Former President Barack Obama said Thursday that America’s Founding Fathers “fell terribly short” when they adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776 because they did not immediately abolish slavery. 
Obama made the remarks ahead of the official opening of his sprawling presidential library in Chicago, flanked by other former presidents, including Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Joe Biden. The library, which kicked off its opening day with a land acknowledgment, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-museum-sets-records-including-how-much-itll-cost-you-to-get-in">cost</a> $850 million to construct and opened 3,437 days after Obama left office. 
&#8220;In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration&#8217;s promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property,” Obama said of the document&#8217;s proclamation that &#8220;all men are created equal&#8221; and are &#8220;endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.&#8221;
“But in drafting a Constitution and a Bill of rights, they did have the foresight, the genius, to provide us with a framework that allows each generation to make our union more perfect,” Obama added. 
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“Over more than two centuries, through petitions and protests, marches and strikes, moral appeals from the pulpit and conversations at the family dinner table, men and women from all walks of life, of every color, every faith, every region took up the cause of democracy and made it their own. Until we the People came to include not just some of us, but all of us,” Obama added later.
The Obama family has been infamously critical of America’s past, with former first lady Michelle Obama once claiming that the first time she was ever proud of the United States as an adult was during her husband’s first presidential campaign. 
&#8220;For the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback,” she said on the campaign trail in 2008. 
Obama’s comments come as the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration.
In recognition of that milestone, President Donald Trump has promised to have the “largest fireworks show in history” to celebrate Independence Day. 
Trump said that the festivities will kick off on June 24 with music performed by the Army and Marine Corps military bands and Lee Greenwood. He said that Air Force fighter jets and stealth bombers would fly over for the ceremony taking place on the National Mall.

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The Trump administration will probe whether Major League Baseball is discriminating against Christian players who pushed back against “Pride” month messaging.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon told MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on Thursday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will investigate the league for religious discrimination. The notification came after the league warned several players who wrote Bible verses on the “Pride” caps they were issued for a game. 
“The Civil Rights Act prohibits MLB and its franchises from unreasonably burdening the rights of players with religious objections to serving as the League&#8217;s vehicle for pro-Pride messages,” Dhillon <a href="https://x.com/AAGDhillon/status/2067709644185759938">wrote</a> in a letter to Manfred.
Dhillon suggested that she did not buy the MLB’s claims that they only warned the players because of a policy against writing on uniform equipment.  
“Yet, MLB has allowed players to wear uniform patches reading ‘Black Lives Matter.’ This double standard — under which players may not inscribe Bible verses on hats for one game only but may wear ‘Black Lives Matter’ patches for one game only — calls MLB&#8217;s true motives into question and raises serious concerns about MLB&#8217;s compliance with Title VII,” Dhillon wrote. 
“The Trump Administration is committed to combatting religious discrimination,” Dhillon added. “The Department of Justice will use all available means to hold employers accountable for violating the religious rights of their employees.”
The controversy started last week when San Francisco Giants starting pitcher <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/giants-pitcher-refuses-to-hide-christian-faith-during-pride-night">Landen Roupp</a> wrote a Bible passage found in Genesis onto his cap, right next to the LGBT-themed rainbow logo he was directed to wear. Fellow players JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker also added Bible verses to their caps. 
MLB’s Chief Communications Officer Pat Courtney told The Athletic on Monday that these players have been “warned” about “future violations.” He said that writing on the team’s baseball caps “violates our rules.”
Those warnings spurred backlash from elected officials who argued the MLB was targeting Christians. 
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to Manfred asking him to provide further detail about the league’s policies. 
“The freedom to live out one’s faith does not end at the ballpark gate. Americans of every creed are entitled to confidence that the institutions of our national pastime will not single out religious expression for punishment while celebrating messages of the league’s own choosing,” he said. 
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said that the MLB should expect to be hearing from his office “soon.”

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Convicted murderer Karmelo Anthony has a new lawyer representing his appeal, according to court records. 
