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US appeals court rejects Trump bid to force Michigan to hand over voter rolls

2026-06-24 7:12 PM UTC / Reuters

By Luc Cohen

June 24, 2026 7:12 PM UTC Updated 7 mins ago

United States Department of Justice logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

• Michigan judge had blocked DOJ’s demand for unredacted voter rolls
• Trump administration has sued dozens of states seeking lists of voters
• Voting rights advocates say naturalized citizens could be disenfranchised

June 24 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a court ​order blocking the Justice Department from obtaining Michigan’s voter rolls, dealing a blow to the Trump administration’s push ‌to boost the federal government’s role in elections.

The decision from the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes as President Donald Trump’s Republicans are locked in a tight battle to maintain control of both houses of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections.

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The U.S. Constitution assigns individual ​states the responsibility of administering federal elections, though the federal government has some oversight authority. Trump, who maintains ​his false claim that his 2020 election loss was due to fraud, has long asserted that ⁠states are not doing enough to prevent ineligible people from casting ballots. He has said Republicans should “nationalize” and “take over” ​voting.

STATES CITE VOTERS’ PRIVACY RIGHTS

Starting last year, the Justice Department sent letters to election officials in nearly all 50 states seeking ​access to their voter lists, including sensitive identifying information like partial social security numbers, driver’s license numbers and dates of birth.

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At least 17 Republican-led states voluntarily shared the data. Dozens more states, including several led by Republicans, have resisted, in many cases arguing that sharing the information ​would violate their citizens’ privacy rights.

The Justice Department has sued 30 states and the District of Columbia to try to ​force them to turn over their rolls, arguing it needs the unredacted lists to determine whether the states are doing enough to remove ‌ineligible ⁠voters from their rolls.

The Justice Department has so far lost each case that has been decided at the trial court level.

DOJ CITED CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

In the Michigan case, U.S. District Judge Hala Jarbou said the voter rolls were not among the documents that the federal government had the right to demand from states under the Civil Rights Act of 1960. The law, ​passed to combat racial discrimination ​at a time when ⁠Southern states were destroying Black Americans’ voter registration records to cover up disenfranchisement, requires states to preserve such records.

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In appealing the case, the Justice Department called Jarbou’s reading of the law “novel ​and incorrect.”

Lawyers for Michigan said Jarbou correctly distinguished between materials voters submit to the state, ​which they ⁠said the federal government may demand, and records like voter rolls created by the state itself, which they said were not covered by the Civil Rights Act.

Jarbou was appointed by Trump during his first term.

Voting rights activists have expressed concern that the Trump ⁠administration is ​seeking to compare states’ voter rolls with other sources of data to ​purge people it believes are not citizens. They say that risks disenfranchising some voters because those data sources may not have up-to-date information on whether ​previously ineligible immigrants have since become naturalized citizens.

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Mamdani-backed candidates swept on Tuesday. But can they win outside of NYC? His top strategist says yes

2026-06-24 1:25 PM EDT / CNN

By Dana Bash, CNN

Published 1:25 PM EDT, Wed June 24, 2026

Mamdani-backed candidates swept on Tuesday. But can they win outside of NYC? His top strategist says yes

Inside Politics

Morris Katz, a top adviser to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, joins Dana Bash after three Mamdani-backed challengers won Democratic House primaries on Tuesday. Asked if the democratic socialist label hurts candidates outside of New York City, Katz said, “candidates and voters have the right to call it by whatever name they seek. But what people are looking for is a different kind of politics.”

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Trump spoke with Live Nation CEO shortly before surprise Justice Department settlement, court filing reveals

2026-06-24T19:11:30.910Z / CNN

By Kara Scannell

Updated 18 min ago

Updated Jun 24, 2026, 3:11 PM ET

PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2026, 3:11 PM ET

Michael Rapino, president and chief executive officer of Live Nation Entertainment Inc., departs from federal court on March 19, 2026 in New York City.

