As Washington, D.C., prepares for the June 14 military parade to celebrate the Army&#8217;s 250th birthday, President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that anyone who wants to protest the event &#8220;will be met with very big force.&#8221;
The parade, which also falls on Trump&#8217;s 79th birthday, will feature tanks, helicopters, and thousands of troops marching in uniforms that represent periods going all the way back to the Revolutionary War, NBC Washington <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/trumps-military-parade-in-dc-heres-what-to-know/3930168/#:~:text=A%20massive%20military%20parade%20in,to%20have%20a%20great%20celebration.%22">reported</a>. Nationwide protests, including in cities surrounding D.C., are planned for Saturday to counter the Army parade, according to <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/07/no-kings-protest-trump-military-parade-june-14">Axios</a>.
Going by the name &#8220;No Kings,&#8221; the demonstration organizers hope to attract protesters in 1,500 cities across the country and all 50 states. However, no &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protest is planned for D.C., as the organizers said they want to &#8220;create contrast, not conflict.&#8221;
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, &#8220;We&#8217;re going to be celebrating big on Saturday.&#8221;
&#8220;And if there&#8217;s any protester that wants to come out, they will be met with very big force,&#8221; Trump said, adding, &#8220;And I haven&#8217;t even heard about a protest, but you know, [these are] people who hate our country, but they will be met with very heavy force.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> on this weekend&#39;s Army 250 Celebration in D.C.: &quot;We&#39;re going to be celebrating big on Saturday — and if there&#39;s any protester that wants to come out, they will be met with very big force.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/b1rCFuJI9x">pic.twitter.com/b1rCFuJI9x</a>
&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1932480100026511650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump&#8217;s comments on the upcoming military parade come after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-sends-another-2000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a">deployed</a> thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines to Los Angeles in response to anti-ICE riots that started over the weekend. The president also said on Tuesday that his actions to mobilize the military to L.A. kept the city from &#8220;burning to the ground.&#8221;
California <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-sues-trump-over-national-guard-deployment-says-president-manufactured-crisis">sued</a> Trump over his move to send in the National Guard, arguing that it infringed on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s power and that Trump&#8217;s move was &#8220;a manufactured crisis.&#8221; During his gaggle with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump defended his decision, saying he didn&#8217;t want to repeat the approach he took during the riots in the summer of 2020, which broke out following the death of George Floyd while in police custody.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been here before, and I went right by every rule. And I waited for governors to say, &#8216;Send in the National Guard.&#8217; They wouldn&#8217;t do it, they just wouldn&#8217;t do it, and it kept going on and on. It got worse and worse, and in Minneapolis, that city was burning down.&#8221;
&#8220;I said to myself, &#8216;If that stuff happens again, we&#8217;ve got to make faster decisions,'&#8221; the president added.
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&quot;I&#39;ve been here before and I went right by every rule,&quot; says <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> on deploying the National Guard.
&quot;I waited for governors to say, &#39;Send in the National Guard&#39;. They wouldn&#39;t do it &#8230; I said to myself, &#39;If that stuff happens again, we&#39;ve got to make faster decisions.&#39;&quot; <a href="https://t.co/bQAaIkbSCn">pic.twitter.com/bQAaIkbSCn</a>
&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1932478660046356893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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A Washington, D.C., park at the center of this weekend&#8217;s Pride festivities will be closed to prevent the vandalism that occurred in years past.
Dupont Circle Park closed at 6 p.m. on Thursday and will remain closed through about 6 p.m. on Sunday, the National Park Service <a href="https://www.nps.gov/nama/learn/management/dupontcirclerod.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a>.
Early Friday morning, temporary fencing was erected around the park.
The decision comes as after days of back-and-forth between federal and local authorities over the issue, as well as backlash from WorldPride 2025 attendees, who hoped the park would remain open.
Washington, D.C., is hosting WorldPride 2025, which will have a plethora of events from Friday to Sunday. The events <a href="https://worldpridedc.org/events/welcome-center/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">include</a> at least four drag queen story hours including &#8220;Indigenous Drag Story Hour,&#8221; an event about &#8220;Deaf Queer Dating,&#8221; and a talk by a trans-identifying woman titled, &#8220;Propaganda &amp; Transphobia: How Trans People Became the Political Pawn.&#8221;
Dupont Circle Park was closed at the request of the United States Park Police, which said it was necessary to “secure the park, deter potential violence, reduce the risk of destructive acts and decrease the need for extensive law enforcement presences.”
Washington, D.C., Police Chief Pamela Smith originally requested to close the park, but she later <a href="https://www.nps.gov/nama/learn/management/upload/Recession-of-Request-for-Anti-Scale-Fencing-Dupont-Circle-Park-6-3-25.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrew</a> that request &#8220;after hearing from community leaders and residents.&#8221;
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However, she noted that in recent years, the park has been vandalized and has seen other violent illegal activity around the time of Pride festivities.
