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Watch live: Rubio, UFC’s Dana White sign sports diplomacy memo

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 5:25 pm

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and UFC President and CEO Dana White will sign a memorandum of understanding on Thursday afternoon establishing a new public-private partnership to enhance sports diplomacy. "UFC is the world’s leading mixed martial arts organization. As an American-founded organization, the UFC has grown into a major global sports platform, reflecting U.S....

Trump writes blank check to ICE — where's the oversight? 

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 5:03 pm

Whether someone supports or opposes immigration enforcement isn't really the point. The point is that when government power expands, oversight should certainly expand with it.  

They calculated that New York nursing home families would move on. They were wrong.

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 5:00 pm

Families of over 15,000 New Yorkers who died in nursing homes have been fighting for six years to hold former Gov. Andrew Cuomo accountable for his administration's directive to accept COVID-positive patients without testing, which resulted in thousands of deaths, and for falsifying the death toll, and are still demanding answers from the Department of Justice.

House Democrat: Vance part of White House Epstein 'cover up'

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 4:49 pm

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Democrats' ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, on Thursday pledged to investigate Vice President Vance’s role in the Trump administration’s “cover-up” of actions tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. His comments follow a New York Times report that alleged Vance headed the White House response to an explosive Wall...

Jasmine Crockett defends Karmelo Anthony after murder of Austin Metcalf 

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 4:46 pm

Jasmine Crockett feels more for Karmelo Anthony, the killer, because he is Black like her, than she does for Austin Metcalf, the victim, because he is white.

House leaves town with FISA set to expire

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 4:36 pm

🍔 Plus: World Cup tourists marvel in experiencing US food, culture {beacon}   Happy Thursday! I cannot get enough of the social media posts of tourists coming to the U.S. for the World Cup and experiencing American culture. Like: trying Ranch dressing for the first time, seeing the magnitude of a Buc-ee’s and experiencing a Portillo’s hot dog and the milkshake mixed...

Graham: Taking Kharg Island would be 'ultimate game changer' 

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 4:32 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) expressed his support for President Trump’s threat on Thursday to seize Iran’s Kharg Island. “President Trump’s announcement today that it may be time to take Kharg Island is welcome news and would be the ultimate game changer,” he wrote in a social media post Thursday morning.  “The combination of continuing to...

When universities break their promises to protect Jewish students

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 4:30 pm

The charge is larger than campus unrest.

Mace vows to be 'more of a menace than ever' following election loss

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 4:13 pm

Outgoing Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) vowed Thursday to be “more of a menace than ever” as her term winds down.  Responding to comedian Rob Schneider praising her as the “champion we didn’t deserve,” Mace wrote on social platform X, “Never thought I’d get my Congressional send-off from Deuce Bigalow.”  Schneider played Deuce Bigalow, a fish...

Johnson: 'I would not put too much stock' in 'details' of Trump's Kharg Island threat 

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 4:10 pm

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he would “not put too much stock” in President Trump’s Thursday morning threat to seize control of Kharg Island in response to the downing of an Army helicopter this week. “I think he’s communicating directly with our adversaries over there. I would not put too much stock in the details...

Patel: World Cup security 'probably the biggest lift in FBI history' 

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 4:02 pm

FBI Director Kash Patel says his agency is making terrorist attack prevention its top job during the FIFA World Cup games, which kick off Thursday afternoon.  “Extremists have used major global sporting events in the past to do harm and spread their twisted ideologies,” Patel wrote in a Wednesday social media post. “We are totally...

RFK Jr. rips journalist over report he has 'checked out'

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 3:57 pm

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday slammed a New York Times report alleging that some say he appears to be “checked out” from official duties during department meetings and has surrounded himself with political appointees who share his viewpoint.  In a post on social platform X, Kennedy said his day-to-day actions...

El Niño favored to become one of the strongest ever. Here's how it may impact weather in every state

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 3:46 pm

El Niño has officially begun, the Climate Prediction Center announced Thursday. And it's not just any El Niño — this year's is shaping up to be one for the record books.

Election handicapper moves 3 Senate races toward Democrats

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 3:36 pm

A top election handicapper shifted a trio of Senate races toward Democrats, as the minority party looks to regain control of the upper chamber this November. Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics shifted the Alaska race from leans Republican to toss-up, the North Carolina race from toss-up to leans Democratic...

3 Indian sailors confirmed dead in US strike on oil tanker

By: The Hill

Published on: June 11, 2026, 3:34 pm

Three Indian mariners were killed on board a tanker struck by U.S. forces earlier this week over allegedly violating Washington’s blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, according to New Delhi. Indian Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the three people were killed in the “tragic incident” aboard the Palau-flagged MT Settebello. The seafarers...