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Live Nation’s chief executive spoke with President Donald Trump less than a month before the ticketing and events giant reached a surprise antitrust settlement with the Justice Department that consumer advocate groups have largely panned.

The highly-unusual conversation between Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino and the president was disclosed in a court filing on Monday. The disclosure also reveals that the White House counsel’s office was involved in finalizing the settlement.

“In February 2026, Mr. Rapino discussed a variety of topics related to Live Nation’s business with President Donald J. Trump; the status of DOJ’s lawsuit against Defendants came up but no substantive terms regarding any potential settlement were discussed,” Live Nation disclosed in a court filing.

The filing raises questions about whether Trump was personally behind the settlement and how closely he is involved in Justice Department decision-making.

CNN has reached out to Live Nation, the Justice Department and White House for comment.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after arriving in Washington, on June 24, 2026.

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The conversation took place just weeks before the landmark antitrust trial began and the same month senior Justice Department leadership pushed out Gail Slater, the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division. Slater was known to advocate for aggressive approaches to the antitrust cases she oversaw

On March 5, representatives of Live Nation, the antitrust division, the attorney general’s office, deputy attorney general’s office and White House counsel’s office met to finalize the settlement, and hammered out a term sheet signed that day, according to the court filing.

The Live Nation settlement with DOJ was announced during the second week of the trial and blindsided the judge overseeing the case as well as the Justice Department trial team handling the case before the jury.

Judge Arun Subramanian summoned Rapino and the head of the antitrust division to court for a testy hearing. During the hearing, the judge said it was “mind boggling” that DOJ attorneys did not know about deal.

The trial resumed with more than 30 state attorneys general moving forward. The jury found Live Nation acted as a monopoly and overcharged fans.

Abigail Slater, US assistant attorney general nominee for US President Donald Trump, during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, on February 12, 2025.

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After the verdict was announced, Slater wrote on X, “You made antitrust history today. You fought the good fight, you finished the race, and you kept the faith.”

The judge will ultimately decide whether to approve the DOJ settlement and assign remedies or damages in light of the verdict.

Remarkable photos show ancient human burials uncovered in Egypt, with clues to centuries of changing tradition

2026-06-24T12:57:00-0400 / CBS News

Cairo — Egyptian archaeologists say they’ve uncovered remains and a myriad of artifacts in part of a Greco-Roman cemetery that dates back more than 2,300 years, revealing the evolution of funerary practices over some six centuries and showing the importance of the site itself.

Burials discovered at the Tell Kom Aziza site, in the Nile Delta in Egypt’s northern Beheira province, near the Mediterranean coast, date from about 332 B.C. to 395 A.D. Remains and artifacts found at the site show widely varying burial practices and they point to the site itself morphing over its long period of use from a settlement into a cemetery.

“This is a very important discovery because it sheds light on and reveals more details about the site,” Nevine El-Aref, media adviser to the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, told CBS News. “It is a unique example that shows the transformation of a settlement hub into a major burial ground spanning different ancient eras.”

Burials discovered at the Tell Kom Aziza burial site in Egypt’s Nile Delta range from simple pits to graves lined with mudbricks to painted plaster coffins. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

Excavations revealed burial practices ranging from simple pit burials, with bodies placed directly in the ground, to graves lined with mudbricks and burials in painted plaster coffins.

There were also individual and collective burials, according to Dr. Hisham El-Leithy, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and burials oriented along both north–south and east–west axes.

The hand positions of those interred also differed. Some individuals were buried with their hands folded or crossed over the pelvic region, while others were put in the “Osirian pose,” with their arms crossed over the chest, or with their arms extended and aligned alongside the thighs, El-Leithy said.

Human remains discovered at the Tell Kom Aziza site in Egypt’s Nile Delta show widely varying burial practices. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

“This diversity can be interpreted in several ways: It may reflect social differences among the individuals buried, variations in ritual practices, or a limited development within the same funerary tradition,” Khaled Abdel Ghany Farhat, the head of the team, told CBS News.

