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Trump Presses NATO on Defense Spending
President Donald Trump departs for Turkey on Monday for a NATO summit
where allied leaders are expected to showcase increased defense
spending, as the alliance seeks to demonstrate it is answering his
longstanding demands for greater burden-sharing.
The two-day summit in Ankara comes after Trump spent years pressing
European allies to invest more in their own militaries instead of
relying disproportionately on U.S. taxpayers.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and allied leaders are expected to
highlight tens of billions of dollars in new defense commitments while
emphasizing progress toward a goal of spending 5% of gross domestic
product on defense, The Washington Post reported.
Iran Mourners Call for Vengeance on Trump
Crowds of Iranians marched through the streets of Tehran on Monday in a
funeral procession for slain leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the biggest
day yet in a week of massive memorial ceremonies demonstrating the grip
of surviving clerical leaders.
Drone footage on state television showed many tens of thousands of
people crammed into a boulevard in central Tehran. The caskets of the
slain leader and four of his family members were driven in a large
truck through the streets, while fire hoses sprayed water from above
to keep the marchers cool.
As they passed under a bridge, mourners hurled stones at a billboard
hung from above showing President Donald Trump with a bullet aimed at
his head.
Sources corroborate whistleblower claims of corruption, quid pro quo culture inside powerful NYC union
Sources corroborate claims that HTC officials received luxury food, liquor and electronics from hotel management
A scathing whistleblower letter alleges corruption inside New York
City’s powerful hotel workers union, including claims that union
leaders accepted gifts from hotel executives, manipulated lease
arrangements and improperly influenced union business in a culture of
quid pro quo dealings — claims that were corroborated by union sources
who spoke with Fox News Digital.
The letter, reviewed by Fox News Digital, asserts that top officials
within the New York Hotel Trades Council and UNITE HERE Local 6,
including President Richard Maroko, participated in actions that
violated internal policies, fiduciary obligations and possibly federal
law. The union denies all allegations of impropriety and organized two
internal investigations carried out by third-party lawyers who found
the whistleblower's claims to be unsubstantiated.
Fox News Digital spoke with the whistleblower and multiple sources with
knowledge of the union’s inner dealings but is not identifying them by
name due to fear of retaliation.
Charlie Kirk's family speaks out ahead of Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing: 'painful reminder'
Ahead of Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing Monday morning, Charlie
Kirk's family released the following statement on behalf of his wife,
Erika; his parents, Robert and Kathryn; and his sister, Mary:
Charlie was a beloved husband, son, brother, friend, and father. Every
court proceeding serves as a painful reminder of his death and the loss
that has irrevocably impacted our lives and the lives of his children.
We remain deeply grateful for the support, prayers, and kindness we
have received. This outpouring has sustained us during the darkest days
of our lives.
Out of respect for the judicial process, we will not be commenting
further at this time. We ask for continued privacy as we navigate this
process and immense grief.
‘The View’ turned down Mamdani request to bring on Israel-hating candidates over fear of FCC: report
ABC’s “The View” declined a request from New York City Mayor Zohran
Mamdani to bring two democratic socialist congressional candidates onto
the daytime talk show as the Disney-owned network grows increasingly
wary of a high-stakes FCC investigation into its political guest
bookings, according to a report.
Representatives for Mamdani pitched “The View” on hosting the mayor
alongside Democratic congressional candidates Darializa Avila Chevalier
and Claire Valdez, but the show indicated it couldn’t accommodate the
two House hopefuls while proceeding cautiously amid the FCC’s ongoing
equal-time inquiry, according to Semafor.
The reported booking dispute comes as relations between “The View” and
Mamdani’s political orbit have grown increasingly strained.
Trump says he asked FIFA for review of Folarin Balogun red card: ‘I didn’t think it was a foul’
President Trump claimed Monday that he asked FIFA supremo Gianni
Infantino to review US striker Folarin Balogun’s red card, which would
have kept him out of a crucial match against Belgium — admitting that
“I didn’t think it was a foul.”
