If you live in the Southeast, you may have seen or heard something unusual on Thursday.A daytime fireballthat was possibly dropped by a meteor was clearly visible in the sky — and it created a sonic boom.
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The Pentagonreleased new details about the US attackon Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend, including how the military prepared for the mission, the crews who carried out the raid and how Iran tried to fortify one of the sites in advance of the bombing. However, Thursday’s briefing did not provide new intelligence supporting President Donald Trump’s assertion that the strikes “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program. Both Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth referred questions about that to the intelligence agencies. Until all of the intel is gathered, the full extent of damage at the facilitiesremains unclear.
A lawyer representing President Trump has sent letters to CNN and The New York Timesthreatening legal actionover their reporting on the US attack on Iran. Attorney Alejandro Brito alleged that the stories published on June 24 describing an earlyUS intelligence assessment of the strikeswere false and defamatory. Both media outlets rejected that claim. Trump has insisted that Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites were “completely and totally obliterated,” but the preliminary assessment from the Pentagon’s intelligence arm suggested the bombings did not destroy the core components of Iran’s nuclear program. Administration officials confirmed the existence of the intel and Trump said that anyone who leaked it to the press “should be prosecuted.” The president also described both media outlets as “fake news” and called for one of the three CNN reporters who broke the story to be fired. CNN replied: “We stand 100% behind Natasha Bertrand’s journalism and specifically her and her colleagues’ reporting” about the assessment.
The Supreme Court on Thursdayblocked Planned Parenthood from suing South Carolinaover the state’s decision to pull its Medicaid funding because the organization also provides abortions. At issue was an executive order signed by Gov. Henry McMaster in 2018 that pulled Medicaid funding from the state’s two Planned Parenthood clinics because he claimed it would amount to a taxpayer subsidy for abortion. That order also blocked Medicaid patients from receiving other services at Planned Parenthood, including contraception, breast exams and testing for sexually transmitted diseases. The high court’s decision could prompt other red states to target Planned Parenthood and make it harder for Medicaid beneficiaries to choose their doctor.Today is the final day of the termand the Supreme Court isexpected to hand down six rulings, including those dealing with Trump’s birthright citizenship order, a challenge from religious parents who want to opt their children out of reading LGBTQ books in school and a First Amendment suit over a Texas law that requires people to verify their age before accessing porn online.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who wasmistakenly deported to El Salvador, jailed in the country’s notorious CECOT prison and returned to the US months later, is currently being detained in Tennessee. During a court hearing on Thursday, a Justice Department lawyer told the judge that the Trump administrationplans to send Abrego Garcia to a “third country”but wouldn’t specify a timeline for the deportation. While the administration’s original deportation of Abrego Garcia violated a 2019 order from an immigration judge that said he could not be deported to his home country due to fears that he would face gang violence, that order did not preclude his deportation to another country.
The wife of the man accused ofshooting two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouseson June 14 said she was“absolutely shocked, heartbroken and completely blindsided” by the attack. Vance Boelter is accused of killing Melissa Hortman, a member of the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, as well as injuring John Hoffman, a member of the Minnesota Senate, and his wife in a separate shooting. Boelter is facing numerous state and federal charges, including murder, firearms offenses and stalking. In a statement through her lawyer, Jenny Boelter offered her “deepest sympathies” to the victims’ families, and said her family had fully cooperated with authorities. The Hortmans will lie in state at the Minnesota Capitol today.
No longer ‘Made in the USA’?Trump Mobile, the wireless service provider and phone company launched this month by the Trump Organization, haschanged the languagedescribing the origins of the T1 8002 phone on its website.
‘It’s a sad day for us’Aforeshadowed deathon “The Simpsons” has freaked out fans of the animated family.
B&E at Brad’s placeA Los Angeles home owned by movie star Brad Pitt was reportedlyburglarizedthis week. Pitt was away on a promotional tour for his new film, “F1: The Movie,” during the incident.
Star-filled nuptialsSeveral A-list celebrities, including Oprah and Mick Jagger, have traveled to Venice for thelavish Bezos weddingthis weekend.
From ‘Dune’ to 007Oscar-winning director Denis Villeneuve has been tappedto helm the next moviein the James Bond franchise. “This is a massive responsibility, but also, incredibly exciting for me and a huge honor,” he said.
Journalist Bill Moyers dies at 91The former press secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson spentfive decadeson the air working as a journalist, political commentator and champion of public media. Walter Cronkite once described Moyers as “the conscience” of the country.
Which team won the NBA championship this week?A. Indiana PacersB. Oklahoma City ThunderC. New York KnicksD. Minnesota Timberwolves
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41,000+That’s how many retirement-age Americansdied from fallsin 2023. More than half of those deaths were people 85 and older, the CDC reported.
“This is not a luxury. I do not have my daughter enrolled on Medicaid so we can have fancy things. I have my daughter enrolled in Medicaid so we can keep her alive and keep her at home, which I think is the best option for her.”
— Missouri parentCourtney Leader,on theGOP’s proposed cuts to Medicaid.
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