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ICE Officers Arrive Unannounced At Nonprofits Repping Migrant Kids

(Huff Post) ICE officers have arrived unannounced in recent days at the offices of nonprofit groups that provide legal representation to unaccompanied migrant children, the groups said. The groups called the visits “the latest example of intimidation tactics” from the Trump administration, and detailed visits in which ICE investigators, as well as agents from the Department of Health and Human Services, arrived at their offices and sought access to “documents and financial records relating to the organizations’ child clients.”

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IRS moves to hire 8,000 employees after DOGE cuts, memo reveals

(The Independent) The Internal Revenue Service has received special permission to quickly hire 8,000 employees through September, according to a memo obtained by NOTUS, after more than a quarter of the agency was downsized during Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts last year. Trump administration officials had initially brushed off concerns that the IRS would struggle to handle the 2026 tax season with significantly fewer employees. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told lawmakers in April the agency was “still able to maintain current services and implement new initiatives.”

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Judge orders restoration of national park plaques removed under Trump directive

(The Guardian) A US district court judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate any history or science materials it removed from the nation’s public monuments, finding that the White House’s actions “set a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization”. In March 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “restoring truth and sanity to American history”, calling upon the secretary of interior to examine monuments, memorials and statues to see if they had been altered after January 2020 to represent a “false construction of American history”.

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Elephant at Texas GOP Convention Shocks Audience by Peeing All Over the Floor

Jun 12th, 2026, 5:36 pm There’s an old Hollywood saying about never working with children or animals because of their unpredictable and uncontrollable nature and the Texas Republican Party may be wishing it had heeded that warning after an elephant brought to the party’s annual convention caused quite the disruption. Texas Republicans have gathered in Houston to elect party leaders, make preparations for the upcoming November midterm elections, and conduct other party business. Elected offic ...

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Workers begin removing Trump's name from Kennedy Center

Workers begin removing Trump's name from Kennedy Center After courts knocked down attempts to delay the signage change, the Kennedy Center missed the Friday deadline to remove President Donald Trump's name by midnight. June 13, 2026 at 3:33 a.m. EDT 21 minutes ago 8 min Spectators watch as workers put up scaffolding ahead of a court-mandated deadline to remove President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center's facade. (Craig Hudson/For The Washington Post) By Jonathan Edwards https://w ...

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Mattress company Sleep Number plans $415 million bankruptcy sale

Published Fri, Jun 12 2026 3:16 PM EDT Mattress company Sleep Number filed for bankruptcy in New York on Friday and said it plans to sell its assets under a $415 million buyout offer from Canadian bedding company Sleep Country Canada Inc. Sleep Number, which recently entered into a sponsorship agreement with National Football League star Travis Kelce, entered bankruptcy with $672 million in debt. It blamed tariffs and inflation for its recent business stumbles. President Donald Trump’s “unpr ...

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck is serving as guest host for Bari Weiss' CBS

12h Right-wing TV personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck is due to guest host CBS Mornings next week as Bari Weiss’s CBS News attempts to boost its ratings. Hasselbeck, 49, was the conservative voice on The View from 2003 to 2013, appearing alongside Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, and Rosie O’Donnell, among others. She was fired from the show after being informed by an ABC executive that they were moving in a “less political direction,” she said in her 2019 book. Next week, she will ...

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Judge orders restoration of national park plaques removed under Trump directive

Fri 12 Jun 2026 21.04 EDT Last modified on Fri 12 Jun 2026 21.06 EDT A US district court judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate any history or science materials it removed from the nation's public monuments, finding that the White House's actions "set a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization". In March 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order titled "restoring truth and sanity to American history", calling upon the secretary of interior to ...

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Iran demands $300bn to end war

Tehran has demanded $300bn (£235bn) from the US to end the war in Iran and open up the Strait of Hormuz. However, it will not give up control over the strategic waterway, according to a draft agreement published by Iranian state media. The text emerged amid expectations that JD Vance, the US vice-president, would fly to Geneva to sign a deal before next week's G7 meeting in the French Alps. The deal is understood to be a memorandum of understanding – effectively a promise to hold further nego ...

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Pilot scolds plane load of Congress members as Trump show leaves them grounded

June 12, 2026 10:12AM ET A bipartisan group of Congress members sat grounded on a runway for more than an hour Thursday — all because of an airshow rehearsal for Trump's White House UFC fight. Politico Playbook's Adam Wren reported the delegation was stuck aboard a Delta flight from Washington to Detroit. Among the stranded passengers: Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Shri Thanedar (D-MI), alongside Republican Reps. Lisa McClain (R-MI) and Bob Latta (R-OH). The pilot to ...

