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Story by J Oliver Conroy in Washington

On Saturday, as a crowd of thousands of people near the Washington Monument listened, a loudspeaker dramatically announced the names of America’s secretary of defense, vice-president and president. The final name received a modest roar that surely flushed the watching commander-in-chief with validation. With that, and with the boom of a 21-gun salute, the military parade that Donald Trump had coveted for years finally began.

A protester, Nicky Sundt, kept a lonely and mostly silent vigil at the side of the road. She held a sign depicting a cartoon Trump brushing back his comb-over to reveal a swastika emblazoned on his forehead. The placard said “Save our democracy”. Standing near her – as a “counterprotest to the counterprotest to the protest, or something,” as one of them put it – a group of pro-Trump men held court. One was draped in an American flag. Another had a giant picture of Trump, in a crown, with the exhortation “Trump for king”.

For the next couple of hours, in heat and occasional drizzle, spectators watched as the US army celebrated its 250th birthday – and, although he claims it is a coincidence, Trump’s 79th – with America’s largest and most controversial military parade in decades. Troops marched. Tanks and armored personnel carriers rolled. Helicopters clattered. Paratroopers plunged out of the overcast sky.
Story by J Oliver Conroy in Washington

On Saturday, as a crowd of thousands of people near the Washington Monument listened, a loudspeaker dramatically announced the names of America’s secretary of defense, vice-president and president. The final name received a modest roar that surely flushed the watching commander-in-chief with validation. With that, and with the boom of a 21-gun salute, the military parade that Donald Trump had coveted for years finally began.

A protester, Nicky Sundt, kept a lonely and mostly silent vigil at the side of the road. She held a sign depicting a cartoon Trump brushing back his comb-over to reveal a swastika emblazoned on his forehead. The placard said “Save our democracy”. Standing near her – as a “counterprotest to the counterprotest to the protest, or something,” as one of them put it – a group of pro-Trump men held court. One was draped in an American flag. Another had a giant picture of Trump, in a crown, with the exhortation “Trump for king”.

For the next couple of hours, in heat and occasional drizzle, spectators watched as the US army celebrated its 250th birthday – and, although he claims it is a coincidence, Trump’s 79th – with America’s largest and most controversial military parade in decades. Troops marched. Tanks and armored personnel carriers rolled. Helicopters clattered. Paratroopers plunged out of the overcast sky.
Travis Gettys

The uncle of Stephen Miller said the White House adviser and President Donald Trump are using Nazi-style tactics to dehumanize immigrants and minorities.

Dr. David Glosser, a retired neuropsychologist, denounced his nephew and the president as hypocritical bigots in an essay for Politico, describing how the families of both Miller and Trump had benefitted from immigration policies they want to end.

"I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, who is an educated man and well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country," Glosser wrote.
Story by Victoria Bekiempis

The man suspected of opening fire on two Minnesota legislators and their spouses on 14 June, killing one legislator and her husband, was apprehended late on Sunday night, officials told the Associated Press and New York Times.

Vance Boelter, 57, stands accused of fatally shooting the Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, at their residence. Boelter is also suspected of shooting the state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their home, seriously injuring them.
Story by Rebecca Cohen

An "innocent bystander" at the "No Kings" demonstration in downtown Salt Lake City was shot and killed Saturday, police said.

Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, of Utah, died in a hospital after being transported for his injuries following the shooting, according to an update from the Salt Lake City Police Department.

Detectives believe Ah Loo was at the demonstration as a bystander and "was not the intended target of the gunfire."

Police have arrested Arturo Gamboa, 24. He was booked into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on a murder charge. It was not immediately clear whether Gamboa was still in jail Sunday and whether he has an attorney.

Also detained Saturday were two men who were part of the event "peacekeeping team." One of the "peacekeepers" ultimately fired the shot that fatally injured Ah Loo, police said.

It was not immediately clear whether those two men will face charges.

The men told police they saw Gamboa move away from the crowd and begin manipulating an AR-15-style rife, prompting them to draw their guns and order him to drop the weapon, police said.

Instead, Gamboa ran into the crowd, holding his gun in "a firing position," police said. In response, one of the "peacekeepers" fired three shots, one of which struck Gamboa and another which hit Ah Loo, according to police.

