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Here’s What’s Happening is a daily news show — not to break the news, but to break it down. Each episode puts the day’s biggest stories into context, cuts through the noise, and helps you understand what actually matters. It’s smart, calm, and concise — designed to help you start the day informed, not overwhelmed.
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Now Buddy Boi’s Got a New Problem
The U.S. is running low on key weapons in the war with Iran, Trump is taking another swing at birthright citizenship, a Trump-connected law firm with little immigration experience got a $150 million contract to represent migrant children, the Senate held Dr. Fauci in contempt, Mike Lindell’s pillow giveaways may have violated campaign law, and Mitch McConnell is apparently home from rehab.
Update: Iran
-via CNN and The Guardian
Birthright Citizenship Back
-via NY Times
New Day, New Grift
-via AP...
Elections Are So Important
Cyberattacks disrupted water systems across several states, protections ended for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants, a North Carolina congressman dropped his reelection bid after an ethics investigation, New Mexico sued for the unredacted Epstein files, and Perez Hilton was hospitalized after a disturbing livestream.
Waterworld
-via NY Times
TPS Ends for Hundreds of Thousands
-via PBS
Congressman Edwards Drops Out
-via AP News and The Hill
New Mexico AG Sues DOJ
-via...
BELIEVE That
A suspected arsonist was arrested as wildfires devastated Washington state, new reports blamed Southern California Edison for the deadly Eaton Fire, an armed man was arrested near Trump’s Los Angeles golf course, and Michigan voters delivered major primary wins for Jocelyn Benson and Abdul El-Sayed.
Spokane Arson
-via AP News
Eaton Fire
-via LAist
Arrest at LA Golf Course
-via ABC News
Pirro Tries to Save Her Job
-via CBS News and Time
No News Is Good Enough
Just a short little episode as Michigan sees the first two deaths from Cyclosporiasis, and it looks like Todd Blanche’s confirmation may actually happen now.
Cyclosporiasis Deaths
-via NPR
GOP Backs Blanche
-via AP News
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Mitchy Boi
A mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out left two people dead, Trump paused planned strikes on Iran while claiming negotiations had resumed, deadly wildfires spread across Europe and Washington state, and Capital One said it closed Trump Organization accounts following an anti-money-laundering review.
Idaho Shooting
-via NY Times and Gun Violence Archive
Update: Iran
-via AP News and CNN
Israeli Strikes in Gaza
-via NBC News
Helicopter Crash in Greece
-via BBC and CNN
<...“West Coast, Hottest Coast,” They Say
The war with Iran escalated again as the Senate rejected another attempt to limit Trump’s power, Spain deployed its military after thousands of migrants crossed into Ceuta, Wisconsin’s Democratic primary descended into chaos, and a brutal heat dome headed toward the West Coast.
Update: Iran
-via The Guardian and NBC News
Migration in the World
-via NBC News, NPR, and PBS
Wisconsin Elections
-via AP News and PBS
Colin Gray Sentenced
-via CBS News...
Life Is Very Short
I’ll be back tomorrow with a real episode!
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Garfield, Is That You?
A deadly earthquake in Japan, record-breaking fires across Europe and Oregon, and major developments involving Iran, Russia, and Lindsey Graham's funeral.
Earthquake in Japan
-via Reuters
Fires Around the World
-via NY Times, OPB, ABC News, and Oregon Live
Update: Iran & Russia
-via AP News, The Independent, and ABC News
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Ignore Him. Vote.
A mass shooting at a Seattle food festival left three people dead, Trump asked the Supreme Court to revive restrictions on mail voting, the administration obscured service member deaths connected to Iran, and questions continue to grow around Mitch McConnell’s prolonged absence.
Seattle Food Fest Shooting
-via CNN and AP News
Crime Updates
-via NY Times, Today Show, and NBC News
Trump Tries to Curb Voting
-via AP News and CNN
Update: Iran
-via CBS...
Thanks Thommy.
The House passed another Iran war-powers restriction only for the Senate to reject it, the Education Department weakened protections against discriminatory school policies, Republicans referred Jack Smith for prosecution, new tariffs took effect, and the DOJ dropped subpoenas targeting New York Times journalists.
