Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed Monday that he has nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Netanyahu presented Trump with a letter the Israeli leader sent to the Nobel committee recommending the president to win the lauded peace prize. The prime minister handed the letter to Trump during a meeting at the White House.
“I want to express the appreciation and admiration, not only of all Israelis, but of the Jewish people and many, many admirers around the world for your leadership, your leadership of the free world, your leadership of a just cause, and the pursuit of peace and security, which you are leading in many lands, but now, especially in the Middle East,” said Netanyahu. “The president has an extraordinary team, and I think our teams, together, make an extraordinary combination to meet challenges and seize opportunities.”
“But the president has already realized great opportunities. He forged the Abraham Accords. He&#8217;s forging peace as we speak in one country, in one region after the other,” he continued. “I want to present to you, Mr. President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize Committee. It&#8217;s nominating you for the Peace Prize, which is well-deserved, and you should get it.”
Trump accepted the letter, responding that “coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful.”
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The two leaders met at the White House to discuss developments in the Middle East just weeks after the two worked together to take down Iran’s nuclear program.
Israel hit numerous military and nuclear program-related targets around Iran during what the White House later called the “12-Day War.” Trump ordered a strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities that targeted Iran’s fortified facility built underground at Fordo, as well as two other sites. The ordinance delivered by U.S. B-2 bombers and submarines finished off the strikes against Iran’s nuclear program.
Last month, Pakistan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-mentum-from-iran-to-big-beautiful-bill-prez-scores-landmark-victories-in-past-two-weeks">nominated</a> Trump to receive the Nobel Peace Prize “in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis.”

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Netanyahu Nominates Trump For Nobel Prize: ‘Well-Deserved’

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WASHINGTON—Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard established a special task force in April aimed at restoring transparency and accountability to the Intelligence Community, and fixing the broken system that has allowed weaponization to run rampant throughout the United States government.
That task force is named the &#8220;Director&#8217;s Initiatives Group,&#8221; or DIG, and it is tasked with executing President Donald Trump&#8217;s intelligence-related executive orders. According to an Office of the Director of National Intelligence official, DIG includes some of the best and brightest minds in the intelligence community.
So far, the ODNI official shared, DIG has exposed how the Biden administration weaponized the intelligence community against Americans by releasing formerly classified documents showing how the Biden administration targeted political opponents through its &#8220;Domestic Violent Extremism agenda.&#8221;
DIG also identified and terminated intelligence community employees who were using their roles to push ideology, and revoked the security clearances for the 51 signers of the Hunter Biden &#8220;disinformation letter,&#8221; as well as former President Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, and Jake Sullivan.
The task force has also led the intelligence community in locating and de-classifying documents that pertain to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.
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DIG has also finalized plans for organizational changes that it hopes will lead to reducing government waste and saving money.
Gabbard&#8217;s team believes the heavy pushback it is receiving is proof positive that they are on the right track to taking on the &#8220;rotted intelligence community.&#8221;
They aren&#8217;t done, however.
According to an ODNI official, DIG has plans to obtain previous intelligence community assessments of election infrastructure showing the vulnerabilities in the 2022 and 2020 elections.
DIG also plans to conduct forensic analyses of past elections to investigate vulnerabilities in the American election infrastructure, the official shared.
The task force also plans to interview whistleblowers with firsthand knowledge and evidence of the politicization of intelligence, such as the Russian Collusion hoax and the Hunter Biden laptop scandal.
&#8220;The task force&#8217;s job is to understand how the intelligence community has failed in areas like this, hold accountable those who actively allowed or participated in it, and provide recommendations for oversight that will prevent it from happening again,&#8221; the ODNI official said.
Another DIG plan: to further declassify examples of the Biden administration&#8217;s use of the &#8220;domestic terrorist&#8221; label to help Americans understand how the previous administration leveraged the security state against political dissidents.
DIG also will investigate how free speech has been restricted by looking into organizational and funding links between the intelligence community and the tech sector, the ODNI official shared, and it will also investigate how the intelligence community contributed to United States tax dollars funding gain-of-function research around the world.
These are only a few of the items that Gabbard&#8217;s task force is focused on, the official shared with The Daily Wire. A number of other sensitive and classified projects are also in the works, and when Gabbard can share more, the official said, she will.
The task force includes members of the ODNI, CIA, NSA, FBI, and the Defense Department. All members have Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance, and are required to take polygraphs within 90 days of reporting for duty. The task force is carried out and authorized under 50 USC Sec. 3024, a provision that states a duty to provide national intelligence that is &#8220;timely, objective, independent of political considerations&#8230;based on all sources available to the IC.&#8221;
The official shared with The Daily Wire that ODNI is utilizing its oversight authority, which has never been done before.
Under Gabbard&#8217;s watch, intelligence community officials &#8220;should expect that someone will be actively checking their homework, ensuring analytical integrity and unbiased collection, and compliance with constitutional and statutory mandates.&#8221;

Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing On Worldwide Threats

Here’s Tulsi Gabbard’s Plan To Drain The ‘Rotted Intelligence Community’

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Tulsi Gabbard

President Donald Trump has scored some of the biggest wins of his administration in the past two weeks to be capped with what may be his signature legislative win of his second term.
Congress passed the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” on Thursday, sending the legislation to Trump’s desk in time for the July 4 deadline that the president had set. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called the bill a “key cornerstone of America’s new golden age” after he and Trump worked late into the night whipping votes to get the package through the House on Thursday afternoon.
The legislation makes permanent Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, as well as eliminating some taxes on tips and Social Security. It also includes a $150 billion boost to border security and deportation measures, and another $150 billion toward new defense spending. The bill encourages a boom in fossil fuel energy production while cutting tax credits for green energy and electric vehicles. The bill tightens rules and implements work requirements to receive Medicaid.
“President Trump is racking up win after win – making this the best two weeks for everyday Americans in decades. On the world stage and on the home front, President Trump has delivered on his promises like no other President before. It’s clear that President Trump was right about everything, Americans still aren’t tired of winning, and our country has never been HOTTER!” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told The Daily Wire in a statement.
Other wins for the president from the past two weeks include:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">The June jobs report <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-effect-u-s-adds-147k-jobs-beating-projections-for-fourth-straight-month">released</a> on Thursday showed the United States added 147,000 jobs last month, outpacing expectations and showing positive job growth in the country for four months straight. The U.S. economy has added nearly 700,000 jobs since January.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Border encounters in the month of June again <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-patrol-saw-fewer-migrant-encounters-last-month-than-one-single-day-under-biden-homan-says">plunged</a> to the lowest level in decades, surpassing a previous decades-long low set in March. Federal authorities tallied just 6,070 encounters with illegal aliens at the Southern Border last month, and stopped all from entering the United States.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">The Supreme Court last week <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-sides-with-trump-limits-nationwide-injunctions-in-birthright-citizenship-fight">delivered</a> a major win to the Trump administration, restricting the ability of district court judges to issue nationwide injunctions that have thwarted policies from the White House. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the 6-3 majority that “federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-announces-major-trade-deal-with-vietnam-days-before-tariff-increases">announced</a> a trade deal with Vietnam on Wednesday just days before the president’s 90-day pause on Liberation Day tariffs expires. According to Trump, American producers will have duty-free access to Vietnam’s market while Vietnamese goods will have a 20% tariff to enter the United States. “Transshipped” goods sent to the United States via Vietnam from other countries will be tariffed at 40%.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">The S&amp;P 500 and NASDAQ both <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/us-stock-futures-steady-investors-await-payrolls-data-2025-07-03/">closed</a> at record highs on Thursday.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Gas prices hit the lowest level in four years heading into the Independence Day holiday weekend. The national average for a gallon of gas stood at $3.16 on Thursday, a $0.35 drop from a year ago, according to data from <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/">AAA</a>.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Last week, NATO countries <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-triumphs-nato-bows-to-u-s-pressure-with-5-defense-pledge">agreed</a> to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP at Trump’s urging, with the lone exception of Spain.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">United States bombers and submarines delivered strikes against three nuclear sites in Iran in a June 21 surprise attack dubbed “Operation Midnight Hammer.” The Pentagon has said the strikes “obliterated” nuclear facilities at Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan and <a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/07/03/us-strikes-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-up-to-2-years-dod-says/">set</a> Iran’s nuclear program back at least one to two years.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Following the attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jd-vance-end-of-israel-iran-war-an-important-reset-moment-for-middle-east">brokered</a> and held together a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Last week, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-brokers-peace-agreement-between-rwanda-and-congo-at-white-house">hosted</a> leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the White House to broker a peace agreement and end a 30-year conflict between the two countries.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Pakistan <a href="https://x.com/FoxNews/status/1936235634286268493">nominated</a> President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize on June 20 “in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Trump <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/26/trump-golden-share-us-steel-nippon-merger.html">secured</a> a “golden share” of U.S. Steel last week as part of an $14 billion deal for Japan’s Nippon Steel to acquire the U.S. steel manufacturer. The “golden share,” made official in an amended corporate charter filed with the United States last week, grants Trump and future presidents broad veto power over key decisions made regarding U.S. Steel, including changes to the company name or selling production locations in the next decade.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Under pressure from the White House, the University of Pennsylvania has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/upenn-agrees-to-strip-medals-from-lia-thomas-as-part-of-sweeping-white-house-deal">agreed</a> to bar males from competing in female sports or using female “intimate facilities.” The school will also adopt “biology-based definitions” for “male” and “female” that comply with the president’s executive orders. The university will also strip trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas of the titles he won on the women’s team while returning “misappropriated” awards to female athletes.</li>
</ul>

