Politico reports: U.S. diplomats have officially been directed to screen the social media and online presence of all foreign nationals applying for student and other educational visas, according to a State Department cable issued Wednesday and obtained by POLITICO. In the cable, consular officers are directed to review applicants’ online presence for “any indications of hostility towards the citizens, culture, …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump’s administration is ordering an additional 2,000 members of the California Army National Guard to the Los Angeles area under federal command, the Pentagon announced. The deployment of additional soldiers was ordered despite the fact that demonstrations against federal immigration enforcement raids across the city have largely dissipated. A spokesperson for the LAPD told CNBC on …

SEN. MAZIE HIRONO: “At a time when steady leadership is critical, we are confronted with crisis and instability. Mr. Secretary, close to 5,000 Marines and National Guard have been deployed to LA without the request or consent of the California governor or Los Angeles Mayor Bass. Rather than calming the situation, this troop deployment is purposefully inflaming and escalating tensions. …

NBC News reports: The Food and Drug Administration has approved a highly effective new HIV-prevention medication, Gilead Sciences reported Wednesday. In clinical trials, the drug nearly eliminated HIV’s spread among people given an injection every six months. Called Yeztugo, the highly effective drug has inspired feverish anticipation among advocates for HIV prevention. The hope is the medication could accelerate the …

The New York Post reports:  Accused Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter expressed fears the US was “turning against Israel” years before he allegedly carried out a sickening political assassination, a former work acquaintance claimed. Boelter, 57, appeared to become increasingly frustrated by society in the years leading up to the twisted attack and had warned that the US was losing its …

The New York Times reports: The Trump administration has instructed the national suicide prevention hotline to stop offering specialized support to L.G.B.T.Q. callers next month, saying those callers can rely on the hotline’s general services. The Trevor Project, a nonprofit that has provided that specialized support to L.G.B.T.Q. callers to the 988 suicide prevention hotline, said Wednesday that it had …

Axios reports: Health insurers are starting to notify states that tariffs will drive up the premiums they plan to charge individual and small group market enrollees next year. The Trump administration’s trade policy is adding another layer of uncertainty for health costs as Congress considers Medicaid cuts and is expected to sunset enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act coverage. Tariffs …

Madeline Peltz writes on Substack: This year marked the 10th Young Women’s Leadership Summit, the largest annual conference for young women and girls in the conservative movement. The event is designed to pop on Instagram — the halls of the Grapevine, Texas conference hotel lined with cutesy photo opportunities everywhere you turn. During a question-and-answer session on the second day …

From the Catholic outlet LifeSiteNews: An anonymous man was stolen and burned a “pride” flag that was flown outside an openly heterodox, pro-LGBT Catholic parish in Syracuse, New York. Over the night of June 6-7, a Catholic man, whose identity remains unknown, ripped down a “pride” flag from All Saints Catholic Church in Syracuse, New York, according to the parish …

The New York Times reports: Chris Sommerfeldt, who covers City Hall for The Daily News, spent part of Tuesday reporting on ICE agents’ arrest of Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, at a Manhattan courthouse. By then, he was already the subject of some interest himself, after Mayor Eric Adams took the extraordinary step of barring him in the …

“We’ve got the best friend we’ve got in Israel. They’re doing a fantastic job. They’re controlling the airspace now. So we just need to see. Look, it’s biblical, okay? I’m one of those. It’s biblical. “We support Israel. Israel is our friend. We need to be with them. I would say to Senator Kaine, whose side are you on for …

The Hill reports: Elon Musk’s X sued the state of New York on Tuesday over a law requiring social media sites to detail how they moderate hate speech, extremism, misinformation and other types of content on their platforms. X argues the law, which is set to go into effect Thursday, violates the First Amendment by compelling companies to disclose “highly …

Mediaite reports: In a post to Truth Social late Tuesday, the president shared a segment from The Will Cain Show on Fox News — in which Elon Musk was heavily mocked for posting the results of a recent drug test he took, amid a recent New York Times report on the Tesla chief’s rampant drug use. Musk has sounded a …

The military blog Task & Purpose reports: Four senior executives of tech giants like Meta and Palantir are being sworn into the Army Reserve as direct-commissioned officers at the unusually high rank of lieutenant colonel as part of a new program to recruit private-sector experts to speed up tech adoption. The Army calls the program to recruit Silicon Valley executives …

“The Israelis are kicking their asses left and right and the U.S. hasn’t even gotten involved directly. Yeah, so where are they? They’re nowhere! How about China? Nowhere! How about Russia? Nowhere! What happened to World War III? There is no World War III! They all sound like a bunch of Marxist Islamists! They don’t sound like patriotic Americans! Let …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: As the world processes reports of Israeli airstrikes against the Iranian regime’s military and nuclear weapons program, Christians should think carefully about how to respond. On one hand, we lament the loss of human life that wars bring as we follow our Lord in affirming, “blessed are the peacemakers” (Matthew 5:9). On the …

The Guardian reports: A Tennessee state law banning gender-affirming care for minors can stand, the US supreme court has ruled, a devastating loss for trans rights supporters in a case that could set a precedent for dozens of other lawsuits involving the rights of transgender children. The case, United States v Skrmetti, was filed last year by three families of …

The Daily Beast reports: Tucker Carlson grilled Sen. Ted Cruz in an explosive on-screen confrontation that exposes the massive fault line ripping through MAGAworld. Carlson asked Cruz, “How many people live in Iran by the way?” Cruz responded, “I don’t know the population.” Carlson said, “Well, it’s kinda relevant because you’re calling for the overthrow of the government.” The two …

NBC News reports: A federal judge found Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt late Tuesday after he snubbed a court order in a high-profile immigration case and then boasted about it in interviews. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams wrote that Uthmeier offered “a series of implausible interpretations of the language he used” to argue he was complying with …

Orlando’s NBC affiliate reports: Michael Wilcox, 35, is in custody after being accused of making threats on social media by a special agent of the FBI. According to court documents, the Marion County man is accused of making Pride-related threats on Facebook and Instagram. The official term for the offense is transmission of an interstate threat to injure. Wilcox posted …