President Donald Trump took questions from reporters at the G7 summit in Canada and said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was insulted after being thrown out of the G8 summit. Trump went on to say he understands that Putin took offense and stated that Putin "doesn't even speak to the people that threw him out."

A man who says he lived with Vance Boelter, the suspect in custody for the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, spoke with CBS News' Lilia Luciano about his friend, who he said was a fan of President Trump and listened to the "Infowars" conservative conspiracy podcast.
Story by Anna Carlson

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that allows the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to refuse healthcare to veterans based on their political beliefs and marital status, sparking fears that Democratic or single veterans could be denied medical services. It comes as Trump's parade embarrassment was so pitiful it sickened Melania.

On January 30, Trump signed an executive order titled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government." While its primary aim was to roll back federal protections for transgender people, it also brought about sweeping changes within the VA.

Medical professionals are warning that the consequences of these policy shifts could be profound. Dr. Arthur Caplan, the founding director of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU's Grossman School of Medicine, called the new rules "extremely disturbing and unethical." He added: "It seems on its face an effort to exert political control over the VA medical staff. What we typically tell people in healthcare is: 'You keep your politics at home and take care of your patients.'" It comes just days after an embarrassing humiliation for Trump.
Story by Emilia Randall

Donald Trump has removed Dr Martin Luther King’s bust from the oval office as the president continues to host a right wing “activist” who labelled the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a “huge mistake”.

The tribute to the iconic “I have a dream” speech maker that sat front and centre during Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s presidencies has been re-shuffled to Trump’s private dining room, according to Black Press USA.

It comes as Trump, just days after an embarrassing humiliation, undoes the efforts of Biden’s government and restore several more Army base names that originally honored Confederate military figures, undoing a renaming process ordered by Congress. Trump was also accused of 'fascism' after 'unacceptable' behavior.

Images of the Oval Office showed that the bust was present during Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s visit in April but disappeared soon after, according to Meidas Touch News.

The bust of the civil rights leader may have been sidelined as Trump continues to host Charlie Kirk, who claims the Civil Rights movement has contributed to erasure of white people claiming that viewing black people as equal to white people under the law has created a "permanent DEI-type bureaucracy" that is "diminishing and decreasing white demographics in America".
Does Putin own Trump

U.S. president shrugs off EU and U.K. call for more action over Ukraine war, telling Europe: “Let’s see them do it first.”
By Stefan Boscia

KANANASKIS, Alberta — Donald Trump suggested he will not hit Russia with more sanctions at the G7 summit, saying Europeans should "do it first" and that "sanctions cost us a lot of money."

The EU and U.K. are both pushing for more coordinated sanctions against Vladimir Putin's regime at the Canada-hosted gathering of leaders, but the U.S. president has so far refused to sign up to fresh action.

When asked by POLITICO Monday whether he was united with Europe on new sanctions over Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Trump said “well Europe is saying that, but they haven't done it yet."
Story by Josh Manning

FBI Director Kash Patel turned over agency documents on Monday to Congress about an alleged Chinese plot to use fake drivers licenses for securing fraudulent mail-in ballots during the 2020 election.

Perhaps even more shockingly, or maybe not so shockingly, that same report had been submitted to American intelligence agencies back in August 2020, before it was "suddenly recalled with little explanation," according to a report from Just The News.

Patel informed the public on Monday about the alleged plot and announced that he turned over the documents to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa.

"The FBI has located documents which detail alarming allegations related to the 2020 U.S. election, including allegations of interference by the CCP," Patel wrote on the social media platform X.
Story by Madeline Sherratt

Elon Musk blasted his own artificial intelligence platform, Grok, over a “major fail” after it highlighted the frequency of right-wing political violence versus left-wing violence.

Grok, an AI tool that X users frequently ask to fact-check claims from prominent figures such as Musk, has been accused by conservatives in the past of favoring liberals in its responses.

“@grok since 2016, has the left or right been more violent?” the user GrokChecker asked Wednesday morning, in response to a tweet that claimed support for the Democratic party was faltering.

Grok then stated the facts regarding the number of politically motivated attacks from both sides over the last decade.

“Since 2016, data suggests right-wing political violence has been more frequent and deadly, with incidents like the January 6 Capitol riot and mass shootings (e.g., El Paso 2019) causing significant fatalities,” it stated.