TRUMP-MENTUM: From Iran To Big, Beautiful Bill, Prez Scores Landmark Victories In Past Two Weeks

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Dozens of top staffers in the Trump administration are earning nearly $200,000 a year, with average pay hovering around $114,000 annually.
The Trump administration has far fewer staffers on the payroll compared to the Biden administration, however, average pay in the Trump White House is about $5,000 higher.
The highest paid White House staffer is Jacalynne B. Klopp, a senior adviser earning $225,700, <a href="https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/white-house-salary-list-reveals-top-earners-here-is-how-much-president-trump-earns/3902044/">according</a> to the White House&#8217;s annual salary report. Following behind Klopp is Edgar Mkrtchian, associate counsel, who earns $203,645 per year.
Dozens of other staffers, including Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Border Czar Tom Homan, Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller, and Trade Counselor Peter Navarro, each make $195,200.
President Joe Biden&#8217;s White House employed 564 people in 2024, compared to just over 400 under President Donald Trump. The average Trump White House staffer earns $114,194 per year, compared to $109,166 for Biden staffers.
Most deputy assistant positions make $155,000-$175,000, and presidential speechwriters earn between $92,500-$121,500 during Trump&#8217;s second term, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/07/02/white-house-salaries-trump-administration-2025?utm_source=chatgpt.com">per</a> Axios. More than 108 other employees earn between $59,000-$80,000.
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Some White House staffers under Trump do not receive compensation from the White House, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who holds a number of positions in the administration, including national security advisor. Rubio, like Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, receives pay from the State Department.
President Trump in theory receives an annual salary of $400,000, plus additional money for expenses, entertainment, and a redecorating allowance &#8212; totaling around $569,000. However, Trump donated his salary his first term in office.
His Quarter 1 salary during his first term, for example, was donated to the Department of Interior, specifically the National Park Service to aid in its goal of preserving our country’s national security, <a href="https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/articles/president-donald-j-trump-donate-salary-department-education/">according</a> to the White House. <a href="https://www.aol.com/alligator-alcatraz-florida-everglades-photos-192012169.html">According</a> to Forbes, Trump donated at least $1.4 million to various federal agencies during that term.
Trump will donate his salary this term, too, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-reveals-highest-paid-staffers-8-taking-no-salaries">according</a> to Fox News.

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Here’s How Much Trump White House Staffers Are Making

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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump raised eyebrows Tuesday by suggesting that he could have the Department of Government Efficiency look into Elon Musk, and entertaining a question about deporting the high-profile businessman.
“DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon,” the president said outside the White House on Tuesday as he prepared to depart for “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new immigration detention center in Florida.
Asked by a reporter if he would consider deporting Musk to South Africa, his home country, the president responded: “I don’t know, we’ll have to take a look.”
Late Monday night, the president criticized Musk on Truth Social, slamming his erstwhile ally and former head of DOGE for his opposition to Trump&#8217;s One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Musk, who went so far as to publicly suggest last month that the president had unsavory ties to Jeffrey Epstein and was repressing the release of the Epstein Files to protect himself, said later that he regretted his avalanche of attacks on the president and that some of them &#8220;went too far.&#8221;
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&#8220;Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly Endorsed me for President, that I was strongly against the EV Mandate,&#8221; Trump wrote on TruthSocial. &#8220;It is ridiculous, and was always a major part of my campaign. Electric cars are fine, but not everyone should be forced to own one.&#8221;
&#8220;Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,&#8221; the president added. &#8220;No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s comments came as Musk called for the formation of a new political party on Monday, called the &#8220;America Party.&#8221; Musk, who has been very vocal in opposing the president&#8217;s reconciliation bill, suggested that he would back challengers to almost &#8220;every&#8221; Republican in Congress.
&#8220;Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1939776586989150590">said</a> in an X post, adding, &#8220;And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.&#8221;
“If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day,” Musk said in another &#8220;X&#8221; post on Monday. “Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.”