Update: Iran
-via NBC News and The Guardian
More DOE Changes
-via AP News
Jack Smith
-via CBS News
New Tariffs
-via NPR
NY Times Journalists
...
Do Your Thing, Baby Boo
Trump threatened Iranian infrastructure while pursuing a nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi Arabia and considering military action in Mali, the House advanced a $1.15 trillion defense bill with $95 billion for the Iran war, and an independent autopsy left the cause of Noah Wells’ death undetermined.
Update: Iran
-via AP News, Washington Post, AP News, and NY Times
House Advances Budget
-via CBS News and AP News
Noah Wells
-via NBC News
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Let’s See How This Works Out for You
The Iran war has already cost billions as American servicemembers continue to die, Tropical Storm Bertha threatens the Gulf Coast, a judge blocked the deportation of a witness to an ICE killing, and Republicans somehow dragged Olive Garden into their voter-ID crusade.
Update: Iran
-via CNN
Tropical Storm Bertha
-via CBS News
Federal Judge Blocks Deportation
-via ABC News
HHS To Withhold Funding
-via AP News
Voting v Olive Garden
<...I Was a Water Polo Goalie
An attack targeted a federal building housing ICE offices in New York, a judge temporarily halted the proposed Paramount-Skydance and Warner Bros. merger, Trump announced new tariffs on Canadian goods, and the confusing Taylor Farms "false positive" story got a major clarification.
Federal Building Attack
-via AP News
Ohio Drownings
-via AP News
Courts Hit Pause on Merger
-via NPR and Deadline
Trump’s Tariffs
-via Axios
Taylor Farms’ False False Posi...
I Know There’s a Moon
A mass shooting in Tucson left nine people critically injured, fighting with Iran escalated again, questions remain around the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, ICE killings and oversight drew renewed scrutiny, and Spain won the World Cup.
Tucson Mass Shooting
-via ABC News and Gun Violence Archive
Update: Iran
-via AP News, ABC News, Politico, Reuters, NY Times, The Hill, and The Guardian
Nolan Wells
-via ABC News and CNN
ICE Killings
-via NY Times...
Sundaes. And Sundays. And Word Plays.
Things in Iran continue to be tenuous, while Trump makes waves at NATO, a building makes waves in Midtown, an ICE shooting in Houston sounds a little too familiar, and the Senate tumult continues.
Update: Iran
-via Axios and Reuters
Trump + NATO
-via AP News
Manhattan Building
-via ABC News
ICE Shooting in Houston
-via NBC News
Sure, Mitch
-via The Hill and CNN
-Project Ho...
Hey, I Like Sports. Okay.
A tragedy in Ohio leads the news, as Maine Democrats have a decision to make, Hamas makes an announcement, and the World Cup continues.
Tragedy in Ohio
-via CNN
Graham Platner
-via NPR and The Maine Monitor
Update: Gaza
-via The Guardian
World Cuppa
-via NY Times, NBC News, Reuters, and Baseball Almanac
-Project Hop
He Ruins Everything!
A Coney Island shooting leaves officials with no information, while extreme weather continues nationwide; Mallory McMorrow’s campaign is over; a deadly National Guard shooting leaves more questions than answers in Memphis; and when he’s not threatening a “really long speech,” Trump has now decided to ruin the World Cup.
Coney Island Shooting
-via ABC News
New Jersey Heat
-via AP News and NPR
Trump’s 250th Speech – God Tried, at Least
-via Axios, The Hill, and NBC News
...
A Republic, if You Can Keep It
It’s the 250th anniversary of this silly little experiment we’re running. But it’s also my Grandpa’s 99th birthday. So let me tell you some stories, including one about an underground missile, another about a carving of a sun, and most importantly, another about the world’s best grandparents.
-via Home of the Heroes, Armed car stops missile, AMA Journal of Ethics, NPR
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We Love a Coincidence
In addition to an update on Venezuela, we’re also talking about a really annoying couple and a really annoying fireworks display, plus some financial dealings that were about on the up-and-up as the disclosure of Mitch McConnell’s current status.
Update: Venezuela
-via ABC News and AlJazeera
-Project Hope
-GoFundMe: I Love Venezuela Foundation
Empire State of Mind
-via CBS News and CBS News (proposal stats)
Audi Alteram Partem
As the Supreme Court continues to drop rulings, a deadly heatwave in France will see some relief before things heat up again and the House is out of session (on a whim).