“Major fail, as this is objectively false. Grok is parroting legacy media,” Musk wrote underneath Grok’s response late Tuesday on X, “Working on it,” he added.

On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill, clashing with police and injuring hundreds after the president ordered his followers to "fight like hell”, adding, “if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore."
By Daniel Miller, Brittny Mejia and Richard Winton

It was a jewelry heist days in the making — one allegedly planned by thieves who had worked their way up to a major score after honing their covert craft in the parking lots and truck stops of San Bernardino County.

When they broke into a Brink’s big rig at a remote Grapevine truck stop in the dead of night three years ago, the men may have gotten more than they bargained for: a haul that could be worth up to $100 million.

That would make the theft of 24 bags containing jewelry, gems, watches and other precious items on July 11, 2022, among the biggest heists of all time.

All of this according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles against seven co-conspirators who allegedly carried out the theft at the Flying J Travel Center in Lebec, Calif. The men were each charged with conspiracy to commit theft from interstate and foreign shipment and also theft from interstate and foreign shipment. Some face additional charges.
Story by Reanna Smith

Joe Rogan, who publicly endorsed Donald Trump just hours before the 2024 presidential election, appears to have turned on the president as he joins the growing list of MAGA figureheads opposing US intervention in the Israel-Iran conflict.

The podcaster took to X on Tuesday to share a Mark Twain quote that read:"History doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes."

He accompanied the post with a link to a YouTube video for a song titled "Getto boys - F--- a war". The song includes the lyrics: Motherf--- a war, that's how I feel, sendin' me to the desert to get killed 'cause two suckas can't agree on something. It comes after a lip reader exposed Melania's secret comment to Trump.

"A thousand motherf------ dying for nothing. You can't pay me to join an army camp or any other motherf------' military branch of this United goddman States of that b---- America. Be a soldier, what for?"

It comes Trump declares the US "has control over Iranian skies" and demands "unconditional surrender" as the president is said to be considering a US strike on Tehran.
Story by Mike Bedigan

A flag associated with far right groups that was used by January 6 rioters was flown above a government agency headquarters in Washington D.C. last week.

A picture of the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, flying just below the U.S. flag was shared by Kelly Loeffler, the former senator from Georgia and current administrator of the Small Business Administration on June 11.

“Today at SBA’s Flag Day Ceremony, we proudly raised a new AMERICAN MADE flag over our headquarters in Washington,” Loeffler wrote. “It is a privilege to serve under its Stars and Stripes - on behalf of the 34 million small businesses who represent the best of America.”

The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, also known as the “Pine Tree flag”, dates back to the Revolutionary War, and in recent years has become linked to Christian Nationalists. Others use it to show their identification with a patriotic movement that focuses on the founding fathers and the American Revolution.

Sources told WIRED that the “Appeal to Heaven” flag above the SBA building was raised for less than a day. It is unclear who raised it, an unnamed staffer told the outlet.
Does Musk not trust his own AI? Or does he not like what it is saying about the right-wing?

Opinion by Miles Klee

What good is being the wealthiest man alive if your chatbot won't lie in support of your rancid politics? That's the question far-right billionaire Elon Musk appears to be asking once again of Grok, the AI model developed by his company xAI and integrated into X, his social media platform.

Following the assassination on Saturday of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman in their home, and the shooting of Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman, allegedly by the same suspect, much of the online right mobilized to paint the horrific attack as the work of a radical leftist. Their efforts were somewhat undercut when it emerged that Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old man charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder in the case, appeared to be an anti-abortion Trump voter who had a "hit list" solely consisting of Democratic elected officials. (He has not yet entered a plea.)

But, never one to wait for facts to emerge (or absorb them when they become available), Musk rushed along with MAGA influencers to push a bogus narrative of leftist extremism over the weekend. "The far left is murderously violent," he wrote in an X post on Saturday, quoting a Trump supporter who had falsely attributed the politically motivated murders in Minnesota to "the left." That prompted another user to tag Grok in the thread and ask, "Why is the left so murderously violent? They don't seem so tolerant." Grok replied, "The claim that ‘the left' is murderously violent isn't backed by evidence," offering a centrist correction: "Political violence spans all side - right-wing attacks, like Jan. 6, and left-wing protests, like 2020 riots, both occur but aren't exclusive to one group."
Does Musk not trust his own AI? Or does he not like what it is saying about the right-wing?

