Friday, June 12, 2026

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

DOJ: More than 475k Children Trafficked to US Under Biden, 300k Unaccounted For

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche dropped a bombshell of data on Thursday describing Trump administration efforts to find hundreds of thousands of missing unaccompanied alien children (UACs). UACs are minors trafficked to the U.S. border and smuggled into the U.S. under the guise...

US Scholar Arrested in China for Espionage

(Headline USA) An American scholar who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy was arrested by authorities in China on suspicion of spying, China's foreign ministry said Friday. The scholar, Min Zin, was suspected of “engaging in espionage activities that endanger China’s national security,” said China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman...

House Rejects Bill To Renew Warrantless Spy Powers

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a bill to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which gives the federal government the power to conduct warrantless surveillance of Americans, and now the spying tool is expected to lapse as its last extension will...

Trump to Nominate US Attorney Jay Clayton as Nat’l Intelligence Boss

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence. Trump announced the nomination on social media amid pressure from Congress to name a...

Trump Cancels Impending Strikes on Iran, Final Deal Pending

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) Strikes planned against Iran for Thursday evening have been canceled by President Donald Trump, citing a deal with the Islamic Republic close to being finalized. “Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of...

Dems and RINOs Threaten FISA Lapse if Trump Doesn’t Pull Pulte

(Headline USA) A rare lapse in a law that gives the U.S. government vast spying powers appears likely after the House failed on Thursday to temporarily extend the program, in a protest of President Donald Trump's refusal to name a permanent head of the nation's intelligence agencies. Trump has doubled down...

US Wasn’t Sure If Iran Intentionally Downed Helicopter Before Trump Ordered Strikes

Axios reported on Wednesday that the US still had not determined whether Iran intentionally downed a US Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz before the US began bombing Iran on Tuesday night. For its part, Iran never took credit for downing the Apache, and Iran’s deputy foreign minister denied...

Ex-Taliban Commander Sentenced for Kidnapping and Killing Soldiers, Journalists

(Headline USA) A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and providing support that led to the deaths of three American soldiers. Haji Najibullah's sentencing capped a daylong proceeding in Manhattan federal court that featured a dramatic few...

Trump Threatens More Attacks on Iran After Exchange of Heavy Strikes

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump has issued a series of threats vowing to launch more attacks on Iran after the Iranian military targeted US bases in the region in response to US strikes across Iran’s southern Hormozgan province. On Wednesday morning, the president said on Truth Social that Iran has “taken...

FBI Seizes 13 Websites Allegedly Used by China to Recruit Americans

(Headline USA) The FBI has seized more than a dozen websites that officials say were part of a Chinese effort to target American workers who have access to classified or sensitive government information, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The 13 websites purported to be affiliated with consulting companies that advertised job...

Feds Charge 8 Pro-Palestinian Activists with Intimidation Conspiracy

(Headline USA) Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Wednesday against eight pro-Palestinian activists who are accused of conspiring to run a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials while trying to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel. The indictment describes threats and vandalism at officials' homes, some businesses...

Downed Helicopter Pilots Rescued by Drone; US Bombs Iran Afterward

(Headline USA) The U.S. military launched airstrikes Wednesday on Iran following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic. Tehran vowed to respond, again throwing into question efforts to reach a permanent ceasefire in the Iran war that's...
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