Anthony, who was convicted this month for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, will now be represented by court-appointed lawyer Lara Bracamonte Davila, Collin County Court records <a href="https://cijspub.co.collin.tx.us/PublicAccess/CaseDetail.aspx?CaseID=2546749">show</a>. Anthony is currently behind bars after a jury sentenced him to 35 years in prison for murdering Metcalf at a track event in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025. 
Fox News first <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/another-lawyer-joins-karmelo-anthony-appeal-killer-claims-cannot-pay-counsel">reported</a> the news that Bracamonte Davila had been appointed to take over the appeal process. Before Bracamonte Davila was appointed, criminal defense attorney Donny Perales represented Anthony for a short time. 
&#8220;It is expected that the Anthony family will be retaining an attorney for the appeal,” Perales told Fox News. 
Bracamonte Davila describes herself as a lawyer who is “compassionate but tough.” 
“There are many people who don’t have the courage, strength, or knowledge of how to stand up for themselves,” her <a href="https://www.bracamontelawfirm.com/">website</a> says. “I strive to be the voice for the voiceless, whether that’s a teen in trouble, a woman in an abusive situation, a father struggling to gain parental rights, or any individual charged with a crime.”
If someone is found guilty, she says her job is “to ensure the punishment doesn’t exceed the crime.”
One day after a jury sentenced him to prison, Anthony filed a notice of appeal. The filing begins the formal process of challenging both his conviction and sentence, which can take years to progress through the courts and does not guarantee a new trial.
Anthony’s parents have falsely claimed that the jury that sentenced their son was “all white” and blamed racism for the outcome. Kayla Hayes, Anthony’s mother, also claimed that her son was just defending himself when he stabbed the unarmed Metcalf. 
“My son is no murderer. My son didn’t intend to hurt anyone,” Hayes said. “My son was defending himself, and that’s what hurts so bad.”
The judge who oversaw the high-profile case <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-in-karmelo-anthony-murder-trial-breaks-his-silence?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Judge+In+Karmelo+Anthony+Murder+Trial+Breaks+His+Silence">said</a> the jury made the correct decision. 
“Yes,” said Judge John Roach. “They did because they were picked based upon the law, they listened to the facts, it happened in this courtroom, and they got a verdict.”

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Anthony Fauci pushed American intelligence officials to steer questions about the origins of COVID, according to dozens of new documents declassified by outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. 
On her last day in the Trump administration, Gabbard <a href="https://www.odni.gov/files/documents/Newsroom/Reports%20and%20Pubs/COVID-19_Release_DNI_Gabbard_6-18_Index.pdf">published</a> 67 new documents and emails showing Fauci’s involvement with the Intelligence Community’s probe of the origins of COVID. Gabbard also said she found proof of retaliation against intelligence officials who advocated for the now widely-accepted lab leak hypothesis of COVID over the natural origin pushed by Fauci.
“I&#8217;m releasing never before seen communications and documents that expose exactly how Fauci worked with politicized career leadership in the intelligence community to suppress the truth about his actions, the virus&#8217;s lab leak origins, and his role in directing U.S. funding for this dangerous research that caused immeasurable harm and countless lost lives,” Gabbard said in a video posted Thursday night. 
Gabbard added that “the intelligence community almost always incorporated Fauci&#8217;s recommendations.”
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One email from July 13, 2021, showed Intelligence Community investigators discussing how “Dr. Fauci recommended that the IC reach out to the below individuals,” appearing to refer to the authors of a paper pushing the claim that COVID had a natural origin. 
In reply on July 14, 2021, from an unidentified intelligence official, the person claimed Fauci knew “who the real Coronavirus experts are.” 
“In this particular case, given Dr Fauci’s background we absolutely would like to follow-up on his outreach suggestions. In this case he’s not a policymaker … he’s a [Subject Matter Expert] with a wealth of knowledge about current and historical research who probably knows better than most who the real Coronavirus experts are.” 
The unclassified documents reveal that Fauci met with the CIA’s Weapons and Counterproliferation Mission Center on June 4, 2021, where they discussed the origins of COVID and he pushed them to continue going down the natural origin path and encouraged them to contact advocates who thought the virus had a “natural origin.” 
