Pete Hegseth blasts MSM for fake spin on US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites; Operation Dragon-Eye recovers 60 missing children; US Senator introduces resolution backing Trump for Nobel Peace Prize; Department of Justice sues Washington over confessional law; New film dramatizes most documented exorcism in American history and more —
Trump Berates Israel and Iran for Continuing to Fight After Ceasefire
President Donald Trump showed a profound exasperation with Israel and Iran Tuesday, cursing that both countries “don’t know what the **** they’re doing.”
“I’m not happy with Israel. You know, when I say, okay, now you have 12 hours, you don’t go out in the first hour and just drop everything you have on them. So, I’m not happy with them. I’m not happy with Iran either, but I’m really unhappy if Israel is going out this morning,” Trump said …
Trump made the comments while leaving the White House for a NATO summit.
Read more at Catholics for Catholics
‘Complete And Total Ceasefire’: Trump Announces Roadmap To Ending War Between Israel, Iran, U.S.
Twelve days after Israel aimed its fire at Iran, strikes that were joined by the U.S. in the form of bunker busters on three of Tehran’s nuclear facilities, President Donald Trump announced a “complete and total ceasefire” between the three nations.
The effective end to the war was expected after a 24-hour phased-in halt on attacks beginning on Tuesday. According to Trump, the implementation of the truce “will be saluted by the World” …
As it stands now, the man who ushered in the Abraham Accords during his first term appears to have successfully warded off yet another war in the Middle East.
Read more at The Federalist
NATO Chief Praises Trump for Making Europe ‘Pay in a Big Way’ on Defense
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Donald Trump for making Europe “pay in a BIG way,” as leaders gathered in the Netherlands on Tuesday for a historic summit that could unite them around a new defense spending pledge or widen divisions among the 32 member countries of the security alliance.
The U.S. president, while en route, published a screenshot of a private message from Rutte saying: “Donald, you have driven us to a really, really important moment for America and Europe and the world. You will achieve something NO American president in decades could get done.”
Read more at Newsmax
Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth blasts CNN, NYT for fake spin on US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites at post-Nato News Conference
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Sen. Moreno to Introduce Resolution Backing Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) is set to introduce a Senate resolution on Wednesday urging the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award President Donald Trump the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
The forthcoming resolution credits Trump with bringing a swift end to Iran’s nuclear weapons program and defusing the threat of war in the Middle East, all without deploying American troops.
According to a draft text obtained by Breitbart News, the resolution draws a sharp contrast between Trump’s foreign policy and that of former President Barack Obama, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 just months into his presidency.
Read more at Breitbart
‘Operation Dragon-Eye’: 60 ‘critically missing’ children located in most successful operation
The United States Marshals Service partnered with multiple federal, state, and local government agencies to conduct the most successful missing child recovery operation in U.S. Marshals Service history.
Operation Dragon-Eye was a two-week initiative designed to recover or safely locate the most critically missing youth across Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco Counties, USMS said.
60 critically missing children were recovered or safely located in part of the operation….
In addition to recovering missing children, the operation also arrested eight people with charges that included: human trafficking, child endangerment …
Read more at NewsChannel 8
The Biden admin. allowed migrant children to be taken to addresses where there were just shipping containers
RFK Jr [Tuesday] said the Biden administration allowed children to be taken by people who had absolutely no background checks done on them, and people who took multiple children.
“I’ve witnessed horror stories of the same person picking up child after child after child, using different names and addresses; one of the addresses was a strip club. One of the addresses was a parking lot. One was an address with shipping containers.. One person received 42 Children to 1 single address.”
Read/watch @MJTruthUltra on X
Watch also at Rumble
MAHA Is Quietly Revolutionizing the American Food Industry
In a major shift, food giants Kraft Heinz and General Mills announced last week that they will cut artificial dyes from their products. The news is just the latest victory for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement.
Both companies, which are longtime staples in American kitchens, say dye use is already limited to a fraction of their products, but have pledged to comply with an HHS initiative to reduce those numbers further. This move proves that Kennedy’s approach of negotiation over regulation is yielding results and shifting industry standards.
General Mills has committed to removing all artificial dyes …
Read more at Amac
Karmelo Anthony charged with 1st degree murder over stabbing death of Austin Metcalf
A Collin County grand jury has indicted 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony for murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of another student, Austin Metcalf, during a high school track meet in April …
Anthony, a former student at Frisco Centennial High School, was initially arrested and charged after the incident, which took place at Frisco ISD’s Kuykendall Stadium. Metcalf, a student athlete at Frisco Memorial High School, was killed during the altercation.
Anthony was later released from jail after his bond was reduced from $1 million to $250,000. The murder charge carries a potential sentence of 5 to 99 years or life in prison if convicted. Anthony has claimed the stabbing was an act of self defense.
Read more at the PostMillennial
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy Delivers 89th Commencement Address at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
“… Before the time of GPS technology, sailors solely relied on key stars to help them navigate where they were going. Sailors, as you know, rely on the North Star to lead them, because the North Star remains fixed in the same location throughout the night.
In the Middle Ages, men of the sea, prayed to the Virgin Mary who they called “Stella Maris” because she was their north star that pointed them towards God, the father, their protector and spiritual destination.
No one knows the unpredictability and storms of nature and life like sailors. A good sailor knows that in the end, only God can calm the seas and bring them to safety. Look to that Northstar. Stay faithful and never underestimate the power of prayer. … ”
Read more at US Department of Transportation website
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Vatican-China Agreement Enters New Phase With Pope Leo XIV at the Helm
Rumor has it that a delegation from China is expected to visit the Vatican at the end of June for the regular bilateral meeting to discuss Sino-Vatican relations and the progress of the agreement on the appointment of bishops. The news is not official yet, but the Register has confirmed this through a source from the Vatican and source from China.
