"The Iranian Parliament has approved a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil choke point, after the United States bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, according to Iranian state media on Sunday.

"While the Parliament has voted in favor of closing the strait, the final decision rests with the country's Supreme National Security Council, according to state media.

"Closing the strait, located between Iran and Oman, could have serious implications for both the global and U.S. economy.

"Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News on Sunday morning that China should ask Iran to keep the shipping lane open because of Asia's need for oil delivered through the strait. He warned Iran against the action."

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"California Gov. Gavin Newsom just lost a major ruling in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which ruled that President Donald Trump is likely to prevail in his deployment of National Guard troops. Newsom and various Democratic politicians have insisted that Trump's order is unlawful and that Newsom has to agree to any request for deployment. The Ninth Circuit ruled on Thursday that Newsom does not have such a veto over deployments."

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"Three years after 19 Americans died in a bombing at a Saudi Arabian apartment complex, then-President Bill Clinton sent a cable that told Iran's president a secret that the 42nd president wasn't even willing to tell the American public: U.S. intelligence had ample evidence that Tehran was behind the deadly Khobar Towers terror attack.

"'Message to President Khatami from President Clinton: The United States Government has received credible evidence that members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, (IRGC) along with members of Lebanese and Saudi Hizballah, were directly involved in the planning and execution of the terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia of the Khobar Towers military resident complex,' the 1999 cable declared.

"'The United States views this in the gravest terms,' the cable continued. 'We acknowledge that the bombing occurred prior to your election. Those responsible, however, have yet to face justice for this crime. And the IRGC may be involved in planning for further terrorist attacks against American citizens. The involvement of the IRGC in terrorist activity and planning abroad remains a cause of deep concern to us.'"

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"President Donald Trump's voters overwhelmingly support Israel's military campaign against Iran, according to a new poll that found 83 percent of those voters support the strikes on Tehran's nuclear program and 95 percent approve of Trump as the president rallies behind the Jewish state.

"A GrayHouse poll conducted shortly after Israel began its war effort shows that 67 percent of those who voted for Trump 'strongly support' the attack on Tehran's nuclear facilities, while another 16 percent said they somewhat approve. Trump's approval among MAGA voters has risen since he lent support to the Israeli operation: Seventy-five percent say they strongly approve of the president's job performance, while another 20 percent say they somewhat approve.

"Those results are slightly better for Trump than his approval ratings just a few days before Israel's campaign, when a League of American Workers poll conducted from June 9 to 11 put Trump's approval rating at 88 percent among his own voters."

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"Since the Mullahs seized power in Tehran in 1979, the U.S. has been playing for a tie in Iran. Now, it is time for President Trump to play for a win.

"For forty-six years, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his predecessors have been waging a war against the U.S. and our allies in the Middle East. 'Death to America' and 'Death to Israel' have not been just slogans but decades-long causes.

"Iran's war against Washington has at times been overt, as when the regime sanctioned Iranian students storming the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979. For 444 days, fifty-two Americans were held hostage. In the process, Iran also destroyed the second half of President Jimmy Carter's only term in the Oval Office.

"At other times, the war has been indirect. On October 23, 1983, 241 U.S. servicemen were killed and another 100 wounded in the Marine Barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. Although responsibility for the bombing was claimed by the shadowy Islamic Jihad Organization, it is widely understood that Hezbollah was behind the attack, and that it had been planned and funded by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps."

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"The wildest, scariest, indisputable truth about AI's large language models is that the companies building them don't know exactly why or how they work.

"Sit with that for a moment. The most powerful companies, racing to build the most powerful superhuman intelligence capabilities -- ones they readily admit occasionally go rogue to make things up, or even threaten their users -- don't know why their machines do what they do."

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"Democrats are slamming President Donald Trump for sending the National Guard to help quell violent riots in Los Angeles after previously slamming him for allegedly not sending the National Guard to assist during the Capitol riot -- the latter claim complicated by the fact that Trump's offer to have National Guard forces present ahead of January 6 was rejected by leaders on Capitol Hill and thwarted by some in his own Pentagon.

"Protests opposing illegal immigration crackdowns by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have erupted in numerous cities nationwide -- including protests which spiraled into violent riots in Los Angeles, spurring Trump to order the deployment of the U.S. military to help restore order."

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"After a day and a half of rioting in Los Angeles County, President Donald Trump activated the National Guard to protect federal officers and property. The riots were triggered by ICE's attempts on Friday, June 6, to arrest a few dozen illegal aliens.

"The president's mobilization order, signed on Saturday, June 7, was clarifying and precise: 'To the extent that protests or acts of violence directly inhibit the execution of the laws, they constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.'

"L.A.'s illegal-alien riots have provided Trump with a picture-perfect opportunity to deliver on his central campaign promises: the era of tolerating arson, looting, destruction of property, and attacks on law enforcement is over; the era of enabling endemic immigration lawlessness is over. And that picture-perfect opportunity has filled the Democratic establishment with impotent rage.

"It is fitting that Los Angeles would be the staging ground for the White House's affirmation of law and order. California leads the country in its contempt for immigration law in particular, and for public order more generally. From October 1, 2022, to February 6, 2025, California's jails and prisons refused to allow ICE agents to take custody of 13,025 illegal-alien criminals -- over half of all such refusals nationwide. By comparison, Illinois was a distant second, with 2,946 refusals, and New York State, with a 'mere' 873 refusals, was sixth. Jails controlled by the Los Angeles Police Department and by the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department released 1,037 illegal-alien criminals over that period, including six homicide suspects or convicts, according to the Center for Immigration Studies."

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"Gov. Gavin Newsom was in his element this week. After scenes of burning cars and attacks on ICE personnel, Newsom declared that this was all 'an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.' No, he was not speaking of the attacks on law enforcement or property. He was referring to President Donald Trump's call to deploy the National Guard to protect federal officers.

"Newsom is planning to challenge the deployment as cities like Glendale are cancelling contracts to house detainees and reaffirming that local police will not assist the federal government.

"Trump has the authority under Section 12406 of Title 10 of the U.S. Code to deploy the National Guard if the president is 'unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.'

"The Administration is saying that that is precisely what is unfolding in California, where mobs attack vehicles and trap federal personnel."

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"An employee at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) who was involved in targeting conservative groups during the Obama administration is now leading the same IRS division, according to a new memo from the American Accountability Foundation (AAF) obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

"Robert Choi served as the director of the IRS's Tax-Exempt Organizations Rulings and Agreements division in 2010, when the agency began applying heightened scrutiny to organizations associated with the Tea Party movement seeking tax-exempt status, the AAF found. Despite this history, Choi was reportedly recently promoted to acting commissioner of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities division, which handles the administration of tax laws that govern tax-exempt organizations.

"Choi led the Tax-Exempt Organizations Rulings and Agreements division between 2007 and 2010, reporting to Lois Lerner, who admitted in 2013 to singling out applications containing the words 'tea party' or 'patriot' for tax-exempt status, resulting in her resignation. Emails showing Lerner describing Republicans as 'crazies' and 'a**holes' also fueled allegations of anti-conservative bias within the agency."

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