[CRAIG NIGRELLI]
TRUMP’S MESSAGE TO IRAN? SURRENDER OR ELSE.
WHY HE SAYS THIS WAR ISN’T JUST ISRAEL’S… AND HOW CLOSE THE U.S. MIGHT BE TO JUMPING IN.
PLUS: HANDCUFFED IN A COURTHOUSE
A NEW YORK MAYORAL CANDIDATE TAKEN DOWN BY FEDERAL AGENTS
WHAT HE DID… WHO HE TRIED TO PROTECT… AND WHY HIS ARREST IS ALREADY POLITICAL FALLOUT
AND TIKTOK’S STILL TICKING… FOR NOW.
TRUMP JUST HIT SNOOZE ON THE BAN… WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOUR FEED THIS SUMMER… AND THE DEADLINE COMING NEXT.
L3: ISRAEL CLAIMS STRIKES ON IRANIAN URANIUM FACILITY; IRAN’S LEADER VOWS ‘NO MERCY’
WE BEGIN IN THE MIDEAST.. WHERE ISRAEL IS INTENSIFYING ITS STRIKES ON IRAN… CLAIMING IT HIT A FACILITY THAT MAKES URANIUM CENTRIFUGES, AND ANOTHER USED FOR MISSILE COMPONENTS
… ALL WHILE INTERCEPTING TEN MISSILES FIRED FROM IRAN OVERNIGHT
IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER — WHOM BOTH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU HAVE SUGGESTED ASSASSINATING WHICH NOW HAS LED TO
GROWING TALK OF REGIME CHANGE– RESPONDED ONLINE, PROMISING NO MERCY AND A STRONG RESPONSE.
AND NOW, GROWING SIGNS THE U.S. COULD BE DRAWN IN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL, DEMANDING IRAN’S UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER… AND CLAIMING QUOTE ‘WE NOW HAVE COMPLETE AND TOTAL CONTROL OF THE SKIES OVER IRAN’
BUT IT’S UNCLEAR IF “WE” MEANS THE U.S., ISRAEL … OR BOTH.
OFFICIALLY, THE STATE DEPARTMENT INSISTS THE UNITED STATES IS NOT INVOLVED IN ISRAEL’S STRIKES INSIDE IRAN.
STILL, TRUMP MET WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM IN THE WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM TUESDAY, AND MULTIPLE REPORTS SAY HE’S CONSIDERING JOINING ISRAEL IN TARGETING IRAN’S NUCLEAR SITES.. THOUGH THAT’S NOT CONFIRMED.
ON CAPITOL HILL, LAWMAKERS IN BOTH PARTIES ARE TRYING TO SLOW DOWN THE MARCH TO WAR.
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE HAS INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION UNDER THE WAR POWERS ACT TO BLOCK U.S. STRIKES… HE WAS JOINED BY CO-SPONSOR DEMOCRATIC REP. RO KHANNA. NO REPUBLICANS ARE WITH HIM
AND DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TIM KAINE IS LEADING A SIMILAR EFFORT — DEMANDING TRUMP GET APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS BEFORE TAKING MILITARY ACTION, UNLESS THE U.S. IS RESPONDING TO AN IMMINENT THREAT.
BUT GOP SENATE LEADER JOHN THUNE SAYS IT’S TOO SOON… AND THE GOAL IS STILL GETTING IRAN TO END ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
L3: MORE NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS DEPLOYED TO L.A. AS COURT DECIDES IF TRUMP EXCEEDED AUTHORITY
ANOTHER FLASHPOINT IN CALIFORNIA:
AS A FEDERAL APPEAL COURT CONSIDERS WHETHER PRESIDENT TRUMP OVERSTEPPED HIS AUTHORITY BY DEPLOYING THE CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD…
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS 2,000 TROOPS ARE NOW HEADED TO LOS ANGELES.
U-S NORTHERN COMMAND SAYS THE TROOPS ARE THERE TO PROTECT FEDERAL PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL … NOT ENGAGE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE DEPLOYMENT IS PART OF THE SAME CONTINGENT ORDERED LAST WEEK… MEANING TECHNICALLY NO NEW TROOPS, BUT A REINFORCEMENT OF THE MISSION.
THE TOTAL NOW INCLUDES 4,100 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS AND 700 MARINES ALREADY ON THE GROUND.
IT COMES AS THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HEARD ARGUMENTS TUESDAY OVER CALIFORNIA’S LEGAL CHALLENGE TO TRUMP’S ORDER… WHICH TOOK CONTROL OF THE STATE’S NATIONAL GUARD **WITHOUT** GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM’S CONSENT.
NO RULING YET, BUT A LOWER COURT JUDGE WHO PREVIOUSLY ORDERED TRUMP TO RETURN CONTROL TO CALIFORNIA, HOLDS A FOLLOW-UP HEARING FRIDAY.
THAT ORDER IS ON PAUSE FOR NOW, BUT COULD BE EXTENDED.
THE STAKES ARE HIGH… IT’S THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1965 A PRESIDENT HAS FEDERALIZED A STATE GUARD WITHOUT A GOVERNOR’S APPROVAL.
LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THE OUTCOME COULD SET A POWERFUL PRECEDENT FOR PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO DEPLOY TROOPS IN AMERICAN CITIES.
L3 NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE ARRESTED AFTER CLASH WITH ICE AT COURTHOUSE
A DRAMATIC SCENE AT NEW YORK’S IMMIGRATION COURT..ICE AGENTS ARRESTED MAYORAL CANDIDATE AND CITY COMPTROLLER BRAD LANDER TUESDAY… AFTER HE LINKED ARMS WITH A MIGRANT FACING DEPORTATION..
VIDEO SHOWS PLAIN-CLOTHES AGENTS PUSHING THROUGH A CROWD, AS LANDER DEMANDS TO SEE A WARRANT.
MOMENTS LATER, AGENTS PRY HIM AWAY, SHOVE HIM AGAINST A WALL, AND HANDCUFF HIM.
A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS LANDER ASSAULTED A FEDERAL OFFICER, THOUGH AS OF NOW, NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, LANDER WAS RELEASED. HE EMERGED TO CHEERS FROM SUPPORTERS AND WHO WERE JOINED BY NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL.
HE DENIED ASSAULTING ANYONE, SAYING HE WAS SIMPLY STANDING IN SOLIDARITY.
LANDER, A DEMOCRAT, IS ONE OF SEVERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS ARRESTED IN RECENT WEEKS WHILE PROTESTING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S CRACKDOWN ON IMMIGRATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
L3 COURT PROTECTS GENDER IDENTITY ON PASSPORTS
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS BLOCKED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM ENFORCING ITS PASSPORT POLICY ON TRANSGENDER AND NON-BINARY AMERICANS… CALLING IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN DENYING PASSPORTS THAT REFLECT GENDER IDENTITY, INSTEAD REQUIRING APPLICANTS TO USE THEIR SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH, PER A TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER.
BUT JUDGE JULIA KOBICK IN BOSTON RULED THE POLICY DISCRIMINATES BASED ON SEX AND IS QUOTE “ROOTED IN IRRATIONAL PREJUDICE”
SHE HAS NOW GRANTED CLASS-ACTION STATUS, MEANING THE BAN IS BLOCKED FOR ALL TRANSGENDER, NON-BINARY, AND INTERSEX APPLICANTS NATIONWIDE, WHILE THE LAWSUIT PLAYS OUT.
TRUMP OFFICIALS SAY THE POLICY IS ABOUT **BIOLOGICAL ACCURACY**.
THE ACLU CALLS IT A MAJOR WIN FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.
L3 : TRUMP DELAYS TIKTOK BAN AGAIN AMID CHINA TENSIONS
ANOTHER REPRIEVE FOR TIKTOK
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXTENDING THE DEADLINE AGAIN FOR ITS CHINESE PARENT COMPANY TO SELL
CONGRESS PASSED A LAW BACK IN JANUARY TO BAN TIKTOK… CITING NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS… CLAIMING CHINA COULD ACCESS SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA THROUGH THE APP…
PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED IT INTO LAW… BUT WHEN TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, HE DELAYED ENFORCEMENT.
NOW HE’S DOING IT A THIRD TIME… GIVING BYTEDANCE ANOTHER 90 DAYS TO STRIKE A DEAL.
TRUMP SAYS HE DOESN’T WANT TIKTOK TO GO DARK… AND THE WHITE HOUSE PLANS TO USE THE TIME TO FINALIZE A SALE.
BUT THE BIG HOLDUP? THE ONGOING TRADE WAR WITH CHINA.
A DEAL WAS NEARLY ANNOUNCED IN APRIL.. UNTIL BEIJING TOLD BYTEDANCE TO BACK OFF AFTER THE U.S. IMPOSED NEW TARIFFS.
LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES ARE GROWING IMPATIENT… SAYING TIKTOK SHOULD BE BANNED UNLESS CHINA IS COMPLETELY OUT.
L3: PANTHERS DEFEAT OILERS TO TAKE STANLEY CUP FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
FINALLY THIS MORNING, HISTORY REPEATED ITSELF LAST NIGHT IN THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, AS THE FLORIDA PANTHERS DEFEATED THE EDMONTON OILERS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW TO WIN THE STANLEY CUP.
SAM REINHART SCORED FOUR GOALS FOR THE PANTHERS AS THEY ROUTED THE OILERS 5-1.
REINHART IS THE SAME GUY WHO SCORED THE WINNING GOAL IN LAST YEAR’S SERIES, SO YOU COULD SAY HE HAS THE OILERS’ NUMBER.
THE CELEBRATION IS ONE OF THE COOLEST PARTS.
IT TAKES SIXTEEN WINS, AND FOUR SERIES AGAINST FOUR DIFFERENT TEAMS AND ROUGHLY TWO MONTHS TO WIN HOCKEY’S HOLY GRAIL.
FLORIDA PANTHERS ARE THE KINGS OF THE HOCKEY WORLD.
SAM BENNETT WAS THE MVP, SCORING 15 GOALS IN THE PLAYOFFS ALONE.
THESE ARE YOUR UNBIASED UPDATES FOR THIS WEDNESDAY.
WE’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW.
FOR ALL OF US HERE AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS — I’M CRAIG NIGRELLI.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!