President Trump Departs White House For Florida On Tuesday Morning

Trump: ‘DOGE Is The Monster That Might Have To Go Back And Eat Elon’

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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump assured faith leaders on Monday that his administration is fighting for religious liberty and peace throughout the world.
“Together, we&#8217;re fighting to defend religious liberty like no administration has ever done before,&#8221; the president said. He spoke during a call with more than 10,000 faith leaders from across the country on the first Faith Office National Conference call of his second term, a senior White House official told The Daily Wire.
Trump participated in several of these calls during his first term, and they include individuals of all faiths — Christians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, and more.
Participants on Monday&#8217;s call included Special Assistant to the President Jenny Korn, White House Faith Office Director Paula White Cain, who led prayers during the call, and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. The president thanked the faith leaders for their work to help those in need across the country, and he shared some updates on the Trump administration&#8217;s efforts to protect religious freedom.
Trump detailed how he moved the faith office into the White House, as he had promised, and he emphasized to the faith leaders that he sought to stop &#8220;the radical war on Christians&#8221; as soon as he entered office.
&#8220;I [pardoned] the pro-life activist thrown in jail for praying and peaceful protest, and there were many of them,&#8221; he noted. He pointed out that his administration &#8220;reinstated the service members thrown out of our military over religious objections to the Biden vaccine mandates,&#8221; restoring them &#8220;to their former rank with full pay backpay and penalties.”
“I set up a DOJ taskforce to eradicate anti-Christian bias — who would ever think — but that&#8217;s happening also and it has happened and nobody ever talks about that,&#8221; Trump added.
He pointed to Friday&#8217;s Supreme Court ruling, where the justices ruled that schools violate religious liberty when they bar parents from opting their children out of classroom instruction involving LGBT-themed books. That was a major win for religious conservatives and for the White House, which has championed parents and their right to decide what their children are taught.
“Just last Friday we had historic victory for religious liberty and parents&#8217; rights at the Supreme Court of the United States,&#8221; Trump told the faith leaders. &#8220;Parents will now be allowed to opt out of having inappropriate books and sexual literature forced upon their children.”
He also mentioned his major focus of the week: the One Big Beautiful Bill, describing to the faith leaders how it would impact children&#8217;s education, and calling it &#8220;the most pro-family legislation in modern times.&#8221;
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“When we pass the One, Big, Beautiful Bill will also have a tremendous victory for school choice,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;This bill is the most pro-family legislation in modern times…It also expands the Child Tax Credit and creates brand new ‘Trump Accounts’ for every newborn child helping them to get a stronger life, which is what they need. Everyone should let their congregations and members of Congress know that they support the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.”
The president specifically discussed how his administration is seeking peace throughout the world, pointing to last week&#8217;s strikes on Iran, and noting that last Friday he helped sign a &#8220;historic peace agreement&#8221; ending the &#8220;terrible conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
“As we restore prosperity for American families at home, we&#8217;re also bringing peace and stability back to our world,&#8221; he told the faith leaders. &#8220;Earlier this month we carried our historic strikes out against Iran’s nuclear program and we ended the 12 Day War.”

Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Policy Conference Held In Washington, D.C.

Trump Assures Faith Leaders: He’s Fighting For Religious Liberty, World Peace

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WASHINGTON — The pilots who flew into Iran on a mission to bomb the Iranian nuclear facilities will join President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, The Daily Wire has learned.
The B-2 pilots will be in attendance on Friday at the White House Fourth of July celebrations, two White House officials shared with The Daily Wire. The White House celebration will also include a flyover by B-2 Spirit bombers, the jets that conducted the strikes on Iran earlier this month in Operation Midnight Hammer, according to CBS.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-mission-pilots-trump-white-house-july-4/">confirmed in a statement</a> that the president &#8220;looks forward to celebrating our nation&#8217;s founding on Friday in the nation&#8217;s capital.&#8221;
&#8220;To join in the celebration, the might of America&#8217;s Air Force will conduct a flyover featuring our state-of-the-art F-22s, B-2s, and F-35s &#8211; the same air capabilities used for the decisive and successful strikes on Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities,&#8221; Leavitt added.
Trump is expected to speak at the event, and additional personnel from the base where the bombers were based (Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri) will attend.
<div id="attachment_941483" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pilots-who-bombed-iran-will-come-to-white-house-on-fourth-of-july/stealth-b-2-bombers-based-at-whiteman-air-force-base-lead-nuclear-site-bombing-mission-in-iran" rel="attachment wp-att-941483"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-941483" class="wp-image-941483 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221796560-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221796560-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221796560-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221796560-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221796560.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>KNOB NOSTER, MISSOURI &#8211; JUNE 23: A general view of signage at the entrance to the Whiteman Air Force Base on June 23, 2025 in Knob Noster, Missouri.  (Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images)</div>
During an interview on “Sunday Morning Futures,” Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pilots-of-b-2-bombers-that-hit-iran-nuclear-sites-coming-to-white-house-trump-says">discussed</a> the &#8220;courageous&#8221; pilots with Trump, and asked the president if he planned to honor them.
“Yes, they’re going to come to the White House,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;But what you said is right. These people flew 36 hours in a small space, a big plane, but a small spaces mostly occupied by bombs, and they flew so brilliantly.&#8221;
“They hit a target the size of this circle … a little target, they say half the size of a refrigerator door from 50,000 feet up in the air,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Going at a rapid speed, because they’re going very fast when they’re over a pretty rough territory. And they hit it every single time. And then they knocked out two other sites aside from that.”
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During a news conference on Operation Midnight Hammer, Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine shared that the B-2 bombers launched from the United States and refueled multiple times while in flight during the trip to Iranian airspace. The bombers struck targets at Fordo and Natanz, and United States submarines fired Tomahawk missiles that hit Isfahan moments later. The B-2 bombers returned home to Missouri after the attack.
“Those pilots went in there with those beautiful planes and the most sophisticated bombs anywhere in the world. Think of it, they can go 30 stories deep into granite. Who would think that’s even possible? And they did obliterate it, it turned out,” Trump said on Sunday.

