Headlines for June 26, 2026
The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited
Friday, June 26, 2026
Today, another federal judge has permanently blocked Trump’s order restricting mail-in voting, the Supreme Court has stripped temporary protected status from 350,000 Haitians and Syrians, and blocks asylum seekers at the border, vendors have been told to begin dismantling the Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp, massive earthquakes rocked Venezuela, Japan, and California, the Pentagon restored flu vaccines after hundreds fell ill, Senate republicans caved on yesterday’s war powers resolution, US Park Police seek to identify a person who touched the water in the reflecting pool a week ago, Jamie Raskin will open a discharge petition to force a vote on the $1.8B slush fund, and a judge wants answers on why the tarp hasn’t been removed from the Kennedy Center facade.
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Sources:
Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots as outbreak sickens 300 | AP News
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/weather/live-news/venezuela-earthquake-puerto-rico-tsunami
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/politics/senate-backtracks-iran-war-powers-vote
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/world/americas/venezuela-earthquake-japan-california.html
https://apnews.com/live/trump-administration-updates-06-25-2026
US Park Police seek to ID person in Reflecting Pool vandalism investigation - ABC News
A judge wants answers on the Kennedy Center tarp and scaffolding
Federal Judge Strikes Key Parts of Trump Order Restricting Mail Voting - The New York Times
Thank you for the update, Allison. I hope these lower court judges bring America relief.
The article was timely but the header said June 11. Sorry I can’t get the editor out of my head…