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“I didn’t tell him what to do,” the president told reporters in the
Oval Office. “I can’t tell him what to do, but — and I don’t believe he
made the decision. I think it was a committee that made the decision,
and they made the right decision — because number one, it wasn’t a
foul, and you want to see a game with your best players.”
Michigan Rep. Mallory McMorrow, who trashed rural Americans, suspends Senate bid after polling collapse
Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow suspended her Senate campaign,
leaving the Democratic contest a two-way battle between Dr. Abdul
El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens for the critical seat.
McMorrow (D), whose support in polls dropped dramatically over recent
weeks and who previously trashed rural Americans, vowed to back
whomever Democrats tap as their nominee to face off against Republican
Mike Rogers in November.
“I never planned on politics. After the 2016 election, I felt lost. I
picked up my phone and typed five words into the search bar: ‘How to
run for office,'” McMorrow recalled in a video message.
“I learned the only thing that has ever really changed this country:
ordinary people who love something enough to fight for it. I love this
country. I love Michigan.”
Trump Rings Wall Street's Opening Bells
President Donald Trump on Monday gets to ring the opening bells for the
New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq from the golden confines of the
Oval Office, a symbolic act that reflects how he has increasingly tied
his presidency to the stock market.
Trump has tried to get more Americans to focus on their 401(k)
investments, claiming that his policies should get the credit for any
gains, particularly as the November midterm elections draw closer.
"It's all going well — the stock market is setting records virtually
every day," Trump told reporters on last week before boarding Air Force
One. "Thank you, President Trump."
Only 33% of U.S. adults approve of Trump’s economic leadership,
according to a June survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for
Public Affairs Research.
Russian Missiles Strike Kyiv Ahead of NATO Summit
Russia launched a pre-dawn barrage of ballistic missiles, cruise
missiles and drones against Ukraine's capital early Monday, wounding at
least three people and damaging residential areas just one day before
NATO leaders are set to gather in Turkey for a summit expected to focus
heavily on the war.
Ukraine's air force said Kyiv came under attack from ballistic missiles
in a combined assault that also involved drones and cruise missiles.
Explosions were heard across the city after air raid sirens sounded,
CNN reported.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said at least three people were injured
and fires or damage from falling debris were reported in at least two
districts of the capital.
Karl Marx knew what the DSA doesn’t. America hates socialism
By Rich Lowry
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels weren’t right about much, but they made
some astute observations about America while trying to explain why it
was so resistant to socialism.
According to Marx’s theory, as the world’s most advanced capitalist
country, and one that was industrializing at a rapid clip, the United
States was supposed to be closest to the inevitable socialist
revolution.
“The country that is more developed industrially shows to the less
developed the image of their future,” Marx wrote in “Das Kapital.”
This meant that “Americans will be the first to usher in a Socialist
republic,” a leader of the German Social Democrats said in 1907, one
among countless such confident predictions.
If Polymarket had existed at the time — and socialists had been OK with
prediction markets — all the Marxists would have bought “yes” shares on
a proletarian revolution in the United States.
Chuck Schumer has a beef with beef, but doesn’t even know how to grill it
Politicians who demonized beef now want Washington to get involved in regulating the industry
By Steve Forbes
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has never worked a cattle
ranch. He has never run a meatpacking plant. And after America saw his
backyard grilling stunt, it is fair to ask whether he knows how to
properly grill a cheeseburger.
Yet as Americans prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our
nation’s independence this July 4th — in the heart of summer grilling
season — Schumer wants Washington to muscle its way into the U.S. beef
industry.
What could possibly go wrong?
Plenty.
Schumer’s so-called "Family Grocer and Farmer Relief Act" is classic
Washington liberalism: find a real problem, misdiagnose the cause,
prescribe a cure that makes things worse and call it "relief." We have
seen this in healthcare, energy, housing and education. Politicians
create or worsen a crisis, blame private enterprise and then use the
pain as an excuse to expand government control.