In 2019, gunshots were heard in the park causing people to flee, and a person was arrested. In 2023, the park was vandalized to the tune of $175,000 in damage to a historic fountain. Last year, &#8220;large groups of juveniles&#8221; in the park engaged in &#8220;illegal activities, including drinking alcohol, smoking marijuana, and engaging in fights&#8221; and also &#8220;ran into a local business and stole items,&#8221; the police chief noted in her letter to the Park Police.
The Park Police pushed for a closure anyway, noting that &#8220;the threat of violence, criminal acts and [park] resource destruction&#8221; has &#8220;only increased&#8221; over the last few weeks.
For example, a local DJ was selling tickets to an &#8220;unpermitted gathering/party&#8221; in Dupont Circle after the World Pride events, the Park Police said.
&#8220;This social media advertisement is stating that this is the same DJ and &#8216;party&#8217; as the previous several years, which have resulted in the unsafe conditions and damages recounted above,&#8221; the Park Police <a href="https://www.nps.gov/nama/learn/management/upload/2025-06-03-USPP-Dupont-Circle-Closure-Memo-Update.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a June 4 letter to National Park Service leadership.

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The D.C. leftist who spit on then-U.S. Attorney Ed Martin could be jailed for violating the conditions of her release by continuing to harass Martin since her arrest.
Emily Gabriella Sommer threatened Martin via X on Tuesday, using racial slurs against him and seemingly implying that D.C. jurors will engage in jury nullification by refusing to convict her, prosecutors said Thursday.
Sommer was able to post on social media because of the court&#8217;s leniency, which released her without bail on May 22, the same day she was arrested, after she spit on Martin on camera while he was giving a TV interview.
The government had not requested pretrial detention, but the conditions of her release prohibited &#8220;all contact, directly or indirectly, with any person who is or may be a victim or witness in the investigation or prosecution, including&#8230; Ed Martin.&#8221;
Prosecutors found that Sommer, posting from her X handle with the display name &#8220;lefttits,&#8221; this week tagged Martin and wrote, &#8220;My property has essentially been seized and I do not have the basic necessities nor money to provide for myself nor my dog. F*** you, Ed&#8230; but since you&#8217;ve once again made me hostage in this city, I&#8217;ll make sure it eats you alive and spits you back out, like the felony &#8216;assault&#8217; you&#8217;ve alleged, wit your punk-ass-b****-cuckold-neo-beo-no-brained-Neaderthal (no shade to actual non-Sapiens) cracka ass, jive-turkey redneck from the Midwest.&#8221;
&#8220;You mad, bro? You got fired, and then caught a loogie to the shoulder. I don&#8217;t think that makes you any sort of &#8216;active&#8217; official. You&#8217;re in the wrong court&#8230; Come at me dawg,&#8221; she added.
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Sommer also harangued Jeanine Pirro, who replaced Martin as President Donald Trump&#8217;s U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia after it became clear the Senate would not confirm him.
&#8220;Lmaooooo @JudgeJeanine is the bish that took your job. That&#8217;s gotta hurt. And she&#8217;s got so much trash talk comin her way too, don&#8217;t worry bish, you&#8217;ll get it too,&#8221; she wrote, according to court papers.
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This afternoon acting DC US Atty Ed Martin was spit on by a psychotic lib during our interview. Hope she’s ready for a nice stretch in jail. <a href="https://t.co/2Y5hj41V0l">pic.twitter.com/2Y5hj41V0l</a>
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Sommer was charged with &#8220;assaulting, resisting, or impeding a government official&#8221; and arrested on May 22. &#8220;In the course of the arrest, the Defendant kicked and spit on one Deputy United States Marshal and kicked another Deputy United States Marshal,&#8221; prosecutors said in court papers.
Pirro on Thursday asked Judge Matthew Sharbaugh to revoke the conditions of Sommer&#8217;s release, saying &#8220;there is clear and convincing evidence that the Defendant violated a condition of release.&#8221;
She <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.280796/gov.uscourts.dcd.280796.9.0_1.pdf">wrote</a> that tagging Martin &#8220;would likely cause the post to appear in the Notifications tab of the victim&#8217;s X account. The posts, therefore, violated the Court&#8217;s order to &#8216;avoid all contact, directly or indirectly&#8217; with the victim.&#8221;
&#8220;The Defendant’s conduct demonstrates that the Defendant is unlikely to abide by any condition or combination of conditions of release. In particular, the charged assault and subsequent assaults on law enforcement officers demonstrate the Defendant’s unwillingness to abide by the law and comply with lawful authorities. Likewise, the Defendant’s recent X posts demonstrate a disregard for the conditions of release set by this Court, which the Defendant agreed to follow less than two weeks ago,&#8221; she wrote.
On May 8, Sommer approached Martin outside the courthouse as he was giving an on-camera interview with Newsmax. She said, &#8220;Are you Ed Martin? You are. Ed Martin.&#8221;
&#8220;Next, Sommer lunged at [Martin] and spit on [his] left shoulder. Sommer then walked eastbound onto D Street Northwest and yelled, &#8216;You are a disgusting man. F*** you, Ed Martin. My name is Emily Gabriella Sommer, and you are served,&#8221; court papers said.