Among the significant discoveries were the complete skeletal remains of two wild boars, a rare find at ancient Egyptian funerary sites. Boars were representative at the time with Seth (or Set), a deity associated with chaos and violence in ancient Egyptian mythology.

Among the discoveries at the Tell Kom Aziza burial site were the skeletal remains of two wild boars. Boars were representative of Seth (or Set), a deity associated with chaos and violence. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

“Even though it’s not possible yet to determine with certainty whether these remains represent intentional animal burials, remnants of domestic and economic activity, or an element with ritual significance, their presence within this context requires linking the direct archaeological evidence with the cultural and religious significance of the boar in ancient Egypt,” Mohamed Abdel Badi, Head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector, told CBS News.

Pottery fragments dating from the Egyptian Old Kingdom — the time of the great pyramids’ construction, between around 2686 and 2181 B.C. — to the Greco-Roman period that followed some 2,000 years later, were also discovered at the site.

Pottery fragments and fragments dating from the Egyptian Old Kingdom, between around 2686 and 2181 B.C., and the Greco-Roman period that followed some 2,000 years later. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

The largely domestic items, including amphorae, burial jars, bread molds and bread trays, indicate continued or repeated use of the site over not just centuries, but millenia.

“Excavation work at the site is still ongoing in order to uncover more secrets, understand the history of the location and its development over time, and put all the puzzle pieces together to decipher patterns of human activity in the area,” El-Aref, at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, told CBS News.

Experts urge extreme caution on Iran’s ‘crown jewel’ Hezbollah — terror group with US blood on its hands

June 24, 2026 3:36pm EDT / Fox News

Sen Sheehy warns of Iran’s ‘murderous regime’ as nuclear deal sparks debate

Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., reacts to the latest Iran nuclear peace talks, warning that the Iranian regime is merely buying time. He highlights Iran’s stated goal to ‘wipe our civilization off the map’ and its decades-long funding of terrorist organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas. He stresses the importance of supporting U.S. allies in the Middle East, including Israel and the UAE, against this global threat.

Foreign policy experts are advising the Trump administration to continue to carefully watch Iran’s behavior over its terror proxy Hezbollah— a group with American blood on its hands.

The importance of Hezbollah to the Tehran regime is clear in the comprehensive U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding. While the agreement does not mention the group by name, clause one of the 14-point MOU calls for the permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including the cessation of conflict in Lebanon.

Lisa Daftari, editor-in-chief, told Fox News Digital that, “Hezbollah isn’t just the Iran regime’s most prized proxy; it’s the crown jewel of the regime’s forward defense. For almost five decades, the Islamic Republic has invested billions building Hezbollah into a forward-deployed missile arsenal aimed directly at Israel’s heart.” She said “Losing Hezbollah would hurt the mullahs more than losing the Strait of Hormuz or anything else in their arsenal. That’s why Hezbollah is clause one,” of the MOU.

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Hezbollah al-Mahdi scouts parade with large portraits of Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Khomeini and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an event for Jerusalem Day in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, on Aug. 1, 2013.(Hussein Malla/AP Photo)

Daftari said Hezbollah is “a forward-deployed arm of the IRGC Quds Force taking Lebanon hostage,” She said that “the IRGC created Hezbollah in 1982, trained it, armed it, funded it, and to this day embeds Quds Force commanders inside its command structure. Treating them as separate organizations is a fiction Tehran exploits.”

While the State Department didn’t answer Fox News Digital questions over concerns raised by critics regarding the administration’s handling of Hezbollah, Secretary of State Marco Rubio took a tough line on the terror group when asked by reporters in the United Arab Emirates Tuesday about Tehran’s terror proxies and why Iran’s ballistic missile program was left out of the recent Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MOU).

