Platner, the progressive left, and Donald Trump appear to be the big winners in Tuesday's high-profile primaries in Maine and South Carolina. Platner, the oyster farmer and military combat veteran who has been facing plenty of incoming fire amid mounting controversies, cruised to the Democratic nomination Tuesday in left-leaning Maine and will now face longtime moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a key race that is among a handful which will likely determine if Republicans hold their Senate majority in the midterm elections. Meanwhile, in solidly red South Carolina, Trump-backed Sen. Lindsey Graham won a majority of the vote in the Senate GOP primary and will avoid a runoff against a primary challenger from the right. And the candidate the president endorsed in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, finished on top of a crowded field of contenders and will advance to a runoff election in two weeks against longtime South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, who came in second. Here's what we learned in the key June 9th primaries. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB The left storms back The convincing victory by Platner, who was backed by progressive champions Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Rep. Ro Khanna of California, looks to be another feather in the cap for the left in their intra-party face-off with the establishment. The primary in Maine was held a week after Iowa state Rep. John Turek, who was supported by longtime Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, won the Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson in another crucial midterm showdown. Turek, a wheelchair basketball player who won two Paralympic gold medals, defeated the more progressive candidate, state Sen. Zach Wahls. The divisive and expensive primary battle was viewed as a proxy war between the establishment and anti-establishment wings of the party. Fast-forward a week and the ballot box performance by Platner, who promotes an economically populist agenda as he takes aim at corporate influences and advocates for the working class, gives a boost to the left. "The Democratic establishment and powerful interests spent months trying to stop Graham Platner. Instead, they demonstrated that voters in Maine and across America want to elect shake-up-the-system outsiders," Progressive Change Campaign Committee co-founder Adam Green emphasized. And Green warned that Platner's victory "should be a wake-up call for a Democratic establishment that has spent too long underestimating the appeal of economic populism and outsider politics." EMBATTLED PLATNER WINS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TO TEE UP CRUCIAL MIDTERM SHOWDOWN What controversies? Platner in recent weeks has been facing one of the roughest stretches of his bid for the U.S. Senate. The candidate has been playing defense the past month, amid multiple controversies. They include inflammatory online comments made on Reddit, a well-publicized and now covered-up tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol, recent reports that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with several women while married, and new allegations last week from ex-girlfriends of a history of rape fantasies, heavy drinking and violent episodes. Platner has called the latest allegations of violence untrue. On Monday, a day before the primary election, a former high-level staffer from the Platner campaign wrote in the Washington Post that Platner "is not someone who would be good for Maine or for the country." While the mounting controversies triggered some Democrats in the nation's capital to question whether Platner was damaged goods and needed to be replaced, the candidate this past weekend thanked Maine voters for continuing to support him. "When hurtful things I said on the internet a decade ago came out into the public as I shared my personal journey through PTSD and darkness of recovery and accountability and growth. Maine had my back," Platner said at a rally Friday not far from his hometown in Down East Maine. "Now, as every single piece of that past and journey gets dug up, litigated, and weaponized, you have my back. And when politically motivated, serious and false accusations are made against me. Maine, you have my back." THE GROWING LIST OF CONTROVERSIES THREATENING DEMOCRAT GRAHAM PLATNER'S MAINE SENATE BID And voters in Maine's Democratic Senate primary seemed to shrug off the controversies. "In trying so hard to understand me, they failed to understand that this is not about me at all," Platner said in his victory speech as he dismissed news reports about his past misdeeds as immaterial to the Senate election. "This is a movement about us, about the far too many working far too hard and struggling far too much." Trump has a big night The president wasn't on the ballot in South Carolina, but he had plenty on the line in the GOP Senate and gubernatorial primaries. One week after Trump's endorsement-winning streak in high-profile Republican primaries was snapped, the president's immense clout over the GOP was on the line again, this time in South Carolina. And the president easily passed the test. The candidate Trump endorsed in the Palmetto State's GOP gubernatorial primary, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, finished first in a crowded field of candidates and clinched one of the two tickets in the race for the nomination. TRUMP ALLY LINDSEY GRAHAM SURVIVES CHALLENGE FROM GOP'S ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT WING Evette, who repeatedly spotlighted Trump's support, now advances to a Republican runoff election in two weeks against South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, the second place finisher, in the race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Henry McMaster.  Since no candidate topped 50% of the primary vote to land a majority, Evette and Wilson will battle for the nomination in the June 23 runoff, and the winner will be considered the clear favorite in the general election in the solidly red southeastern state. Meanwhile, in the South Carolina GOP Senate primary, longtime Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham did win a majority of the vote, and will avoid a runoff, the Associated Press reported. Graham, who was endorsed by Trump, was facing primary challenges from five candidates, including conservative businessman Mark Lynch, who took aim at the senator over his support for the war in Iran. Lynch was backed by some MAGA leaders who have been critical of the president. Graham's campaign and allied political groups spent nearly $20 million to highlight Trump's support. And the president joined Graham and Evette for a primary eve tele-rally. The brute force of the president's endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries over the past month, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas that grabbed plenty of national attention. But his 11th-hour endorsement of Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa a week and a half ago — which came on the same day he also backed Evette — in the race to succeed retiring GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds wasn't enough to muscle the three-term congressman to victory. Feenstra was narrowly edged by Zach Lahn, a businessman, farmer and former political strategist who was backed by the political wings of MAHA — the acronym for the Make America Healthy Again movement aligned with Trump Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and Turning Point USA, the powerful conservative organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk. In the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary, the major contenders had long been highlighting their support for Trump and his agenda, in hopes of landing his support. Trump, after staying neutral for months, endorsed Evette, praising her as an "America First Patriot" and a "WINNER" in his announcement. In her primary night speech, Evette thanks the president and touted that she's a "Trump-endorsed businesswoman and conservative who's going to take the fight to the radical left." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a290de6ee6011c3f4ec7906 Meta signs first AI data center deal in India with Reliance te 2026-06-10T07:10:30.008Z Meta signs first AI data center deal in India with Reliance The 168-megawatt facility will support Meta's global AI computing needs and can be expanded over time. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a290bd7ee6011c3f4ec78d7 Judge voids Arizona water rule for new homes te 2026-06-10T07:01:43.846Z Judge voids Arizona water rule for new homes PHOENIX -- A state agency acted illegally in imposing what developers are calling a "tax'' they have to pay to build in certain areas that don't have regular sources of water, a judge has concluded. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a290bc2ee6011c3f4ec78ce State budget deal preserves tax cuts, pauses data center breaks te 2026-06-10T07:01:22.013Z State budget deal preserves tax cuts, pauses data center breaks PHOENIX -- Gov. Katie Hobbs and key Republicans have agreed to a nearly $18.3 billion spending plan. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a290ba6ee6011c3f4ec78a2 Judge blocks Alabama's nitrogen gas execution method, rules it is unconstitutionally cruel te 2026-06-10T07:00:54.249Z Judge blocks Alabama's nitrogen gas execution method, rules it is unconstitutionally cruel A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama executing death row inmate Jeffrey Lee with nitrogen gas after finding that it violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. U.S. District Judge Emily C. Marks handed down the ruling hours after an appeals court reversed her initial finding that the controversial execution method was constitutional. She permanently barred the state from using nitrogen gas to execute Jeffrey Lee, 49, who was scheduled to be put to death on Thursday. The judge wrote that the appeals court found the method carried "a substantial risk of serious harm." A three-judge panel from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday said the three minutes that it could take for an inmate to lose awareness is an "intolerable" time frame, "given the suffering that would likely take place under Alabama’s nitrogen hypoxia protocol." Marks also ruled that the state could change the form of execution to Lee’s preferred method, which is a firing squad. Inmates challenging execution methods must suggest an alternative method. ALABAMA DEATH ROW INMATE INSISTS INNOCENCE, URGES GOVERNOR TO MEET HIM BEFORE NITROGEN-GAS EXECUTION "Therefore, Lee has shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the protocol constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment," Marks wrote. Marks' order blocks only the state from executing Lee by nitrogen gas. The state has two other authorized execution methods: lethal injection and the electric chair. She said Lee is "not entitled to an injunction barring the state from executing him using one of those methods." Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's office is appealing the decision, according to a new court filing. Alabama officials have maintained that the method is constitutional. The issue appears likely bound for the U.S. Supreme Court, which has never ruled a state's execution method to be unconstitutional. "Were Alabama to adopt firing squad as a method of execution, that method would likely be challenged as well. Indeed, there is likely no method — no matter how humane — that would be immune to constitutional challenge. But the Constitution does not guarantee a painless death, and human life cannot be purposefully extinguished without some risk of pain. The Court, the condemned, and the State must all confront that sobering reality," Marks wrote in her ruling. Alabama began using nitrogen gas for executions in January 2024, when convicted killer Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first person in the country to be executed using that method. The execution method, which involves strapping a respirator onto the inmate's face and replacing breathable air with pure nitrogen gas, causing death by lack of oxygen, has been criticized by opponents as inhumane and torturous. "Three minutes of conscious suffocation is torturous. If that doesn’t violate the constitution, let alone international law, nothing would," Bernard Harcourt, a professor at Columbia University Law School and who represents one of several other Alabama inmates challenging the method as unconstitutional, told The Associated Press. Nitrogen has been used in eight executions in the U.S., with seven of them in Alabama and one in Louisiana. Lee was set to become the ninth person executed with nitrogen before Marks' order. Opponents of the death penalty and critics of the controversial execution method praised Marks' ruling on Tuesday. ALABAMA VIOLATED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH, COURT RULES "I pray that we are witnessing the collapse of this horrific method nationwide," said the Rev. Jeff Hood, who served as spiritual adviser at two nitrogen executions. Lee is being held at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore for his conviction of two counts of capital murder for killing Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson while robbing a pawnshop on Dec. 12, 1998. Prosecutors said Lee entered Jimmy’s Pawnshop with a sawed-off shotgun and shot Ellis, who was the owner of the store, and Thompson, an employee at the business. A jury voted 7-5 that Lee should be sentenced to life imprisonment, but a judge overrode that recommendation and sentenced him to death. Alabama later ended the ability of a judge to disregard a jury’s sentencing decision in death penalty cases. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28e869ee6011c3f4ec60e3 Republicans in Maine Governor’s Race Head to Ranked-Choice Runoff te 2026-06-10T04:30:33.454Z Republicans in Maine Governor’s Race Head to Ranked-Choice Runoff State election officials will confirm the winner in the next week or two, after a counting process that involves multiple rounds of elimination. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28e66dee6011c3f4ec60b1 Arizona faces 77% cut in share of Colorado River as states remain deadlocked over water allocation te 2026-06-10T04:22:05.928Z Arizona faces 77% cut in share of Colorado River as states remain deadlocked over water allocation WASHINGTON – An ongoing deadlock between the seven states that rely on the Colorado River may have dire consequences for Arizona. A lack of agreement between the Upper and Lower Basin states would mean the federal government imposes its own plan for reallocating the water over the next 10 years – a plan that could mean cuts up to 77% for Arizona. No other state faces such severe cuts under the “no deal” federal proposal. Nevada would see its share of the river reduced by 6%. The other five states would see no change.  For obvious reasons, Arizona has been scrambling to find an alternative.  A May 1 proposal offered by Arizona, California and Nevada calls for spreading reductions among the Lower Basin states over the next three years. The plan emphasizes voluntary cuts, and states could receive compensation from the federal government for conservation efforts.  Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, said the Lower Basin states believe their proposal respects the laws and compacts that have long governed how the river is shared while also taking into account the current scarcity.  “We looked at how Lake Powell and Lake Mead would be impacted from an elevation standpoint and tried to cover as many hydrologic scenarios as possible,” he said. “It’s not a guarantee, but it’s a robust level of protection.” The Upper Basin states – Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming – rejected that proposal, arguing that it doesn’t reflect actual snowpack. Those states say that both the federal and Lower Basin proposals would threaten the river’s viability and drain Lake Mead and Lake Powell to a point of catastrophic failure.  “We … have depleted the storage in those reservoirs to the brink of being empty,” said Chuck Cullom, executive director of the Upper Colorado River Commission. “We are overspending our bank account and the bank account is almost empty. So, legal theories, everyone has one. Math is indisputable.” The one thing all states agree on is that decades of drought have pushed water levels to dangerously low levels even as demand and population grow. “In my 25 years on the Colorado River, I haven’t seen things this bad. … We have 19th century law, 20th century infrastructure and 21st century hydrology and water demand – and it’s not lining up very well,” said Jennifer Pitt, Colorado River program director for the National Audubon Society. The mention of 21st century hydrology refers to the decades-long megadrought afflicting the Western states that threatens to permanently alter the region’s ecosystem, disrupt the economy and disable power generation capabilities for two of the country’s most vital pieces of infrastructure: the Glen Canyon and Hoover dams.  On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold an oversight hearing on the status of negotiations.  Risk of ‘dead pool’ The Bureau of Reclamation, part of the Department of the Interior, announced  May 21 that it will spend $52 million for new turbines at Hoover Dam – turbines better suited to the historically low levels of Lake Mead.  Lake Mead dropped to 1,041 feet above sea level in 2022. That’s the lowest since it first reached capacity in 1941, five years after Hoover Dam opened. The highest it’s ever been was 1,225 feet in 1983 due to a massive snowmelt. The volume was so great, engineers needed to open the dam’s spillways for the first and only time.  As of June, the lake stood at 1,048 feet. At 895 feet, it would hit “dead pool” status, which means the water is too low to flow downstream and the dam can no longer produce electricity. Like Lake Mead, Lake Powell has experienced a steady decline since 2000, when water elevation behind the Glen Canyon Dam was approximately 3,680 feet above sea level.  That reservoir hit 3,522 feet, its all-time low, in February 2023. It is now at 3,527 feet – more than 170 feet below full capacity.  Dead pool for Lake Powell would occur at 3,370 feet.  How does Arizona get its water? Arizona gets 36% of its water from the Colorado River, 41% from groundwater, 18% from in-state rivers and 5% from reclaimed water, according to the Arizona Department of Water Resources. Arizona’s share of the Colorado River comes from water released from the Glen Canyon and Hoover dams. One of Arizona’s arguments is that the Upper Basin states can tap into the river before the water even reaches Lake Powell. What makes the situation more alarming for Arizona is the rapid depletion of its groundwater. Between 2002 and 2024, the aquifers in the Colorado River Basin lost about 27.8 million acre-feet of groundwater, according to NASA satellite observations. That’s enough to cover 27.8 million acres of land with water 1 foot deep. And the underground reservoirs continue to decline.  