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WASHINGTON—The Trump administration found that Harvard&#8217;s treatment of both Jewish and Israeli students violated federal civil rights law, the administration told Harvard on Monday.
&#8220;Today, the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism is notifying you that the Office for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Health and Human Services has concluded its Title VI investigation regarding anti-Semitism at Harvard University,&#8221; the Trump administration said in a letter sent to Harvard President Alan Garber on Monday.
&#8220;After a thorough investigation, HHS OCR finds that Harvard University is in violent violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin,&#8221; the letter continues.
If the university fails to &#8220;institute adequate changes immediately,&#8221; it will lose all federal financial resources, the Trump administration said. The letter adds: &#8220;Harvard may of course continue to operate free of federal privileges, and perhaps such an opportunity will spur a commitment to excellence that will help Harvard thrive once again.&#8221;
The Trump administration describes how the majority of Jewish students at Harvard reported experiencing discrimination or negative bias on campus — and a quarter of Jewish students felt physically unsafe.
&#8220;Jewish and Israeli students were assaulted and spit on; they hid their kippahs for fear of being harassed and concealed their Jewish identity from classmates for fear of ostracization,&#8221; the letter shared.
Further, antisemitic images were widely circulated throughout the Harvard community, such as one image showing a dollar sign inside a Star of David, and the &#8220;campus was vandalized with anti-Semitic stickers, including one that showed the Israeli flag with a swastika in place of the Star of David.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_941137" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-finds-harvard-discriminated-against-jewish-students-threatens-funding/trump-says-harvard-is-teaching-remedial-mathematics-is-there-any-truth-to-that" rel="attachment wp-att-941137"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-941137" class="wp-image-941137 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218800496-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218800496-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218800496-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218800496-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218800496.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>The John Harvard statue (Photo by Heather Diehl/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)</div>
&#8220;The campus was wracked by demonstrations that flagrantly violated the University&#8217;s rules of conduct,&#8221; the letter noted. &#8220;The demonstrations included calls for genocide and murder, and denied Jewish and Israeli students access to campus spaces.&#8221;
Additionally, Harvard allowed an &#8220;impermissible, multiweek encampment&#8221; in the heart of campus that &#8220;instilled fear in, and disrupted the studies of, Jewish and Israeli students.&#8221;
&#8220;Even worse,&#8221; the Trump administration letter said, &#8220;individuals who participated in the encampment received lax and inconsistent discipline — and as the discipline was reviewed by higher levels among the faculty, it was often downgraded. By the end of the process, even accounting only for the students that were charged, only a fraction received some sort of discipline, and none were suspended. A member of Harvard&#8217;s own leadership called the disciplinary process &#8216;not fair&#8217; and &#8216;not right.'&#8221;
Harvard didn&#8217;t even dispute these findings, the Trump administration said.
&#8220;These facts, while tragic for the individuals involved, are important to address for a broader, historical reason as well,&#8221; the letter stated. &#8220;As history has proven, the failure to face the reality of anti-Semitism can have catastrophic effects. The Holocaust engulfed Europe due to the &#8216;[d]isbelief, incredulity, and denial on the part of both victims and onlookers&#8217; which &#8216;worked to the advantage of those who wanted to eradicate the Jews.'&#8221;
The Trump administration described Harvard&#8217;s inaction as a clear example of the &#8220;demographic hierarchy that has taken hold of the University,&#8221; arguing that the university&#8217;s commitment to racial hierarchies &#8220;has enabled anti-Semitism to fester on Harvard&#8217;s campus and has led a once great institution to humiliation, offering remedial math and forcing Jewish students to hide their identities and ancestral stories.&#8221;
In a statement to The Daily Wire, Harvard described antisemitism as &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and a &#8220;serious problem.&#8221;
&#8220;Harvard is far from indifferent on this issue and strongly disagrees with the government&#8217;s findings,&#8221; a spokesman said. &#8220;Harvard has made significant strides to combat bigotry, hate and bias. We are not alone in confronting this challenge and recognize that this work is ongoing. We remain committed to ensuring members of our Jewish and Israeli community are embraced, respected, and can thrive at Harvard.&#8221;

