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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Trump Admin Finds Harvard Discriminated Against Jewish Students, Threatens Funding

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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.

US President Donald Trump held a press conference at the White House

Trump Ends Trade Talks With Canada ‘Effective Immediately’

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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>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1938241270255915189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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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;

President Trump Signs Executive Orders At Mar-a-Lago In Palm Beach, Florida

Daddy’s Home: Team Trump Embraces NATO Leader’s Remarks With New Merch

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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.
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&#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.

NATO Summit In The Hague Final Day

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

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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;

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

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt set the record straight after CNN reported over the weekend that the Trump administration did not provide advanced notice of the United States&#8217;s strike on three Iranian nuclear sites to Democrat leaders in Congress.
On Fox News, Leavitt said there was, in fact, outreach to both Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and the White House had the receipts to prove it.
&#8220;The White House made calls to congressional leadership. They were bipartisan calls. In fact, Hakeem Jeffries couldn&#8217;t be reached. We tried him before the strike and he didn&#8217;t pick up the phone,&#8221; Leavitt said during a &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SidHwZUl8RY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a>: &#8220;The White House made calls to congressional leadership. They were bipartisan calls. In fact, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJeffries</a> couldn&#8217;t be reached. We tried him before the strike and he didn&#8217;t pick up the phone.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/9NLotvijX7">pic.twitter.com/9NLotvijX7</a>
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Leavitt added that Jeffries was ultimately briefed after the strike, while Schumer was advised beforehand.
&#8220;This notion that CNN ran with that the White House did not give a heads up to Democrats is just completely false,&#8221; Leavitt said. &#8220;In fact, both Sen. Schumer&#8217;s office and CNN had to retract that story last night because it was a blatant lie and we showed them the timestamps from those phone calls.&#8221;
CNN did initially <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250622041816/https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/21/politics/republicans-democrats-iran-strikes-briefings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> that no top Democrats were told of Trump&#8217;s plans until after the attack, but later <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/21/politics/republicans-democrats-iran-strikes-briefings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">updated</a> its headline and issued a correction to note that Schumer did receive a call prior to the strike after Leavitt initially <a href="https://x.com/PressSec/status/1936900039752012235" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called out</a> the news outlet on X.
Its revised story said that a source &#8220;conceded&#8221; Schumer had been called a little less than an hour before the attack &#8220;with little detail&#8221; and no mention of which country in which the action was taking place. NBC News reporter Julie Tsirkin <a href="https://x.com/news_jul/status/1936968929051898044" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> a Schumer aide who called the notification &#8220;perfunctory.&#8221;
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended Trump’s strike on Iran&#8217;s nuclear infrastructure and contended that top members of the legislature were notified.
&#8220;The President made the right call, and did what he needed to do. Leaders in Congress were aware of the urgency of this situation and the Commander-in-Chief evaluated that the imminent danger outweighed the time it would take for Congress to act,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1936602051431063760" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
He added: &#8220;The world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, which chants ‘Death to America,’ simply could not be allowed the opportunity to obtain and use nuclear weapons. The President fully respects the Article I power of Congress, and tonight’s necessary, limited, and targeted strike follows the history and tradition of similar military actions under presidents of both parties.&#8221;

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The White House released photos taken from inside the White House’s Situation Room on Saturday as American bombers knocked out nuclear facilities in Iran.
The White House posted a series of seven photos on X showing President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and others huddled together watching the mission progress.
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American B-2 bombers dropped payloads on three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday. Bombs struck the nuclear facilities Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
The White House had said Thursday that the president planned to make a decision on whether or not to bomb Iran “within the next two weeks.” Trump addressed the nation after the mission.
“Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran&#8217;s key nuclear facilities have been completely and totally obliterated,” the president <a href="https://x.com/KassyAkiva/status/1936607420068856087">said</a>.
Trump threatened further action against Iran unless Tehran chooses peace.
&#8220;This cannot continue. There will be either peace or tragedy for Iran — far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days. Remember, there are many targets left,” Trump <a href="https://x.com/KassyAkiva/status/1936611374458675349">said</a>. “Tonight was the most difficult of them all — by far — and perhaps the most lethal, but if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed, and skill. Most of them can be taken out in a matter of minutes.”
In the United States, the strike on Iran has already sparked calls for impeachment from Democrats in Congress.
“The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1936603028708082160">said</a>. “He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1936602051431063760">defended</a> the president in a post on X, noting that “[l]eaders in Congress were aware of the urgency of this situation and the Commander-in-Chief evaluated that the imminent danger outweighed the time it would take for Congress to act.”