This raises questions about Fauci’s testimony in 2024 when he was vague with lawmakers about his interactions with the Intelligence Community. 
“I can&#8217;t give you the specifics of it,” Fauci <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg55830/html/CHRG-118hhrg55830.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com">replied</a> before pivoting to discussions of anthrax when asked if he had spoken to any U.S. intelligence agency about viral research before, during, or after the COVID-19 pandemic. 
“Politicized, self-serving leaders, like Dr. Fauci, covered up their own wrongdoing and abuses of power, manipulated intelligence, lied to Congress, and undermined a duly elected president by restricting his access to the vital facts he needed to keep the country safe. It&#8217;s time you know the truth,” Gabbard said. 
In response to the release of the documents, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) suggested that he would take further action based on the new information. 
“This release includes additional documents revealing the truth about the lab-leak origins and Fauci’s lies to Congress under oath. I’ve referred Fauci to the DOJ MULTIPLE times for criminal prosecution over his web of lies. Thank you, Director Gabbard,” Paul said. “More to come.”
During his final days in office, President Joe Biden issued a blanket pardon to Fauci to preempt any criminal investigation.

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An ICE officer saved a 6-year-old child from drowning by jumping into a Florida pool and performing emergency CPR.
The Department of Homeland Security said this week that Tampa ICE officer Gregory Simmonds saved a child last month who he found floating unconscious in a pool in Pasco County, Florida. After pulling the child from the pool, Simmonds gave the child CPR until he regained consciousness. 
“This officer swiftly sprung to action and delivered life-saving medical care to this 6-year-old who drowned,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “Our agents truly are the best of the best. They put their lives on the line to arrest the worst of the worst. Instead of demonizing ICE law enforcement, sanctuary politicians should be thanking them for removing criminals from their communities.&#8221;
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Local authorities praised Simmonds for saving the child’s life.
“Due to his quick thinking, decisive actions and willingness to place himself into action during a critical incident, the child survived and is expected to make a full recovery,” said Corporal J. Leathers of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. “His actions directly contributed to saving the life of the child and reflect exceptional courage and selflessness.”
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The incident occurred on May 16. 
In a press release highlighting Simmonds’ actions, the Department of Homeland Security noted other examples of ICE officers taking heroic action. 
In March, an ICE officer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-ice-agent-saves-baby-who-stopped-breathing-in-tsa-line">performed</a> the Heimlich maneuver on a 1-year-old child who experienced a medical emergency and stopped breathing while at JFK International Airport in New York. The child started breathing again after the actions of the ICE officer. 
Another incident occurred in February when two off-duty officers performed CPR on a 4-year-old child found unconscious in a pool in Minnesota. That child eventually regained consciousness. 
ICE has faced increasing public protests across the country from leftist activists attempting to disrupt the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Anti-ICE riots have broken out in California, Minnesota, and New York over detentions of illegal immigrants.

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The man accused of being the ringleader of a group planning to attack the UFC Freedom 250 White House event last weekend is an illegal immigrant from Mexico. 
Abraham Alvarez, who the Justice Department said was “responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the planned attack,” overstayed his visa after being brought into the country as a child. He was first granted deportation relief under former President Barack Obama in 2014, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-ufc-terror-plot-ringleader-mexican-illegal-immigrant-dhs-confirms">reported</a> Thursday. 
Alvarez came on a B2 visa, according to the Department of Homeland Security. A B2 visa typically is given for tourism or medical reasons and the one issued to Alvarez expired in 2001.
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&#8220;This illegal alien from Mexico should never have been allowed in our country,&#8221; DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis told Fox News. &#8220;He was the ringleader of a failed terror attack targeting UFC Freedom 250 at the White House.&#8221;
&#8220;He will face justice and swiftly be removed from our country,&#8221; she added of Alvarez.
The alleged plot would have involved using explosive drones to cause panic at the UFC event before snipers opened fire. Alavarez has been charged with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States.
Alvarez wanted to target President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and trillionaire Elon Musk, according to the criminal complaint from the FBI. Neither Musk nor Netanyahu were at the event.
The FBI said that Alvarez went by the moniker &#8220;Shepherd&#8221; in a group chat where the attack was planned.