Investigators found that Sommer used an X account in her name, @EmilyGabriellaS, to continue to take credit for the assault. Hours afterwards, she began replying to Martin&#8217;s tweets.
Under a message that said &#8220;Make D.C. Safe Again,&#8221; touting the prosecution of a man who shot a five-year old, she wrote, &#8220;ED, that was me that spit in your face today in front of your not USDC for D.C. Courthouse, that absolutely definitely spit in your face on camera. Hi, hello. A pleasure to hawk a dehydrated, pithy white foam spit into your face. I only apologize that this city left me so dehydrated and unable to get water that I couldn&#8217;t produce more to stain and drip down your face.&#8221;
Sommer, a graduate of the University of Southern California, is represented by a public defender.
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Elon Musk escalated his falling out with President Donald Trump with what he characterized as a &#8220;really big bomb&#8221; on Thursday, stating that Trump is &#8220;in the Epstein files&#8221; and has been fighting against their release.
Musk&#8217;s stunning comment was made in a post on X amid what has quickly become an ugly falling out after the tech billionaire started to criticize the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; which Trump supports. Musk says the administration has not released files linked to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein because the commander in chief himself is mentioned in the documents.
&#8220;Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930703865801810022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in one post. He <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930706186266890457" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> in a follow-up: &#8220;Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.&#8221;
As of press time, Trump has not given a direct response to Musk&#8217;s assertion concerning Epstein, however the president did say in <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114632205177163456" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posts</a> on Truth Social that his one-time ally &#8220;just went CRAZY!&#8221; and <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114632206992330264" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> his government subsidies and contracts were in jeopardy.
Trump&#8217;s association with Epstein are known, though the president has denied any involvement with Epstein&#8217;s criminal acts. Some materials that have already been disclosed, including flight logs and court records, have made mentions of Trump being socially linked to Epstein. However, they have not presented any evidence implicating Trump in wrongdoing.
In 2008, after Epstein was accused of sexually abusing female minors in Florida, he reached a deal with federal prosecutors. He pleaded guilty to state-level prostitution charges, registered as a sex offender, and served roughly 13 months in jail and in a work-release program.
Last fall, in a conversation with podcaster Lex Fridman, Trump <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCbfTN-caFI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> that he would have &#8220;no problem&#8221; with releasing documents related to Epstein if he won the presidential election in November. He also addressed Epstein&#8217;s so-called &#8220;pedophile island,&#8221; saying, &#8220;A lot of big people went to that island, but fortunately, I was not one of them.&#8221;
Epstein died at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in August 2019 after being arrested on sex trafficking charges involving young girls and pleading not guilty. Top officials in Trump&#8217;s FBI insist Epstein killed himself, and recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/clear-as-day-bongino-says-fbi-will-release-convincing-video-on-epsteins-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teased</a> the release of video.
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Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime companion, is serving a 20-year prison sentence after being found guilty of conspiring with Epstein to traffic and sexually abuse underage girls. She has since appealed the conviction.
With regard to the &#8220;Epstein files,&#8221; Trump&#8217;s administration faced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yesterdays-epstein-files-release-was-a-total-disaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">controversy</a> in February when it released documents to well-known X personalities, only for people to quickly realize that the supposedly new records had already been disclosed.
Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pam-bondi-says-fbi-lied-to-her-about-turning-over-all-of-the-epstein-files" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> the FBI lied to her about turning over all the files. She later <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1896754684708188658" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Fox News a &#8220;truckload&#8221; of evidence arrived and FBI Director Kash Patel would give her a &#8220;detailed report&#8221; on why the materials had been withheld.
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The Kennedy Center has issued a response to the “fake news” article which was published in The Washington Post on Tuesday asserting that subscriptions dropped dramatically compared to the previous year.
“Your comparison isn’t accurate because of several factors,” the statement from Kim Cooper, Senior Vice President of Marketing, began. “We strategically launched later this year vs. last year. Our renewal campaign is just kicking off and our hard-copy season brochures have not yet hit homes.”
The statement goes on to explain how patrons often wait for the hard copy brochures to arrive before renewing.
“Also, earlier this year, and for the first time ever in Kennedy Center history, we launched a brand new option that lets subscribers mix and match genres within a single subscription,” Cooper continued. “It is a highly requested feature we’re proud to deliver as part of our commitment to giving people more choice and flexibility. It also expands our ability to reach new audiences.”
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The statement teased upcoming announcements and new genres that will have a “strong appeal” to audiences of all ages.
This response came after the Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater/2025/06/03/kennedy-center-subscription-sales-decline/">article</a> claimed subscriptions were down $1.6 million, or 36%, compared to the year before. The anonymous staffer blamed the drop on “mismanagement by the new leadership.”