Opinion by Rex Huppke, USA TODAY

I believe that artificial intelligence is the future, and the only thing I’m worried about is that it might not always tell powerful right-wing figures like Elon Musk and Donald Trump exactly what they want to hear.

This happened recently when Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, had the audacity to tell the truth and explain to a user that there’s more right-wing violence in America than left-wing violence.

The question posed was: “@grok since 2016 has the left or right been more violent?”

Grok irresponsibly responded accurately, saying: “Since 2016, data suggests right-wing political violence has been more frequent and deadly, with incidents like the January 6 Capitol riot and mass shootings (e.g., El Paso 2019) causing significant fatalities.”

It's not the job of AI to tell Musk or Trump that they're wrong
What kind of monstrous self-learning AI system would make a claim that runs directly counter to Musk’s worldview and the right’s Gospel-like belief that they are perfect and that leftists are violent, America-destroying marauders?

Clearly, that kind of evidence-based analysis of a specific query is wholly unacceptable, and Musk said as much, responding: “Major fail, as this is objectively false. Grok is parroting legacy media. Working on it.”

Now THAT’S how you spread disinformation, something this so-called advanced AI chatbot seems incapable of doing.
Story by Peter Rubinstein

Donald Trump broke his deafening silence on Thursday evening regarding the federal holiday Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S., by writing a post on social media calling for fewer non-working federal holidays. The strategically timed complaint comes as a sharp about-face from his previous stance on the holiday, which he publicly praised each year of his first term and once said he himself made "very famous."

The call for fewer federal holidays contrasts with his own behavior while in office, according to one website that tracks the days Trump has spent golfing while serving as president. According to Trump Golf Track, he has spent at least part of 33 days out of his 150 days in office on a golf course, or about 22% of his presidency.

Social media users were quick to call out Trump for his hypocrisy about non-working holidays, with some taking their criticisms further.

"BREAKING: Trump complains there are too many holidays—on Juneteenth—a holiday he didn’t make but once bragged he made 'very famous' after scheduling a rally on it in Tulsa," one commenter wrote on X. "You can’t make this up: First he tries to take credit for it. Now he’s mad people have the day off. Pick a lane, Donnie."
Story by Catherine Bouris

President Donald Trump unleashed one of his traditional holiday rants on Thursday, threatening to scrap the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery.

Trump chose Juneteenth to claim that there are “too many non-working holidays in America.”

Refusing even to name the holiday, he continued: “It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed. The workers don’t want it either! Soon we’ll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year. It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also downplayed the holiday, requesting that the Pentagon take a “passive approach” with its Juneteenth messaging this year.

The newest federal holiday, which was introduced in 2021 under President Biden, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. It’s the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared in 1983.
Story by Hayley Hoatson

In a stunningly swift overnight change, some Texas farm operations had to shut down after losing virtually all of their workforce, an exodus triggered by the increase in immigration raids and increased enforcement. The ripple effects of these raids are the gift that keeps on giving and will be felt nationwide: unpicked crops are now left unharvested, livestock were left untended, and rural economies are on edge.

This story isn’t just a tale of woe for Texan farms; it's a warning for American agribusiness, food prices, and the communities that keep food on our plates. So, let's examine what effect these raids have on agriculture, livestock, workers, and the American public.

The Night the Fields Went Silent
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The heart of Texas agriculture skipped a beat when, overnight, “almost 100%” of farm workers failed to show up for work, leaving fields eerily still and machines quiet.

Social media was ablaze with videos and eyewitness accounts, as the hashtag #TexasFarmCrisis went viral, taking the news cycle beyond rural Texas. The sudden mass disappearance left a heavy feeling that something greater than a mere labor standstill was at play, and the repercussions would be astounding.

Why Did the Workforce Vanish? The Reason for the Exodus
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The reason is simple: an increase in immigration enforcement, including high-profile ICE raids, shook Texas farm workers to their core. The news filtered fast that workers—regardless of legal status—chose safety over a salary.

Farmers, who had been working with their crews for decades, described the loss as "devastating" and "unprecedented." This is alarming as most farms are founded upon immigrant labor, both legal and illegal, creating a domino effect for the food system as a whole.
Story by Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News

Millions of Americans who have waited decades for fast internet connections will keep waiting after the Trump administration threw a $42 billion high-speed internet program into disarray.