&#8220;This is the best action I see. Position your teams in the purple dots (counter sniper and drones) Long range (circled area) (great shot) Easy out into the river,&#8221; Shepherd posted on June 10 alongside maps of the D.C. area, according to the FBI.
Tycen Proper, a 19-year-old charged in the attack, allegedly identified “Shepherd” as “the primary individual involved with planning” and “directly stated that Shepherd was the leader of the group and described him as aggressive in tactical planning.”
“From his home here in Nebraska, Alvarez allegedly directed and recruited others across the country to conduct a horrific attack against government officials in a mass casualty event. Our team worked around the clock to locate and apprehend Alvarez, take him into custody, and collect crucial evidence,” said FBI special agent Eugene Kowel on Tuesday. 
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Law enforcement officials discovered the alleged plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House over the weekend after a concerned mother called police, according to an FBI criminal complaint.
Officers showed up at the home of 19-year-old Tycen Proper on the evening of June 10 after they received a phone call about a “disturbance” from his mother. Proper would later tell investigators that he and multiple others planned to stage a terror attack involving the exploding drones and sniper rifles, FBI Task Force Officer Christopher Betts said in a criminal complaint. 
Proper and four other men have been arrested for their involvement in the alleged plot which appeared to be motivated in part by the government’s handling of the Epstein files. The complaint said that Proper’s mother told police she was “concerned about her son” due “to his recent conduct, including firearms purchases and communicating with certain individuals online.”
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After officers arrived at the home, they spoke with Proper and his parents. His father told police that he “had recently met random people online and had been planning &#8216;recons&#8217; with these individuals.”
In a later interview with the FBI, Proper’s mother claimed that he had “recently begun interacting with a group online that was comprised of individuals who claimed to be ex-military and Christian-based. She didn&#8217;t know the name of the group, but they expressed ultra-religious and anti-government sentiments, specifically citing grievances about government corruption, the handling of the Epstein files, data centers taking up all the water in communities, and other government actions.” 
Proper’s mother also said “she observed him recently engaged in physical training” and “researching and mapping locations in the area just northwest of Washington, D.C.” 
“She stated that she also observed additional images and maps being sent to him from unknown individuals through texts and Discord messages, and she would overhear PROPER talking to these individuals verbally on his phone,” the complaint said. 
The FBI said that the plot aimed to target the wealthy and Republican politicians who the plotters accused of being compromised by Israel, including Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Senator Jim Justice (R-WV), Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV), and Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV). 
“The members of that group stated that they wanted to protect the United States, which they believed was headed in the wrong direction,” the FBI complaint said. “Members of that group believed that the United States needed to be torn down so that it could be rebuilt.”

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YouTube star Jesse Ridgway doubled down on his and his wife’s decision to end the life of their unborn child because of a Down syndrome diagnosis, lashing out at those who said they should have kept the baby. 
“We stand by it. No amount of hate and crazy death threats or calling me a murderer is going to make me change my mind,” he said in a recent video uploaded to social media. “Abortion is legal. We&#8217;re in the state of New Jersey, and you can, you&#8217;re within your right to do that.”
The video came after Ridgway received massive backlash, including from House Speaker Mike Johnson, after he announced to his 350,000 followers on X he and his wife aborted their child because they didn’t want to raise a child with Down syndrome. 
“As long as you can live with yourself and you&#8217;re happy with the decisions that you&#8217;re making and the intention is pure, you&#8217;ll be OK,” he said. “If you&#8217;re getting angry at random strangers on the Internet, on social media, I would encourage you to take a look at your own life.”
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Ridgway added that he and his wife hoped to have a “clean pregnancy” next time, meaning the child would not have a disability because he so “desperately” wanted to be a parent. 
He said people should “stop being so bitter at some couple who&#8217;s just had an abortion, and is making the best decision possible for their family. Just because you don&#8217;t believe in whatever we believe in, or whatever, doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t still be supportive, and people can&#8217;t still be sad.&#8221;
“Think whatever you want,” he added. “I’ll be enjoying my life.”
