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Jun 26, 2025 - World

President Donald Trump delivered a rambling speech Thursday afternoon, during which he appeared to claim he signed a trade deal with China. The comment came in passing, and the president didn't elaborate, despite intense interest over the ramifications of such an agreement. "We just signed with China yesterday, right?" Trump asked an advisor off to his right during an event at the White House. Neither he nor the White House has confirmed if there is a deal with China. There were also no further details on what the deal was. In early June, the White House made a deal with China to return to trade levels from April before the two countries began slapping more tariffs on each other's goods. Independent journalist and author of "Public Notice," Aaron Rupar, speculated that it wasn't real. "We've gone from '90 [deals] in 90 days' to Trump touting fake trade deals," he wrote on Bluesky. He also noted that in the same speech, Trump claimed, "We're cutting $1.7 trillion in this bill and you're not gonna feel any of it. Your Medicaid is left alone. It's left the same."Rupar called it a "brazen lie."Fans of Trump were quick to cheer that he accomplished his goal. If accurate, the deal would be just the second that his team has made in the past 85 days. Trump's goal was to reach 90 deals in 90 days. So far, he's reached one with the United Kingdon and a framework agreement with China. Others were confused, using several question marks or asking, "Huh?"The Kobeissi Letter, which provides commentary on global capital markets, noted that if the deal had occurred on Wednesday, "there was no announcement of this deal."Trump has frequently boasted of his perceived successes.A stock and options trader and retired orthopedic surgeon in Florida shared the comment from Trump with an emoji scratching his chin."There was no announcement of this deal yesterday," Yasir Mahmood also posted with a laughing emoji. "The theater never ends with this guy."

Jun 26, 2025 - World

President Donald Trump's administration seemed to fail to convince Senate Democrats that Iran's nuclear program had been "obliterated."Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) spoke to reporters Thursday after emerging from the briefing."The allegations that we have obliterated their program just don't seem to stand up to reason," the senator said, adding: "I just do not think the president was telling the truth when he said this program was obliterated. They were certainly damaged under the program but there is a significant—there's still significant remaining capability for the Iranians.""I walk away from that briefing still under the belief that we have not obliterated the program," he continued. "The president was deliberately misleading the public when he said the program was obliterated."Republicans, however, sided with Trump. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) insisted that the nuclear program had been obliterated, but he also said the fight was not "over.""I don't want people to think that the danger is over, cause it's not," he insisted.Watch the video below from RSBN.

Jun 26, 2025 - World

President Donald Trump touted the praise of a Christian leader who claimed God prevented his assassination so he could order a strike on Iran.In a Thursday post on Truth Social, Trump shared a message from Ralph Reed, the former chairman of the Georgia GOP and founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition."THANK YOU for your bold decision to strike the nuclear sites in Iran," the evangelical Christian wrote to Trump. "You had the guts to do what no other president would do.""I believe God spared your life in Butler PA & again at Trump International so you could be here today to make this historic decision," he added. "It was a Reaganesque & Churchillian moment. America, Israel and the world thanks to you."

Jun 26, 2025 - World

Donald Trump is planning to "lie" to Congress, according to an ex-insider to the president.Lev Parnas, a former "trusted operative" to the U.S. president, recently flagged evidence of Trump's "cognitive decline."In a separate blog post on Thursday, Parnas wrote, "KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL — THE VOLCANO IS ABOUT TO ERUPT.""It’s been a nonstop 24 hours. I’ve been getting messages and updates through the night. Sources reaching out. Intel coming in from across the globe. And I’m telling you right now: something is happening," Parnas wrote. "Trump wants you distracted. Chasing headlines. But I’m asking you — keep your eye on the ball. Because the real story is unraveling right in front of us."Elaborating on what's happening, he said, "Overnight, Russia launched another heavy round of missile and drone attacks across Ukraine — targeting cities, hitting civilian infrastructure, killing innocent people.""But while the air raid sirens wailed, something else happened. A Russian delegation quietly left for Washington, D.C. I’ve been telling you for months, he’s not reacting to the news… he’s orchestrating it."This is all leading up to Trump lying to Congress about Iran, according to the ex-operative."Here’s what my sources are telling me — and you won’t hear this on CNN: Today, Trump’s Defense and Intel teams are supposed to brief the Senate. The next day, Congress.""But my sources say they’re going to stonewall," he added. "They will refuse to disclose the full scope of the mission. And the reason is simple: Because they can’t. And they won’t. There was no imminent threat. There was no legal justification. This was not a reactive strike — it was part of the larger choreography I’ve been telling you about."According to Parnas, "they know that once the details are made public, the entire narrative collapses.""That’s why the cover-up is already underway. As this unfolds, Netanyahu’s trial is set to begin Monday. His corruption case is back in court. He’s cornered. Just like Trump. Just like Putin. And they’re moving together because their fates are now linked," Parnas wrote Thursday. "And what does Trump do? Instead of owning the strike — instead of explaining the mission — he sends out Pete Hegseth to attack the media and distract from the truth."As part of his conclusion, Parnas also writes, "They’ll lie to Congress. They’ll hide the facts. They’ll flood the airwaves with noise."Read the full post here.

Jun 26, 2025 - World

CNN Anchor Kate Bolduan not only defended her network but also railed against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s claim that the network's reporting was “inaccurate.”Her remarks came at the end of Hegseth’s briefing on the bombing of an Iranian nuclear facility.“First and foremost, there was some new detail offered on the mission, on the cruise that pulled off this mission,” Bolduan said. “It's great to get some more information on that, but at the same time, we do need to make clear that despite the emotional speech and outrage from the defense secretary, what he said about the DIA assessment is what CNN reported on."She added, “His issue, that he took about it being preliminary, about it being low confidence. CNN reported on all of this. I was looking back just to make sure that we had it all throughout the reporting process."The anchor continued to defend the outlet’s integrity. “CNN had reported that it is preliminary and, of course, can be updated, including these two parts. It is still early. We reported in our initial report for the U.S. to have a comprehensive picture of the impact of the strikes.”“None of the sources described how the DIA assessment compares to the views of other agencies in the intelligence community,” Bolduan said. “The U.S. is continuing to pick up intelligence, including from within Iran, as they assess the damage.”“Also,” She went on, “in CNN reporting, [the secretary] took real issue and seemed very upset about it not being stated that this was there was low confidence stated in this assessment. It's also in CNN reporting, including this, that the final U.S. military battle damage assessment by the DIA could take days or even weeks to complete, multiple sources familiar with the Pentagon's process told CNN.”“And now a lot of the questions that still remain,” she said. “Honest, questions that everyone in that room should be asked, that he had been berating the honest questions about any U.S. military operation. Those do continue.” Watch the full segment below or click the link. - YouTube youtu.be