Headlines for June 24, 2026
The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Today, Iran’s foreign ministry has bucked JD Vance saying they haven’t agreed to nuclear inspectors, the ACLU is set to monitor election certification amid Trump’s efforts to interfere, the Senate has voted to adopt a war powers resolution to stop the Iran war, the Supreme Court sides with the Trump administration on green card holders, government documents show the Trump administration filled the reflecting pool with city water causing the algae bloom, and ABC has launched an on-air campaign urging viewers to back them against the FCC.
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Sources:
ABC launches on-air campaign urging viewers to back network in Trump agency fights | Reuters
Iran’s Foreign Ministry says no U.N. inspectors scheduled to visit bombed nuclear sites
ACLU to monitor election certification as part of $50 million midterm effort
Senate Votes to Direct End to Iran War, Rebuking Trump on War Powers - The New York Times
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-immigration-b9ea1079296c0d7be844213986f96e6f
Good morning, Allison,
I just received this email and I was wondering if you were aware of it?
From: The Intercept Team …
BREAKING: Federal judges in Texas just sentenced eight alleged antifa activists to a combined 450 years in prison in a case involving a protest outside the Prairieland ICE detention center.
Five of those sentenced received prison terms of 50 years. One defendant who wasn’t even present at the protest received a 30-year sentence for merely moving a box of antifascist zines. The longest sentence — a 100-year term — went to an activist accused of firing a gun at a police officer.
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During the trial of the Prairieland anti-ICE protesters, the government argued that dressing in so-called “black bloc” clothing, carrying first aid kits, wearing body armor, and using the messaging app Signal were indicators the defendants were engaged in antifa terrorism.
The Prairieland case is the government’s first set of convictions under President Donald Trump’s executive order designating antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, and already we’re seeing similar prosecutions in other states.
Our legal team is demanding that local authorities comply with our open records request in a timely fashion — and if these documents contain anything that may cast even a sliver of doubt on the government’s case, then every delay is potentially significant.
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Good morning; I hope you have a good day. Thanks for the update