Rubio insisted that regional proxy threats are fundamentally covered by the framework. “I think a careful reading of the MOU will see that when you talk about, for example, a complete – an end of hostilities in the entire region, well, that’s not possible.You can’t have the end of hostilities and conflicts in the region as long as Iranian proxies are launching missiles and drones from Iraq and are participating in terrorism like Hamas did and like Hezbollah did.So I do think it’s covered by the MOU, and it is an issue that will be gotten to at the appropriate time in these negotiations.”

American Marines search for survivors and bodies in the rubble of their barracks headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, after a suicide car bomb killed 241 U.S. servicemen and wounded over 60 on Oct. 24, 1983.(Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket)

Hezbollah was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. in 1997. Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense for Democracies (FDD) and editor of its Long War Journal, told Fox News Digital that “Hezbollah has a five-decade-long track record of killing Americans, starting with the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut in 1983, attacks on U.S. embassies and airplane hijackings.”

Roggio said the efforts “continue to this day,” with Hezbollah playing “a key role in establishing, training, advising and supporting the Iraqi militias, which are responsible for killing more than 600 American soldiers. Hezbollah also trained al Qaeda to use suicide car bombs, which it implemented in the 1998 suicide attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and perfected in theaters such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia.”

In May 2025, A U.S. District Court determined that the torture of Lebanese American Amer Fakhoury was the responsibility of Iran, through its proxy Hezbollah. Fakhoury lost sixty pounds during a six-month period of captivity after being kidnapped by Hezbollah in Lebanon in September 2019. He died six months after his return to the U.S. of cancer that was diagnosed in prison in Lebanon.

FAMILY OF AMERICAN HOSTAGE TORTURED IN LEBANON WINS LANDMARK CASE AGAINST IRAN

As U.S.-Iran talks opened Sunday in Switzerland, a dispute over who controls and monitors billions of dollars in potentially unfrozen Iranian assets emerged(Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS)

Zoya and Guila Fakhoury, Amer’s daughters and co-founders of the Amer Foundation, told Fox News Digital that their “family wants to see a peaceful, sovereign, and prosperous Lebanon” and welcomes “any effort that genuinely reduces violence and helps Lebanon move toward stability.”

The Fakhoury’s said that “lasting peace cannot come at the expense of accountability. True stability in Lebanon requires ensuring that terrorist organizations like Hezbollah no longer hold the power to intimidate, detain, and silence innocent people.”

They expressed disappointment that there has been “little public focus on the Americans who remain unjustly detained by the Iranian regime.” They added that “Any meaningful agreement with Iran should include concrete progress toward bringing every wrongfully detained American home.”

Amer Fakhoury is shown before his illegal detention in Lebanon and after his rescue from hospital with cancer. His New Hampshire family seeks justice from Iran for his imprisonment.(Fakhoury Family)

A U.S. official told Fox News Digital that “The Trump Administration is committed to securing the release of all Americans unjustly detained in Iran and around the world.The Iranian regime has a long and shameful history of unjustly detaining U.S. nationals and other foreign citizens.The Iranian regime should immediately release all Americans unjustly detained in Iran.To ensure the safety and security and security of those Americans, we have nothing further to share at this time.”

As talks brokered by the U.S. between Lebanese and Israeli officials resumed in Washington, the Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, released a statement on his X account Tuesday, thanking the Vice President and Secretary of State, stating in part “for the attention that the United States is showing toward Lebanon, aimed at ending the war there, strengthening the authority of the Lebanese state, and the independence of its decision-making, considering it solely responsible for preserving national sovereignty, the dignity of the Lebanese people, and their safety.”

ISRAEL POUNDS HEZBOLLAH TARGETS, DARING LEBANON TO RECLAIM SOVEREIGNTY FROM IRAN-BACKED TERROR PROXY

The U.S. delegation including Steve Witkoff, JD Vance and Jared Kushner arrived in Switzerland on Sunday(REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool)

Walid Phares, a foreign policy expert and author of ‘Iran: An Imperialist Republic and U.S. Policy,’ told Fox News Digital that it was “a major mistake…to give the Islamic regime in Iran a power to include Lebanon and Hezbollah in the talks. He warned that “putting Lebanon on the agenda of the talks with the regime in Switzerland could collapse the Washington, D.C. platform.”