The combination of dwindling supply from the river and the aquifers puts Arizona’s water security and food production at a great risk within the next decade, according to the NASA researchers. This view of Glen Canyon Dam on July 7, 2011, shows the effects of drought at Lake Powell, which is fed by the Colorado River. (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation photo) How we got here and what’s next? The current allocation among the seven states dates to 2007, when they cut a deal for water use that would last 19 years. The deal, which included the federal government, expires at the end of 2026.  The Bureau of Reclamation gave the states until November 2025 to present an updated deal.  When the states were unable to come to terms, the bureau issued a set of five alternative plans in January. Those plans triggered a flood of pushback, especially in Arizona. A White House meeting in January attended by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and governors of other Colorado River states failed to yield a breakthrough. The Bureau of Reclamation intends to release an updated plan for water allocation by mid-July, with final guidelines coming in August. Pitt isn’t optimistic about an end to the stalemate. The most recent winter was especially dry. And “with the states poised to be fighting each other,” she said, “they don’t really have the time to be thinking about environmental concerns. They’re preoccupied with how to protect and do their jobs for their water users,” she said. Court fights not off the table Buschatzke cited the Colorado River Compact of 1922, which gave the Upper and Lower Basin states 7.5 million acre-feet each, asserting the Upper Basin is still obligated to release enough water to satisfy that deal. A century ago, there were 18 million acre-feet available. Last year’s supply was just 8.5 million acre-feet, according to Bureau of Reclamation data.  The compact is a cornerstone of the Law of the River, a set of laws, treaties, compacts and court decisions dating to 1922 that dictate how much water those states and Mexico can draw.  Many experts say the Law of the River contains guidelines that have become outdated in an era of unforeseen climate change. Upper Basin states maintain that they are not obligated to release as much water as the Lower Basin wants under the 1922 compact.  Cullom’s May 22 letter addresses some of the legal disputes and asserts that the Lower Basin proposal would not adequately protect the reservoirs. Both sides say they are prepared to go to court. “I believe Tom and I believe Governor Hobbs when they threaten litigation,” Cullom said. “At the same time, it doesn’t provide incentive to reach compromise on operations if one side is asserting there’s only one way to solve a problem.” The post Arizona faces 77% cut in share of Colorado River as states remain deadlocked over water allocation appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28e628ee6011c3f4ec607c Trump-endorsed candidate will face top GOP target in Nevada House district te 2026-06-10T04:20:56.013Z Trump-endorsed candidate will face top GOP target in Nevada House district Nevada state Sen. Carrie Buck won the Republican nomination for Nevada's 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating businessman Michael Boris and other candidates in a closely watched primary contest to challenge Democratic Rep. Dina Titus in November. Buck's victory comes after receiving endorsements from President Donald Trump and Gov. Joe Lombardo, as well as backing from national Republican groups focused on protecting and expanding the party's House majority. Buck, an educator and former school principal who represents a Henderson-area district in the Nevada Senate, entered the race in 2025, arguing her experience in education and state government prepared her to take on Titus. MINIVAN MOM PUTS DEM INCUMBENT ON NOTICE IN TOP GOP TARGET DISTRICT: 'SHE HAS DONE NOTHING FOR US' The Republican primary field also included appliance repair contractor Michael Boris, former pastor and educator Jim Blockey, Rick Saga and Marie Encar Arnold.  Buck's campaign held a significant fundraising advantage throughout much of the race and was viewed by many Nevada political observers as the frontrunner entering Election Day. Boris had argued that Republicans needed an outsider candidate to defeat Titus, criticizing Buck as an establishment-backed contender. SCOOP: HOUSE GOP CAMPAIGN ARM LAUNCHES ‘MAGA MAJORITY’ PROGRAM TO BOOST TRUMP-ALIGNED CANDIDATES The general election now shifts to a district that has long favored Democrats, though it has become more competitive following recent redistricting. The Cook Political Report has rated the race as "Likely Democrat," reflecting Titus' incumbency and the district's Democratic lean despite growing Republican optimism. Nevada's 1st District, which includes much of eastern Las Vegas, Henderson and surrounding communities, carries a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+2 and has been represented by Titus since 2013. Republicans have not won the seat since former Rep. John Ensign left office in 1999. Titus, who faced primary opposition of her own, is expected to begin the general election campaign with a substantial fundraising advantage. Republicans believe Buck gives the party its strongest chance to compete in a district that has become more competitive in recent years. Attention now turns to the general election against Titus, a veteran Democrat who has represented the district since 2013 and remains one of Nevada's most established political figures. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28e493ee6011c3f4ec5fe8 Katie Hobbs agrees to fund 50 state troopers to carry out Trump’s mass deportation agenda te 2026-06-10T04:14:11.366Z Katie Hobbs agrees to fund 50 state troopers to carry out Trump’s mass deportation agenda Gov. Katie Hobbs struck a budget deal with Arizona Republicans that will help aid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda by hiring at least 50 new state troopers who will be dedicated to “immigration enforcement and border security.” The $18.3… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28e47eee6011c3f4ec5fdf Platner will face Collins in November; U.S. House races pending te 2026-06-10T04:13:50.401Z Platner will face Collins in November; U.S. House races pending (The Center Square) - Graham Platner, a Maine oyster farmer, is projected to move forward in a general election for U.S. Senate against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28e431ee6011c3f4ec5faa Dem rep who went on expletive-laden anti-Trump rant wins primary te 2026-06-10T04:12:33.685Z Dem rep who went on expletive-laden anti-Trump rant wins primary Incumbent Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., won Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary Tuesday. Lee’s district, comprising the southern end of the Las Vegas metro area and extending through sparsely populated communities like the late Sen. Harry Reid’s hometown of Searchlight, is one of the West’s most competitive swing districts, with a Cook Political Report rating of D+1. Lee, whom Georgetown University’s Lugar Center deems one of the 10 most bipartisan members of Congress, faced James Lally, Terrill Robinson and Brandon West in the primary. While the Lugar Center credited her bipartisanship, Republicans have criticized her opposition to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which, according to reports, included hundreds of millions of dollars in support for entities in rural Nevada. Lee has received support from AIPAC and corporate interests such as Boeing, according to The Center Square. MINIVAN MOM PUTS DEM INCUMBENT ON NOTICE IN TOP GOP TARGET DISTRICT: 'SHE HAS DONE NOTHING FOR US' Lally, a cardiologist, told the outlet that Lee’s reputation as a bipartisan lawmaker is a misnomer, saying that she cannot "appease an authoritarian cult" — in an apparent reference to Republican voters and Trump supporters. Trump’s "No Tax On Tips" has been a rallying cry for Republicans in the district — which hosts some of the largest numbers of tipped workers of any precinct given its proximity to the Strip. Robinson, meanwhile, is a Marine Corps veteran and former staffer for neighboring Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev. LOMBARDO BUILDS MASSIVE $15M WAR CHEST IN CRITICAL NEVADA GOVERNOR SHOWDOWN "Terrill is running for Congress because he believes Washington has stopped working for ordinary Americans. He is deeply concerned about the growing influence of corporate money, political self-interest, and the erosion of transparency across government institutions," his campaign said in a statement on his website. West recounted his time working several jobs earlier in life — from Carl's Jr., the Transportation Safety Administration and Service Employees International Union (SEIU), where he became a steward. "I’ve always been someone who learns by being in it, not watching from the outside. My background has taken me through different environments and perspectives, and that’s shaped how I understand people," West said. I'M SAM BROWN: THIS IS WHY I WANT NEVADA'S VOTE FOR SENATE "I learned early how to adapt, how to listen, and how to recognize that everyone is coming from a different place. Las Vegas is where I’ve built my life and where I feel grounded." West's top-listed priority, if elected, is ending all U.S. aid to Israel. He has also said he wants to see ICE "decommissioned." Meanwhile, Lee got in hot water recently for a now-deleted expletive-laden X rant against Trump — when the president suggested he would attend oral arguments in the birthright citizenship Supreme Court case. "So f---ing f---ed up. I’ll pray they f--- him to his face," Lee wrote shortly before 11 p.m. Mountain Time on March 31. "Sorry, I say f--- a lot these days." Lee later pushed back on allegations she was a "mentally-deranged psycho" among other retorts from critics, saying in a statement that "clearly my language touched a nerve — my nerve was touched by the attacks on our Constitution and its separation of powers. I took an oath to protect and defend it." Fox News Digital’s Adam Pack contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28e41dee6011c3f4ec5fa1 Nevada’s top cop wins Dem primary, takes on Gov Lombardo te 2026-06-10T04:12:13.687Z Nevada’s top cop wins Dem primary, takes on Gov Lombardo Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford defeated Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill in Tuesday's Democratic primary, advancing to a showdown with Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo in one of the nation's most competitive governor's races. Ford entered the race as the Democratic frontrunner in a field that included Hill, Sunshine Arterburn, Miqehl Bayfield, Emile Bouari and James Cooper. Before becoming Nevada's first Black attorney general, he served in the Nevada Legislature, where he led the chamber as majority leader. REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR TARGETED BY DEMOCRATS LAUNCHES RE-ELECTION BID IN KEY BATTLEGROUND Housing affordability emerged as a key issue in Ford's campaign, with Ford pledging to lower costs and expand access to housing, according to his campaign website. Ford's primary victory comes as the two-term attorney general faces growing criticism over his extensive travel record. DEM SENATOR REVEALS HOW SHE NARROWLY WON KEY STATE THAT TRUMP FLIPPED: ‘BE PRACTICAL TO FIND RESULTS' State records reviewed by Fox News Digital in March found Ford accumulated more than $410,000 in travel costs since taking office in 2019, while local outlets have reported he spent more than 100 days outside Nevada during his tenure. A spokesperson for the attorney general's office defended the travel, saying the trips were tied to Ford's official duties and campaign activities, including coordinating with law enforcement agencies across the country, and were permitted under Nevada law. REPUBLICANS CUT INTO DEM VOTER REGISTRATION ADVANTAGE IN CRUCIAL SWING STATE AS EARLY VOTE WRAPS UP Ford is also under investigation by the Nevada Commission on Ethics over whether he solicited improper gifts or used his office to improperly benefit himself, according to documents recovered by local outlets. Nevada's gubernatorial race is expected to be one of the most closely watched contests of the midterm elections as Democrats attempt to reclaim control of the governor's office in the Silver State. Lombardo, who defeated Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak in 2022, is seeking a second term and will face the Democratic nominee in November. Fox News Digital's Leo Briceno contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28e409ee6011c3f4ec5f98 Top GOP target Dina Titus fends off House primary challengers te 2026-06-10T04:11:53.688Z Top GOP target Dina Titus fends off House primary challengers U.S. Rep. Dina Titus won the Democratic primary in Nevada's 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating challengers Gabriel Cornejo, Joy Hoover and Luis Paniagua to secure her party's nomination for an eighth term in Congress. Titus, who has represented the Las Vegas-area district since 2013, entered the race as the clear frontrunner, backed by labor unions and Democratic organizations while also holding significant advantages in fundraising. The veteran lawmaker faced a challenge from candidates who argued Democrats should embrace a new generation of leadership, a criticism Titus largely dismissed during the campaign. Titus pointed to her experience in Congress and her record on issues important to Southern Nevada voters, including tourism, transportation and veterans affairs, helping her win the Democratic primary. MINIVAN MOM PUTS DEM INCUMBENT ON NOTICE IN TOP GOP TARGET DISTRICT: 'SHE HAS DONE NOTHING FOR US' First elected to Congress in 2008 from Nevada's 3rd Congressional District, Titus returned to the House in 2012 after redistricting reshaped Nevada's congressional map. Before serving in Congress, she spent two decades in the Nevada Senate and worked as a political science professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her primary opponents struggled to gain significant traction in a race largely overshadowed by higher-profile statewide contests. Hoover, a businesswoman and nonprofit founder, Cornejo and Paniagua all sought to present themselves as alternatives to the longtime incumbent but ultimately failed to beat Titus. NEW GUARD OF GOP WOMEN SAYS DEMOCRATS CAN'T ‘PIGEONHOLE’ FEMALE VOTERS AS THEY TARGET KEY HOUSE RACES The focus now turns to the general election, where Titus is expected to face the Republican nominee in a district that has become more competitive in recent years following redistricting. Still, the Cook Political Report rates Nevada's 1st Congressional District as "Likely Democrat," reflecting both the district's Democratic lean and Titus' incumbency advantage. Nevada's 1st District includes much of eastern Las Vegas, Henderson, Paradise and surrounding communities in Clark County. According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, the district carries a D+2 rating. Republicans have not held the seat since former Rep. John Ensign left Congress in 1999. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28e3f5ee6011c3f4ec5f8f Gaming-world veteran who ripped ‘woke’ culture scores Trump-backed battleground primary win te 2026-06-10T04:11:33.689Z Gaming-world veteran who ripped ‘woke’ culture scores Trump-backed battleground primary win Trump-endorsed candidate Marty O'Donnell advanced in a crowded GOP primary race to face off against Democratic incumbent Rep. Susie Lee in Nevada’s 3rd congressional district. O’Donnell is best known as the composer for the popular "Halo" and "Destiny" video game franchises and has run his campaign on putting "families first," as well as promoting small businesses and community safety. The district is among Nevada’s most fiercely contested battlegrounds, with its suburban electorate often deciding close races. President Donald Trump carried the district in 2016 and again in 2024, while former President Joe Biden flipped it in 2020. O’Donnell entered the primary with major GOP backing after securing endorsements from Trump and Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo. 'HALO' COMPOSER RUNNING FOR CONGRESS DRAWS PARALLELS TO DECLINE OF WOKENESS IN GAMING TO TRUMP'S RE-ELECTION "Susie Lee wants Open Borders, Men playing in Women’s Sports, Transgender for Everyone, Defund the Police, and wants to take away your Second Amendment, meaning, your guns. Sadly, she voted against the Biggest Tax Cut in History (including NO TAX ON TIPS!), and fought ferociously to knock out Rural Healthcare, a big factor in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District," wrote Trump in his endorsement on Truth Social in April. "In contrast, Marty O’Donnell is a World-Class Composer and Entrepreneur who knows the America First Policies required to Create GREAT Jobs, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote NO TAX ON TIPS, Advance MADE IN THE U.S.A., and Champion our Nation’s Golden Age. As your next Congressman, Marty will fight tirelessly to Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Ensure LAW AND ORDER, Strengthen our Brave Military/Veterans, and Protect our always under siege Second Amendment," said Trump. The video game composer has compared the battles against "woke" ideology in both video games and politics during his run for Congress. "I believe the enthusiasm for the re-release of the original ‘Halo’ is in large part due to the wokification of the gaming industry," he wrote in 2025 of "woke" ideology in gaming. "After years of gamers fighting the infiltration of DEI in the industry, we are finally winning." "I saw firsthand the beginning of DEI in the industry," he continued, describing how the industry has faced backlash over games that alienated players with identity politics. "How did gamers react to having things forced on them by non-gamers developing these characters in the studio? They revolted." The "Halo" games, centered on humanity’s war against alien invaders, have sold tens of millions of copies, becoming one of the most recognizable and enduring video game franchises since 2001.  