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WASHINGTON — The United States is terminating trade discussions with Canada for the time being, President Donald Trump announced on Friday, citing the country&#8217;s digital services tax on American tech companies.
The president made the announcement in a Truth Social post following a Friday afternoon press briefing at the White House.
&#8220;We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to TRADE with, including the fact that they have charged our Farmers as much as 400% Tariffs, for years, on Dairy Products, has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our Country,&#8221; Trump shared.
&#8220;They are obviously copying the European Union, which has done the same thing, and is currently under discussion with us, also,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_940545" style="width: 875px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-ends-u-s-trade-talks-with-canada-effective-immediately/us-president-donald-trump-held-a-press-conference-at-the-white-house-2" rel="attachment wp-att-940545"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-940545" class="wp-image-940545 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221591124-865x576.jpg" alt="" width="865" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221591124-865x576.jpg 865w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221591124-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221591124-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221591124.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px" /></a>United States President Donald Trump speaks at the White House Press Briefing Room in Washington, D.C. on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)</div>
&#8220;We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period,&#8221; he added, concluding, as always, &#8220;Thank you for your attention to this matter!&#8221;
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The president&#8217;s announcement comes after the United States put levies on Canadian goods after he took office this year, a move which prompted Canada to put tariffs on American exports. Canada is the largest importer of American exports, while the United States is Canada&#8217;s biggest trading partner.
Prime Minister Carney&#8217;s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.
During his press briefing on Friday afternoon, the president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-sides-with-trump-limits-nationwide-injunctions-in-birthright-citizenship-fight?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Supreme+Court+Sides+With+Trump%2C+Limits+Nationwide+Injunctions+In+Birthright+Citizenship+Fight">celebrated multiple wins</a> throughout the past week, including Supreme Court opinions on birthright citizenship and parental rights. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court said lower courts do not have the unilateral authority to block Trump’s agenda, allowing Trump to try to end birthright citizenship in some parts of the country while legal challenges against his order proceed in others.

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President Donald Trump’s official website is now selling a &#8220;Trump Daddy&#8221; t-shirt, just a day after NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte referred to the president by the affectionate title.
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🚨 “DADDY” MERCH OUT NOW!<a href="https://t.co/YAxVOAdj8y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/YAxVOAdj8y</a> <a href="https://t.co/08PnAHhtFX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/08PnAHhtFX</a>
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Rutte, a Dutch politician, discussed with Trump the president’s actions during the Israel-Iran war. Rutte brought up the fact that, after a ceasefire agreement had been reached, Iran struck Israel one last time, leading Trump to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-holds-ceasefire-after-israel-refrains-from-major-retaliation-for-irans-strike-on-civilians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">express</a> his annoyance by saying that, &#8220;They don’t know what the f*** they’re doing.&#8221;
In reference to that, Rutte <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nato-chief-hails-trumps-leadership-calls-him-daddy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a>, &#8220;Daddy has to sometimes use strong language.&#8221; Agreeing, Trump added that, &#8220;Every once in a while you have to use a certain word.&#8221; Later, <a href="https://x.com/townhallcom/status/1937884957956886621" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responding</a> to a reporter from Sky News inquiring about Rutte’s comment, Trump said &#8220;I think he likes me. If he doesn’t, I’ll let you know. I’ll come back and I’ll hit him hard, okay? He did it very affectionately. &#8216;Daddy — you’re my daddy.'&#8221;
Following that humorous interaction, which left Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth chuckling behind the president, the White House <a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1938053287535616085" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a video of Trump’s visit to the NATO summit captioned &#8220;Daddy’s home… Hey, hey, hey, Daddy&#8221; with Usher’s song &#8220;Hey Daddy&#8221; playing over it.
Then, Thursday morning, Trump’s official shop <a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1938256071686296040" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a memo showcasing the new merchandise: a red T-shirt with Trump’s official portrait and the word &#8220;DADDY&#8221; underneath.
Rutte has since <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/international/5369816-nato-rutte-daddy-comment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clarified</a> his comment. &#8220;What I said is that sometimes, in Europe, I hear sometimes countries saying, ‘Hey, Mark, will the U.S. stay with us?’ And I said that sounds a little bit like a small child asking his daddy, ‘Hey, are you still staying with the family?’ So in that sense, I used ‘daddy’– not that I was calling President Trump daddy.&#8221;