Pressed by reporters while in Kuwait on Wednesday about Israel’s continued military presence, Rubio drew a firm line on the administration’s expectations, stating its hope is “that the Lebanese Armed Forces and the legitimate, sovereign Lebanese government will continue to be able to control and secure more and more of their own territory, because that’s who needs to control Lebanese territory… not a terrorist group like Hezbollah. So that’s the goal. And I think the Israelis have been clear. They don’t have any quarrels with the Lebanese people, and they don’t have any claims on the territory of Lebanon.”

Michael Needham, counselor for the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter pose for a photo before a meeting at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2026.(Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)

Jonathan Conricus, a former international spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, told Fox News Digital that “From an Israeli perspective, Hezbollah is not an organization that we can talk with or expect them to change their ways.” He said that as a jihadi organization, “their primary objective in life is to wage holy war against the Jews, and then against Christians and against other what they consider to be infidels and Westerners. These are not people that you can negotiate or talk sense with.”

Conricus, a senior fellow at the FDD, added that “there’s a unique chance here to roll back Iranian aggression in the region and to dismantle the most important Iranian proxy Hezbollah.” To do so, he called for “political pressure, information pressure and…economic pressure on Hezbollah [and] on all of its financial institutions.”

A deliverman rides a motorcycle along a road in Baghdad past billboards showing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Hassan Nasrallah, the slain leader of Hezbollah, on Oct. 7, 2024.(Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

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A U.S. government official told Fox News Digital that “Secretary Rubio spoke to both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Aoun on Friday about solidifying ceasefire and future talks. As a result of those calls, the U.S. started a monitoring mechanism via U.S. Central Command so that our policymakers have real-time and accurate information about fighting in Lebanon.”

The Washington talks between Lebanon and Israel are expected to continue into Thursday.

Beth Bailey writes on the United Nations, worldwide antisemitism, and regions in conflict for Fox News.

TV host apologizes after she criticized soccer star for leaving World Cup for birth of his son: “The dad is useless”

June 24, 2026 2:49 PM EDT / CBS/AP

A well-known French TV host has apologized after she criticized a soccer star’s decision to leave the World Cup to attend the birth of his first child.

The controversy started after Belgium forward Jérémy Doku announced that he planned to fly to London so he could be with his wife for the birth of their baby. Doku’s absence prompted a French commentator, France Pierron, to criticize the player’s intention to leave the World Cup.

She described childbirth as “a disgusting moment, excuse me, where the dad is useless” during an appearance on the television show “L’Equipe de Choc” on Friday. The comments drew widespread backlash and prompted an apology from Pierron on Tuesday.

“These remarks are solely my own and in no way reflect a collective position,” she posted on X. “I understand that they may have shocked, offended, or hurt some of you, and I am sorry for that.”

France Pierron attends Day Eight of the 2026 French Open on May 31, 2026 in Paris, France. Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images

Her employer, French sports daily L’Equipe, disavowed the comments and also apologized to Doku in a statement late Sunday, saying the remarks did not represent its values.

Doku made it to London in time for the birth of his son, Praise. He posted on social media about his appreciation for the kind messages he and his family have received over the past few days.

“Shireen and Praise are doing great, and my heart is full of gratitude,” Doku said. “Welcoming my son into the world is one of the greatest blessings God has ever given me. Thank you to the team for the support, now it’s time to get back to football and represent my country on the biggest stage.”

On Monday, Belgium captain Youri Tielemans shared his support for Doku, and said he and other players congratulated him.

“I think having a child is the most beautiful thing in the world that you can have, and being there, it’s more than normal as a dad, as a mom, obviously,” Tielemans said. “But yeah, being there as a dad, for myself, I have three and it’s memories you can’t take back. So, yeah, very happy for him.”