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WASHINGTON—As the Trump administration debates protections for in vitro fertilization, a new poll shows that more than half of Americans want to prioritize solving the root causes of infertility before using IVF as a first-line treatment.
The polling strikes at the heart of many debates over restorative reproductive medicine, given that many women seek IVF treatments when they experience infertility. President Trump has promised to &#8220;make it easier for loving and longing mothers and fathers to have children.&#8221; As part of that promise, he called for policy recommendations for &#8220;protecting IVF access and aggressively reducing out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment&#8221; in a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/expanding-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization/">February executive order</a>.
New polling from the Heritage Foundation and JLL Partners found that Americans do support access to IVF — but not as it currently exists in the United States.
For example, the polling shows support for limiting the number of human embryos created and implanted at one time, as well as strong dislike for destroying human embryos. Under current law, <a href="https://lozierinstitute.org/ivf-industry-regulation-in-the-united-states-changes-are-needed-to-protect-embryonic-children-and-their-families/">there are very few protections for human embryos</a> — or even IVF patients themselves.
<div id="attachment_935069" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-want-to-prioritize-solving-the-root-causes-of-infertility-over-ivf-poll/president-trump-signs-executive-orders-at-mar-a-lago-in-palm-beach-florida-6" rel="attachment wp-att-935069"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-935069" class="wp-image-935069 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2200465609-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2200465609-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2200465609-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2200465609-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2200465609.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>Trump signs an executive order expanding access to IVF. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)</div>
And more than half of Americans, the polling found, believe the government&#8217;s priority should be treating the root cause of infertility, rather than using IVF as a first line of treatment.
&#8220;Some doctors focus on trying to diagnose and treat the causes of infertility (such as hormonal imbalances, miscarriage, endometriosis, blocked fallopian tubes, or other underlying health conditions) while others recommend IVF as an early approach to infertility,&#8221; the poll asked. &#8220;In your opinion, which approach should be prioritized?&#8221;
Fifty-four percent of respondents said that they wanted to prioritize treating the root issue that is causing the symptom of infertility, while 6% said that they wanted to prioritize using IVF as a first-line treatment. Twenty-six percent said they wanted a combination of both, and 13% said they were unsure.
Those sentiments were also shared across key audiences polled, dubbed &#8220;IVF Switcher&#8221; and &#8220;Soft IVF&#8221; — those who are unsure or somewhat supportive of IVF and those who were supportive of IVF at the start of the survey but became unsure or opposed by the end, respectively. These groups were chosen, according to the pollsters, to understand how IVF concerns and risks have fared with the public.
Among IVF Switchers polled, 51% want to prioritize treating the root cause of infertility, 8% want to use IVF as a first-line treatment, 19% want a combination, and 21% are unsure. Among Soft IVF respondents polled, 52% want to prioritize treating the root cause of infertility, 9% want to use IVF as a first-line treatment, 20% want a combination, and 19% are unsure.
The findings are significant given the growing infertility crisis. Nearly 18% of the global adult population <a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/04-04-2023-1-in-6-people-globally-affected-by-infertility">experiences infertility</a>, and among American women, infertility rates <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr202.pdf">are also alarmingly high</a>. Women across the country are grappling with endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, hormonal imbalances, and more, while men struggle with low sperm count, erectile dysfunction, diet, lifestyle, and other environmental factors.
Some experts, like Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Emma Waters, argue that infertility is a symptom of underlying reproductive health conditions that need to be treated, but a lack of research often prevents couples from improving their fertility and, often, starting families.
Waters argues that expanding access to treatments optimizing male and female reproductive health, or Restorative Reproductive Medicine, will &#8220;make it easier for mothers and fathers to have babies,&#8221; as the president has promised.
“Infertility is not a diagnosis in and of itself,&#8221; explains Dr. Monica Minjeur, director of communications for the International Institute for Restorative Reproductive Medicine. &#8220;We know infertility points to chronic underlying conditions, typically with at least 4-6 factors involved. When we identify these factors, we can provide effective treatment to help optimize fertility for healthy outcomes of mom and baby.”
The Institute&#8217;s president, Dr. Phil Boyle, argues that &#8220;couples struggling with infertility are best served when they receive a comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and restorative treatment to optimize their health and natural reproductive function.&#8221;
This messaging has resonated with some female lawmakers throughout the United States. In Arkansas, Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the “Reproductive Empowerment and Support Through Optimal Restoration (RESTORE) Act” into law in April.
That legislation is modeled on a bill crafted by Waters and Ethics and Public Policy Center&#8217;s Natalie Dodson, establishing a framework for restorative reproductive medicine and a series of medical protocols to treat the root causes of infertility and reproductive dysfunction.
At the time Sanders signed the legislation, Dodson described the bill as &#8220;critical to addressing the nationwide infertility and reproductive health crisis by directly helping the women of Arkansas access much-needed restorative reproductive medical techniques.”
In recent weeks, Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi and Republican Congresswoman Diana Lynn Harshbarger of Tennessee each introduced the <a href="https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/RESTORE%20Act%20119th.pdf">Reproductive Empowerment and Support through Optimal Restoration (RESTORE) Act</a>, legislation that sought to build support for American couples affected by fertility through restorative reproductive medicine.
Hyde-Smith argued at the time that the bill reflects the goals of the &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; movement, which significantly bolstered the president&#8217;s 2o24 campaign.
“So many couples of today’s childbearing-aged generations face an uphill battle with fertility struggles that are complex and unique to every woman and man,&#8221; Hyde-Smith shared. &#8220;The holistic fertility policy promoted through the RESTORE Act aims to treat the root causes of infertility, many of which stem from chronic conditions and environmental factors that are the focus of President Trump’s MAHA movement.&#8221;
“If we are going to truly support women and men who are ready to embrace parenthood,&#8221; she added, &#8220;then we should promote substantive fertility solutions that ensure access to restorative reproductive medicine—fully healing couples and empowering them with autonomy over how they start and build their families.”
Harshbarger similarly emphasized that &#8220;having children is one of God&#8217;s greatest gifts,&#8221; adding, &#8220;we should be empowering modern medicine and investing in solutions that address the root causes of infertility to bring hope to prospective parents.&#8221;