Between 350,000 and 400,000 Americans have Down syndrome, meaning they were born with an extra chromosome. When polled, these individuals <a href="https://lozierinstitute.org/improving-joyful-lives-societys-response-to-difference-and-disability/">consistently say</a> they are satisfied with their lives and are happy they were born. 
Studies generally show that at least 67% of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome in the United States are aborted. Very few states have protections against disability-based abortions. 
Speaker Johnson criticized Ridgway’s decision, saying it showed a sick culture. 
“Because God made us all in His image, it means EVERY SINGLE PERSON has inestimable DIGNITY and VALUE — and our value is not related in any way to the color of our skin, what zip code we live in, what our talents are, our health condition, or any other factor,” Speaker Johnson <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2062864877471797445">said</a>. “Our value is inherent, because it is given to us by our loving Heavenly Father.”

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The suspects accused of plotting an attack on the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House hoped their actions would “jumpstart” a revolution and were upset about the government’s handling of the Epstein files, according to an FBI complaint. 
A complaint from FBI task force officer Christopher Betts alleged that 19-year-old Tycen Proper of Knox County, Ohio, joined a group that wanted to unleash mass terror at the UFC event. The group wanted to target Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and other elected officials they said had compromised themselves by taking money from “pro-Israel PACs,” according to the complaint. 
In messages plotting the attack, the FBI alleges that Proper wrote, “I got a possible target Marsha Blackburn is senator for Tennessee” because &#8220;she&#8217;s taken money from the Israel pro Israel lobby and supports them.”
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The suspects planned to use explosive drones to drive a crowd in the direction of snipers, according to investigators.
Betts said that Proper, whom local law enforcement arrested last week, “admitted to planning with others a coordinated attack against the United States government during the UFC event scheduled to take place.”
Other elected officials seen as targets were Senator Jim Justice, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Rep. Carol Miller, and Rep. Riley Moore — all of whom hail from West Virginia — Betts said a review of a chat planning the attack revealed. 
“The four images of these members of Congress appear to have been taken from the website ‘TrackAIPAC.com’ and appear to include information about how much money each Congressperson received ‘from pro-Israel PACS,’” Betts said. 
Proper joined a TikTok group called “Vanguard of the Old” in March 2026, where members discussed how they believed the United States needed to be destroyed and rebuilt from the ground up, according to the complaint. Proper allegedly told the FBI that he believed “many of the group members had prior military experience.”
“The members of that group stated that they wanted to protect the United States, which they believed was headed in the wrong direction,” the complaint said. “Members of that group believed that the United States needed to be torn down so that it could be rebuilt.”
“Some expressed a desire that people who were involved with Jeffrey Epstein should not govern the country,” the complaint said. 
The FBI said that local law enforcement first detained Proper after his parents flagged behavior they viewed as suspicious. During a subsequent investigation, law enforcement obtained a search warrant for Proper’s phone and interviewed him. 
The group was set to rendezvous in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the days leading up to the UFC event before local law enforcement notified the FBI. Proper is set for a detention hearing June 17 and a preliminary hearing June 29, both in the Southern District of Ohio.

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A pair of New York Democrats revealed who they were rooting for in the World Cup, and it wasn’t the United States. 
During an appearance last week on New York&#8217;s PIX11 TV channel, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and primary challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier both listed another country when asked who they were &#8220;rooting for&#8221; in the World Cup. The two are candidates in New York’s heavily Democratic 13th congressional district. 
“The first match this week in a MetLife Stadium taking place in New Jersey,” host Dan Mannarino said. “But what do you think will win it all? Who are you rooting for?”
“I like Mexico,” said Espaillat, who <a href="https://espaillat.house.gov/es/media/in-the-news/here%E2%80%99s-why-you-need-know-rep-adriano-espaillat-first-undocumented-immigrant">describes</a> himself as the “first formerly undocumented immigrant” to be elected to Congress. He says that he was brought to the United States from the Dominican Republic illegally by his parents before they were given green cards. 
“I&#8217;m rooting for Senegal,” said Chevalier, a far-Left candidate who identifies as a democratic socialist and is the child of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. 