Supreme Court Rulings
-via Axios (birthright citizenship), NBC News (investigation into Trump’s past renting practices), CBS News (spending limits), AP News (trans athlete ban), and The Guardian (Alito)
France’s Heat Wave
-via NY Times, US Soccer, Etymonline, and ABC News
Republicans in Disarray
-via CNN and AP News...
Mildly Sick Burns Hour at Flappers
Fighting resumed around the Strait of Hormuz despite the Iran ceasefire, Venezuela’s earthquake death toll surged past 1,700, the Supreme Court issued major rulings on presidential power, voting rights, and Trump’s legal cases, and Pete Buttigieg revealed his family was subjected to a false CPS investigation.
Update: Iran
-via CBS News
Update: Venezuela
-The Guardian, PBS, and CNN
Project Hope
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There Are Ways to Help
An update on Venezuela, as well as two ways to help.
-via NPR and BBC
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Big Loser Energy!
Deadly earthquakes devastated Venezuela, the Supreme Court handed down a series of major immigration, gun, and civil rights rulings, Senate Republicans abruptly reversed course on the Iran war powers resolution, and the Reflecting Pool saga somehow got even stranger.
Venezuela
-via NPR and Project Hope
Supreme Court Hands Down Rulings
-via NPR (asylum seekers), NBC News (TPS), AP News (gun law), Washington Post (RoundUp), and AP News (Louisiana man)
Senate Changes Its Mind
-via PBS
Reflecting Pool<...
435 House Seats. 33 Senate Seats.
As Trump holds a bipartisan housing bill hostage to disenfranchise voters with the SAVE America Act, one person in America has been given a lifesaving drug and no one knows who it is, plus back-to-back earthquakes rocked Venezuela right as I hit record.
Trump Tries to Disenfranchise Voters (Again)
-via AP News, NBC News, NBC News, Brennan Center, Native American Rights Fund, and NPR
Medical Mystery
-via Forbes and STAT News
Venezuela
-via NBC News
Take the...
Down to Clown in Cabo
A deadly shooting at a California library was reportedly inspired by Columbine, the Senate finally passed a symbolic war powers resolution aimed at limiting Trump’s authority in Iran, the Supreme Court expanded the government's ability to deny reentry to some green card holders, and a federal judge blocked ICE from making arrests inside immigration courts.
Chico Library Shooting
-via ABC News
Update: Iran
-via AP News and CBS News
Charges in ICE Center Attack
-via CBS News
$3 Down Payment Ready to Go
Britain’s Prime Minister resigned, the Senate passed a bipartisan housing bill, two federal judges blocked Trump administration initiatives, the Supreme Court declined to hear a Voting Rights Act case, and Lionel Messi became the all-time leading scorer in World Cup history.
Starmer, Out
-via NY Times
Senate Passes Housing Bill
-via CBS News
Judge Blocks Trump
-via The Hill
Reflecting Pool
-via The Guardian
Judge Blocks Trump (Another One)
Pirro, Girl, Have at ‘Em!
As things in Iran continue (and continue to be confusing), Trump’s posting is becoming more confusing, a Los Angeles fire finally gets good news, while the Reflection Pool… doesn’t.
Update: Iran
-via Reuters, NY Times, NPR, NBC News
Camp David
-via The Daily Beast
Boyle Heights Fire
-via CBS News
Reflection Pool
-via The Hill
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We Have the Power Right Now
There may be other stories in the news, but today I’m only covering two stories: a one-year-old killed by police and Georgia Republicans have pushed back against a redistricting request.
Kohen Wiley
-via NY Times, National Diaper Bank, Michigan Law
Georgia Republicans Push Back
-via AP News
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Super Cool and Normal Vibes
A deadly shooting at a Delaware hospital sparked a manhunt, the Senate once again failed to advance a measure limiting Trump’s war powers, the White House ballroom project will reportedly cost taxpayers hundreds of millions, the FBI disrupted an alleged terror plot targeting Trump’s UFC event, and the administration moved forward with plans to break up the Department of Education.
