June 17, 2025

Israel can’t take out Iran nuclear facility without US

President Donald Trump is facing a crucial decision: directly help Israel defeat the Iranian regime or don’t. If the president decides on the former, one of the options on the table is deploying the United States’ largest conventional weapon, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, also known as an MOP or GBU-57. After just five days of […]

June 17, 2025

Trump Mobile phone launch beset by errors

The latest product marketed under President Donald Trump’s name is the $499 T1 “Trump phone,” announced Monday, June 16, alongside a cellular service plan called Trump Mobile. But early attempts to pre-order the Chinese-built phone are being met with errors. Payment and shipping errors Those errors, first reported by 404 Media’s Joseph Cox, raise questions […]

June 17, 2025

Protests or riots? Media wages war for control of narrative: Bias Breakdown

As people took to the streets of Los Angeles following recent arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), national media outlets are again at odds over how to categorize the demonstrations. Viewers tuning in to different networks are seeing different versions of the same story — some describing peaceful protests, others highlighting scenes of […]

June 16, 2025

Rescue workers search for survivors in bridge collapse in India

At least two are dead and 32 injured after a bridge collapsed Sunday, June 15, at a popular tourist destination in India. The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. local time in Kundamala. At least six people were hospitalized in critical condition, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis wrote on social media. Meanwhile, Press Trust of India reported that […]

June 16, 2025

State Dept. memo says US travel bans could total four dozen countries: Report

The Trump administration is considering adding 36 more countries to its list of full and partial bans on entry into the U.S., a State Department cable seen by Reuters details. The additional countries would be a significant expansion of Trump’s travel ban on 12 countries imposed Monday, June 9. 36 countries face potential travel bans […]

June 16, 2025

Judge to decide whether Trump admin can ban int’l students from Harvard

A hearing is scheduled for Monday, June 16, involving a declaration that blocks international students from entering the country to attend Harvard University. On June 5, Judge Allison D. Burroughs issued a temporary restraining order against the ban. On Monday, Burroughs will decide whether to block the proclamation indefinitely. The Trump administration has said that it is […]

June 16, 2025

Former Sen. Bob Menendez denied bail a week before 11-year sentence begins

Bob Menendez, the former New Jersey senator who was convicted last year on multiple corruption charges, is set to begin his prison sentence Tuesday, June 17. Menendez has continued fighting for his freedom despite the impending prison term, culminating in a denial of bail on Wednesday, June 11, by a federal appeals panel. Menendez was […]

June 16, 2025

Crews to begin moving Lahaina wildfire debris to permanent landfill

Crews will start moving ash and debris from the 2023 wildfires that ripped through Lahaina, Hawaii, on Monday, June 16. The debris currently sits in a temporary storage spot in Olowalu, and will be moved to the Central Maui Landfill. “This is an important step in our recovery efforts and fulfills our promise to the […]

June 16, 2025

G7 2025: World leaders confront war, trade tensions in Alberta

Leaders from the Group of Seven nations opened their annual summit Monday, June 16, in Kananaskis, Alberta, amid rising tensions over global trade and ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting the summit, which includes leaders from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and […]

June 16, 2025

Iran, Israel trade deadly missile attacks; conflict escalates for fourth day

Iran launched another wave of missiles into Israel early Monday, June 16, killing at least eight people and wounding nearly 100 more, according to The New York Times. The strikes targeted multiple locations in central Israel, including Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Haifa and Bnei Brak. Emergency workers reported damage to residential buildings, with some residents […]