The meeting is part of a regular round of meetings, now held twice a year — one at the Vatican and one in China — established as routine following the signing of the agreement for the appointment of bishops in 2022. This agreement has already been renewed three times but has remained confidential.
Read more at the National Catholic Register
New Shrine for Persecuted Christians Inaugurated in Kazakhstan
A Marian shrine dedicated to persecuted Christians was inaugurated at the Church of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, June 20. It is the sixth prayer center established by the U.S.-based organization Nasarean.org — and the first in Central Asia.
Located in a country marked by decades of religious repression, the shrine — established with the blessing of Archbishop Tomasz Peta and supported by Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider — joins a growing international network centered around the icon of Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians.
Read more at the National Catholic Register
Christians Increasingly Abused in Nicaragua’s Prisons
In recent years, Nicaragua’s prison system has become a nightmare for Christian political prisoners …
Previous political prisoners in “El Chipote,” “La Modelo,” and “La Esperanza” have reportedly been repeatedly beaten, raped, asphyxiated, threatened, humiliated, or endured other violent acts by police officers during interrogation.
These abuses resulted in psychological problems, such as paranoia, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …
Read more at International Christian Concern
Israeli forces kill 25 at Gaza aid site, according to Palestinian health authorities
Israeli forces reportedly opened fire on hundreds of Palestinians waiting for food aid from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in central Gaza early June 24, killing at least 25 and wounding over 140, according to Palestinian witnesses and hospitals.
Witnesses told The Associated Press (AP) that Israeli tanks and drones opened fire as civilians advanced toward trucks delivering food to a distribution site run by an American contractor and backed by Israel.
Read more at Catholic Vote
Andrew Cuomo concedes to democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in Democratic primary for New York’s next mayor
Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist and state lawmaker, is on track to win the Democratic primary for New York City’s next mayor, marking a major upheaval of the city’s political landscape with all eyes on the future of the fractured party.
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo — widely considered among pundits to be the front-runner against a field of progressive candidates who urged supporters to keep him off their ballots — called Mamdani to concede Tuesday night after more than one million Democratic voters cast their ballots for the next chief executive of the largest city in the United States.
Read more at The Independent
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Jewish Organizations Urge Mass Evacuation from NYC After Radical Muslim Socialist Zohran Mamdani Wins Democrat Mayoral Primary
Zohran Mamdani — a self-described Democratic Socialist and vocal critic of Israel — has clinched the Democrat nomination for mayor of New York City, defeating none other than the disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo. …
Mamdani ran on a platform that mirrors failed socialist regimes worldwide: free everything, government-controlled services, and punishing private property owners through rent freezes.
But it’s not just his dangerous economic agenda that has people worried — it’s his long history of anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, and anti-American rhetoric …
Read more at the Gateway Pundit
This barbaric [UK] Parliament is committed to the culture of death – Editorial
In the decades to come, when the history of our times is being written, one wonders how this government will come to be seen. It deserves to be known as ‘the Killing Parliament’ or something similar.
Such an epithet might surprise those MPs who last week voted to allow babies to be killed up to birth and for doctors to assist in the suicides of their patients.
One imagines they see themselves as rather nice. …
Read more at TCW
The Kansas City Pregnancy Center received a donated ultrasound machine
The ultrasound machine was donated by the Knights of Columbus and the ultrasound room was named “Louise” in honor of the mother of Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Naumann.
A devoted pro-life advocate, Archbishop Naumann personally blessed the machine during the dedication.
See at Jose Sachin on X
Should Faithful Catholics Welcome Layoffs at National Catholic Reporter?
Pro-choice, same-sex marriage, and women’s ordination advocates may have to find another site to vent their anger at the Catholic Church now that the National Catholic Reporter has laid off some of their biggest allies.
Many faithful Catholics—including the bishops who have unsuccessfully attempted to stop what they viewed as the heretical views published at NCR—suggest that the publication has never really understood the teachings and the culture of the Catholic Church. Instead, the publication has spent much of its time trying to change those teachings by changing the culture from one of faithfulness to one of dissent.
Read more at Crisis Magazine
Department of Justice suing Washington over confessional law
The Department of Justice announced Monday, June 23, that it has joined a lawsuit against Washington state concerning a new law that requires priests to violate the Seal of Confession.
The law is a violation of Catholics’ right to free expression of their religion, said a Monday press release from the Department of Justice.
Read more at Aleteia
New film ‘The Ritual’ tells true story of the United States’ most-documented exorcism
In 1928, Father Joseph Steiger, a priest at St. Joseph’s in Earling, Iowa, was approached with an urgent concern. A 46-year-old woman named Emma Schmidt was experiencing blackouts, aversions to holy objects, and other terrible afflictions. After years of extensive psychiatric treatment provided no relief, Schmidt’s priest suggested an exorcism.
Father Theophilus Riesinger, a Capuchin friar, was assigned to perform the exorcism while Steiger would be the stenographer. After a 23-day battle, Schmidt was freed from her affliction and able to live the rest of her life in peace.
The exorcism of Schmidt remains the most thoroughly documented and widely publicized exorcism in American history and … will be released in theaters on June 6.
Read more at Catholic News Agency
See also interview with priest-consultant for the ‘The Ritual’ at Lifesite