Delaware Hospital Shooting
-via ABC News
Senate War Powers Fail to Advance
-via AP News
Ballroom Will Cost Tax Dollars
...
All the -Isms and -Obias
A B-52 bomber crash at Edwards Air Force Base killed eight people, Gavin Newsom says federal investigations around people in his orbit are politically motivated while others dispute that characterization, and the U.S. and Iran appear to be nearing a formal peace agreement.
B-52 Bomber Crash
-via ABC News
Gov. Newsom Being Investigated
-via AP News
Update: Iran
-via NPR
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He Is Not the Sun, and We Are Not Without Power
A possible Iran deal could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a deadly skydiving plane crash in Missouri killed 12 people, Russia struck a major religious site in Kyiv, Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, and the Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years.
Update: Iran
-via AP News
Skydiving Plane Crash
-via ABC News
Kyiv Religious Spots Under Attack
-via CNN
Elon Musk – the Trillionaire
-via Hollywood Reporter
Mitch McCo...
We All Need to Chill Out
Trump abruptly called off planned strikes on Iran while claiming a deal is near, the Minnesota man who murdered former House Speaker Melissa Hortman pleaded guilty, forecasters warned of a potentially historic El Niño, and a political protest on the National Mall sparked another round of “8647” controversy.
Update: Iran
-via AP News
Guilty Plea in Minnesota
-via AP News
El Niño Está Aquí
-via The Guardian, LA Times, and ABC 7
8647 (Kind Of)
-via CNN
<...He Was My Friend but I Wasn’t His Friend
The U.S. expanded strikes on Iran while warning attacks could continue, Pentagon officials openly discussed military options for Cuba, and Bill Gates defended his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein during congressional testimony.
Update: Iran
-via AP News and CBS News
Cuba Options
-via AP News
Gates Goes to Congress
-via BBC
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Unions Baybeeeeee
U.S. strikes on Iran threatened an already fragile ceasefire; House Democrats and a handful of Republicans passed a pro-union labor bill over Mike Johnson’s objections; Congress approved $70 billion in immigration enforcement funding; and primary elections reshaped races in Maine, South Carolina, and California.
Update: Iran
-via AP News and NY Times
House Dems Outmaneuver Johnson
-via CBS News
ICE Funding Heads to Trump
-via CNN
Election Results
-via NY Times
Ya Boi Can’t Levy a Tax
An update on the deadly earthquake in the Philippines that left dozens dead, Iran and Israel appear to be holding a fragile ceasefire, a federal judge blocked Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee, the administration launched a major denaturalization effort, and Nithya Raman officially advanced to the Los Angeles mayoral runoff (which I already told you yesterday).
Earthquake News
-via ABC News and AP News
Update: Israel / Iran
-via BBC and CBS News
Judges Voids Trump’s Visa Requirements
-via CNN and...
I’m in the Clear Baybee
Mass attacks in Ohio and New York left at least 18 people injured, a powerful earthquake struck the Philippines, tensions between Iran and Israel threatened a fragile ceasefire, Trump abruptly ended a contentious interview with NBC, and California election results began to take shape.
A Weekend of Mass Attacks
-via ABC News and The Guardian
Earthquake in the Philippines
-via AP News
Update: Iran
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She's Just So Young...
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They’re Incredibly Immoral Losers
Health officials warned the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo may be worse than reported, Trump and Netanyahu reportedly clashed again, a federal appeals court ruled against the Pentagon’s transgender military ban, and public pressure helped derail the DOJ’s controversial fund for January 6 defendants.
Ebola Outbreak
-via ABC News
Trump and Netanyahu Argue (Again)
-via CNN
Anti-Trans Ban Unconstitutional
-via AP News and NY Times
Slush Fund Falls Apart
-via CBS News...
They Taste Like Pennies
A manhunt ended in Virginia, a deadly explosion in Myanmar left dozens dead, Zelensky accused Russia of abducting Ukrainian children and training some to fight against Ukraine, Israel captured the strategic Beaufort Castle in Lebanon, and protests continued over conditions at New Jersey’s Delaney Hall ICE facility.
Virginia Manhunt
-via ABC News
Myanmar Explosion
-via BBC
Zelensky’s Kidnapping Accusation
-via CBS News
More Boat Strikes
- via AP News
Israe...