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WASHINGTON—Legacy media outlets are claiming that United States military strikes failed to destroy Iran&#8217;s nuclear program in an effort to undermine President Donald Trump, administration officials told The Daily Wire.
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/intel-assessment-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites">CNN</a> and the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/politics/trump-nato-iran.html">New York Times</a> published stories Wednesday citing officials allegedly familiar with the findings of an early Defense Intelligence Agency assessment claiming that the United States failed to destroy Iran&#8217;s unclear program and only set it back by months. The Times specifically argued that the report upended the victory Trump had hoped to celebrate at the NATO summit.
Trump&#8217;s team has pushed back on the stories, with the president himself saying Iran&#8217;s nuclear sites were obliterated. Israel has also said the sites were obliterated, and Iran&#8217;s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/irans-foreign-ministry-says-nuclear-facilities-badly-damaged-by-us-strikes/">affirmed</a>, “Our nuclear installations have been badly damaged, that’s for sure.&#8221;
The FBI is investigating the leak of the intelligence assessment, a senior White House official told The Daily Wire.
On Wednesday, the president again reiterated this stance during a press conference at the NATO summit in the Netherlands.
And in a Truth Social post afterwards, he cited Israel&#8217;s public statement backing him up, stating: &#8220;Israel just stated that the Nuclear Sites were OBLITERATED! Thank you to our great B-2 pilots, and all others involved!&#8221;
<div id="attachment_939317" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-misconstruing-intelligence-to-undermine-successful-u-s-strike-in-iran-trump-officials-say/nato-summit-in-the-hague-final-day-3" rel="attachment wp-att-939317"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-939317" class="wp-image-939317 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221351945-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221351945-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221351945-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221351945-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221351945.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Trump, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the NATO Summit (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)</div>
Administration officials told The Daily Wire that the assessment CNN and others are citing is merely a snapshot analysis based on limited intel from one moment in time. The reporting being publicized, according to an administration official, is not even the whole picture of the assessment but merely parts that the Trump administration believes were purposefully leaked in an attempt to undermine the president.
The information was leaked to Natasha Betrand, a CNN reporter known for her reporting denouncing the Hunter Biden laptop story — which was completely true — as &#8220;Russian disinformation.&#8221;
&#8220;The instinct of CNN and New York Times is to try to find a way to spin it for their own political reasons to try to hurt President Trump and our country,&#8221; argued Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from the NATO summit, adding, &#8220;they want to spin it to try to make the president look bad based on a leak. We&#8217;ve all seen plenty of leakers. They have agendas.&#8221;
The assessment was specifically based on intel from one day, June 22. The actual assessment admits that it was not only not coordinated with the intel community, but also a low confidence level report with several gaps in information, the administration official shared.
&#8220;Parts of this inconclusive, low confidence intelligence assessment were leaked from deep state intel analysis to deep state news,&#8221; that administration official said.
A senior Defense Intelligence Agency official similarly told The Daily Wire that the assessment was a &#8220;low-confidence&#8221; report that is still being refined.
<div id="attachment_939319" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-misconstruing-intelligence-to-undermine-successful-u-s-strike-in-iran-trump-officials-say/netherlands-nato-summit-defence-diplomacy-us" rel="attachment wp-att-939319"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-939319" class="wp-image-939319 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221348887-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221348887-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221348887-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221348887-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2221348887.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images</div>
&#8220;This is a preliminary, low-confidence report and will continue to be refined as additional intelligence becomes available,&#8221; the official shared. &#8220;We are working with the appropriate authorities to investigate the unauthorized disclosure of classified information.&#8221;
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back on the reporting in a statement to CNN, arguing that the alleged assessment is &#8220;flat-out wrong and was classified as ‘top secret’ but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community.&#8221;
&#8220;The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump, and discredit the brave fighter pilots who conducted a perfectly executed mission to obliterate Iran’s nuclear program,&#8221; Leavitt said. &#8220;Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000 pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration.”
CNN and the New York Times did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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CNN Misconstruing Intelligence To Undermine Successful U.S. Strike In Iran, Trump Officials Say