DEM SENATOR REVEALS HOW SHE NARROWLY WON KEY STATE THAT TRUMP FLIPPED: ‘BE PRACTICAL TO FIND RESULTS' The large suburban electorate voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election even as Lee narrowly won the congressional race — a seat she has held since 2019. Lee, a former second-grade teacher, has strongly opposed Trump’s call to eliminate the Department of Education, advocating instead for increased federal funding for public schools, special education and after-school programs. The self-proclaimed moderate Lee also campaigned on the cost of living and healthcare, pushing to lower costs for families. DEM TIED TO CARTEL OPERATIVE SAYS 'WHITE NATIONALISTS' JOINING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TO 'HUNT DOWN PEOPLE' O’Donnell supports strict border control, a finished border wall and targeting human and drug trafficking. Lee has occasionally supported tougher border-security measures but is against Trump's efforts to restrict birthright citizenship and has criticized some aspects of his immigration policies. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28e3ccee6011c3f4ec5f84 Democrats in Maine Governor’s Race Head to Ranked-Choice Runoff te 2026-06-10T04:10:52.415Z Democrats in Maine Governor’s Race Head to Ranked-Choice Runoff State election officials will confirm the winner in the coming weeks, after a counting process that involves multiple rounds of elimination. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28e3b5ee6011c3f4ec5f5e Remembering Julie Gallego, Tucson's community Pied Piper of folklórico te 2026-06-10T04:10:29.052Z Remembering Julie Gallego, Tucson's community Pied Piper of folklórico Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28df0cee6011c3f4ec5f08 Joe Lombardo cruises past six GOP challengers to secure Nevada Republican gubernatorial nomination te 2026-06-10T03:50:36.410Z Joe Lombardo cruises past six GOP challengers to secure Nevada Republican gubernatorial nomination Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo secured the Republican nomination for a second term Tuesday, defeating six GOP challengers and advancing to the general election as Democrats vie for the chance to reclaim the governor's mansion in November. The first-term governor entered the primary as the overwhelming favorite. Lombardo, a former Clark County sheriff, was elected governor in 2022 when he defeated Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak, becoming the only Republican challenger to unseat an incumbent Democratic governor that year. He now heads into the general election against the Democratic nominee, who will emerge from a primary field that includes state Attorney General Aaron Ford and Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill. 2026 MIDTERMS: PRIMARIES, KEY RACES AND ELECTION RESULTS Lombardo defeated a field of mostly lesser-known Republican challengers that included Donald Beaudry Jr., Irina Hansen, Kameron Hawkins, Matthew Winterhawk, Jose Zelaya and Barak Zilberberg. Beaudry Jr., a financial engineer, is a hedge fund manager and founder of an artificial intelligence company. He campaigned on his private-sector experience. Hansen, a realtor and small-business owner who previously ran for mayor of Las Vegas, positioned herself as an outsider candidate challenging the political establishment. Winterhawk, a businessman and nonprofit founder, entered the race as a political newcomer and also promoted himself as an alternative to Nevada's political establishment. REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR TARGETED BY DEMOCRATS LAUNCHES RE-ELECTION BID IN KEY BATTLEGROUND Hawkins, a Navy veteran, publisher and conservative activist, previously sought the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor of Nevada in 2022. Zelaya, a real estate investor who also sought a bid in the GOP race in 2022, maintained a relatively low public profile throughout the campaign and released limited information about his candidacy. The race for the governor's mansion in Nevada is among the most closely watched gubernatorial contests of the 2026 midterm election cycle. The winner in the key swing state could gain national prominence ahead of the 2028 presidential election and help shape their party's political strategy in Nevada. It also comes as Democrats try to flip back the mansion after losing it in 2022. With no U.S. Senate race on Nevada's ballot this cycle, the governor's race has served as the state's marquee contest and the primary driver of campaign advertising spending. Beyond the gubernatorial race, Nevada voters also weighed in on primaries for U.S. House seats and a variety of state offices, while voters in Henderson, Nevada's second-largest city, cast ballots in the city's mayoral election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28dcadee6011c3f4ec5e41 Top Lucid Motors executive departs amid new CEO’s leadership shakeup te 2026-06-10T03:40:29.371Z Top Lucid Motors executive departs amid new CEO’s leadership shakeup The exec, Emad Dlala, has left just a few months after being promoted to SVP of engineering and digital, TechCrunch has learned. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28daa9ee6011c3f4ec5e02 Police: Test drive leads to theft of motorcycle, firearm te 2026-06-10T03:31:53.287Z Police: Test drive leads to theft of motorcycle, firearm There are some men who believe a handshake agreement is a bond of trust, and there are others who don’t - and that disparity ultimately led to an arraignment hearing this week for one Visalia man accused of stealing a… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28da87ee6011c3f4ec5dce South Carolina GOP race to replace Nancy Mace heads to runoff te 2026-06-10T03:31:19.770Z South Carolina GOP race to replace Nancy Mace heads to runoff Jenny Honeycutt, a business owner, and Mark Smith, a state legislator, advanced in a crowded GOP primary to replace outgoing Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Tuesday evening. Because no candidate garnered more than 50% of the vote needed to win outright, the primary now heads to a runoff that’s slated to take place on June 23. The vacancy arose when Mace, a firebrand conservative, announced her decision to run for governor of the Palmetto State. During her time in Congress, Mace has attracted attention for being one of the eight Republicans who voted with Democrats to remove former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in 2023, for championing legislation on cybersecurity and forcing a vote on releasing the Epstein Files earlier this year. FIRST ON FOX: RETIRED AIR FORCE COLONEL WHO PILOTED LAST FLIGHT OUT OF AFGHANISTAN REVEALS NEW MISSION Mace, who has taken on a national profile, said she would look to continue her work at the state level. "South Carolina needs a governor who will drag the truth into sunlight and flip the tables," Mace said during her announcement speech. S.C. 01, a safely Republican district, has been held by the GOP for much of the past forty years. Aside from Rep. Joe Cunningham, D-S.C., who held the seat from 2019 to 2021, Republicans have controlled the district since 1981. FIRST ON FOX: REPUBLICAN FIREBRAND NANCY MACE LAUNCHES BID FOR SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR Mace last won reelection in 2024 in a 58.2% to 41.6% victory over Democratic challenger Michel Moore, a businessman. Honeycutt, who runs a law firm that helps clients navigate regulations, has positioned herself as a pro-family political outsider, highlighting issues like law and order, the country’s fiscal picture and family finances as key priorities on her website. According to FEC records, Honeycutt raised just north of $345,600 as of the end of May. Mark Smith, also a small business owner, led a funeral home service before running for the South Carolina House of Representatives. He has served in state legislator since 2020, and, according to his biography, helped cut taxes and support local law enforcement in that role. Smith garnered $750,700 in campaign donations, according to FEC records. WATCH: MACE SAYS TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT HASN'T SEALED SC GUBERNATORIAL RACE: ‘IT’S A DOG FIGHT’ A third contender in the race, Jay Byars, raised $220,600. He began a political career in 2011 when he was elected to the Dorchester County Council and has remained in the job for four terms. On the private side, Byars began several companies, including a storage service and Good Faith Caregivers, a home care business. Notably, Mace has not endorsed in the race to replace her. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28da73ee6011c3f4ec5dc5 Jordan Staal's two-goal night lifts Hurricanes past Golden Knights, evening Stanley Cup Final series te 2026-06-10T03:30:59.767Z Jordan Staal's two-goal night lifts Hurricanes past Golden Knights, evening Stanley Cup Final series The Carolina Hurricanes have evened up the Stanley Cup Final once more thanks to Jordan Staal’s two-goal night in Las Vegas to beat the Golden Knights in Game 4, 5-3. The series now sits at 2-2 with Game 5 slated for a return back to Carolina’s Lenovo Center on Thursday to see who will have the edge in this pivotal clash on ice. This game didn’t need overtime like the previous two, but it did need someone to break the 3-3 tie that went into the third period between these opponents. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM With 13:39 left in Game 4, Shea Theodore made a disastrous turnover in the Golden Knights’ own zone, and Hurricanes star Seth Jarvis picked it off right in front of the net. Luckily for Vegas, Carter Harter stopped Jarvis’ backhand, but the threat wasn’t averted just yet. Jarvis battled to get the puck back out in front, and it ended up trickling to the stick of Nikolaj Ehlers, who tried flipping it to Staal. SETH JARVIS SCORES OVERTIME GAME-WINNER AS HURRICANES STORM BACK FROM 2-0 DEFICIT TO EVEN STANLEY CUP FINAL Staal lost his edge on his skate, but that didn’t stop him from swatting a back-handed shot of his own toward the net. It just trickled past Hart, and Staal celebrated while still down on the ice. He became the first player in 44 years to score a goal in each of the first four games of the Stanley Cup Final. With the way these games have been going, though, a one-goal lead was not safe. This time, however, the Hurricanes had the defense and timely saves by Brandon Bussi, who head coach Rod Brind’Amour went with over Frederik Anderson, and the decision paid off. The Golden Knights took 20 shots on goal, with Bussi saving 7 in his first time on ice for Carolina in this series. And Ehlers sealed victory when he cleverly banked the puck out of his own zone with an empty net on the other end that walked into the net for the 5-3 win. The Hurricanes came out roaring in the first period in this one as well, scoring three goals to the Golden Knights’ one by captain Mark Stone. Logan Stankoven notched his 11th of these playoffs just 1:06 into the game. Jackson Blake quickly followed on a goal assisted by Taylor Hall and Ehlers. Then, Staal’s first goal of the game came 12:48 into the period on a power play. Shayne Gostisbehere ripped a shot on goal, and after Hart made the save, Staal was first to find the puck and a clear shot right in front of the goal. With a 3-1 lead after the first 20 minutes, the Hurricanes had to feel good. But again, no lead is safe, and Vegas reminded them of that in the second period. William Karlsson got Vegas closer with his third goal of the playoffs, while Brett Howden, adding to his case for the Conn Smythe Trophy, scored his 14th to tie it all up at three. In the end, Staal’s heroics for the Hurricanes is why he has a "C" on his sweater. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28da5bee6011c3f4ec5d8d Republican Primary for Open Congressional Seat in South Carolina Heads to Runoff te 2026-06-10T03:30:35.208Z Republican Primary for Open Congressional Seat in South Carolina Heads to Runoff The largely coastal district has voted overwhelmingly Republican in recent elections. Representative Nancy Mace ran unsuccessfully for governor instead of seeking re-election to the seat. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28d7f8ee6011c3f4ec5cd9 UA restructures Health Sciences, laying off dozens during 'realignment' te 2026-06-10T03:20:24.887Z UA restructures Health Sciences, laying off dozens during 'realignment' Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28d67fee6011c3f4ec5cc7 U.S. launches retaliatory strikes against Iran te 2026-06-10T03:14:07.768Z U.S. launches retaliatory strikes against Iran (The Center Square) – U.S. forces have begun launching “self-defense strikes” against Iran after President Donald Trump announced a response to the Islamic Republic's shooting down of a U.S. Army helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28d66bee6011c3f4ec5cbe Lawmakers probe taxpayer savings in military contracts te 2026-06-10T03:13:47.288Z Lawmakers probe taxpayer savings in military contracts (The Center Square) - Advocates urged lawmakers on Tuesday to implement legislation that will provide for greater accountability of taxpayer dollars in military contracts. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28d656ee6011c3f4ec5cb5 Arizona Republicans, Gov. Hobbs reach budget deal  te 2026-06-10T03:13:26.816Z Arizona Republicans, Gov. Hobbs reach budget deal  Arizona’s Republican legislative leaders reached a budget deal with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and Democratic lawmakers, they announced Tuesday, weeks away from the June 30 deadline to avoid a state government shutdown. The $18.3 billion budget deal includes $1.45 billion… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28d642ee6011c3f4ec5cac $70B bill funding ICE, Border Patrol through 2029 heads to Trump's desk te 2026-06-10T03:13:06.328Z $70B bill funding ICE, Border Patrol through 2029 heads to Trump's desk (The Center Square) – Republicans in Congress on Tuesday sent their $70 billion bill funding federal immigration enforcement agencies through 2029 to President Donald Trump’s desk. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28d62dee6011c3f4ec5ca3 Social Security fund to run dry in 2032, automatic cuts loom te 2026-06-10T03:12:45.849Z Social Security fund to run dry in 2032, automatic cuts loom (The Center Square) – Social Security's retirement trust fund will be depleted in 2032, triggering an automatic 22% reduction in benefits for about 70 million Americans unless Congress acts, federal trustees warned Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28d618ee6011c3f4ec5c9a GOP lawmaker ties endangered wolves to ‘global government’ as Arizona ban heads to Hobbs te 2026-06-10T03:12:24.891Z GOP lawmaker ties endangered wolves to ‘global government’ as Arizona ban heads to Hobbs A bill that would disallow the state from transporting Mexican Gray Wolf pups into Arizona or spending any public money or resources on them will be heading to the governor’s desk after one Republican declared that 50 years of efforts… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28d603ee6011c3f4ec5c91 Seattle enacts one-year ban on data centers te 2026-06-10T03:12:03.927Z Seattle enacts one-year ban on data centers (The Center Square) - A one-year ban on new large-scale data centers was approved by the full Seattle City Council on Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28d5eeee6011c3f4ec5c88 Missoula cold case homicide charges filed after DNA retesting te 2026-06-10T03:11:42.895Z Missoula cold case homicide charges filed after DNA retesting MISSOULA, Mont. — A Missoula homicide case from 1990 moved forward after investigators used newer DNA testing to revisit the deaths of two women at a nursing home. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28d5aaee6011c3f4ec5c50 Collins secures GOP nod in Maine Senate battle that could decide GOP majority te 2026-06-10T03:10:34.089Z Collins secures GOP nod in Maine Senate battle that could decide GOP majority As she runs for a sixth six-year term in the U.S. Senate in left-leaning Maine, Republican Sen. Susan Collins is now officially her party's nominee in a crucial race that's one of a handful across the country that will determine whether Republicans keep control of their slim Senate majority. Collins can toss the "presumptive nominee" title after formally landing her party's nomination on Tuesday by running unopposed in Maine's Senate GOP primary. As she fights for re-election, the 73-year-old Collins is once again a top target for Democrats as they aim to win back the Senate majority in this year's midterms. "I have been the No. 1 target of Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, not only in this campaign, but the last two campaigns as well. I'm always his No. 1 target," Collins said in a recent Fox News Digital interview. SIX MONTHS TILL MIDTERMS: THE TEN RACES THAT WILL DETERMINE THE SENATE'S MAJORITY Facing Collins will be military veteran and oyster farmer Graham Platner, the all-but-certain Democratic nominee after two-term Gov. Janet Mills, who was backed by Schumer and the Democratic Party establishment, dropped out of the race earlier this spring after significantly trailing Platner in fundraising and polling. While Collins has focused on her Senate agenda, and on Friday she received bipartisan praise after reaching a milestone by casting her 10,000th consecutive Senate vote, Platner has been playing defense amid multiple controversies, ranging from inflammatory online comments made on Reddit, a well-publicized and now covered-up tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol, to new allegations last week from ex-girlfriends of a history of rape fantasies, heavy drinking and violent episodes. Platner, who has acknowledged his battle with post-traumatic stress disorder from his four tours of duty in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, has said he's "been open about what was a very dark period of my life where I struggled with undiagnosed PTSD, too often self-medicated with alcohol, and was a far from perfect boyfriend." DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB "I take responsibility for all of that, and wish I had been better. Any characterization beyond that is false, and I believe, politically motivated," Platner added. "I’m not proud of who I was then, but I am proud of the work I’ve done since, and the movement we are building in Maine." The candidate apologized for his controversial Reddit posts after they made headlines last fall soon after he launched his Senate campaign. Platner has said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007 while drinking with fellow Marines stationed in Croatia. He said that he covered up the tattoo with a new design after learning last year that it resembled a Nazi symbol. But new allegations raise questions about Platner's timeline regarding knowledge of the tattoo. ‘HE HATED WOMEN’: EXPLOSIVE ABUSE, NEW NAZI TATTOO ALLEGATIONS FROM EXES ROCK PLATNER'S CAMPAIGN Platner, who is supported by progressive champions Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Rep. Ro Khanna of California, is pushing an economically populist agenda as he takes aim at corporate influences and advocates for the working class. Asked if Platner is too far to the left for voters in her northern New England state, Collins recently told Fox News Digital, "I believe that will be the conclusion of Maine voters. But, obviously, I don't take anything for granted." Collins said that when it comes to her Democratic challenger's growing political baggage, "Obviously, I'm going to be contrasting my record of achievement and accomplishments with Graham Platner's approach." An outside political group aligned with the senator has already been blasting Platner, running ads spotlighting his multiple controversies. Platner, who is running as an outsider, emphasizes that Collins is part of a "broken Washington" and "a generation of politicians who have failed us." He has described Collins' moderate Republican image as a "charade," highlights her support for some of President Donald Trump's agenda and accuses her of being part of a political system that benefits the wealthy.  "She and Republican politicians like her have prioritized the interests of billionaires and corporations over people," he has charged. Republicans — as the party currently in power in Washington, D.C. — were already up against traditional political headwinds that typically lead to a loss of congressional seats. Add to that the challenging climate fueled by persistent inflation, rising gas prices tied to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran and Trump's underwater approval ratings. Asked how she can overcome the blame pointed at Republicans over the high cost of living, Collins recently told Fox News Digital she's championed the low-income heating assistance program, which "helps low-income families and seniors stay warm during the cold winter months. I just recently made sure the final tranche of money was released because there is a lot of need in the state of Maine, and the cost of living is high here." Collins also emphasized her opposition to cuts "in food stamp benefits and in other programs that are designed for low-income families because I know how important they are." The latest public opinion polls point to a competitive contest between Collins and Platner. But Collins has a history of defeating the Democrats' efforts to oust her from the Senate. Six years ago, she trailed Democratic challenger Sara Gideon, the then-Maine House speaker, but the senator ended up winning re-election by nearly nine points. Pointing to the expected wave of attack ads targeting her, Collins said, "Fortunately, the people of Maine are smart, and they know lies and distortions when they see it." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28d10cee6011c3f4ec5b2d Trump administration to offer 'premium' expedited visa interviews for $750 te 2026-06-10T02:50:52.088Z Trump administration to offer 'premium' expedited visa interviews for $750 The State Department will begin offering a "premium" expedited service allowing foreign business and tourist visa applicants to come to the U.S. to secure interview appointments within 10 days at select U.S. embassies and consulates for an additional $750 fee. The department will unveil a pilot program that will allow applicants to pay the $750 fee on top of the standard $185 visa application fee to schedule an interview at select embassies and consulates within 10 days of payment, according to a notice set to be published in the Federal Register this week, The Associated Press reported. The program will run from July 1 to Dec. 31 but could be extended depending on demand, according to the outlet. STATE DEPARTMENT TO ASK FOR BONDS OF UP TO $15,000 FOR VISA APPLICATION FROM A DOZEN MORE COUNTRIES The embassies and consulates participating in the program are expected to be announced before July 1. The new expedited service could help reduce visa interview wait times amid broader Trump administration changes to visa screening and compliance rules. FOREIGN TRAVELERS SOON TO PAY 'VISA INTEGRITY FEE' TO VISIT US COSTING $250 The federal government has expanded several visa screening and compliance measures, including requiring bonds of up to $15,000 for visa processing in some countries it says have high overstay rates and requiring years of personal history information, such as social media accounts, to be disclosed. Those new requirements have contributed to delays in visa processing for foreigners in countries around the world. The fee for the expedited service does not guarantee that a person will receive a visa, but it could cut down on wait times for visa interviews for people in countries that are not part of the Visa Waiver Program, which can be at least several months. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28d0f8ee6011c3f4ec5b24 Kentucky football mourns Nic Smith after defensive lineman found dead on campus te 2026-06-10T02:50:32.161Z Kentucky football mourns Nic Smith after defensive lineman found dead on campus Nic Smith, a defensive lineman for Kentucky, has died, the program announced. He was 20. Smith spent last season as a redshirt freshman with the Wildcats. "Today our hearts are broken. Our thoughts and prayers are with Nic’s family, friends, teammates and everyone who knew and loved him," Kentucky coach Will Stein wrote Monday on X. According to a university spokesperson, campus police were called to an on-campus residence hall after receiving a report of a possible body. Later that day, the university announced Smith’s death. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The school official added that the University of Kentucky Police Department was working with the Lexington-Fayette County Coroner, and an initial investigation did not indicate that foul play was involved. "This is a tremendous loss for our program and university community. We will continue to support one another and honor his memory," Stein's statement continued. Smith was a sophomore in the community leadership and development program in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. His nicknames were "Happy" and "Big Happ," according to his biography page on the Kentucky athletic department's website. He played football and basketball at Walnut Grove High School in Loganville, Georgia. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28c9f0ee6011c3f4ec5957 Judge dismisses lawsuit by 31 former NC State athletes alleging sexual abuse, misconduct by ex-head trainer te 2026-06-10T02:20:32.487Z Judge dismisses lawsuit by 31 former NC State athletes alleging sexual abuse, misconduct by ex-head trainer A North Carolina judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by 31 ex-N.C. State male athletes who alleged sexual abuse by the athletic program’s former director of sports medicine. The lawsuit was filed under the guise of treatment and harassment against Robert M. Murphy Jr., as well as N.C. State athletic officials who are tied to oversight rules. However, Wake County Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins dismissed the claims, citing procedural reasons. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM This lawsuit, which was filed in February in state court, was a case that began in 2022 when a single athlete came forward with their own federal lawsuit. It was alleged that Murphy had years of misconduct, which included improperly touching genitals during massages and intrusive observation during urine sampling for drug tests. In the end, Collins granted a motion from Murphy’s attorneys to seek dismissal of the case, ruling the statute of limitations had expired in claims that went as far back as 2013. FORMER INDIANA BASKETBALL PLAYERS SAY TEAM DOCTOR SEXUALLY ABUSED THEM WITH UNNECESSARY PROSTATE EXAMS Also, Collins dismissed claims against athletics officials, including ex-athletic director Debbie Yow and current athletic director Boo Corrigan, on jurisdictional grounds. Kery Sutton, who represented the N.C. State former athletes dating back to the original case, said they plan to appeal the judge’s decision. "This dismissal has nothing at all to do with Mr. Murphy’s sexual abuse of these 31 former student-athletes," Sutton said in a statement. "It was decided based only on questions of legal procedure. We plan to appeal this outcome and in coming days will be adding new claims against NCSU for men who have recently come forward." "The truth is nothing happened but a man’s career being ruined for money," Jared Hammett, Murphy’s attorney, said in a statement. "As a lawyer I am just glad that we have been able to help another person who needed support and found himself needing that defense." Hammett’s statement also described Murphy as "someone who dedicated his life to working with athletes." Only two of the athletes involved in the lawsuit filed without using "John Doe" as the plaintiff’s name to protect anonymity. One of them was Benjamin Locke, a men’s soccer player with the Wolfpack who filed the original lawsuit in August 2022. "N.C. State does not condone sexual misconduct of any kind," the school said in a statement. "The health and safety of our students and student-athletes is paramount to the university and our athletic programs." The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28c793ee6011c3f4ec5880 Trump’s Sharp Turn on China: Embracing It as a Peer Power te 2026-06-10T02:10:27.532Z Trump’s Sharp Turn on China: Embracing It as a Peer Power President Trump’s warming with Xi Jinping of China, a leader he admires, has ignited anxieties in Washington and across Asia. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28c558ee6011c3f4ec583c Katie Hobbs agrees to fund 50 state troopers to carry out Trump’s mass deportation agenda te 2026-06-10T02:00:56.961Z Katie Hobbs agrees to fund 50 state troopers to carry out Trump’s mass deportation agenda Photo by Arizona State Troopers Association /Flickr/CC BY 2.0 Gov. Katie Hobbs struck a budget deal with Arizona Republicans that will help aid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda by hiring at least 50 new state troopers who will be dedicated to “immigration enforcement and border security.”  The $18.3 billion budget deal has been months in the making as lawmakers worked to avoid the June 30 deadline that would lead to a government shutdown in Arizona. The plan, which was made public Tuesday afternoon, includes $1.45 billion in tax cuts that will codify federal changes made by President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”  It also includes $14.2 million for the hiring of 100 Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers — half of which are “to be used for immigration enforcement and border security” assisting the department’s Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission, known as GIITEM.  The budget says the 50 troopers will help GIITEM with four key areas: Enforcing all federal laws relating to “illegal aliens and arresting illegal aliens”  Responding to or assisting any county sheriff or attorney investigating “complaints of employment of illegal aliens”  Enforcing Arizona’s SB1070 law and investigating identity theft “in the context of hiring illegal aliens and the unlawful entry into this country”  “Taking strict enforcement action” of federal immigration laws  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE The provisions and funding were included in the budget that Republican lawmakers passed earlier this year, but was vetoed by Hobbs. That spending plan largely serves as the basis for the budget deal that the governor reached with GOP legislators. GIITEM is set to receive more than $26 million in total, with $14.2 million of that for the new troopers. The budget also allocates $1.2 million from that fund to be placed in a separate subaccount that GIITEM can use to dole out funds to select sheriffs for border security related expenses.  Immigrant advocacy group Living United for Change in Arizona panned the spending, but said it’s important to note both that the overall funding for GIITEM — which it generally opposes — did not increase over last year and that the budget trims $5 million from the Local Border Support Fund. “That reduction matters, and it’s a step in the right direction, but our position remains clear: Arizona should not be spending state dollars on immigration enforcement, helping an authoritarian federal government expand its vicious campaign of ICE enforcement, deportation and family separation,” LUCHA spokesman César Fierros told the Arizona Mirror. “Every dollar that goes toward programs like GITEM is a dollar not going toward housing, healthcare, food assistance, heat relief or the services families urgently need.” And that isn’t the only border security fund getting extra money from the state budget this year.  The budget allocates $13.2 million for “local border support,” which “shall be used to fund local law enforcement officer positions for border drug interdiction to deter and apprehend any individuals who are charged with drug trafficking, human smuggling, illegal immigration and other border-related crimes.”  That money can also be used for “grants to cities, towns and counties for costs associated with prosecuting and detaining individuals who are charged with drug trafficking, human smuggling, illegal immigration and other border-related crimes.”  The budget also says that the department “may fund all capital-related equipment.”  Border security related funds have been used by local police departments to purchase high-tech surveillance equipment, such as the Tucson Police Department’s purchase of a social media surveillance tool that has also been used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  Hobbs, who has been critical of federal immigration enforcement in the past, did not respond to the Arizona Mirror’s request for comment asking her about the appropriation. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28c540ee6011c3f4ec5815 Netflix film chief says they won't work with directors who want to release movies in theaters te 2026-06-10T02:00:32.092Z Netflix film chief says they won't work with directors who want to release movies in theaters When Netflix announced it intended to buy Warner Bros. Pictures, there was widespread concern that the streaming service giant would permanently alter the legendary studio. While many Netflix executives, including CEO Ted Sarandos, claimed that they wouldn't make such changes, it seemed clear what their interest in Warner Bros. came to. Instead of building up the theatrical model, essentially developing and producing movies with the intent of showing them in theaters, Netflix wanted Warner Bros.' impressive slate of intellectual property. Essentially, the logic behind the purchase would be that to see the next DC Studios release, like, a Batman film, for example, audiences would need to subscribe to Netflix. TRUMP SAYS 'ANY DEAL' TO BUY WARNER BROS SHOULD INCLUDE CNN Sarandos in the past has spoken about the theatrical model being "outdated," that audiences are happier watching from their couches than in theaters. Then, in the wake of the announced purchase agreement, Deadline reported that Sarandos and Netflix favored a 17-day release window. Effectively, a Netflix-Warner Bros. movie would have spent just 17 days in theaters before hitting streaming services. That's far lower than the traditional 90-day window, and significantly lower than the more modern 45-day barrier. Still, Netflix maintained that its Warner Bros. purchase wouldn't end the theatrical model entirely. Except it just admitted it doesn't want to work with filmmakers who are adamant about movies actually being released in movie theaters. In a new interview with The New York Times, Dan Lin, the chairman of Netflix's film division, explained their thinking. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "There is a group of filmmakers who still want theatrical. Those are filmmakers that we’ve accepted we just won’t work with," Lin said. That is not particularly encouraging for the future of the movie business. Netflix is still allowing some movies to receive limited theatrical releases, but with the money and power it has in the entertainment industry, it's going to further consolidate options for filmmakers and creative talent. And it emphasizes why Paramount and David Ellison swooping in to buy Warner Bros. was so important. Paramount will almost certainly operate Warner Bros. as it always has, retaining the theatrical model. And that's important not just because movie theaters are communal spaces where audiences are, at least ostensibly, forced to put down their phones and other distractions. But also because, as years of Netflix have demonstrated, the quality of theatrical releases is almost always higher than streaming exclusives. The Netflix model has been more, not better. For those who love movies, it's been a clear erosion over time. Ellison and Paramount have faced significant criticism from the political left because, unlike much of Hollywood, Ellison has emphasized making entertainment designed to appeal to broad audiences. "Top Gun: Maverick" and the "Mission: Impossible" franchise are prime examples—films that prioritize storytelling and spectacle over politics or ideology. But a potential Ellison-led acquisition of Warner Bros. wouldn't just benefit moviegoers looking to be entertained. It would benefit anyone who enjoys going to the movies. And that's a good thing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28c2feee6011c3f4ec5789 Billionare Tom Steyer ends California governor campaign after falling short in Jungle Primary te 2026-06-10T01:50:54.407Z Billionare Tom Steyer ends California governor campaign after falling short in Jungle Primary Tom Steyer conceded California’s governor’s race Tuesday, saying it was clear he lacked the votes needed to move on to November. "It’s now clear that we do not have the votes necessary to advance to the general election in November," Steyer wrote in a letter posted on X. A week after California's jungle primary, the field has narrowed to two candidates. Former Fox News host Steve Hilton will face former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in the November gubernatorial election. The billionaire hedge fund founder-turned-environmental activist entered the race after spending more than a decade involved mostly in state politics and environmental activism. Steyer, who has spent more than $200 million of his own fortune on his gubernatorial campaign, previously lost his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. FORMER HHS SECRETARY XAVIER BECERRA ADVANCES TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GENERAL ELECTION, AP PROJECTS During the gubernatorial campaign, he embraced a progressive platform, calling for the abolition of ICE, hefty taxes on the wealthy and universal healthcare. He earned the endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who has previously railed against billionaires being involved in politics. Steyer argued that powerful corporate interests played a major role in the outcome of the race in his concession message. "By spending $55 million – the most ever against a single candidate in a California primary – they showed the lengths they would go to in order to protect a status quo that only serves them and their profits," he wrote, referring to opposition spending by corporations including Chevron, PG&E and Meta. TRUMP-BACKED HILTON ADVANCES TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SHOWDOWN WITH EX-BIDEN CABINET SECRETARY BECERRA "This campaign proved that business-as-usual depends on politics-as-usual, and there is no going back," Steyer wrote. "We must continue to fight for a system where democracy serves Californians, not corporations – and where you do not have to be a billionaire to run on single-payer, or on breaking up monopolies, or on calling out a corrupt system when you see it." California's governor's race is decided through a "jungle primary" system that pits all candidates against one another on the same ballot, regardless of party. The top two finishers advance to November's general election, meaning candidates from the same party can ultimately face off in the final contest. . Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28c2e6ee6011c3f4ec5751 Trump Says Bill Pulte Will Take Over as Intelligence Chief on June 19 te 2026-06-10T01:50:30.398Z Trump Says Bill Pulte Will Take Over as Intelligence Chief on June 19 The president also plans to keep Mr. Pulte as the head of a federal housing agency, heightening tension with Congress and complicating the renewal of a powerful spying authority. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28c0a5ee6011c3f4ec56e4 Dana White brings legendary stuntman Travis Pastrana's dirt bike backflip to White House te 2026-06-10T01:40:53.614Z Dana White brings legendary stuntman Travis Pastrana's dirt bike backflip to White House This weekend, America's most famous lawn is getting a full dose of adrenaline. President Donald Trump and UFC chief Dana White are teaming up to bring pure chaos to the South Lawn. Added to the UFC Freedom 250 fight card, this Saturday, June 13, Nitro Circus legend Travis Pastrana is set to backflip a dirt bike on the White House lawn. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Pastrana first pitched the stunt to White at a Power Slap event, fully expecting to get laughed off. Instead, White took the idea seriously. In a video call announcing the event early Tuesday, White explained how the conversation unfolded. UFC SAYS IT WON’T PROFIT FROM WHITE HOUSE EVENT THAT COULD COST 'UPWARDS OF $60M' "You grabbed me at Power Slap and said, 'I want to do a backflip on the South Lawn of the White House,'" White told Pastrana. "And I said, 'Interesting. All right, let me see what I can do.'" "That's a yes?" Pastrana replied. "We're back-flipping the White House lawn?" Apparently, the answer was yes. White reached out to his friend in the Oval Office, and the stunt quickly became reality. Sponsored by Black Rifle Coffee, the jump will help launch the upcoming Nitro Circus tour. Most recently, Pastrana rode a dirt bike through the floor of a Las Vegas casino to help sell tickets. But a backflip on the White House lawn takes things to an entirely different level. Trump has been a longtime UFC supporter and familiar face cageside. Now, he and Dana White appear ready to bring the action directly to Pennsylvania Avenue. Whether Washington's political class loves it or hates it, the White House lawn is about to host one of the wildest sports spectacles in American history. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28c091ee6011c3f4ec56db Scandal-plagued Platner captures Democratic Senate nomination te 2026-06-10T01:40:33.689Z Scandal-plagued Platner captures Democratic Senate nomination BLUE HILL, Maine — He's been facing one of the roughest stretches of his bid for the U.S. Senate, but Graham Platner on Tuesday captured the Democratic Party's Senate nomination. Platner, a military combat veteran and oyster farmer who is backed by progressive champions Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Rep. Ro Khanna of California, defeated two longshot rivals in Maine's Democratic Senate primary, the Associated Press reports. The embattled Platner, who is facing numerous controversies, will now challenge moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who was unopposed for the GOP nomination, in left-leaning Maine in this year's midterm elections. The race is one of a handful across the country that will determine whether the GOP keeps control of its slim Senate majority. Platner, who advocates an economically populist agenda as he takes aim at corporate influences and advocates for the working class, also topped two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills in the primary. The governor's name remained on the ballot even though Mills, who had been backed by longtime Democratic Senate Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats' campaign arm, suspended her bid earlier this spring after significantly trailing Platner in fundraising and polling. THE TEN RACES THAT WILL DETERMINE THE SENATE'S MAJORITY "We’re going to win in November and we’re going to take power back for the people in this country," Platner predicted Sunday night, at his final rally ahead of the primary. Platner has been playing defense the past month, amid multiple controversies. They include inflammatory online comments made on Reddit, a well-publicized and now covered-up tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol, recent reports that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with several women while married, and new allegations last week from ex-girlfriends of a history of rape fantasies, heavy drinking and violent episodes. Platner has called the latest allegations of violence untrue. On Monday, a day before the primary election, a former high-level staffer from the Planter campaign wrote in the Washington Post that Platner "is not someone who would be good for Maine or for the country." While the mounting controversies triggered some Democrats in the nation's capital to question whether Platner was damaged goods, the candidate this past weekend thanked Maine voters for continuing to support him. "When hurtful things I said on the internet a decade ago came out into the public as I shared my personal journey through PTSD and darkness of recovery and accountability and growth. Maine had my back," Platner said at a rally Friday not far from his hometown in Down East Maine. "Now, as every single piece of that past and journey gets dug up, litigated, and weaponized, you have my back. And when politically motivated, serious and false accusations are made against me. Maine, you have my back." PLATNER TO SUPPORTERS: 'MAINE, YOU HAVE MY BACK' Platner, who has acknowledged his battle with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) from his three tours of duty in the war in Iraq with the Marines and one tour with the Army National Guard in Afghanistan, apologized for his controversial Reddit posts after some of them made headlines last fall soon after he launched his Senate campaign. And Platner has said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007 while drinking with fellow Marines stationed in Croatia. He said that he covered up the tattoo with a new design after learning last year that it resembled a Nazi symbol. But new allegations from an ex-girlfriend raise questions about Platner's timeline regarding knowledge of the tattoo. Khanna, who organized Friday's rally with Platner, was asked by Fox News Digital whether he's concerned if the current allegations, and any potential future ones, could sink Platner's campaign and hurt Democrats' hopes of winning back the Senate. "I’m more concerned about making it clear that we’re opposed to misogyny, those relationships were toxic and volatile, there’s no excuse for that," Khanna said. "I talked to Graham and he says he was at a very dark period, he had come back from two tours of duty in Iraq as an infantryman seeing violence and death. That doesn’t excuse it." DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB But Khanna added that Platner said "he really grew as a person when he came back to Maine and he was an oyster farmer and he found peace and he is ashamed of that period. To me that suggests someone taking accountability and improving their lives and we need that redemption in this country. And I agree with a lot of his economic policies, that we should be taxing the billionaires, we should be focusing on the working class." Maine voters Fox News reporters spoke with ahead of the rally were divided on whether Platner's controversies would impact their opinions of the candidate. Jeff from Waterboro, Maine said "it's not a good situation" as he pointed to Platner. "I think it's somebody who shouldn't be in the mix. I am a conservative, but he's just got so much damage, if the Democrats want to have a winner, they're going to have to find somebody else. He's not the guy. It's just too much." Ellen from Acton, Maine, who said she is a registered Republican, said, "Is he a perfect person? Heck no." But she added, "I think he will go in and do a good job." Collins, returning to Maine on Friday after a busy week on Capitol Hill where she reached a milestone by casting her 10,000th consecutive vote in the Senate, was asked by reporters about the latest allegations facing Platner. "The allegations in the latest story are troubling," Collins responded. "And I believe that Graham Platner has a lot of questions to answer." SEE IT: DEM SENATORS DODGE ON BACKING PLATNER AS MAINE CANDIDATE’S SCANDAL CLOUDS FINAL DAYS BEFORE PRIMARY Platner is facing plenty of incoming political fire from Republican groups. A super PAC aligned with Collins has been blasting Platner, running ads spotlighting his multiple controversies. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) charged that Platner is a "fraud." "He's preaching about living a small but decent life growing up in Maine. The truth? Graham Platner is an elitist whose parents sent him to boarding school in Connecticut and bought him a house," the NRSC wrote. And the Republican National Committee (RNC) also targeted Platner. "Graham Platner says his violent and erratic past is being 'weaponized' against him. Platner said he would rape someone to show his dominance and 'rape was about power,'" the RNC research team wrote on X, pointing to the latest allegations against the candidate. Despite the allegations and the incoming fire from the GOP, no Democratic politicians who have backed Platner have rescinded their endorsements. "We need to unite and realize that the goal is defeating Susan Collins. And everyone from Schumer to Sanders is unified around that goal," Khanna told Fox News Digital. Platner has drawn large crowds and built a healthy fundraising war chest, and Democrats see Maine as a crucial pickup opportunity as they aim to win back the Senate majority. But beating Collins won't be easy. Six years ago, public opinion polls indicated the senator was headed to defeat, but Collins defied expectations and won re-election by topping then-Democratic state House Speaker Sara Gideon by nine points. Collins, a moderate Republican who at times votes against President Donald Trump's agenda, is running for a sixth six-year term in the Senate. The senator voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, in 2021 soon after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. And early last year she opposed the confirmation of now-Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. But she is also remembered for her 2018 vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, which eventually helped the court's conservative majority overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling which had legalized abortion nationwide. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28be64ee6011c3f4ec564f Steve Hilton moves to California gubernatorial general election, says Golden State has a 'chance for change' te 2026-06-10T01:31:16.649Z Steve Hilton moves to California gubernatorial general election, says Golden State has a 'chance for change' California GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton said the Golden State has a "chance for change" as he advances to the November ballot after securing a spot in the general election. Hilton, a conservative commentator and former Fox News host, will face Democratic candidate Xavier Becerra in the general election. "The good news is that we're going to have a chance for change in November, a new direction instead of another four years of the insanity," he said Tuesday on "The Ingraham Angle." "So very happy, but we’ve got work to do to turn this state around, but I'm excited. It's a great night," he told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. TRUMP-BACKED HILTON ADVANCES TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GENERAL ELECTION The California gubernatorial race has garnered widespread attention as candidates across the aisle fight to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Becerra, who served as secretary of Health and Human Services during the Biden administration, has an advantage over Hilton come November given that California has roughly twice as many registered Democrats as Republicans. Hilton, who is backed by President Donald Trump, summed up his gubernatorial campaign with a simple message: "Change is coming." Hilton’s campaign has focused on criticizing Democratic leadership, especially Gov. Gavin Newsom. He has raised concerns about the state’s high cost of living, the homelessness crisis and high taxes. HILTON SAYS SPENCER PRATT CAMPAIGN REFLECTS GROWING REVOLT AGAINST CALIFORNIA'S 'ONE-PARTY RULE' The British-born conservative told Fox News that he would "100%" consider campaign assistance from former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt as he works to win over California voters ahead of November. Hilton described Pratt, a former reality television personality who lost to progressive candidate Nithya Raman, as "the kind of energy" conservatives need when campaigning. "He made such an incredible impact," Hilton said. "It's an absolute travesty that Los Angeles as a city won't have the same choice that the whole state will have. He laid out incredible plans." "He had incredibly strong, substantive policies, especially on homelessness, which I said at the time, 'That's exactly what we need — not just in LA, but statewide,'" he added. Democrat-dominated California uses a jungle primary in which all candidates, regardless of party affiliation, appear on the same ballot and the two top finishers advance to the general election. If elected in November, Hilton would be the first Republican to hold the position since 2006 when former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won re-election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28be50ee6011c3f4ec5646 Navy admiral fired by Hegseth and local attorney advance to runoff in Dem primary to replace Nancy Mace te 2026-06-10T01:30:56.727Z Navy admiral fired by Hegseth and local attorney advance to runoff in Dem primary to replace Nancy Mace Nancy Lacore, a retired Navy vice admiral who was fired by Pete Hegseth, and Mac Deford, a local attorney, advanced to a runoff election on Tuesday evening amid a crowded Democratic primary to fill a congressional vacancy left behind by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. Because no candidate garnered more than 50% of the vote needed to win outright, the primary now heads to a runoff that’s slated to take place on June 23.  Once having cleared the primary, the final candidate will look to become just the second Democrat to hold South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District in over 40 years by highlighting her military record as well as how she was removed from her post by War Secretary Pete Hegseth. FOX NEWS PROJECTS DEMOCRATIC REP. DON DAVIS WILL WIN NORTH CAROLINA'S 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT The vacancy first came about when Mace, a firebrand conservative, announced her decision to run for governor of the Palmetto State. During her time in Congress, Mace has attracted attention for her willingness to break with her own party on high-profile issues. She was one of the eight Republicans who voted with Democrats to remove former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in 2023 and one of four GOP lawmakers who forced a vote on releasing the Epstein Files earlier this year. Mace said she would look to continue her work as a political maverick at the state level. "South Carolina needs a governor who will drag the truth into sunlight and flip the tables," Mace said during her announcement speech. WATCH: MACE SAYS TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT HASN'T SEALED SC GUBERNATORIAL RACE: ‘IT’S A DOG FIGHT’ S.C.'s first, a relatively safe Republican district, has been held by the GOP for much of the past 40 years. Aside from Rep. Joe Cunningham, D-S.C., who held the seat from 2019 to 2021, Republicans have controlled the district since 1981. Mace last won re-election in 2024 in a 58.2% to 41.6% victory over Democratic challenger Michael Moore, a businessman. To turn the tables and flip the seat, Lacore has pitched herself as an anti-politics civil servant. Lacore originally served as a Navy pilot and finished her career as a three-star admiral before being removed by Hegseth, a decision Lacore has characterized as "without cause." Her firing came as the Trump administration carried out efforts to reform the Department of Defense and coincided with the dismissals of other high-level figures like Lt. Gen. Kennedy Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Rear Adm. Milton Sands, commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command. All three were relieved of their duties on Aug. 22, 2025. NAVY VETERAN ROCKY ROCHFORD SEEKS TO TURN TAMPA BAY RED, UNSEAT 20-YEAR HOUSE INCUMBENT "For 35 years, I served in the United States Navy with the belief that service, honor and integrity matter; that these are the qualities of true leaders," Lacore said in a campaign video. "But it’s not what our political leaders believe today." She has raised $1.4 million as of late May, according to FEC records. Deford, for his own part, presented himself to voters as a pragmatic candidate. On his website, he highlighted a track record serving as the Town of Mount Pleasant’s Associate General Counsel and advising it through the COVID-19 Pandemic, a housing initiative and navigating federal funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). "This isn’t a political stop for me. This is home and I want to serve as your next representative in Washington," Deford said in a campaign video. According to FEC records, Deford raised $547,800. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28be38ee6011c3f4ec560e Platner Wins Maine Senate Primary After a Turbulent Stretch of His Bid te 2026-06-10T01:30:32.569Z Platner Wins Maine Senate Primary After a Turbulent Stretch of His Bid Graham Platner has faced new scrutiny over his personal history, but his Democratic primary victory sets up a high-stakes race against Senator Susan Collins, a Republican. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28bc0fee6011c3f4ec559f Trump’s endorsement power faces another GOP test in South Carolina after Alan Wilson advances te 2026-06-10T01:21:19.848Z Trump’s endorsement power faces another GOP test in South Carolina after Alan Wilson advances One week after President Donald Trump's endorsement-winning streak in high-profile Republican primaries was snapped, the president's immense clout over the GOP is facing another test in South Carolina. While Trump's preferred choice for the Palmetto State's GOP gubernatorial primary, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, has clinched one of the two tickets in the race for the nomination, so has South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson. The two will now advance to the Republican runoff election in two weeks, the Associated Press reports, in the race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Henry McMaster.  DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Since no candidate was expected to top 50% of the primary vote and land a majority, the top two finishers will advance to the June 23 Republican runoff. And the winner of the runoff will be considered the clear favorite in the general election in the solidly red southeastern state. While he wasn't on the ballot, Trump's immense clout over the GOP is facing another test in South Carolina. The brute force of the president's endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries over the past month, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas that grabbed plenty of national attention. But his 11th-hour endorsement of Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa a week and a half ago — which came on the same day he also backed Evette — in the race to succeed retiring GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds wasn't enough to muscle the three-term congressman to victory. TRUMP-ENDORSED FEENSTRA CONCEDES TO MAHA-BACKED LAHN IN GOP GOVERNOR PRIMARY UPSET Feenstra was narrowly edged by Zach Lahn, a businessman, farmer and former political strategist who was backed by the political wings of MAHA — the acronym for the Make America Healthy Again movement aligned with Trump Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and Turning Point USA, the powerful conservative organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk. In the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary, the major contenders had long been highlighting their support for Trump and his agenda, in hopes of landing his support. Trump, after staying neutral for months, endorsed Evette, praising her as an "America First Patriot" and a "WINNER" in his announcement. After Trump backed Evette, Mace said that her very vocal push last year for the Justice Department to release the files related to its probe into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein contributed to the president's backing of her rival. "I know I put the likelihood of an endorsement on the line when I demanded transparency on the Epstein files," the lawmaker wrote. "I demanded it because you deserved the truth — ALL OF IT," Mace emphasized in a post on X. Trump, in a social media post endorsing Evette, also said he expected Evette to choose Henry McMaster Jr., the governor's son, as her running mate for lieutenant governor. The comment by the president led to blowback in South Carolina political circles and speculation that McMaster, who succeeded then-Gov. Nikki Haley when she stepped down to serve as U.N. ambassador during Trump's first term and who is in his 10th year as governor, was trying to give his son a political boost. But McMaster denied any deal or pressure, and Evette has said she wouldn't name any running mate until after the primary is over. And on Friday, the younger McMaster took his name out of contention, saying it was "incredibly humbling" to be mentioned as a possible lieutenant governor candidate, but that "now is simply not the right time." The winner of the Republican gubernatorial nomination will be considered the clear favorite in November's general election in South Carolina. State Rep. Jermaine Johnson, trial attorney and 2010 gubernatorial candidate William Mullins McLeod Jr., and businessman Billy Webster, who served as chief of staff to then-Democratic Gov. Richard Riley, are running for their party's nomination. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28bbfbee6011c3f4ec5593 Here’s the latest. te 2026-06-10T01:20:59.295Z Here’s the latest. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28bbdcee6011c3f4ec5540 Arizona Republicans, Gov. Hobbs reach budget deal te 2026-06-10T01:20:28.096Z Arizona Republicans, Gov. Hobbs reach budget deal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28ba56ee6011c3f4ec5507 USMNT legend Landon Donovan talks World Cup, American soccer's influence overseas during Raising Cane's shift te 2026-06-10T01:13:58.719Z USMNT legend Landon Donovan talks World Cup, American soccer's influence overseas during Raising Cane's shift There was a time when American soccer players struggled to earn respect overseas, but U.S. legend Landon Donovan has watched that perception change dramatically. On Tuesday, Donovan found himself in an unlikely setting to reflect on the evolution of American soccer: behind the counter at Raising Cane's new flagship restaurant in Inglewood, California. The new location is massive, boasting a design that draws inspiration from the Halo Board inside the nearby Intuit Dome. LANDON DONOVAN RECALLS LIFE-CHANGING WORLD CUP MOMENT AMID PLAYERS' 'RESPONSIBILITY' OF GROWING GAME IN USA Donovan worked a ceremonial "shift," leaning out of the restaurant's pickup window and taking orders from customers. Donovan's cameo behind the counter came with soccer on everyone's mind. Attention turns to nearby SoFi Stadium, where the United States will open its 2026 World Cup run against Paraguay. Amid the festivities, Donovan reflected on how dramatically perceptions of American soccer have changed since he first arrived in Europe as a teenager. US MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM GETS FAVORABLE GROUP MATCHUPS AT WORLD CUP DRAW "It's changed a lot over time. When I was 17 I moved to Germany and there was no reference for American soccer in Germany so a lot of us I think have done a lot of hard work to help pave the way to make people respect American soccer." For years, American soccer players battled international skepticism. Today, American players are starring for some of Europe's biggest clubs, competing in the Champions League and exploring opportunities that would have been unimaginable during Donovan's playing days. USMNT STAR CHRISTIAN PULISIC FINALLY ENDS LENGTHY GOAL DROUGHT IN WIN OVER SENEGAL The respect Donovan and his generation spent years fighting for is now the standard rather than the exception — and the timing couldn't be better. With the United States preparing to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, American soccer finds itself in a position that once seemed impossible. The sport is more popular domestically than ever before, and the pressure is beginning to build for the U.S. Men's National Team. Donovan, who knows better than most what it feels like to carry a nation's expectations, offered his perspective on what the current squad is experiencing as the countdown continues. "The players will be feeling nervous but also excited," Donovan explained. "And I'm the same way: nervous, excited and optimistic. Soccer is unlike any sport and is much more popular than it's ever been. I'm also excited to just be a fan." Donovan admitted even he remains impressed by how much the area has changed. "Driving up here and seeing Raising Cane's and Hollywood Park and SoFi was crazy," Donovan said. "It's all here." For Donovan, the booming development around him served as a fitting backdrop for a larger story: the rise of American soccer itself. The days of the United States begging for respect on the global stage are over. "It's amazing to see everything in LA," Donovan concluded. "A proud Angeleno, I love this city." As the world prepares to arrive on American soil next summer, the foundation laid by players like Donovan has helped transform the United States from an outsider in the global game into one of its biggest hosts. The respect American soccer spent decades chasing has finally arrived. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28ba41ee6011c3f4ec54fe Dem who vows to impeach RFK Jr clinches nomination in key Senate race te 2026-06-10T01:13:37.771Z Dem who vows to impeach RFK Jr clinches nomination in key Senate race Palmetto State Democrats have chosen their candidate who will most likely face incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.  Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, survived a three-way primary contest in South Carolina on Tuesday and is expected to face Graham, who is seeking a fifth term in office, in November. Andrews, who is a familiar face in Palmetto State politics. That’s because South Carolina voters haven’t sent a Democrat to the Senate since the 1990s. Former Sen. Fritz Hollings, who retired in 2005, was the last Democratic lawmaker to represent the state in the upper chamber.  LINDSEY GRAHAM DRAWS DEMOCRATIC SENATE CHALLENGER WHO PREVIOUSLY LOST CONGRESSIONAL RACE While Andrews’ primary focus is to unseat Graham, her larger target is Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom she vowed to "lead the charge to impeach and remove RFK Jr.," at a recent rally with voters. The Senate doesn’t initiate impeachment proceedings, but acts as the final step in the process.  In an op-ed piece for MS Now published earlier this year, Andrews charged that while Kennedy wasn’t solely responsible for the recent measles outbreak in her state, "We’re kidding ourselves if we pretend leadership doesn’t matter."  SCORCHED-EARTH SHANAHAN: RFK JR.'S FORMER RUNNING MATE THREATENS POLITICAL WAR AGAINST CONFIRMATION OPPONENTS "Kennedy has been a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement for decades, which has led communities across the country to slip below the herd immunity threshold for the prevention of outbreaks of infections like measles," Andrews wrote. "Even if you replaced the name on the door at HHS tomorrow (which a responsible Congress would do), trust doesn’t snap back like a rubber band. It takes years to build and minutes to burn," she continued.  FOUR SENATE REPUBLICANS AGAIN UNITE WITH DEMS TO BLOCK TRUMP'S SAVE AMERICA ACT Graham is facing a six-way primary dogfight, which includes businessman Mark Lynch, on Tuesday night. That contest was effectively a test of President Donald Trump's endorsement power versus the fraying edges of his own Make America Great Again movement.  Lynch, who styled himself as a constitutional conservative and called for more "MTGs, Gaetzes and Massies" in Congress, was recently endorsed by Trump’s former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, who argued to voters that Lynch was "the best postured right now to get the warhawk, neocon, Lindsey Graham out of office." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28ba2dee6011c3f4ec54f5 Ex-pro basketball player wins shot to become next governor of South Carolina te 2026-06-10T01:13:17.695Z Ex-pro basketball player wins shot to become next governor of South Carolina South Carolina Democratic voters chose a former basketball player-turned-state lawmaker as their nominee for the governorship on Tuesday. The Palmetto State is reliably red when it comes to the State House — with the most recent Democrat being Gov. Jim Hodges, who was defeated by scandal-plagued Republican Mark Sanford in 2002. However, three Democrats from across the party’s ideological spectrum vied for the chance to become the first Democrat elected governor this century. State Rep. Jermaine Johnson, who represents parts of Richland and Kershaw Counties, was declared the winner by the Associated Press after launching his bid only months ago.  The millennial Democrat notably ousted longtime incumbent Jimmy Bales in 2020 with support from CNN commentator and former South Carolina lawmaker Bakari Sellers. FIRST ON FOX: REPUBLICAN FIREBRAND NANCY MACE LAUNCHES BID FOR SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR Johnson played scholastic ball at the College of Charleston and went undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft. He later was picked up by the then-Reno Bighorns of the NBA's G-League in western Nevada. The team has since moved farther down I-80 and renamed themselves the Stockton Kings. During a recent primary debate, Johnson criticized his fellow Democrats for reportedly not showing up around the state in certain areas. "I have been going to places where they have never seen a candidate before, and people are fired up," said Johnson. When contender Mullins McLeod criticized Johnson for working with the Republicans’ supermajority too much, he quipped: "It's hard to throw rocks when you have not been in the fight." FREEDOM CAUCUS LAWMAKER RALPH NORMAN VOWS TO 'SHAKE THINGS UP' IN SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR BID He said that in terms of an environmental bill, he helped move it from "horrible to a little bit better." McLeod, a trial lawyer from Walterboro who works out of Charleston and whose family has long been involved in state government, offered a succinct campaign platform in the race. "The system in Columbia does not just need new leadership like my opponents would have you believe. The system is not working the way it was intended — we must go break it to fix it," he said on his website. SOUTH CAROLINA AG MOUNTS GUBERNATORIAL BID, ADVOCATES FOR ABOLISHING STATE INCOME TAX, DOGE-ING GOVERNMENT He supports term limits, ending "crony capitalism," and shrinking government by returning unspent annual budget funds to taxpayers. The third candidate, Billy Webster, is a businessman with ties to the George H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations. A White House Fellow in Bush’s administration, Webster was at the time president of the largest Bojangles franchisee in the country before moving on to work under deputy chief of staff Erskine Bowles, according to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. Webster, of Greenville, said on his website he used to run voter registration drives out of his Bojangles because "if a community supported your business, you owed something back." In the debate, Webster leaned on his business background and pragmatic governing approach, presenting himself as a problem-solver focused on growth, infrastructure, and consensus-building. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28ba19ee6011c3f4ec54ec LA Hotels hit by largest job losses in a decade as 'Olympic Wage' mandates bite, data shows te 2026-06-10T01:12:57.771Z LA Hotels hit by largest job losses in a decade as 'Olympic Wage' mandates bite, data shows The Los Angeles hotel industry is shedding jobs at its steepest rate in a decade outside the pandemic, according to a new analysis of federal labor data, as local businesses struggle to stay afloat under some of the most aggressive minimum wage mandates in the country. An analysis by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) of newly released U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) figures revealed that Los Angeles County's hotel and motel sector lost 1.7% of its workforce in December 2025 compared to the same period the prior year. The contraction hit the market just as a string of hyper-localized wage mandates went into effect. "This is the largest year-over-year drop in the hotel industry in a decade (barring losses related to COVID)," the EPI noted in its report. "While countywide the minimum wage reached $17.81 an hour last year (higher than the state’s $16.50 hourly mandate), the City of Los Angeles also increased its hotel-specific minimum wage mandate up to $22.50 an hour." LA BUSINESS LEADER SAYS CRIME, WILDFIRE FALLOUT FUELING PRATT SURGE AS VOTERS SEEK CHANGE: 'PEOPLE ARE ANGRY' To compile the report, the EPI analyzed fourth-quarter data from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), specifically isolating Los Angeles County Hotels and Motels. By comparing year-over-year employment percentages for December, researchers highlighted a multi-year trend of economic stagnation that critics say directly correlates with the city's aggressive regulatory intervention. Industry leaders have long sounded "alarm bells" over the Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance—informally dubbed the "Olympic Wage"—which was heavily championed by the powerful hospitality union UNITE HERE Local 11 and enacted under Democratic Mayor Karen Bass. "Los Angeles' hotel minimum wage mandates have turned a thriving industry into a struggling one," Brooke McCallum of the EPI told Fox News Digital. "Now, ahead of hosting the Olympics, LA's hotels are shedding jobs at the worst rate since the pandemic. The City Council's decision to delay the $30 wage acknowledges this reality, but hotels need more permanent relief to reverse this trend." KAREN BASS GRILLED OVER BROKEN HOMELESSNESS PROMISE, BLAMES BUREAUCRACY FOR SLOWED PROGRESS The original phased-in mandate required a massive pay hike for airport and large-scale hotel workers, forcing base hourly wages to increase by $2.50 annually until reaching a staggering $30 per hour by 2028. However, the reality of shrinking payrolls and soaring operational costs triggered a fierce political counter-offensive from the business community. A coalition of hotel operators and major airlines, including Delta and United, successfully corporate-funded a ballot initiative to completely repeal the city's gross receipts tax. The move effectively forced the city into a corner. The gross receipts tax generates over $800 million annually—accounting for roughly 10% of Los Angeles' general fund. Losing it would have financially ruined the city's budget, triggering catastrophic cuts and mass layoffs of police officers and firefighters. To stave off fiscal disaster, L.A. City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson brokered a high-stakes compromise. On May 19, the City Council voted 11–4 to officially delay the $30-an-hour mandate by two years. Under the revised timeline, the baseline tourism wage will hit $25 this year, $27.50 in 2028, and finally top out at $30 in 2030. In exchange, the corporate coalition agreed to withdraw the catastrophic tax repeal from the upcoming November ballot. The ongoing labor friction comes at a critical juncture for Southern California tourism. Los Angeles is currently preparing to take the global stage for a series of high-profile international events. The city just hosted the 81st U.S. Women’s Open Championship at the Riviera Country Club, and is finalized to host highly anticipated FIFA World Cup matches at SoFi Stadium, all building up to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. TWIN CITIES’ WAGE HIKES ROASTED AFTER REPORT EXPOSES JOB-CRUSHING FALLOUT IN TIM WALZ’S BACKYARD The American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA), the largest hotel association in the U.S. representing more than 30,000 members nationwide, warned that rigid wage policies threaten to spark a severe shortage of room availability just as international travelers flood the city. An AHLA survey of Los Angeles hotel owners and operators—featuring a 16-question framework across multiple-choice, select-all-that-apply, and ranking formats—found that the wage mandates drastically increased baseline operational costs without giving businesses the flexibility to reflect shifting market conditions. According to the report, hotel operators have been forced to respond to the mandate by capping new hires, pausing expansions, and drastically cutting labor hours for existing staff. Council President Harris-Dawson, Mayor Bass, and members of the L.A. City Council did not respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28ba05ee6011c3f4ec54e3 Trump ally Lindsey Graham survives challenge from GOP's anti-establishment wing te 2026-06-10T01:12:37.767Z Trump ally Lindsey Graham survives challenge from GOP's anti-establishment wing Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., squeaked out a win Tuesday night in a crowded primary race for the Republican nomination in the Palmetto State.  