Jeremy Doku reacts during a FIFA World Cup 2026 match between Belgium and Egypt in Seattle on June 15, 2026. Lee Smith / REUTERS

Doku missed Belgium’s 0-0 World Cup draw against Iran on Sunday because of a respiratory illness, but was cleared to fly to London so he could be with his wife.

Belgium plays New Zealand on Friday at BC Place, a match that could determine whether the Red Devils advance into the knockout round. Belgium played to draws in each of its first two games.

Irate Republicans accuse Trump of handing Democrats a win after blowing up housing package

Sen Thom Tillis says Democrats ‘really appreciate’ Trump’s last-minute move as GOP frustration mounts

June 24, 2026 1:23pm EDT / Fox News

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The Senate was left in a state of confusion and anger in the wake of President Donald Trump’s last-minute declaration that he would not sign into law a colossal housing package filled with his own priorities.

It comes as Trump is expected to have a closed-door lunch with Senate Republicans who are already frustrated with a laundry list of his recent decisions that have either derailed or blown up their attempts to move forward with his agenda.

Trump said he wouldn’t sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Package into law, which passed both chambers with overwhelming bipartisan support, unless Republicans ram through the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, a voter-ID and citizenship verification package that doesn’t have the votes to succeed in the Senate.

TRUMP HEADS TO CAPITOL HILL FOR PIVOTAL MEETING AS SENATE GOP DIVISIONS DEEPEN

President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2026.(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

“Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency,” Trump said on Truth Social.

The sudden decision had some Republicans accusing Trump of handing Democrats a victory.

“There is a huge group of people who really appreciate what the president’s doing right now, and it’s the Democratic Party,” Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said. “And we’ve got to get our act together and stop surprising people and start having … working messages.

“This housing bill was a very clear, bipartisan effort to address some of the basics of affordability, and we are here,” he continued. “It makes no sense.”

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., one of the chief architects of the housing package, was furious that Trump refused to sign the bill into law.

“Can I underline crisis three times? We have a bill that Republicans and Democrats have built. It is good for urban America, rural America, first-time homebuyers, renters, seniors, families that are expanding,” Warren said. “It’s a bill about doing good things. And Donald Trump says he just doesn’t care.”

Before torpedoing the housing package, Trump had already earned the frustration of Republicans with his decision to derail the process of reauthorizing the nation’s key counter-terrorism tool, the memorandum of understanding with Iran, and his push for an “anti-weaponization” fund that nearly blew up a $70 billion immigration enforcement package.

The GOP is hungry for a stream of wins to push on the campaign trail as they inch closer to midterm elections where several incumbent Republicans are running in tight races.

TRUMP SCORES MAJOR WIN AS CONGRESS PASSES HOUSING CRACKDOWN ON WALL STREET INVESTORS

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to reporters after a vote in the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 18, 2025.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

But for now, they are mired in debate over whether they can pass the SAVE America Act, which Trump is expected to push for during the lunch.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, described the situation as “inexplicable.”

“I mean, this, this is not — I don’t know if there is precedent for it,” Cornyn said.

When asked if Trump would be any more successful in generating the votes to pass the legislation, Cornyn acknowledged that the president had a lot of sway, but that if the solution was to eliminate the filibuster, the votes similarly weren’t there.

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“At some point, we got to deal with reality,” he said.

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., who worked on the housing package, agreed with Trump that Republicans should try to pass the SAVE America Act and explore all options to do so, like attaching it to a third budget reconciliation package or forcing debate on the floor.

But he acknowledged that the votes currently weren’t there to pass it.

“I will stand on one leg and bark like a dog if that’s what it takes to help this pass,” Kennedy said. “But you can’t make people vote in a way that they don’t want to do. I mean, that’s what we’re up against.”

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

Bipartisan duo tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer about plans to force vote to lower interest rates on student loans

2026-06-24 1:29 PM EDT / CNN

By Wolf Blitzer, CNN

GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz, both from Florida, join CNN’s Wolf Blitzer to discuss their joint effort to force a vote on a bill that would lower the interest rate on federal student loans to 2%.

