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Jun 9, 2026 - World

Steve Schmidt, a former Republican strategist, ripped President Donald Trump after he showed up at the Knicks' NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden, right in the heart of New York City, where he appeared to fall asleep during the historic game. He warned this could signal Trump's undoing.The co-founder of the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project described how Trump's 30 percent approval rating, the Iran war and his declining health were all leading to MAGA's pending implosion after he was viciously booed by the crowd during the National Anthem on Monday night.Schmidt described his experiences working with former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney and presidential candidate and former Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and his interactions with the Secret Service. He explained that presidents in the modern era have been considerate of how their travel impacts the voters who elected them — except for Trump."He just doesn't care about anyone besides himself, and that's the point in New York City," Schmidt said."It's not about him, but Donald had to make it about him," Schmidt added. "He needed to inconvenience hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people, and ruin the experience for lifelong fans so he could fall asleep in the luxury box. It is the perfect image for the sloth and the corruption, the decadence and the rot that has descended over America." He explained how, as gas prices rise and when people around the world see "this obese sloth," they know "that our greatness has turned into a necrotizing rot, that we are a falling republic."

Jun 9, 2026 - World

Trump administration officials have expressed in private that they are concerned that the ceasefire between the United States and Iran has given Tehran a chance to recover from previous attacks, CNN reported on Tuesday. CNN senior reporter Zachary Cohen said that as President Donald Trump responded to a downed Apache helicopter that was patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to retaliate, behind-the-scenes sources said this issue had been raised.CNN anchor Brianna Keilar asked Cohen about a recent report that Iran had started to build drones again and "re-upped its drone production during the ceasefire." She questioned if Trump administration officials were reflecting on whether "the ceasefire being dragged out now, weeks and weeks, is giving Iran these capabilities."Cohen confirmed that was the case — but not something that Trump has acknowledged in public."That's something that we hear from sources and U.S. officials in private, for sure," Cohen said. "But we have not heard the president in particular, or Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, voice a similar concern, really painting a more optimistic and a more confident view of the damage that the U.S. military has inflicted on the Iranians' capabilities," Cohen added. "But as you mentioned, we reported that the Iranians have been using this time the ceasefire to reconstitute many of their military capabilities. And it's already restarted production on some of these attack drones that, as we're seeing today, are capable of taking down an Apache helicopter, also a threat to U.S. Navy ships and commercial ships alike."

Jun 9, 2026 - World

Police dispersed demonstrators in Nanyuki, 120 miles from Nairobi, amid rising anger at US plansKenyan police have shot dead a man during a protest against a proposed Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens.Patrick Wahome, who has organised protests in Nanyuki against the centre, told Reuters on Tuesday the man died from a gunshot wound to the head. Reporters from the agency saw his body lying motionless in a police van with a large head wound. Continue reading...

Jun 9, 2026 - World

A GOP lawmaker on Tuesday had a different opinion than President Donald Trump when it comes to next steps in the Iran war.Fox News asked Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) during a live broadcast if Trump was helping Iran by ordering Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop attacking Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The ongoing military conflict has now reached the 100-day mark with no end in sight, as talks between the United States and Iran continue."I hate to depart from my president, but actually I agree with it," Gimenez said."I'm starting to feel like we're Charlie Brown and Iran is Lucy, and every time we go to kick the ball it's taken away," he said. "'We're close to a deal, we're 2 days from a deal, we're 3 days from a deal,' and it's not happening. If I were in Vegas right now, I'd be betting that in 2 days we'll be right where we are today," Gimenez added. "I think that bad behavior deserves punishment, and unfortunately the Iranians are exhibiting bad behavior and they're not suffering any consequences for that. As you can tell, I'm a little more hawkish than the president would be."GOP Rep. Carlos Gimenez: "I'm starting to feel like we're Charlie Brown and Iran is Lucy, and every time we go to kick the ball it's taken away. 'We're close to a deal, we're 2 days from a deal, we're 3 days from a deal,' and it's not happening. If I were in Vegas right now, I'd… pic.twitter.com/Yfwzvm08Rf— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 9, 2026

Jun 9, 2026 - World

Andrew Tate is facing rape charges in two countries, free to travel only because the White House intervened on his behalf — and this week he used that freedom to lavish praise on Russian President Vladimir Putin's Russia before a Kremlin-backed audience."If you have patriotic masculine men, you're gonna protect Russia," Andrew Tate told RT's Sanchez Effect in an interview that aired Monday. Russia, he continued, "is a very patriotic nation, and they don't fear having a masculine population…"The show is hosted by Rick Sanchez, a former American television journalist now living in Moscow. The Russian federal budget funds RT and operates as a Kremlin propaganda outlet.Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate arrived in Moscow on June 2, where they were welcomed with a bread-and-salt ceremony and folk songs. They toured Red Square, visited a church, and sipped cocktails at a rooftop bar, but skipped Russia's premier economic forum in St. Petersburg. NBC News reported the visit may hand Putin a domestic propaganda victory as Russian public support for the war erodes.Even pro-Kremlin voices recoiled. Rybar, a pro-war Telegram channel with over a million followers, called the brothers a "bad pick" and their presence "embarrassing."Both brothers face rape and human trafficking charges in Romania and the U.K. — all denied. Andrew Tate called his prosecution a "Matrix attack" designed to silence his influence over young men.The brothers are traveling freely only because President Donald Trump's administration reportedly pressured Romania to lift its travel ban. They flew to Florida on a private jet on February 27, 2025. Confronted by reporters, Trump said: "I just know nothing about it."The family connection runs deeper. The New York Times reported that Andrew Tate has become a "big brother" to Barron Trump — the pair spoke on Zoom about Andrew Tate's legal case, which Barron reportedly dismissed as politically motivated. Andrew Tate's lawyers called it "fake news."