Americans Want To Prioritize Solving The Root Causes Of Infertility Over IVF: Poll

WASHINGTON—As the White House pushes the Senate to pass President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;big, beautiful bill,&#8221; they&#8217;ve gathered workers from across the country in support of the massive legislation.
In a video first obtained by The Daily Wire, subcontractors from Kansas to New Mexico and Mississippi voice support for the bill, arguing that it will create massive opportunities for the middle class, specifically through its tax breaks, such as the 199A tax deduction.
Not all the subcontractors are named, but they include Brad Miller, who runs the Kansas-based Midwest Crane; Robert Abney, one of the leaders of F.L. Crane and Sons, Inc. in Mississippi; Marni Goodrich, director of business operations at Yearout Mechanical in New Mexico, and others.
&#8220;The 199A tax exemption is very important to our small businesses to be able to reinvest that money in their small business and have job growth,&#8221; explains one of these subcontractors.
Another unnamed subcontractor calls on her peers to encourage their senators to let them know that they support the bill, saying, &#8220;Get out to your senators!&#8221;
&#8220;We need to unite, we need to get to our senators, we need to get out there, make our voices heard, and we have to get this bill onto the president&#8217;s desk and get it executed as soon as possible,&#8221; said Andrew Christ, co-owner of Compass Constructors.
The video comes as the White House pushes Congress to pass the bill by July 4. The House already passed the legislation — which is full of the president&#8217;s second-term priorities and promises — and it is now up to the Senate to advance the package.
The White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/50-wins-in-the-one-big-beautiful-bill/">argues</a> that the bill would deliver the largest tax cut in American history, putting an extra $5,000 into the pockets of Americans with a double-digit percent decrease to their tax bills. It would also, according to the White House, make Trump&#8217;s first-term tax cuts permanent; raise Americans&#8217; take home pay by up to $13,300 and wages by up to $11,600; remove taxes on tips and overtime; provide funding to complete the president&#8217;s border wall and boosts Border Patrol and ICE agents on the frontlines; increase child tax credit to $2,500 per family, and more.
Critics argue that it would only add to the United States&#8217; already massive budget deficit. The national debt, as of Thursday, sits at $36,213,581,723,797, <a href="https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/national-debt/">according to the Treasury Department</a>.