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Emboldened Senate Democrats block even bipartisan bills in hardball approach to counter Trump

10 min ago - Updated 7:39 AM EDT, June 13, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats’ decision to let a key surveillance authority lapse comes as they are increasingly emboldened in their legislative fights against President Donald Trump, blocking even tr ... (AP)

Gas prices are falling toward $4 a gallon but outlook uncertain, analysts say

59 min ago - June 13, 2026, 5:02 AM Gas prices have fallen toward $4 per gallon in recent weeks, nearing the milestone as oil costs have eased in response to negotiations between the United States and Iran. The national average price of a gallon of gas stands at ... (ABC News)

Trump's GOP allies draw a line in the sand on Iran

1 hr ago - 06/12/2026 04:29 PM EDT Updated: 06/12/2026 08:04 PM EDT Republicans keep lengthening President Donald Trump’s leash on Iran. First, they hoped he would stick to his initial four- to six-week timeline for the war. Then, they gave him 60 days; t ... (Politico)

US EPA sends California emissions rules to Congress for potential reversal

1 hr ago - 11h WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it was sending the Republican-controlled Congress landmark California vehicle emissions rules for potential repeal, its latest effort to prevent tougher stat ... (msn/Reuters)

Trump mulls inaugural flight of new Air Force One at Mount Rushmore event

2 hrs ago - June 12, 2026, 7:02 PM EDT President Donald Trump is considering taking the inaugural flight of the new Air Force One jet, gifted to him from Qatar, when he travels to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota next month as part of celebrations for America’ ... (NBC News)

Anthropic suspends new AI tools over US government security concerns

2 hrs ago - Anthropic has suspended its powerful new AI model after US authorities raised security concerns just days following its public release. In a statement published on its website, external, Anthropic said it was ordered to suspend foreign nationals from ... (BBC)

'60 Minutes' rocked by another exit as 34-year veteran left exasperated by Bari Weiss: report

2 hrs ago - 12h A veteran "60 Minutes" producer is bolting after clashing with CBS News boss Bari Weiss over a "white genocide" story, per a new report. Michael Gavshon worked alongside correspondent Anderson Cooper on a story that debunked Trump's claim of "wh ... (msn/Rawstory)

ICE Officers Arrive Unannounced At Nonprofits Repping Migrant Kids

3 hrs ago - Jun 12, 2026, 06:29 PM EDT | Updated 11 hours ago ICE officers have arrived unannounced in recent days at the offices of nonprofit groups that provide legal representation to unaccompanied migrant children, the groups said. The groups called the vis ... (Huff Post)

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is serving as guest host for Bari Weiss' CBS

3 hrs ago - 12h Right-wing TV personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck is due to guest host CBS Mornings next week as Bari Weiss’s CBS News attempts to boost its ratings. Hasselbeck, 49, was the conservative voice on The View from 2003 to 2013, appearing alongside ... (msn/The Independent)

Judge orders restoration of national park plaques removed under Trump directive

3 hrs ago - Fri 12 Jun 2026 21.04 EDT Last modified on Fri 12 Jun 2026 21.06 EDT A US district court judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate any history or science materials it removed from the nation's public monuments, finding that the White Ho ... (The Guardian)

US Democratic lawmakers pledge to help speed up disaster recovery in Puerto Rico

4 hrs ago - Updated 5:21 PM EDT, June 12, 2026 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers promised Puerto Ricans on Friday that they would try to speed up the island’s sluggish recovery from destructive hurricanes and earthquakes ... (AP)

IRS moves to hire 8,000 employees after DOGE cuts, memo reveals

4 hrs ago - 12h The Internal Revenue Service has received special permission to quickly hire 8,000 employees through September, according to a memo obtained by NOTUS, after more than a quarter of the agency was downsized during Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts last ye ... (The Independent)

Exclusive: Iran sealed uranium cache and placed mines amid fears of US operation to seize material

4 hrs ago - Politics * 4 min read Exclusive: Iran sealed uranium cache and placed mines amid fears of US operation to seize material By Katie Bo Lillis, Davis Winkie, Zachary Cohen, Natasha Bertrand 4 hr ago PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2026, 12:00 AM ET Satellite imagery ... (CNN)

Elephant at Texas GOP Convention Shocks Audience by Peeing All Over the Floor

4 hrs ago - Jun 12th, 2026, 5:36 pm There’s an old Hollywood saying about never working with children or animals because of their unpredictable and uncontrollable nature and the Texas Republican Party may be wishing it had heeded that warning after an elep ... (MEDIAite)

Trump says US military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang with help from Venezuela

4 hrs ago - Trump says US military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang with help from Venezuela By WILL WEISSERT Updated 12:10 AM EDT, June 13, 2026 Leer en español Comments 31 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that a  ... (Associated Press)

Ariana Grande's music removed from White House video after objections

5 hrs ago - June 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m. ET Ariana Grande does not want President Donald Trump's White House to use her music to promote its policies. "Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense," Grande commented under ... (USA Today)

Workers begin removing Trump's name from Kennedy Center

5 hrs ago - Workers begin removing Trump's name from Kennedy Center After courts knocked down attempts to delay the signage change, the Kennedy Center missed the Friday deadline to remove President Donald Trump's name by midnight. June 13, 2026 at 3:33 a.m. EDT ... (Washington Post)

Comer requests Dershowitz interview in Epstein investigation

5 hrs ago - 06/12/26 3:53 PM ET Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) has formally requested that lawyer Alan Dershowitz testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of its ongoing probe into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. ... (The Hill)

Roku Said in Sale Talks, Including for Possible Media Tie-Up

5 hrs ago - June 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM EDT Updated on June 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM EDT Roku Inc., the streaming video platform, is in talks to sell itself, people with knowledge of the matter said. The San Jose, California-based company has been in discussions with at ... (Bloomberg)

Missouri set to use gerrymandered map in August primary despite legal chaos

6 hrs ago - That ruling focused on the referendum campaign, which raced to collect signatures across Missouri last year to hold a statewide vote on the map in November. The goal of the effort was to strike down the map. The court found that when the campaign tur ... (Kansas City Star)

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