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President Trump made waves earlier this year when he promised to reform the Kennedy Center, which began when he replaced its board and was elected chairman. Trump also tapped Special Envoy Richard Grenell to serve as the Center’s president.
“At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., GREAT AGAIN,” Trump wrote in February. “Just last year, the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth — THIS WILL STOP.”
Ever since, the Center has been pivoting to family friendly content, which has been successful thus far. Most recently, they sold out two showings of the bible-based film “The King of Kings.” It fits in with the Center’s new leadership being focused on offering high-quality entertainment that’s free from radical progressive messaging.
And so far it’s been successful. The Center broke their all-time attendance record in March of this year when 11,000 visitors showed up to see the EARTH to SPACE: Arts Breaking the Sky fireworks show, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kennedy-center-breaks-all-time-attendance-record-after-lib-meltdown-over-trump?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Kennedy+Center+Breaks+All-Time+Attendance+Record+After+Lib+Meltdown+Over+Trump">reported</a>. A majority of those attending were visiting the venue for the first time ever.

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Former New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would focus his attention on fighting the Trump administration and spend &#8220;eight years in Washington&#8221; if he wins his election for mayor of New York City.
In a piece published by <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/03/cuomo-reportedly-under-probe-by-trumps-doj-wants-to-organize-dems-nationally-00381794">POLITICO</a> on Tuesday, Cuomo, 67, revealed his strategy to use the mayoral office to push back against Trump&#8217;s policies and campaign for Democrats to retake the House. Cuomo, who resigned from his position as governor over allegations that he sexually harassed numerous women, is being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justice-department-probe-takes-aim-at-andrew-cuomo-amid-his-nyc-mayoral-bid">investigated</a> by the Department of Justice for allegedly lying to Congress over a report that covered up the number of COVID deaths at nursing homes during the pandemic.
Asked how he would &#8220;handle working with the president while potentially under criminal investigation,&#8221; Cuomo replied, “I would spend eight years in Washington — go to that U.S. Conference of Mayors, go to the National Governors Association. [Trump&#8217;s] cutting Medicaid. Medicaid is not a blue-city, blue-state situation. That is in every state. That is a lot of red Congressional districts. And he could lose the House on cutting Medicaid if you organized it and got it moving.”
“You’re going to have to be a spokesperson, advocate, organizer,” he added. “This is what Medicaid means in Mississippi, this is what Medicaid means in Texas. … And you organize that, they don’t have a lot of Congressional seats left to lose.”
Trump, whose second term in office will end in less than four years, has <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-medicaid-were-not-touching-anything">promised</a> that Republicans are &#8220;not touching anything&#8221; when it comes to Medicaid benefits, adding, &#8220;All I want is one thing. Three words. We don&#8217;t want any waste, fraud or abuse. Very simple — waste, fraud, abuse.&#8221;
Cuomo has also faced scrutiny over an order he issued as governor in 2020 requiring New York nursing homes to accept patients even if they tested positive for COVID. In the interview with POLITICO, Cuomo described the DOJ investigation as &#8220;laughable&#8221; and &#8220;purely political nonsense.&#8221;
According to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), there is “overwhelming evidence” that Cuomo knew about an audit that undercounted COVID nursing home deaths in New York by 46%. A report from New York Attorney General Letitia James also found that Cuomo&#8217;s nursing home policy &#8220;requiring nursing homes to take in patients from hospitals who had COVID-19 and were stable enough to be discharged had likely contributed to the loss of life,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/cuomo-undercounted-nursing-home-deaths-by-as-much-as-50-report-finds">ProPublica</a>.
Cuomo initially claimed that he was not involved in the report that undercounted COVID nursing home deaths, but now he says that he doesn&#8217;t recall reviewing the report, according to POLITICO.
“My thing is, I don’t recall. There’s no incorrect statement in, I don’t recall,” he said.
The former New York governor is currently leading in the polls to replace incumbent NYC Mayor Eric Adams, a registered Democrat running as an independent this election cycle, but Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is receiving <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nycs-mayoral-race-takes-sharp-turn-putting-muslim-socialist-neck-and-neck-with-cuomo">surging</a> support and cutting Cuomo&#8217;s lead in the Democratic primary, according to a PIX11/Emerson College poll released last week.
In the poll, Cuomo stands at 54.4% to Mamdani&#8217;s 45.6%, a massive swing from late March when Cuomo was ahead 38% to 10%.

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The Kennedy Center kicked off June by continuing on their mission of offering family friendly content for visitors of all ages. The Washington, D.C.-based entertainment venue debuted the Angel Studios hit film, “The King of Kings,” on June 1.
“This animated film is the perfect family experience, and we are thrilled to bring a special viewing to the Kennedy Center,&#8221; Ambassador Richard Grenell, President of The John F. Kennedy Center, said in a <a href="https://www.angel.com/press/release/the-kennedy-center-to-host-free-screening-of-the-animated-film-the-king-of">press release</a>. “When I saw the advertising campaign for ‘The King of Kings,’ I immediately knew we needed to have it come to the Kennedy Center. Coincidentally, I was asked to be on a panel with the CEO of Angel Studios, so I cornered him. This is family-friendly programming that we will be doing more of in the future.”