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Some states want to regulate prediction markets. Should the feds let them?

2026-06-24T15:56:12-0400 / CBS News

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June 24, 2026 / 3:56 PM EDT / CBS News

The federal government and a growing number of U.S. states are clashing over the regulation of prediction markets.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that oversees prediction markets, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Kentucky over its efforts to crack down on Kalshi and Polymarket for what state officials allege are violations of gambling laws. Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman sued the prediction market platforms earlier this month, along with two other companies, alleging they offered illegal sports betting and gambling services.

Including Kentucky, the CFTC has now initiated legal actions against nine states over their push to rein in prediction markets: Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, New Mexico, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.

In its May suit against Minnesota, the CFTC is seeking to block a law that would make operating, or helping to operate, a prediction market in the state a felony.

What’s behind the battle for control?

The legal tussles boil down to whether the federal government or the states have primary authority to oversee prediction markets, which allow users to bet on the outcome of sports, elections and many other events.

The battle comes at a pivotal moment for companies like Kalshi and Polymarket, which have raised billions in venture capital, as prediction markets face scrutiny over allegations of insider trading and money laundering.

The CFTC says Congress gives it exclusive jurisdiction over the regulation of derivative markets. According to the agency, the Dodd-Frank Act, a 2010 law passed in the wake of the housing crash to tighten financial oversight, expanded its authority by giving it control over swaps, a type of derivative contract.

“The commission will continue to pursue litigation in any state that infringes on its federal authority,” a CFTC spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News.

Jeffrey Alberts, a partner at the law firm Pryor Cashman and a former federal prosecutor, said there is legal ambiguity about whether the CFTC’s jurisdiction extends to sports betting, which drives much of the trading volume on prediction markets. Over the last two years, sports have accounted for 80% of trading volume on Kalshi and 39% on Polymarket, according to Pew Research.

But allowing individual states to apply their own rules to prediction markets could lead to a patchwork of regulations that chills innovation and stymies growth, he noted.

“We’ve often seen other countries where their fintech companies are able to beat ours, not because they’re more innovative, but because we’re kind of kneecapping our own industry by making them comply with 50 different regulators at the same time, which slows them down,” Alberts said.

For their part, the states challenging the prediction markets contend that the platforms are breaking their laws by enabling illegal gambling.

Advocates for stronger state oversight, such as the American Gaming Association, also claim the CFTC lacks the expertise to regulate prediction markets, particularly in sports betting, which has historically fallen within states’ regulatory domain. Thirty-nine states offer some form of legal sports betting, according to CBS Sports.

“There’s a very real question about how does this small agency effectively take on the role as a national sports betting regulator?” said Chris Cylke, senior vice president of government relations at the AGA, which represents the casino and gambling industry. “We believe the answer is that they can’t.”

States play a large role in regulating gambling and preventing addiction, Alberts said, noting that the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) — the 1936 law that established the CFTC’s statutory framework — wasn’t designed to address those issues.

“Congress didn’t explicitly say that the CEA somehow converted the CFTC into a national sports gambling regulator,” he told CBS News. “When you look at the purpose of the CEA, it’s not to address things like addiction.”

Off to the Supremes?

Legal experts think the question of whether the federal government or the states should regulate prediction markets could end up before the Supreme Court, possibly as soon as next year.

Stephen Piepgrass, a partner at Troutman Pepper Locke who leads the law firm’s regulatory practice, said the high court could ultimately divide control, giving states authority to regulate certain sports wagers, such as so-called prop bets, while allowing prediction markets to continue offering other sports-related trades.

Congress also could provide clarification before the issue reaches the Supreme Court.

“We’re lobbying for Congress to act on this, because I think fundamentally we believe this boils down to congressional intent. This is not what they intended,” Cylke of the AGA said.