The Commerce Department, which runs the massive Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, announced new rules in early June requiring states — some of which were ready to begin construction later this year — to solicit new bids from internet service providers.

The delay leaves millions of rural Americans stranded in places where health care is hard to access and telehealth is out of reach.

“This does monumental harm to rural America,” said Christopher Ali, a professor of telecommunications at Penn State.

The Biden-era program, known as BEAD, was hailed when created in 2021 as a national plan to bring fast internet to all, including millions in remote rural areas.

A yearlong KFF Health News investigation, with partner Gray Media’s InvestigateTV, found nearly 3 million people live in mostly rural counties that lack broadband as well as primary care and behavioral health care providers. In those same places, the analysis found, people live sicker and die earlier on average.

The program adopts a technology-neutral approach to “guarantee that American taxpayers obtain the greatest return on their broadband investment,” according to the June policy notice. The program previously prioritized the use of fiber-optic cable lines, but broadband experts like Ali said the new focus will make it easier for satellite-internet providers such as Elon Musk’s Starlink and Amazon’s Kuiper to win federal funds.
Is the mad king coming for Juneteenth

Story by Carl Gibson

Even though he refrained from mentioning Juneteenth by name, President Donald Trump spent part of his evening on June 19th complaining about people not working on federal holidays.

"Too many non-working holidays in America," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account on Thusday. "It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed. The workers don’t want it either! Soon we’ll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year. It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Bulwark contributor Sam Stein posted a screenshot of Trump's post and observed that during his 2020 bid for the presidency, he ran on making Juneteenth a federal holiday. One X user also made that observation and openly wondered what happened to Trump's so-called "Platinum Plan" for Black Americans, which included an official declaration of Juneteenth — which commemorates the official end of chattel slavery in the United States - as a federal holiday.

Banking regulations are shifting under Trump's oversight, with the FDIC potentially losing its independence.
Opinion by David Kurtz

The Absence Of News Is News
A key storyline through the first five months of the Trump administration is how the judicial branch has held up to the challenge of an autocratic president. While on balance the judiciary has fared better than it might have, one group of cases has been particularly vexing: the unlawful removals of foreign nationals in defiance of court orders.

The courts have either been slow, too solicitous of the executive branch, or wrong-headed in their approaches. That has yielded lethargic outcomes that don’t provide justice to the wrongfully deported or sufficient accountability for the bad-faith defiance by the administration.

A quick accounting of some of the most notable cases where detainees have fallen into and remain in an interminable legal limbo:

Alien Enemies Act
Who? The CECOT detainees remain the single biggest cluster of wrongfully removed foreign nationals. They are a group of 137 Venezuelan nationals sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) without the due process that U.S. courts – including the Supreme Court – have since nearly universally found to have been required.

When? The CECOT detainees were removed on two flights from Texas on March 15 despite a court order that they not be removed and that the planes should be turned around.
Story by Mayur Joshi

In a major development, the United States joined hands with Israel in launching direct airstrikes on three of Iran’s most important nuclear sites — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

Sudden Bombing Campaign with Stealth Bombers
This marks the first time the US has openly intervened with military power in the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict.

The US used advanced B-2 stealth bombers to drop powerful bombs known as “bunker busters” on Fordow. These bombs are specially designed to destroy underground facilities. Six bunker buster bombs were used in the attack on Fordow, which is buried deep under the surface. Along with that, about 30 Tomahawk missiles were fired at the other two nuclear sites — Natanz and Isfahan.

The B-2 bombers are the only aircraft in the US arsenal capable of carrying the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a 30,000-pound bomb meant to destroy heavily fortified underground targets. These bombers are designed to avoid radar detection and fly long distances without refueling.

Deftechtimes has earlier reported that these bombs are likely to be used in this war.
Story by Sean Seddon - BBC News

Iran has launched missiles at a US military base in Qatar, in what it said was retaliation for American strikes against its nuclear sites over the weekend.

Witnesses have reported hearing loud bangs in the sky above Qatar, while video shows bright flashes in the sky as air defence systems attempt to intercept missiles.

It is the latest escalation in a conflict involving Iran, Israel and the US which has seen tensions in the Middle East soar to unprecedented levels in recent days.