Jordan Harmon, President of Angel distribution company, added, “The success of the film proves that when you give the audience the power to choose, they’ll elevate stories that matter and that will amplify light to families around the globe. The Kennedy Center has the pulse on art and entertainment that is impacting our culture, and to see this film celebrated there is a victory for faith, family, and the future of storytelling.”
Both shows were completely sold out and the on-site prayer wall was totally full, a rep from the Center confirmed with The Daily Wire. The theater included people of all ages and from all backgrounds applauding the animated film about the life of Jesus.
As of May 22, “The King of Kings” has grossed a total of $66.9 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful bible-based films in history.
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A synopsis of the film says, “A father tells his son the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and understanding His ultimate sacrifice. The King of Kings invites us to rediscover the enduring power of hope, love, and redemption through the eyes of a child.”
Film critics and theatergoers were both effusive with their praise of the film. It currently has a 97% audience score on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_king_of_kings">Rotten Tomatoes</a>.
Trump made headlines earlier this year when he promised to reform the Kennedy Center, which began when he replaced its board and was elected chairman. Trump also tapped Special Envoy Richard Grenell to serve as the Center’s president.
“At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., GREAT AGAIN,” Trump wrote in February. “Just last year, the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth — THIS WILL STOP.”

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The Kennedy Center Kicks Off June With Sold Out Showings Of ‘The King Of Kings’

The Kennedy Center Kicks Off June With Sold Out Showings Of 'The King Of Kings'

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WASHINGTON — The former director of the National Portrait Gallery, who has been removed from her job, openly pushed diversity, equity, and inclusion from her position as head of a top United States museum.
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that Kim Sajet was removed from her position, accusing Sajet of being &#8220;a highly partisan person&#8221; and &#8220;a strong supporter of DEI.&#8221;
&#8220;Upon the request and recommendation of many people, I am herby terminating the employment of Kim Sajet as Director of the National Portrait Gallery,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;She is a highly partisan person, and a strong supporter of DEI, which is totally inappropriate for her position. Her replacement will be named shortly. Thank you for your attention to this matter!&#8221;
Sajet, a <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Kim%20Sajet">long time Democrat donor</a>, has served since 2013 as the director of the Smithsonian&#8217;s National Portrait Gallery, which contains 1,700 portraits of United States presidents and is located less than a mile away from the White House itself. A review of her <a href="https://www.kimsajet.com/post/atlantic-festival-race-justice-summit-jill-lepore">remarks to media</a> show that she was heavily focused on promoting and highlighting art based on ideology.
&#8220;Are the categories sexist, ableist, racist?&#8221; Sajet <a href="https://archive.ph/MfPtK#selection-1417.0-1421.162">said in one Washington Post interview</a> as she discussed the National Portrait Gallery&#8217;s &#8220;language justice.&#8221; &#8220;How can we be respectful of communities that have been hurt and continue to be hurt? How do we be inclusive?&#8221;
Her LinkedIn profile described the National Portrait Gallery as &#8220;not just a place to see famous Americans,&#8221; but a place that &#8220;explores identity as a social construct that has been shaped in equal measure by opportunity &amp; ability, prejudice &amp; fear, by taking a cross-disciplinary approach.&#8221;
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She was also in charge of the gallery&#8217;s &#8220;America&#8217;s Presidents&#8221; exhibit with labels summing up each man in about 140 words. She told the Guardian in late 2024 that &#8220;we try very much not to editorialise,&#8221; claiming, &#8220;I don’t want by reading the label to get a sense of what the curator’s opinion is about that person. I want someone reading the label to understand that it’s based on historical fact.”
Yet the caption under Trump&#8217;s photo reads, in part: “Impeached twice, on charges of abuse of power and incitement of insurrection after supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, he was acquitted by the Senate in both trials. After losing to Joe Biden in 2020, Trump mounted a historic comeback in the 2024 election. He is the only president aside from Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) to have won a nonconsecutive second term.”
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Sajet&#8217;s firing comes after Trump&#8217;s executive order &#8220;Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,&#8221; a March 27 order that promised to &#8220;restore the Smithsonian Institution to its rightful place as a symbol of inspiration and American greatness –- igniting the imagination of young minds, honoring the richness of American history and innovation, and instilling pride in the hearts of all Americans.&#8221;
&#8220;Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology,&#8221; the order stated. &#8220;This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.&#8221;
Sajet did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Streaming platform Twitch suspended leftist streamer Hasan Piker after he suggested that the Washington, D.C., terror attack that killed two Israeli embassy staff looked like a &#8220;false flag&#8221; incident.
Piker <a href="https://x.com/hasanthehun/status/1926464081696825702" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> about his suspension on Saturday along with a screenshot of a message from Twitch explaining that his account has been temporarily suspended over “improper handling of terrorist propaganda.”