Though there were six candidates, the contest truly fell between Graham and businessman Mark Lynch. Their primary battle again brought forth the ongoing feud within the GOP, pitting Trump-aligned candidates against the edges of the president’s own MAGA movement.  Graham is running for a fifth term in the upper chamber and is fresh off successfully advancing the GOP’s $70 billion immigration enforcement package. He’s now headed to the general election in November, where he’ll face off against Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, who survived a three-way primary contest in South Carolina on Tuesday. TRUMP ENDORSES SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM FOR RE-ELECTION: 'HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN' He is also one of President Donald Trump's most ardent allies in the Senate and was endorsed by the president early last year. Meanwhile, Lynch was recently endorsed by Trump’s former National Counterterrorism Center director, Joe Kent. "He is the America First candidate," Kent said in an endorsement video on X. "He's gonna keep us out of all these foreign wars, and he is the best postured right now to get the warhawk neocon Lindsey Graham out of office." TRUMP SCORES VICTORY DESPITE GROWING GOP DIVIDE AFTER SENATE PASSES $70B ICE, BORDER PATROL FUNDING PACKAGE Lynch also called for "more MTGs, Gaetzes and Massies" in Congress, referring to former Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz and one of Trump’s biggest critics in the GOP, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. Both Greene and Massie have evolved into some of the most vocal critics of Trump and the administration. Massie, however, was felled last month in a hotly-contested primary race in Kentucky by a Trump-backed candidate.  FOUR SENATE REPUBLICANS AGAIN UNITE WITH DEMS TO BLOCK TRUMP'S SAVE AMERICA ACT That alignment saw Trump go after Lynch on Truth Social, where he called on Palmetto State voters to buck him for Graham. "Senator Lindsey Graham is doing a fantastic job," Trump said. "He is running against a LUNATIC named Mark Lynch, who supports perhaps the Worst Congressman in the History of our Country, Thomas Massie, of the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky."  "I don’t have to go into great detail, but needless to say, Mark Lynch would be a DISASTER for the Republican Party, and Lindsey Graham just, GETS THE JOB DONE," he continued. "VOTE FOR LINDSEY ALL THE WAY. MAGA!" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b9f1ee6011c3f4ec54da Trump rekindles endorsement winning streak as GOP gubernatorial hopeful advances to runoff te 2026-06-10T01:12:17.850Z Trump rekindles endorsement winning streak as GOP gubernatorial hopeful advances to runoff One week after President Donald Trump's endorsement winning streak in high-profile Republican primaries was snapped, the president's backing of South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette helped boost her bid to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Henry McMaster. Evette, who was endorsed by Trump a week and a half before Tuesday's primary, will advance to a runoff election in two weeks, The Associated Press reports. The big question is which one of the other major gubernatorial contenders will join Evette. The GOP field includes South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, nationally known Rep. Nancy Mace, Rep. Ralph Norman and multimillionaire businessman Rom Reddy. Since no candidate was expected to top 50% of the primary vote and land a majority, the top two finishers will advance to the June 23 Republican runoff. And the winner of the runoff will be considered the clear favorite in the general election in the solidly red southeastern state. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB While he wasn't on the ballot, Trump's immense clout over the GOP is facing another test in South Carolina. The brute force of the president's endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries over the past month, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas that grabbed plenty of national attention. But his 11th hour endorsement of Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa — which came on the same day he also backed Evette — in the race to succeed retiring GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds wasn't enough to muscle the three-term congressman to victory. Feenstra was narrowly edged by Zach Lahn, a businessman, farmer and former political strategist who was backed by the political wings of MAHA — the acronym for the Make America Healthy Again movement aligned with Trump Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and Turning Point USA, the powerful conservative organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk. TRUMP-ENDORSED FEENSTRA CONCEDES TO MAHA-BACKED LAHN IN GOP GOVERNOR PRIMARY UPSET In the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary, the major contenders had long been highlighting their support for Trump and his agenda, in hopes of landing his support. Trump, after staying neutral for months, endorsed Evette, praising her as an "America First Patriot" and a "WINNER" in his announcement. After Trump backed Evette, Mace said that her very vocal push last year for the Justice Department to release the files related to its probe into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein contributed to the president's backing of her rival. "I know I put the likelihood of an endorsement on the line when I demanded transparency on the Epstein files," the lawmaker wrote. "I demanded it because you deserved the truth – ALL OF IT," Mace emphasized in a post on X. Trump, in a social media post endorsing Evette, also said he expected Evette to choose Henry McMaster Jr., the governor's son, as her running mate for lieutenant governor. The comment by the president led to blowback in South Carolina political circles and speculation that McMaster, who succeeded then-Gov. Nikki Haley when she stepped down to serve as U.N. ambassador during Trump's first term and who is in his 10th year as governor, was trying to give his son a political boost. But McMaster denied any deal or pressure, and Evette has said she wouldn't name any running mate until after the primary is over. And on Friday, the younger McMaster took his name out of contention, saying it was "incredibly humbling" to be mentioned as a possible lieutenant governor candidate, but that "now is simply not the right time." The winner of the Republican gubernatorial nomination will be considered the clear favorite in November's general election in South Carolina. State Rep. Jermaine Johnson, trial attorney and 2010 gubernatorial candidate William Mullins McLeod Jr., and businessman Billy Webster, who served as chief of staff to then-Democratic Gov. Richard Riley, are running for their party's nomination. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b9c5ee6011c3f4ec54a7 Navy Admiral Fired by Hegseth Advances to Runoff to Replace Mace te 2026-06-10T01:11:33.768Z Navy Admiral Fired by Hegseth Advances to Runoff to Replace Mace Nancy Lacore would face a tough fall election in a district drawn in 2021 to be more Republican. She is seeking to replace Representative Nancy Mace, who ran unsuccessfully for governor instead of running for re-election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b9b1ee6011c3f4ec549e Lindsey Graham Wins G.O.P. Primary in South Carolina, Avoiding Runoff te 2026-06-10T01:11:13.847Z Lindsey Graham Wins G.O.P. Primary in South Carolina, Avoiding Runoff Mr. Graham, a four-term incumbent senator, is the favorite to win the general election in a solidly Republican state. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b99dee6011c3f4ec5495 Sanders-Backed Progressive Advances in California Swing District Against Valadao te 2026-06-10T01:10:53.847Z Sanders-Backed Progressive Advances in California Swing District Against Valadao Randy Villegas will face the incumbent, David Valadao, a Republican who has survived numerous challenges in a competitive district. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b989ee6011c3f4ec548c Evette and Wilson Advance to Runoff in South Carolina Republican Primary for Governor te 2026-06-10T01:10:33.920Z Evette and Wilson Advance to Runoff in South Carolina Republican Primary for Governor The candidates have only two weeks to campaign before the runoff election on June 23. South Carolina has elected only Republican governors since 2002. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b516ee6011c3f4ec5428 Watchdog Group Skeptical of Vows to End Trump Administration’s $1.8 Billion Fund te 2026-06-10T00:51:34.728Z Watchdog Group Skeptical of Vows to End Trump Administration’s $1.8 Billion Fund Two sets of lawyers noted that while senior department officials said the fund would not move forward, they declined to offer assurances that this would hold in the future. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b502ee6011c3f4ec541d U.S. Strikes Iran After Army Helicopter Is Downed te 2026-06-10T00:51:14.726Z U.S. Strikes Iran After Army Helicopter Is Downed President Trump vowed to retaliate for what he said was Iran’s downing of an Apache helicopter. near the Strait of Hormuz. The pilot and gunner were rescued. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b4eeee6011c3f4ec5414 Here’s what to know about how The Times reports results and race calls. te 2026-06-10T00:50:54.842Z Here’s what to know about how The Times reports results and race calls. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b4d6ee6011c3f4ec53fb Federal Judge Faces Battery Charge After Parking Lot Confrontation te 2026-06-10T00:50:30.240Z Federal Judge Faces Battery Charge After Parking Lot Confrontation Judge Ryan Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit tossed a man’s glasses and appeared to stomp on them during an argument in Idaho that was captured on video. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b08eee6011c3f4ec5358 GOP lawmaker ties endangered wolves to ‘global government’ as Arizona ban heads to Hobbs te 2026-06-10T00:32:14.328Z GOP lawmaker ties endangered wolves to ‘global government’ as Arizona ban heads to Hobbs A Mexican wolf stares forward standing in a field of grass. (Courtesy New Mexico Department of Game and Fish) A bill that would disallow the state from transporting Mexican Gray Wolf pups into Arizona or spending any public money or resources on them will be heading to the governor’s desk after one Republican declared that 50 years of efforts to save the species from extinction are really part of a larger conspiracy to create a “global government.”  State Sen. Sylvia Allen also blamed the wolf’s existence for the high cost of beef. “If you want to know why your hamburger is so expensive in the market, it is because of the Mexican gray wolf,” Allen, a Republican from Snowflake, said while defending Senate Bill 1280.  The price of beef is up sharply in recent years’ — it was $3.81 per pound in March 2020 and was $6.90 on average in May 2026 — but not due to efforts to conserve the gray wolf populations. Instead, a combination of low cattle inventory, cheaper imports, rising costs of production and President Donald Trump’s tariffs have driven prices higher. (Ground beef prices have risen roughly $1.30 per pound since Trump began his second term in January 2025.) And with the resurgence of  a parasitic screwworm among American cattle, prices are likely to rise more. That parasite’s spread comes after cuts by the Trump administration to programs meant to monitor these types of outbreaks.   The bill, by Sen. David Farnsworth, R-Mesa, prohibits the Arizona Game and Fish Commission from transporting wolf pups into the state or using public money to transport the animal.  Allen claimed during her vote explanation Tuesday afternoon that, in the 1990s, an unnamed group of people were attempting to build a “global government” whose strategy included a “war” on mining, logging and ranching. That strategy, according to Allen, included listing species like the Mexican Gray Wolf and Mexican Spotted Owl as endangered species to be included on the federal Endangered Species Act.  “We have elevated animal life above humans,” Allen said.  The Mexican gray wolf was designated as an endangered species in 1976, and the first captive wolves were released into the wild in 1998. The wolf, whose most recent population estimates put it at around 286, has long been the target of cattle ranchers, who have been actively lobbying the Trump administration to delist the animal from the Endangered Species Act.  Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar introduced a measure to do just that last year.  The wolves have also been a major target of this year’s legislature, with multiple bills in both the House and Senate aimed at the animal with some aiming to allow ranchers to kill them with others seeking to delist the animal from the ESA.  “I just think that this population of wolves, which was down to seven animals and only one female and they’ve been able to get close to up to 300 now and to not allow the puppies into Arizona would limit the number even more so,” Rep. Patty Contreras, D-Phoenix, said during the state House of Representatives’ vote on the bill. “They’re the apex predator, but they are the ones there to help keep the forest clean of the animals that are sickly…It really is a bad idea to limit the animals in this area.”  The bill is similar to House Bill 2787 by Rep. Lupe Contreras, R-Benson, which would disallow state dollars to be used for conservation efforts which was vetoed by Gov. Katie Hobbs. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b076ee6011c3f4ec5337 Bernie Sanders dodges questions about abuse allegations facing Maine Senate candidate Platner te 2026-06-10T00:31:50.086Z Bernie Sanders dodges questions about abuse allegations facing Maine Senate candidate Platner Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., dodged a series of questions Tuesday about abuse allegations facing Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, offering no response when Fox News Digital asked whether he believed the women accusing the candidate of misconduct. As Sanders waited for an elevator at the Capitol, Fox News Digital asked whether he believed the allegations against Platner, whom the senator has previously campaigned for and continues to support. Sanders did not respond. THE GROWING LIST OF CONTROVERSIES THREATENING DEMOCRAT GRAHAM PLATNER'S MAINE SENATE BID "Senator, do you believe the women accusing Platner of abuse?" Fox News Digital asked. "You were campaigning for him recently, so I was wondering what you think about the allegations made against him." Sanders also declined to answer questions about allegations that Platner knew about a Nazi-linked tattoo that has become part of the controversy surrounding his campaign. "About the women saying he knew that he had a Nazi tattoo? You have nothing to say about the scandal?" Fox News Digital asked. Sanders continued waiting for the elevator without responding. FETTERMAN REFUSES TO DEFEND PLATNER, CALLS HIM "BAGGAGE" AS SCANDALS MOUNT The questions come as Platner faces mounting scrutiny over a series of controversies that have rocked his Senate campaign. The Maine Democrat has been accused by multiple women of abusive behavior and has faced criticism over sexually explicit messages, offensive social media posts and allegations involving a Nazi-linked tattoo. Platner has denied wrongdoing and defended himself against the allegations. Despite the backlash, Platner has continued to receive support from several high-profile Democrats, including Sanders, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Whether the controversies surrounding Platner will affect voters remains to be seen. Maine Democrats headed to the polls Tuesday to determine who will face Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in November in one of the nation's most closely watched Senate races. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b04cee6011c3f4ec5320 Southern Baptists Elect Willy Rice, Pastor Favored by Right-Wing Faction, as President te 2026-06-10T00:31:08.246Z Southern Baptists Elect Willy Rice, Pastor Favored by Right-Wing Faction, as President A contingent seeking to push the denomination to the right secured its first major victory through the election of Willy Rice, a Florida pastor who wants to challenge “the system.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b036ee6011c3f4ec5305 How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund te 2026-06-10T00:30:46.728Z How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund Instead of spending a year raising a formal venture fund, the Sabertooth VC founder used a captive network of LPs to invest in startups like Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28b022ee6011c3f4ec52fc Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars te 2026-06-10T00:30:26.260Z Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars Google just made it significantly cheaper to enjoy its budget AI subscription tier. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28ade2ee6011c3f4ec52be Hugh Laurie admits he was 'slightly drunk' when he roasted a journalist who criticized his show 'House' te 2026-06-10T00:20:50.799Z Hugh Laurie admits he was 'slightly drunk' when he roasted a journalist who criticized his show 'House' Hugh Laurie is fessing up to being "slightly drunk" after roasting a "House" critic on social media. On Monday, British journalist Janet Murray uploaded a screenshot of an article she penned on UnHerd, titled, "What I learnt from my online fight with Hugh Laurie." The entire online debacle began when Murray penned a review of "House," which Laurie starred in from 2004 until 2012. Murray wrote on X Monday that Laurie's response to her criticism sparked "some fairly horrific trolling." Laurie offered his apologies in a lengthy tweet. "I’m sorry if people have been having a go at you because of my tweet. Not at all the plan. I was very slightly drunk and already upset about something that had nothing to do with you," he began. 'SUMMER HOUSE' REALITY TV STAR TAKES ON MICHAEL RAPAPORT IN PROFANITY-LACED SOCIAL MEDIA WAR "If it’s any comfort, I got it in the neck too. I’m a thin-skinned t--t, apparently, even though it wasn’t my skin. I was sticking up for the writers who I adored. Obviously I shouldn’t have cited Bach/Kahlo/Moore - asking for trouble - and would have done better to go for the 10,000 blues songs written around the same 12 bar chord structure. I’ve listened to most of them and will keep doing so. Because we love what we love," Laurie signed off. Murray replied with, "Thank you. ‘Having a go’ is probably an understatement." She acknowledged his apologies and signed off the exchange by saying she has "no hard feelings." Murray and Laurie's online spat began on June 6. Murray took to X and shared her thoughts about season 1 of "House." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Late to the party, but I've started watching Season 1 of House. Same narrative every episode: Patient has mysterious illness. Hugh Laurie (House) gets diagnosis wrong. Patient nearly dies. Hugh Laurie gets diagnosis wrong again. Gets threatened with being fired. Patient nearly dies again. Hugh Laurie has last minute leftfield idea. Gets diagnosis right. Doesn't get fired. Eight seasons of this?" she wrote on X. Laurie wrote back: "Thanks for your critique, Janet. We actually tried a couple of episodes where House (Hugh Laurie) (please put the brackets in the right place) gets it right first time, but they were only 6 minutes long. NBC weren’t happy. Then we tried some where House never gets it right and the patient dies. The audience wasn’t happy." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER The pair went back and forth online for days before it appears that they have squashed their differences. Laurie, an English actor, comedian, writer, musician, and producer, is best known for his role as Dr. Gregory House in the hit medical drama "House." Laurie first gained fame through comedy partnerships with Stephen Fry in shows such as "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" and "Blackadder." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28abdeee6011c3f4ec527d Water rule washed out: Judge voids state agency’s water demands for developers te 2026-06-10T00:12:14.487Z Water rule washed out: Judge voids state agency’s water demands for developers Key Points:  Judge rules state agency imposed illegal “tax” on developers Developers still need 100-year water supply to build in certain areas The ruling may have significant implications for future housing development and affordability A state agency acted illegally when imposing what developers have dubbed a “tax” to build in areas with scarce sources of water, a judge has concluded. In a highly-technical ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney said the Department of Water Resources does have the rightful power to make the rules deciding when a planned development in one of the state’s Active Management Areas complies with legal requirements to show a 100-year supply of water. But what the agency does not have, the judge said, is the ability to withhold legally required building permits unless the developer can show it has access to not just the water it needs for the next 100 years, but another 33% on top of that. Attorney Andrew Gould said this is a victory not just for the Homebuilders Association of Central Arizona, who he represents, but also for those looking for homes. “At the end of the day it was forcing, ultimately, homebuyers to subsidize groundwater for other uses,” he said. “And it was impacting housing and affordability.” This is the second recent legal loss for the Department of Water Resources. In a separate ruling, Blaney voided the agency’s policy for determining if specific developments have “unmet” water supplies — a conflict that essentially triggered the new rule about the 133% requirement. The judge said the agency did not follow proper procedures for enacting that rule. The net effect of all that is unclear. Gould contends this means the rules are back to the way they were before the Department of Water Resources imposed its 2023 moratorium on new development in areas around Buckeye, Queen Creek and parts of Pinal County. More significantly, he said, it means as long as a developer can show it has sufficient water for its project — from any combination of sources including groundwater, surface water or anything else — the agency cannot refuse to issue building permits. But it also may be that, in voiding the rule that gave developers the option to find new sources of water — albeit with that 133% requirement — there is no way for them to get around ADWR’s 100-year supply determination in the affected areas. And that could mean they don’t get permits for new housing. That possibility is causing concern for Gov. Katie Hobbs who pushed DWR to enact the rule that the judge voided. “The superior court issued an order that threatens to shut down housing development and increase housing prices, harms our water security, and gets Arizona law wrong,” said gubernatorial press aide Christian Slater. He also said the program is “voluntary” despite the fact that the judge said the moratorium enacted by ADWR in 2023 made the alternate procedure — the one he found is in violation of state statutes — “the only path for developers seeking to obtain an approved subdivision plat.” Slater said there will be an appeal. At the heart of the lawsuit is the 1980 Groundwater Management Act. It created “active management areas” where groundwater supply is a concern. That, in turn, led to the requirement that developers show they have a 100-year supply. Most developers can obtain that by simply having a contract with a municipal or private water company that has its own certificate of an assured water supply. But that doesn’t work in areas where that is not an option, meaning developers have had to provide their own proof. In 2023, ADWR released a study showing that, according to its modeling, there are areas where there simply isn’t enough water to provide that assurance. And that resulted in a moratorium on new permits in those areas. Under pressure from the governor, the agency came up with rules for an “alternative designation of a 100-year water supply.” That allows developers to meet the legal requirements — and get building permits — if they can identify sufficient sources of water that can include effluent, surface water, allocations from the Central Arizona Project and water transported from elsewhere. More to the point, it does not rely on scarce groundwater. Several water companies and developers have pursued that option. Most recently, the Arizona Water Company got one of those alternate certificates for Pinal County that will enable it to build 80,000 new homes. But that still left the issue that to obtain the alternate certificate there had to be enough for not just the needs of a new development — and from only certain sources — but 33% more. And that, he argued, is beyond the authority that state lawmakers gave the Department of Water Resources. “What they’ve done with the regulation is they’ve rewritten the statute and said you have to have this combination of water supplies and you’re going to have to pay this amount,” Gould said. “And there’s nothing in the statutes that authorizes the executive branch agency to rewrite the statute.” He said that some people may agree with what the agency was trying to do by providing an alternative to get around the problems of developers having to show an assured supply of water to get the building permits. But Gould said that’s legally irrelevant. “The fundamental legal issue is: Did ADWR have the authority to write this rule,” he said. “And they didn’t.” Blaney agreed that the agency, in demanding that developers provide 133% of the water they actually need, broke the law. “The statute plainly requires that applicants show that water will be continuously available to satisfy the water needs of the proposed use for at least one hundred years,” the judge wrote. The requirement for something above that, he said, conflicts with the plain language of the statute.” The post Water rule washed out: Judge voids state agency’s water demands for developers first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28abc3ee6011c3f4ec5256 Bill Maher to appear in Charlie Kirk documentary, remembers loving his interview with the TPUSA leader te 2026-06-10T00:11:47.047Z Bill Maher to appear in Charlie Kirk documentary, remembers loving his interview with the TPUSA leader Talk show host Bill Maher revealed on Monday that he will appear in a documentary about slain conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. As comedian Jeff Dunham spoke to Maher on "Club Random," he praised his past interview with Kirk as particularly memorable. Kirk, known for engaging in debate with people across the political spectrum, was assassinated during a campus event last September. Dunham praised the interview, and Maher likewise said that he enjoyed hosting it very much. "By the way they're doing a documentary and they asked if I would be in it," Maher announced. "I said yes. I'm giving them five minutes after my taping Friday night because - and I told them, ‘Don't expect me to be just saying you know, hagiography about Charlie.’ I liked him as a person. I'm glad I talked to him." MAHER PRAISES CONSERVATIVES LIKE KIRK FOR PROMOTING DIALOGUE, CONDEMNS FAR LEFT FOR CELEBRATING HIS DEATH While Kirk’s death caused some of his critics to emerge and dredge up his more controversial or pointed political statements, Maher said they ultimately did not make him a "monster" by any means. "I do not think he was a monster," he said. "And if you look at his statements, I've read the full statements - of course because everybody is only interested in getting points for their team. They mischaracterized them. But even when I read the full statement, which were accurately characterized, I still disagreed with them. But it wasn't what they presented." MAHER SHAMES CLINTONS, KAMALA, DEMS, SAYING THEY WONT GO ON HIS SHOW OR ANYWHERE THEY AREN'T 'PRE-ADORED' "Again, it's always in the middle," Maher said. "It wasn't as bad as they said, but I still disagree." "That’s what I loved about the interview is that is that you sat there and considered things and listened to him, let him talk and it was a really great discussion," Dunham said. "My little motto here is everybody's a monster [until] you talk to them," Maher responded, as he went on to list multiple famous conservatives he has spoken to on his show. Maher went on to blast many Democrats for being unwilling to talk with their opposition, including fellow Democrats like himself. "And the Republicans, they definitely are better at like, ‘Well, we'll talk," Maher said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28ab9aee6011c3f4ec5242 Kalshi Will Ask Users to Share Employer Information for Some Trades te 2026-06-10T00:11:06.569Z Kalshi Will Ask Users to Share Employer Information for Some Trades The new policy is aimed at limiting insider trading as scrutiny of prediction markets grows. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28ab86ee6011c3f4ec5239 Dallas Judge Blocks City Council Vote on Future of City Hall te 2026-06-10T00:10:46.647Z Dallas Judge Blocks City Council Vote on Future of City Hall The ruling gives officials more time to weigh competing plans for the future of Dallas’s aging City Hall building and the land it occupies. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28ab72ee6011c3f4ec5230 Rep. Kevin Kiley, Independent, to Face Richard Pan in California House Race te 2026-06-10T00:10:26.647Z Rep. Kevin Kiley, Independent, to Face Richard Pan in California House Race Mr. Kiley dropped his Republican affiliation earlier this year. The newly drawn Sixth Congressional District is widely considered to be favorable for Democrats. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28a96dee6011c3f4ec51e0 High school lacrosse player dies after routine play turns fatal, second such death in a year te 2026-06-10T00:01:49.885Z High school lacrosse player dies after routine play turns fatal, second such death in a year A Washington high school lacrosse star died after a regular play turned tragic on the field. Eliot Abramson, a 17-year-old midfielder at Mercer Island High School near Seattle, was competing in a college recruiting showcase on June 1 when the incident occurred. The 6-foot-2 sophomore had been involved in Mercer Island lacrosse since elementary school when he was struck by a fast-moving lacrosse ball at the base of his neck. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The ball slipped underneath the back edge of his helmet during the play. Witnesses watched as the teenager immediately lost consciousness and collapsed on the turf. Abramson was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for emergency surgery and spent nearly a week in intensive care. School officials and family members confirmed that he died on June 7. His mother, Jessica Abramson-Lott, shared a tribute on social media, noting that her son is now reunited with his biological father, Josef Abramson, who died when Eliot was 3-years-old. 2 MARQUETTE MEN'S LACROSSE PLAYERS KILLED IN CAR CRASH, OFFICIALS SAY Her post read: "While Eliot’s time on earth will end way too soon, we are comforted that he will be in heaven with his dad, making him laugh, playing music with his smile lighting up the room. We’re sure he’ll be doing ‘wall ball’ in the sky and rooting for all his friends." This marks the second time in a year that a high school athlete has died under similar circumstances. Last year, 16-year-old Ohio lacrosse player Dylan Veselic lost his life after suffering a similar injury. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28a959ee6011c3f4ec51d7 Trump-backed Hilton advances to California governor general election te 2026-06-10T00:01:29.850Z Trump-backed Hilton advances to California governor general election Republican Steve Hilton has won one of the two tickets to the November California gubernatorial election in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in steering the nation's most populous state and the world's fourth-largest economy. Hilton, a one-time British political strategist turned American conservative commentator and former Fox News Channel host who is backed by President Donald Trump, will advance to the general election, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Democrat-dominated California holds what's known as a jungle primary in which all candidates, regardless of party affiliation, appear on the same ballot, with the top two finishers advancing to the general election. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB The big question is who Hilton will face in November. His top two rivals heading into primary day were Xavier Becerra, a former California attorney general who later served as a Cabinet secretary in former President Biden's administration and would make history as California's first Latino governor in modern history, and Tom Steyer, a billionaire hedge fund founder turned environmental activist who unsuccessfully ran for his party's 2020 presidential nomination and who has shelled out over $200 million of his own money in his bid for governor. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican, as well as Democratic candidates former Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, were among the whopping 61 candidates on the ballot. Hilton is hoping to become the first California Republican to win a gubernatorial election since then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2006 re-election two decades ago. Former Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Alex Padilla mulled launching Democratic bids for governor, but both last year announced they would take a pass. That resulted in the lack of a clear Golden State gubernatorial frontrunner for the first time in more than a quarter century. MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS DOG SWALWELL AS DEM RIVALS SEIZE OPENING IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S RACE And the race was overshadowed for much of last year, as the devastation from the Los Angeles-area wildfires and President Donald Trump's immigration raids grabbed headlines in California. But the showdown for governor entered the spotlight earlier this year when one of the leading candidates, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, dropped out of the race and then resigned from Congress following a political implosion after facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct that he continues to deny. Swalwell's exit from the race opened the door for first Steyer and then Becerra to rise in the polls. Steyer, who unsuccessfully ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, spent more than $200 million of his own money to blanket the airwaves and the internet with ads. Meanwhile, more than $80 million in outside money has also been spent on the race. Bianco, who launched his campaign for governor in April of last year, was among the top contenders in the race until Trump's endorsement of Hilton in early April blunted his momentum. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28a931ee6011c3f4ec51c5 Steve Hilton Wins Second Spot in California Governor Race, Beating Tom Steyer te 2026-06-10T00:00:49.520Z Steve Hilton Wins Second Spot in California Governor Race, Beating Tom Steyer Steve Hilton, a Republican endorsed by President Trump, will face Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, in the general election. Tom Steyer, another Democrat, will not advance. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a28a91dee6011c3f4ec51bc Maine Senate Polls Point to a Competitive General Election te 2026-06-10T00:00:29.447Z Maine Senate Polls Point to a Competitive General Election Graham Platner is expected to win handily in the Democratic primary for Senate in Maine. The focus is shifting to how he might do in November. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/home