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&#8220;World Cup — who are you rooting for to win it all?&#8221;
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Darializa Chevalier (D): &#8220;Senegal&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/kIph5m7lrQ">pic.twitter.com/kIph5m7lrQ</a>
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2066653617067626781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Espaillat is the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. He has been in Congress since 2017 and is backed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). 
Chevalier is supported by New York democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a coalition of leftist groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations Action and the New York City Democratic Socialists of America. She previously <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2026/06/like-aoc-but-left/414164/">posted on social media</a>, “f*ck Kamala Harris” and called for “no more police at all ever.”
“The mayor and I strongly disagree as it relates to the congressional races, particularly the endorsement that was made against Congressman Adriano Espaillat,” Jeffries previously <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/14/us-news/jeffries-black-leaders-back-espaillat-rebuffing-mamdani-backed-candidate/">said</a>. “We are fully and squarely behind [Espaillat], and we are going to make sure we do everything we can to ensure he is re-elected.”
Early voting in the race began earlier this month though the official election day is June 23. 
Patriotism has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/patriotism-drops-off-among-democrats-ahead-of-americas-250th-birthday">been declining</a> among Democrats for years, with just 29% of Democrats saying they are extremely or very proud to be an American ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary, according to an NBC News poll released on Sunday. That contrasts with about 90% of Republicans who say they are proud to be Americans. 
The United States defeated Paraguay 4-1 in its first World Cup game last week.

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The FBI thwarted a plot involving explosive-carrying drones and snipers targeting the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House Sunday night, FBI Director Kash Patel said. 
Patel revealed on Tuesday that the FBI first became aware of the plot on June 10 before arresting five suspects in the lead-up to the UFC event. Officials <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-disrupts-alleged-explosive-drone-plot-targeting-white-house-ufc-event-officials-say">told</a> Fox News that the plot involved using explosive-laden drones targeting buildings to herd people in front of a group of snipers. An apparent “second wave” would have then targeted the White House, an official said. 
Those arrested included 19-year-old Tycen Proper, Bryan Omar Roa, and Michael Alan Thomas, Fox News reported. Proper was arrested in Ohio, and Roa and Thomas were arrested in California and charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
Proper was accused of four criminal charges including conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, attempted murder of any officer or employee of the United States, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and receipt or transfer of a firearm used to commit a felony, according to a criminal complaint viewed by The Daily Wire.
The FBI complaint said that local law enforcement showed up at a home in Knox County, Ohio, after Proper&#8217;s mother called them on June 10 at 9:18 p.m. &#8220;concerned about her son, identified as PROPER, due to his recent conduct, including firearms purchases and communicating with certain individuals online.&#8221;
Proper&#8217;s parents told law enforcement that their son had recently quit his job and started communicating online with unknown individuals about &#8220;missions&#8221; and &#8220;recons.&#8221; He also used $3,000 of graduation money to buy &#8220;several boxes of ammunition (estimated by law enforcement to be in the thousands of rounds of ammunition), two plate carriers with AR-style magazines, an AR-style rifle, and a bullpup rifle painted with an American flag,&#8221; according to the complaint. That equipment was turned over to law enforcement. 
Proper was then admitted to a local hospital based on &#8220;homicidal ideations,&#8221; and local law enforcement contacted the FBI. Proper&#8217;s mother alleged to the FBI that he joined a group that &#8220;expressed ultra-religious and anti-government sentiments, specifically citing grievances about government corruption, the handling of the Epstein files, data centers taking up all the water in communities, and other government actions.&#8221; 
On June 11, a search warrant was executed on Proper&#8217;s phone that found Signal chats &#8220;that laid out detailed plans to conduct an attack in Washington D.C.,&#8221; and &#8220;detailed imagery of the National Capitol Region and maps of the area,&#8221; according to the complaint. The maps highlighted &#8220;sniper locations, potential drone launch locations, and other detailed tactical planning,&#8221; according to the complaint. 
That same day, the FBI interviewed Proper, who &#8220;admitted to planning with others a coordinated attack against the United States government during the UFC event scheduled to take place on the White House lawn,&#8221; according to the complaint. 