“i covered the motives of the israeli embassy staff shooter. twitch tos dictates a suspension for even critical examination of the manifesto. i believe this is a bad policy for news and press freedom. ill take the suspension, but hope twitch changes this policy in the future [sic],” Piker posted.
The suspension came after Piker, whose Twitch account has over 2.8 million followers, said that the D.C. terror attack that took place on Wednesday night had all the hallmarks of a false flag operation.
A false flag is an incident staged to lay the blame on a particular person or group. In this case, conspiracy theorists have claimed that the terror attack in Washington was carried out to portray the “free Palestine” movement badly.
“I’m not ‘Mr. False Flag’ at all, but, like, every single thing that he did in the aftermath of the shooting is so f***ing crazy that it’s, like, you could not have designed a f***ing incident like this. You could not have designed a better false flag incident like this,” Piker said, referring to the alleged shooter Elias Rodriguez.
“I’m not saying it is a false flag incident at all. I’m not saying that. I think this is just one dude who is genuine in his actions and maybe, you know, a little bit brain broken, okay?” he added.
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Hasan Piker has been SUSPENDED from Twitch! 
Just days ago, he called the murderer behind the DC assassination of two Israeli Embassy staffers “genuine.”
Coincidence? <a href="https://t.co/zzZdkFEdb3">pic.twitter.com/zzZdkFEdb3</a>
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The New York Times recently profiled Piker as &#8220;A Progressive Mind in a Body Made for the ‘Manosphere,’ suggesting that he could help liberals rebound with young men who have been lost by Democrats.
It came even though Piker has a history of making controversial statements. In 2019, Piker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-young-turks-host-mock-dan-crenshaws-war-amanda-prestigiacomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on one stream that the United States “deserved” the 9-11 terror attacks.
“Americas foreign policy decisions has lead to 911. this would’ve been a controversial thing to say in 2001. stop being a f***ing idiot,” he said in follow-up social media posts.
Prosecutors charged Rodriguez on Thursday with a slew of federal and local charges related to the Wednesday evening shooting that killed Israeli Embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26. Lischinsky and Milgrim were dating and soon to be engaged.
Rodriguez has been charged with three federal counts: murder of foreign officials, causing the death of a person through the use of a firearm, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence. He was charged with two additional local counts of first degree murder.
After he shot Lischinsky and Milgrim, Rodriguez met police and began shouting pro-Palestinian phrases and saying he “did it for Palestine,” according to an FBI affidavit of the shooting.
“[Rodriguez] spontaneously stated on scene to MPD, ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza, I am unarmed.’ [Rodriguez] was holding a red scarf identified by one witness as a ‘Kaffiyeh.’ As MPD officers were escorting [Rodriguez] from the Museum, he shouted ‘Free Palestine,’” the affidavit says.

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Leftist Hasan Piker Booted From Twitch Over Remark About D.C. Terror Attack

Hasan Piker Booted From Twitch After Saying D.C. Terror Attack Looked Like ‘False Flag’

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez received harsh backlash after posting about a terror attack outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last week.
The New York Democrat condemned the attack and antisemitism, but her message was rejected by many who pointed to her past remarks on the war in Gaza. Ocasio-Cortez has repeatedly made unsubstantiated accusations against Israel of committing genocide in its war against the terror group Hamas.
“Absolutely nothing justifies the murder of innocents. I am devastated by the killing of two people outside an @AJCGlobal event here in Washington. Our prayers are with the victims, families, and loved ones of all impacted,” Ocasio-Cortez post on X. “As we await more details, we must be clear that hatred has no home here. Antisemitism is a threat to all we hold dear as a society. It must be confronted and rooted out everywhere.”
Commenters ripped her for hypocrisy. One <a href="https://x.com/hale_razor/status/1925532451952370172" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quipped</a> on the congresswoman’s post: “Match-lighter Condemns Blaze.”
Arsen Ostrovsky, CEO of The International Legal Forum, responded to Ocasio-Cortez: “‘Two people’? They were two JEWS. And more specifically, worked at the Israeli Embassy. These are pertinent details. Maybe you ought to be more mindful of your relentless inflammatory rhetoric, that only emboldens the kinds of perpetrators from tonight’s heinous attack.”
American Principles Project President Terry Schilling called on Ocasio-Cortez to apologize for her past rhetoric against Israel. “You need to apologize for your complicity. Stochastic terrorism and all,” he <a href="https://x.com/Schilling1776/status/1925506098636681539" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Stephen Miller, contributing editor at The Spectator, pointed out that, according to the FBI, the shooter <a href="https://x.com/redsteeze/status/1925551495245607216" target="_blank" rel="noopener">yelled</a> “Free Palestine” after killing Israeli Yaron Lischinsky and American Sarah Lynn Milgrim on Wednesday.