Details of this latest attack are still emerging. Here is what we know so far.

What did Iran target and why?
Iranian missiles targeted the largest US military base in the Middle East, Al Udeid Air Base.

About 8,000 US citizens live there, according to the State Department.

It is home to US military's headquarters for all its air operations in the region. Some British military personnel also serve there on rotation.

The Qatari government said no one had been killed or injured in the attack, and that the base had been evacuated before the attack.
David Edwards

Attorney General Pam Bondi's Department of Justice reportedly argued that President Donald Trump's pardon covered grenades and stolen classified information found at the home of Jan. 6 defendant Jeremy Brown, a member of the Oath Keepers.

In a 2023 press release, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida, said Brown was sentenced to prison for over seven years "for possession of unregistered short-barrel firearms, possession of unregistered explosive grenades, improper storage of explosive grenades, and retention of classified information."

"In addition, he was ordered to forfeit the unregistered devices traceable to the offense, pay child support arrears and a special assessment in the amount of $525," the document said.
Story by Nicole Westhoff

With eyes on Tesla's launch of its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, CEO Elon Musk faces an embarrassing glitch — not in the matrix, but in a controversial report by Bloomberg Intelligence.

The report touted Tesla as the leader in self-driving technology. However, critics argue that it relied on misleading data, raising concerns among both consumers and industry experts.

What's happening?
Before the robotaxi's launch on June 22, Bloomberg Intelligence published a report claiming Tesla had a major edge over Waymo in autonomous vehicle performance. However, critics say it based its conclusion on a flawed comparison. Bloomberg analyst Steve Man used data from Tesla's self-released Autopilot Safety Report, which has long been criticized for lacking transparency, including the fact that it doesn't clarify when Autopilot is actually engaged.
By  TIM SULLIVAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER

WASHINGTON (AP) — The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is far from over despite the Republican administration’s major victory Friday limiting nationwide injunctions.

Immigrant advocates are vowing to fight to ensure birthright citizenship remains the law as the Republican president tries to do away with more than a century of precedent.

The high court’s ruling sends cases challenging the president’s birthright citizenship executive order back to the lower courts. But the ultimate fate of the president’s policy remains uncertain.

Here’s what to know about birthright citizenship, the Supreme Court’s ruling and what happens next.
Story by Andrew Perez

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who's famous for his former hospital company's record-setting Medicare fraud settlements, is currently leading an effort to make Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" even more painful for America's poor.

The legislation already cuts $930 billion from Medicaid, the nation's government health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans, and would eliminate coverage for millions. Scott's amendment, expected to get a vote Monday, would take away another $313 billion in state Medicaid funds and force hundreds of thousands of additional people, at least, off the program.

Scott has framed his proposed Medicaid cuts as necessary to preserve the program "for those who truly need it" - and not "able-bodied" adults. "If you don't want to work, you're the one who decided you don't want health care," he recently said on Fox News. He's suggested Democrats are using tax dollars to "give illegal aliens Medicaid benefits," even though undocumented immigrants are not eligible for Medicaid, claiming that blue states want to "exploit this safety net."

Ironically enough, some of the claims against Scott's old hospital company revolved around exploiting Medicaid, and billing for services that patients didn't need.
Story by Joe Schroeder

(WXIN/WTTV) — 13 Indiana residents have been arrested and charged in what the FBI and U.S. Justice Department are calling the “largest healthcare fraud investigation” in DOJ history.

The DOJ announced on Monday the completion of its yearly National Health Care Fraud Takedown. Officials said this year they uncovered fraud schemes involving over $14.6 billion in intended loss, making it the largest DOJ investigation of its kind.

324 people were charged in total, including 96 doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other licensed professionals.

Of the 324 charged, 13 are Hoosiers. Officials charged 11 residents of Indiana in state court and two other defendants in federal court. Their cases vary from veterinarian fraud to the sale of prescription opioids on the black market.

Fake dogs used for vet prescriptions
One of the two Hoosiers who was federally indicted in the crackdown is Rachel Goldstein, a 43-year-old Jeffersonville woman.

Goldstein was charged in the Western District of Kentucky with conspiracy to obtain controlled substances by fraud. Two Kentucky-based veterinarians, Ashley Barnett and Laura Webb, were also charged in the case.
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