Ex-White House Staff Secretary and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden was told that executive privilege is &#8220;not justified&#8221; in her testimony on Tuesday for a congressional investigation into former President Joe Biden&#8217;s mental state and whether he authorized the use of autopen signatures for major executive actions.
Gary Lawkowski, the deputy counsel to President Donald Trump, wrote to Tanden on the same day she appeared before the GOP-led House Oversight Committee for a closed-door interview. The letter, <a href="https://x.com/ShelbyTalcott/status/1937543246827188731" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by Semafor, said the &#8220;extraordinary nature&#8221; of the inquiry permitted an &#8220;accommodation&#8221; for Congress and noted that the White House counsel was not requesting that an agency counsel be permitted to attend.
&#8220;[T]he President authorizes you to provide unrestricted testimony to the House Oversight Committee, irrespective of potential privilege,&#8221; Lawkowski wrote.
Still, Tanden was advised that she was not given the go-ahead to disclose classified information or any other details that would violate the law or court orders, according to a footnote in the letter.
Tanden is one of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-officials-to-testify-about-former-presidents-mental-fitness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">several</a> top former staffers in Biden&#8217;s White House who are scheduled to speak with the House Oversight Committee over the next several weeks. The others include former Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the First Lady Anthony Bernal, Former Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Oval Office Operations Ashley Williams, and Former Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff Annie Tomasini.
Chairman James Comer (R-KY), who <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-demands-testimony-from-bidens-doctor-former-white-house-aides-on-cover-up-of-mental-decline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> their testimony, has also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-hits-bidens-doc-with-subpoena-as-part-of-cover-up-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a> former White House physician Kevin O’Connor.
&#8220;I think there is a huge level of curiosity in the press corps with respect to who was calling the shots in the Biden administration,&#8221; Comer <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1937532798606229520" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters before the interview with Tanden. &#8220;So this is the first of many people we&#8217;re going to bring in to try to get the answers for the American people.&#8221;
Lawkowski suggested that executive privilege would be waived for the other former Biden White House staffers and contended that Trump&#8217;s view on the matter is &#8220;consistent with the practice established under&#8221; the previous administration.
In her opening statement, <a href="https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/1937557095605502278" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> by Axios, Tanden noted that in her role as staff secretary from October 2021 to May 2023, she was authorized to direct autopen signatures for &#8220;certain categories&#8221; of documents — part of a system &#8220;inherited&#8221; from prior administrations. She denied having any further role in the use of the autopen while serving as head of the Domestic Policy Council from May 2023 until the end of Biden&#8217;s term.
Tanden also emphasized that her &#8220;cooperation should not be taken to mean that I think the Committee&#8217;s &#8216;investigation&#8217; is a worthy subject.&#8221; She added that Biden was &#8220;in command as President&#8221; and claimed not to have any &#8220;experience in the White House&#8221; that would raise doubts about his ability to lead.
Democrats have dismissed the House Oversight Committee&#8217;s probe as baseless.
&#8220;The only thing extraordinary that came out of that deposition was it was an extraordinary waste of time,&#8221; Rep. Wesley Bell (D-MO) <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1937542202906857853" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters.
Biden, now 82, abandoned his 2024 re-election bid following a faltering debate against now-President Trump amid pressure from allies. A new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jake-tapper-flails-when-confronted-with-his-role-in-biden-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">book</a> by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on Biden’s &#8220;decline&#8221; and the &#8220;cover-up,&#8221; alongside the former president&#8217;s recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-form-of-prostate-cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;aggressive&#8221;</a> prostate cancer diagnosis and the release of audio from special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with him, has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-proposal-panel-biden-health-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">intensified</a> scrutiny.
Senate Republicans are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-duck-biden-mental-fitness-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">looking into</a> Biden&#8217;s mental fitness as well. Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-investigation-into-biden-autopen-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> a separate investigation into whether aides improperly used an autopen for executive actions in an effort to conceal Biden&#8217;s health issues, suggesting there could be &#8220;implications&#8221; for the legality and validity of the presidential acts in question.
Biden has pushed back on the notion that he did not dictate his executive actions.
&#8220;Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false,&#8221; Biden said in a <a href="https://x.com/brittanys/status/1930450375699583244" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans.&#8221;

Neera Tanden

Trump Waives Executive Privilege Protection For Biden Aide Ahead Of Cognitive Fitness Hearings

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James Comer

U.S. House of Representatives

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