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The GOP-led House moved on Thursday to cut billions in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, aligning with the Department of Government Efficiency&#8217;s (DOGE) recommendations to cut programs Republicans deem to be wasteful and ideologically driven.
A <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20250609/SCALIS_004_xml[6].pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rescissions bill</a> that seeks to take back $9.4 billion in discretionary spending allocated toward foreign aid projects and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funds to NPR and PBS, passed in a <a href="https://x.com/HouseDailyPress/status/1933251522961313997" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote</a> of 214-212 <a href="https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/1933254246561935683" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mostly along</a> party lines.
&#8220;President Trump promised to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government, and today House Republicans took a strong step in delivering on that promise,&#8221; House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) told The Daily Wire. &#8220;By solidifying savings found by DOGE, we’re reining in reckless spending and getting our fiscal house in order.&#8221;
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) <a href="https://www.majorityleader.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4551" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> the bill after President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dei-insect-powder-and-trans-resilience-trump-unveils-woke-spending-cuts-request" target="_blank" rel="noopener">submitted</a> a rescissions package seeking the cuts last week. Under the Impoundment Control Act, lawmakers have 45 days to act on the request, and it requires only a simple majority in the House and Senate — meaning the filibuster threshold can be ignored.
The legislation proposes cutting $8.3 billion from U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department programs, including funding for &#8220;Net Zero Cities&#8221; in Mexico, Iraqi &#8220;Sesame Street,&#8221; and global LGBTQ+ initiatives, and $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, targeting NPR and PBS following choices such as <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/npr-ceo-admits-outlet-was-mistaken-in-refusing-to-cover-hunter-biden-laptop-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ignoring</a> the Hunter Biden laptop story and trans-focused programming.
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While the House debated the bill, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/DailyCaller/status/1933236626433716523" target="_blank" rel="noopener">held up</a> a doll of Elmo from &#8220;Sesame Street.&#8221; He bemoaned how lawmakers were debating legislation that &#8220;targets Elmo, and Big Bird, and Daniel Tiger, and &#8216;Sesame Street'&#8221; rather than a bill &#8220;designed to make this country and our economy more affordable.&#8221; Scalise <a href="https://x.com/search?q=jeffries%20elmo&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delivered</a> a rebuttal in which he affirmed &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221; is &#8220;doing just fine&#8221; after being <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/business/media/sesame-street-netflix-pbs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">picked up</a> by Netflix. &#8220;What will go away is some of the far-Left, radical views that are being espoused,&#8221; he added.
A continuation of the cuts is possible if they make it into fiscal 2026 legislation. Sources on Capitol Hill and the White House expect more requests to implement the so-called DOGE cuts to follow, assuming the first bill manages to pass through both chambers of Congress. It&#8217;s part of a wider effort to reduce the deficit, including income from tariffs and reining in the budget with the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; and the appropriations process.
In a post on Truth Social before the vote, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114671982391481893" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the rescissions bill a &#8220;NO BRAINER&#8221; and encouraged Republicans to vote for it to &#8220;&#8216;claw back&#8217; $9.4 BILLION DOLLARS in funding for wasteful Foreign Aid, used for Radical &#8216;DEI&#8217; and the Green New SCAM, and the &#8216;Corporation for Public Broadcasting,&#8217; which funds the highly biased NPR and PBS.&#8221;

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt concisely dismissed a reporter on Wednesday when she was asked if the president supports the right to peaceful protest.
The moment came during a press briefing at the White House on Wednesday. Asked to clarify what kind of protest President Donald Trump “would find acceptable,” Leavitt drew the line at violence.
“The president absolutely supports peaceful protests. He supports the First Amendment. He supports the right of Americans to make their voices heard,” said Leavitt.
“He does not support violence of any kind. He does not support assaulting law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their job. It&#8217;s very clear for the president what he supports and what he does not,” she continued. “Unfortunately for Democrats, that line has not been made clear, and they&#8217;ve allowed this unrest and this violence to continue, and the president has had to step in.”
Asked if the president would support peaceful protesting during the military parade scheduled for Saturday, Leavitt dismissed the question.
“Of course, the president supports peaceful protests. What a stupid question,” she said before moving on to the next reporter.
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Q: So if there were peaceful protests on Saturday for the military parade the president would allow that?
.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> Karoline Leavitt: &quot;Of course the president supports peaceful protests. What a stupid question.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/QzjOIVoUlJ">pic.twitter.com/QzjOIVoUlJ</a>
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On Tuesday, Trump said in remarks from the Oval Office that protesters during the parade to honor the United States’ 250th birthday would be met with “great force.” He made the threat after detailing the violence and riots that have broken out in Los Angeles in recent days, and praising military personnel and law enforcement that have stepped up to restore law and order to the area.
“For those people that want to protest, they’re going to be met with very big force,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/politics/trump-military-parade-protests.html">said</a> Trump. “And I haven’t even heard about a protest, but you know, this is people that hate our country, but they will be met with very heavy force.”
The president also <a href="https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1932476296329658709">said</a> that money is behind some of the violence going on in Los Angeles. Trump said that some of the demonstrators “are paid insurrectionists. These are paid troublemakers.”

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The White House roundly rejected a Wednesday morning report from The Washington Post claiming that President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration was planning to send a number of illegal aliens to the infamous prison at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt referred to the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/10/trump-guantanamo-deportations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> — which cited unnamed &#8220;U.S. officials familiar with the matter&#8221; — as &#8220;Fake News,&#8221; and declared that it was &#8220;not happening.&#8221;
&#8220;This story is Fake News. Not happening,&#8221; she said.
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According to The Washington Post&#8217;s report, the White House is &#8220;preparing to send thousands of foreigners to the infamous detention facility, including people from Britain, France and Italy, with no intent to notify their home governments.&#8221;
Citing anonymous officials — and claiming those officials provided the outlet with documents — the report said that those who could potentially be sent to Guantanamo Bay included a number from Haiti but also included &#8220;hundreds from friendly European nations, including Britain, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Poland, Turkey and Ukraine.&#8221;
The Post claimed that the officials had insisted on remaining anonymous &#8220;because the matter is considered highly sensitive.&#8221;
Some of the alleged plans outlined by The Post included preparations for medical screenings for up to 9,000 people – and the piece was careful to hedge by noting that the plans were &#8220;subject to change.&#8221; The Post attributed the push to move illegals to Guantanamo Bay to &#8220;immigration hard-liners&#8221; within the Trump administration who were pressuring Trump to ramp up deportations.
Leavitt was not the only one to call out The Post&#8217;s assertions. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell added, &#8220;This is [100%] Fake News.&#8221;
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But others, like Marc Thiessen, who served as a speechwriter for President George W. Bush, noted that the practice was not exactly unprecedented. &#8220;The Clinton administration housed migrants at Gitmo long before the war on terror,&#8221; he said.
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The Clinton administration housed migrants at Gitmo long before the war on terror. <a href="https://t.co/UpNfTK49BJ">https://t.co/UpNfTK49BJ</a>
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