He &#8220;stated that the plan was for members of his group to act as snipers and additional shooters, preferably with long guns, staged at or near the southern evacuation point to conduct shootings of members of the crowd and [high value targets] as they fled from the explosive devices which had just been detonated. The [high value targets] included both wealthy people and politicians. According to Proper, this attack was designed to &#8216;jumpstart&#8217; a revolution in the United States,&#8221; the complaint found. 
One of the potential targets was Senator Marsha Blackburn because &#8220;she&#8217;s taken money from the Israel pro Israel lobby and supports them,&#8221; according to a text message included in the complaint. Other purported targets included Senator Jim Justice, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Rep. Carol Miller, and Rep. Riley Moore. Their images appeared to be taken from the website &#8220;TrackAIPAC.com,&#8221; according to the complaint. 
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“On June 10, FBI and our law enforcement partners became aware of a potential threat to the UFC America 250 event in Washington, D.C. involving individuals outside of the National Capital Region — and thanks to the rapid action of this FBI, our partners, and the Department of Justice in a multi-state operation, multiple individuals are now in custody and allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold,” Patel said. 
A total of 23 individuals were reportedly investigated over suspected ties to the plot. One suspect was arrested in Cincinnati, Ohio, and others planned to travel to Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the days leading up to the UFC event, the official told Fox News. Plans for the attack were found in Signal chats, investigators said. 
One suspect allegedly told officials that he wanted to target &#8220;capitalist elites,&#8221; billionaires, and politicians who received donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Over 4,000 people showed up to the event, including President Donald Trump, key administration officials, and prominent businessmen like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. 
“While the result represented the best of investigative work, it was also nothing out of the ordinary for this law enforcement team — we are built to detect, respond to, and bring to justice those who threaten the lives of American citizens — particularly during large gatherings like the historic UFC 250 fight,” Patel added. “That’s exactly what we did here. I want to thank our great agents and partners, this work remains ongoing and we will continue to update the public as permitted.”
The attack was allegedly planned after a recent surge in Left-wing violence with the assassination of Charlie Kirk, attacks targeting Trump and administration officials, and the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The man accused of starting the Lachman and Palisades fires was reportedly inspired by Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering Thompson.

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Former President Barack Obama says he does not expect any deal made with Iran to be an “improvement” from the deal he negotiated, which was scrapped by President Donald Trump.
Obama made the comments in an interview with ABC News that was recorded before Trump announced on Sunday that a deal with Iran had been reached. Trump withdrew from Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran during his first term in May 2018, arguing that it would pave the way for Iran to build nuclear weapons. 
“It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place, and had worked for a long stretch of time before we, the United States, pulled out of it,” Obama said. “So I&#8217;m hopeful that bombing stops and ordinary people are no longer suffering as a consequence of the war.”
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“In retrospect, it&#8217;s a reminder that on a lot of difficult foreign policy problems the notion that we can just bully our way or bomb our way to solutions may sometimes seem appealing,” Obama added. “You&#8217;d think we would have learned that lesson by now, but it seems like every so often we have to relearn that lesson again.”
In a post on Saturday, Trump attacked Obama’s deal, saying it “was an easy, beautiful, smooth road to a Nuclear Weapon.”
“My Agreement with Iran is the exact opposite, A WALL TO NO NUCLEAR WEAPON! In fact, they no longer want a Nuclear Weapon, nor will they have one, either through purchase, development, or any other form of procurement,” Trump said. 
The exact terms of the deal are not yet known, but Trump said Sunday that it was “complete” and that it would involve the opening up of the Strait of Hormuz without tolls and the end of the U.S. naval blockade. 
“This Great Deal will bring Peace and Security to the whole Region. Many presidents have tried to make Peace with Iran, and all have failed before me,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “The Leaders of the Region have, for the first time, found a President who can help them achieve real Peace. With the opening of the Strait upon the signing of the Deal on Friday, for purposes of mine removal, oil will flow on both ends again for the Region, and the World!”
Vice President JD Vance plans to travel to Switzerland for the signing of the deal and Trump, who will be in Europe for the G7 summit, is considering attending as well.

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