Ocasio-Cortez has often expressed sympathy and support for the “free Palestine” cause. In 2019, Ocasio-Cortez excused violence from Palestinians against Israel by accusing Israel of “occupation” in Judea and Samaria where terrorism is <a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/01/06/more-than-1000-terror-attacks-in-west-bank-and-jerusalem-thwarted-in-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prevalent</a> through Palestinian society.
“I believe that injustice is a threat to the safety of all people, because once you have a group that is marginalized and marginalized and marginalized — once someone doesn&#8217;t have access to clean water, they have no choice but to riot, right?” she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-palestinians-no-choice-riot-against-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in an interview on “Ebro in the Morning.”
In more recent comments, Ocasio-Cortez has accused Israel of committing a “genocide” in Gaza after Hamas committed the single deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust.
“As we speak, in this moment, 1.1 million innocents in Gaza are at famine’s door,” Ocasio-Cortez <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/24/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-israel-gaza-genocide-cnntv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a speech on the House floor in March 2024. “A famine that is being intentionally precipitated through the blocking of food and global humanitarian assistance by leaders in the Israeli government.”
“If you want to know what an unfolding genocide looks like,” she added, “open your eyes.”
Throughout the course of the war, Israel has allowed outside aid to flow into Gaza, often consisting of hundreds of aid trucks a day. The aid has often been stolen by terrorists once inside Gaza, however. Israel has blamed ineffective distribution systems run by the United Nations for aiding terrorists in Gaza.
Israel has recently relaxed a freeze on aid into the territory, however, trucks <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-kill-palestinians-protecting-gaza-aid-trucks-hamas-says-2025-05-23/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">entering</a> Gaza are still being attacked and looted by armed men once inside Gaza, risking the aid falling again into the hands of Hamas.

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‘Match-Lighter Condemns Blaze’: AOC Shredded For Past Comments After Antisemitic Terror Attack

‘Match-lighter Condemns Blaze’: AOC Shredded For Past Comments After Antisemitic Terror Attack

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WASHINGTON—Internal documents obtained by The Daily Wire reveal the extent of the deficit spending that occurred at The Kennedy Center under the Biden administration — a scheme that left the performing arts center deep in debt and could open leaders up to potential legal action.
Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell this week told the organization’s board of directors that, under the direction of recently departed president Debra Rutter, the group “found $26 million in phantom revenue, fake revenue.”
“It’s criminal,” Grenell said, adding that “We’re going to refer this to the U.S. attorney’s office.”
Rutter denied the allegations, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/05/20/trump-kennedy-center-claims-financial-mismanagement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">telling</a> the Washington Post that she and her leadership team prepared a budget each year that was approved by the board of directors. But in a letter to Grenell obtained by The Daily Wire, Kennedy Center Chief Financial Officer Donna Arduin says that Rutter’s budget claim is irrelevant.
“Budgets and audits are on vastly different timetables and audits do not review the budgeting process,” Arduin wrote. “Audits are released up to a half year after the conclusion of the fiscal year, whereas budgets are approved well in advance of the fiscal year.”
Arduin, known as one of the <a href="https://alec.org/person/donna-arduin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nation’s leading budget experts</a>, came to the Kennedy Center after stints in top roles across the country. She’s been brought in to right the budgets of California under Arnold Schwarzenegger, New York under George Pataki, and Florida under Jeb Bush.
In her months at the Kennedy Center, she determined that Kennedy Center leadership “veiled the fiscal year 2025 budget with $26 million in fictitious revenue and did not properly disclose such to the Board,” according to a letter to Grenell. In short, Arduin writes in the letter, “the Board believed that they were in good faith passing a balanced budget.&#8221;
Additionally, Arduin notes in her letter to Grenell that “under Rutter&#8217;s watch, the Center&#8217;s leadership team changed the name of the debt reserve fund that held $54 million of donor contributions for the retirement of our bank loan to the ‘sustainability fund,’ apparently to appear that new funds had been raised for budget sustainability, and spent it to mask deficits.”
This is the latest revelation of trouble at the Kennedy Center, which has become a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-kennedy-center-is-40-million-in-debt-will-make-major-cuts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flashpoint</a> in the second Trump administration. Trump has pledged to make serious improvements to the performing arts center, repairing its outdated facilities and purging its repertoire of drag shows and other “woke” programming.
Program offerings under former Kennedy Center leadership may have contributed to its dire financial straits. Sources with knowledge of the Center’s financial situation tell The Daily Wire that its programming has a net margin of negative $72 million. Under Grenell, The Kennedy Center is focusing on shows that will sell tickets and appeal to a wider audience.
The Kennedy Center operates on a $230 million annual budget. A portion of its revenue, allocated by Congress, is earmarked for capital costs and facilities maintenance. The remainder of the Center’s money comes from donors.
Sources with knowledge of the Center’s financial situation tell The Daily Wire that, under Rutter’s leadership, the organization raised $250 million and took out a $72 million loan to construct The REACH, a multipurpose space that includes rehearsal rooms, studios, and more.  President Donald Trump has criticized the project, which sources described as the &#8220;passion project&#8221; of Rutter and former Kennedy Center Chairman David Rubenstein, whose portrait adorns the front door of the REACH.