Edited by Alain Sherter

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Letitia James fumes as Mamdani-backed socialists sweep New York primaries

Affluent college-educated voters backed DSA-affiliated candidates while working-class residents supported establishment picks

June 24, 2026 1:53pm EDT / Fox News

By Robert Schmad

Socialist candidates score victories in New York Democratic primary races

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates a ‘new chapter’ for Democrats after socialist candidates secured significant victories in three New York primary races, boosting the progressive wing. Rachel Bovard warns that this ‘growing movement,’ with members advocating extreme views such as abolishing the Senate and Supreme Court, is moving from the fringe to become the Democratic Party’s establishment.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, bristled at fellow Democrat Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s growing clout after a slate of socialist candidates rode his endorsement to primary victories Tuesday night.

“Some of the candidates that he has supported are individuals who do not understand the politics of New York City, the cultural differences from district to district, who have not been part of the history and the struggle of some of these districts, and are relatively new to the body politic,” James, who famously prosecuted President Donald Trump on financial fraud charges, told CNN after the election results came in.

James added that she and other Democratic leaders are “disappointed” in Mamdani.

“[Black and Hispanic voters] don’t like the trick the DSA is trying to pull in Harlem — using the forces of gentrification to try to supplant our agenda and subvert our priorities,” one Democratic political operative told the New York Post. “Abolishing the police and releasing every prisoner, even rapists and murderers, isn’t progressive. It’s nuts. It isn’t people with a doorman who have the most to lose; we know it’s us, people of color, who are going to suffer most from the DSA’s reckless agenda.”

MAMDANI’S PRIMARY WIN EXPOSES DEMOCRAT DIVIDE AS TOP LEADERS WITHHOLD ENDORSEMENTS

Congressional candidates Claire Valdez, left, Brad Lander, second from left, and Darializa Avila Chevalier, right, raise their hands with Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a Get Out the Vote rally in New York City on June 18, 2026.(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The dynamic described by the operative played out across New York on Tuesday night as more affluent voters backed candidates affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, while working-class residents threw their support behind establishment picks.

In New York’s 13th Congressional District, for instance, Mamdani-endorsed graduate student Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat.

Espaillat overwhelmingly won lower-income and majority-Black precincts, while his socialist challenger carried areas with higher incomes, more university graduates and younger residents, according to demographic data compiled by The New York Times. In New York City, affluent, college-educated young people are more likely to be transplants from elsewhere in the United States than the general population.

‘PARTY OF ZOHRAN’: MAMDANI EMERGES AS DEMOCRATIC KINGMAKER AFTER SOCIALIST ALLIES SWEEP NYC PRIMARIES

Brad Lander, candidate for New York’s 10th Congressional District, and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attend a watch party after winning the primary elections in Brooklyn, New York, on June 23, 2026.(Reuters)

Nine Democratic incumbents, among them seven state lawmakers and two congressmen, ultimately lost their seats as a wave of anti-establishment sentiment spurred by Mamdani washed over the state.

All three of the congressional candidates Mamdani endorsed ahead of Tuesday won their primary elections, with two defeating incumbent representatives and the third defeating the chosen successor of a retiring congresswoman.

Mamdani was quick to claim credit for the political shake-up.

“We are showing that last June, a year ago tomorrow, was not an anomaly,” the mayor said Tuesday night. “It was not the end. It was the beginning.”

REPUBLICANS PUSH TO MAKE MAMDANI THE NEW FACE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

New York Attorney General Letitia James stands silently during a press conference at the office of the Attorney General in New York City on Dec. 15, 2025.(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

James acknowledged that many were dissatisfied with the state of the Democratic Party, but warned that Mamdani’s movement could damage their electoral prospects by stoking internal divisions. James told the New York Times that she favors coming to “some sort of understanding” with the socialists to defuse tensions.

“All of us are a little frustrated with the Democratic Party. But you don’t blow it up,” she said. “That’s what MAGA has done.”

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Some Republicans have cast the socialist victories as a boon for the GOP, predicting that inflammatory comments made by the political newcomers could damage the Democratic Party’s national branding.

The New York State Office of the Attorney General did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday.