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Friday, June 26, 2026

Members of the House Oversight Committee have discussed issuing subpoenas to people who could testify about secret settlements between some of Jeffrey Epstein's friends and his accusers.


Biblical Proof that Trump Will Save America


Iran on Friday asserted its authority over the Strait of Hormuz, warning that safe passage can only be guaranteed for ships that coordinate with Tehran. The statement comes after President Trump accused Iran of hitting a commercial vessel sailing close to the coast of Oman with a one-way attack drone. The British military said the vessel was transiting through a United Nations-approved route. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi posted on the social platform X that passage through the strait must be coordinated with Iran and that attempts to subvert Tehran could lead to "the suspension of the designated parallel route." "Safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, with ambiguous arrangements, parallel routes, or decision-making outside of Iran's considerations as the coastal state, cannot be guaranteed," he said.


Donald Trump's family business is breaking ground on an accelerated project in Vietnam as the country's government seeks an updated trade agreement with the United States.


A mistrial was declared Friday in the federal trial of a 30-year-old former Uber driver accused of setting what would become the destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history. Jonathan Rinderknecht was on trial for destruction of property by means of fire, arson affecting property used in interstate commerce and timber set afire. But on Friday, the 13th day of trial, U.S. District Judge Anne Hwang declared a mistrial after the jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict on any of the felony charges, with a final vote of 10 to 2 for acquittal. "The court finds there's a manifest necessity to declare a mistrial in this case due to a jury deadlock," Hwang said. Read more


Several months before blue strips started floating to the surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a company involved in its last renovation more than 15 years ago was approached with an opportunity to do this remodel as well. But the company said no. Read more


The 2026 FIFA World Cup has officially become the most-attended tournament in the competition's history with weeks of matches still to play. FIFA announced Thursday that attendance surpassed the previous record of 3,587,538 fans set during the 1994 World Cup in the United States. By the end of Thursday's matches, total attendance had reached 3,605,357 spectators. Read more


Iran's head coach Amir Ghalenoei says he will not address "things that do not exist" as his team prepares to play Egypt in the Pride Match in Seattle. Local organisers have designated the game as a Pride Match because it falls on the Friday before Pride Weekend, which celebrates diversity and the LGBTQ+ community. Read more


A federal judge on Thursday ordered Tesla CEO Elon Musk to testify under oath in two cases where he is accused of defrauding voters in swing states before the 2024 general election. U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Hightower of the Western District of Texas ordered Musk to sit for a deposition as part of a fraud lawsuit brought by two Arizona women. They accuse Musk's political action committee, America PAC, of tricking voters into giving personal information as part of giving away $1 million every day leading up to Election Day. Musk made the pledge during a town hall in Pennsylvania in October 2024, saying he would give the money if they signed America PAC's petition. "The only thing we ask for the million dollars is that you be a spokesperson for the petition," Musk told a recipient he handpicked from the audience at the time.


Investigators in Doa Ana County used traffic cameras, GPS and old fashioned detective work to track down the vehicle and driver witnesses photographed leaving the scene of a deadly midday hit-and-run earlier this week. The investigation led them to the door of Kimberly Skaggs, 54, a high-profile New Mexico Republican Party official who was already known to police for her involvement in dangerous street racing and speeding in luxury cars. According to court records, at 2:46 p.m. on Monday June 22, deputies police responded to calls of a bicyclist who had been struck by a black Cadillac Escalade on Fairacres Road. The bicyclist later died on scene. Witnesses observed the driver of the Cadillac walking around then entering their vehicle and driving away, leaving the bicyclist on scene. A witness's photograph of the fleeing vehicle captured a partial license plate which police were able to use to track the vehicle through traffic and security cameras. Read more


Iran struck a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, forcing a pause on evacuations of stranded seafarers and demonstrating its continued ability to restrict the critical waterway, despite the agreement reached last week with the United States. A US official told CNN the vessel was attacked by an Iranian drone, but did not provide further details. Read more


"Crazed and deranged lunatics have once again exposed their hatred for America with a cowardly, deliberate attack on one of our nation's most iconic landmarks " the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. President Dummkopf Jackass Trumpf was right from the beginning. Fake News hacks and so-called "experts" immediately rushed to mock him, call him a liar, and blame the Trumpf Junta's successful renovation instead of the vandals " but they were dead wrong. National pride will not be surrendered to a handful of deranged anti-American lunatics."

"Eek! Doody!"


Funded like clockwork every year by the hardworking American taxpayer, the Israeli Death Forces (IDF) killed human being Mustafa Taha Mustafa al-Khatib (32) in his bedroom while he was getting dressed, shooting him several times in the chest, head, and hand during an IDF raid on the village of Sarta in the West Bank.

Israeli Ex-PM Ehud Olmert admits that Israel is conducting ethnic cleansing in West Bank


As people bade goodbye to the long-running British Sci-Fi TV show about the teleporting "Dr Who," so too are people saying goodbye to top FEMA official Gregg Phillips who once claimed he teleported to a Waffle House, ousted by the incompetent Trumpf junta as hurricane season draws near.

2026 Hurricane Forecast


SiriusXM Radio Hatemonger Megyn Kelly: "Why is it we only take people from sh*thole countries like Haiti and Somalia? Yes. Good question. Also, why cannot we have some people from Norway and Sweden?... Not permanently, because Norwegians tend to be leftists. But I'm just saying, like, yeah. They're, like, clean. They're orderly. They're patriotic, toward their country, but whatever."

D'uh


Thursday, June 25, 2026

Netanyahu's US strategy unravels with interim Iran deal. Trump pursues settlement, ignores Israeli objections. Netanyahu caught between US pressure and domestic backlash. Israeli leader increasingly sidelined by US, sources say. Iran gains regional leverage as Israel loses influence.


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