That the Kennedy Center raised and borrowed more than $300 million and did not use it to pay down its debt suggests that previous leadership teams were misguided in their financial priorities.
&#8220;The former leadership built a broken budget with an operating deficit of 100 million dollars and a bottom-line deficit of $26 million,” Arduin told The Daily Wire. “We have now truly balanced the budget.”
In March, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-kennedy-center-is-40-million-in-debt-will-make-major-cuts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Arduin informed staff the Kennedy Center had “no cash to pay our bills.” At the time, Grenell announced that he planned to make staff reductions and slash executive salaries.

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Iranian-backed groups and pro-Hamas Islamists celebrated the horrific murder of two Israeli embassy staff at a D.C. Jewish museum on Wednesday, hailing it as “a moment of courage” and a &#8220;heroic attack&#8221; against &#8220;the Zionist entity.&#8221;
Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, were exiting an event for young Jewish professionals, where they were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israeli-embassy-staff-murdered-by-unidentified-shooter-outside-capitol-jewish-museum?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=13&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Two+Israeli+Embassy+Staffers+Murdered+By+Keffiyeh-Wearing+Man+Shouting+%E2%80%98Free+Palestine%E2%80%99+In+DC">shot</a> at close range by 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, who is now in custody.
The suspected attacker is reportedly not Muslim, but carried out the attack in support of Hamas, reportedly yelling “Free, free Palestine,” while shooting at the couple.
&#8220;I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza, I am unarmed,&#8221; Rodriguez told police after the shooting, according to an FBI affidavit.
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) <a href="https://www.memri.org/jttm/palestinian-factions-iran-backed-iraqi-militias-jihadi-clerics-celebrate-deadly-shooting-jewish">reports</a> that the pro-Hamas Gaza Now media outlet glorified Rodriguez on Telegram, claiming that &#8220;in a moment of courage, he decided to make his voice heard and boldly confront the killers.&#8221;
“He opened fire, killing an Israeli employee, and stood defiantly, handcuffed, to raise the banner of justice in the face of injustice,” the group said.
The Iranian-backed Palestinian Mujahideen Movement, a terrorist organization separate from Hamas that has <a href="https://intelligence.weforum.org/monitor/latest-knowledge/f947690f2acd4761ac47bab4bfa66f9b">claimed</a> responsibility for rocket attacks against Israel, said in a statement that the attack reflected &#8220;growing global anger&#8221; toward Israel for its supposed &#8220;barbaric crimes&#8221; in Gaza and declared that Israel&#8217;s &#8220;ongoing impunity&#8221; is a &#8220;threat to international stability and peace,&#8221; MEMRI reported.
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A Telegram channel called &#8220;Unit 10000,&#8221; affiliated with Iran-backed militias in Iraq, shared a video showing the arrest of the suspect and praised the shooting as a &#8220;heroic attack&#8221; against &#8220;the Zionist entity.&#8221;
Syrian jihadi cleric Abu Yahya Al-Shami published a post on Telegram praising the shooter and urging Muslims to follow his example.
The cleric expressed fury at Muslim &#8220;indolence&#8221; in waging jihad, indignant that &#8220;infidels&#8221; such as Rodriguez are murdering Israelis while Muslims remain &#8220;inactive.&#8221;
Federal authorities are investigating the shooting as a domestic terrorism incident with possible international connections.
Rodriguez is being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charges-revealed-in-d-c-terror-attack-shooter-did-it-for-palestine-fbi-says?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Charges+Revealed+In+D.C.+Terror+Attack%3B+Shooter+%E2%80%98Did+It+For+Palestine%2C%E2%80%99+FBI+Says">charged</a> with murder of foreign officials, causing the death of a person through the use of a firearm, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, and two counts of first-degree murder, according to an FBI affidavit.
The FBI is currently investigating Rodriguez&#8217;s online activities and potential ties to extremist groups, though initial reports suggest he was radicalized primarily through social media content related to the Gaza conflict.
The suspect had no prior criminal record, but had reportedly become increasingly vocal about pro-Palestinian causes on various social media platforms in recent months.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino <a href="https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1925580947463762139">said</a> on X, “The FBI is aware of certain writings allegedly authored by the suspect, and we hope to have updates as to the authenticity very soon.”
Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Washington Jeanine Pirro clarified that domestic terrorism charges could likely be added to Rodriguez’s case following the conclusion of the FBI investigation into the suspect.
“Violence against anyone based on their religion is an act of cowardice. It is not the act of a hero. It is the kind of case that we will vigorously pursue,” Pirro said at a Thursday press conference. “Antisemitism will not be tolerated, especially in the nation’s capital. We are going to continue to investigate this as a hate crime and a crime of terrorism and we will add additional charges as the evidence warrants.”

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