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Eric Trump fiercely denied accusations Sunday night that he had contacted an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) commentator about whether any of the fights at the White House event that day were “rigged” – a denial that only intensified scrutiny from critics.In a social media post published just ahead of the White House UFC event, an X user by the name of “Sean O’Meowlly” flagged what they claimed was a “now-deleted post” by UFC commentator Daniel Cormier exposing alleged messages he received from Trump.“I’ll just cut to the chase. Are any of the fights tomorrow rigged?” reads a message alleged to be from Trump to Cormier, which has not been authenticated, though several media outlets have confirmed Cormier’s social media post revealing the alleged exchange – which was quickly deleted – to be authentic.As the initial post revealing the alleged exchange went viral – viewed nearly 12 million times as of Monday morning – Trump scrambled to deny the allegation.“This is completely fake! I have never reached out to Daniel. In fact, this is scary,” Trump wrote in a social media post on X Sunday night, a post he edited three times over the course of seven minutes to slightly alter its language. Less than 30 minutes later, Trump took to X again to deny the allegation, this time claiming the alleged screenshots of the exchange were generated with artificial intelligence.“We are aware of the fake, AI generated screenshots being circulated online,” Trump wrote in another social media post. “I have never spoken to Daniel. He has since deleted his post, which confirms it was clearly fabricated.”Another 14 minutes later, Trump again took to X to deny the allegations.“This did not happen. They were AI generated. Please be careful with reporting,” Trump wrote.The progressive media organization MeidasTouch flagged Trump’s multiple edits to his initial post denying the allegations.“The denial took three tries,” the organization wrote in a social media post on X to its more than 1.3 million followers.Others, like Adam Cochran, a professor and policy consultant, expressed confusion at the specifics of Trump’s denial.“Claiming it is AI generated when the guy posted it himself, and the post had a URL that then said ‘deleted by the author’ is next level stupid," Cochran wrote in a social media post on X to his more than 300,000 followers.The denial took three tries https://t.co/eEchcFMEA4 pic.twitter.com/vY6p7TAOrG— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 15, 2026

'This is defeat': MS NOW says Trump just made Iran 'more radical, more enraged and richer'

MS NOW's Joe Scarborough dumped cold water on an agreement President Donald Trump has reached to end his war in Iran.Iranian officials confirmed an agreement has been finalized, and Trump has said Strait of Hormuz will reopen Friday once the deal has been signed, but the "Morning Joe" host slammed the president for starting the war in the first place and questioned what had been gained in relation to the steep cost."Everybody around these talks believe that 60 days in, they're going to start charging tolls, and then you look at the sanctions relief they're going to get, which, again, the Trump administration, as you know, constantly berated Joe Biden's administration for lifting sanctions against Iran from time to time," Scarborough said. "They're going to do it, and we have talk of reconstruction. If Iran behaves well down the road, I mean ... and again, the devil's in the details. We're really glad there's a possibility that this war, which should have never started, comes to an end.""But let's just tell it like it is, whether if people want to be lied to, go to another channel because I can tell you which channel to go to," Scarborough added. "They will be lying through your teeth to you right now telling you how wonderful this is. But if you want to know the truth of what's happening right here, the fact is, people in the neighborhood around Iran have every reason to be scared to death right now because this is a more radical, a more enraged and soon to be richer Iran thanks to this war."Co-host Jonathan Lemire agreed and echoed Scarborough's comments. "Yeah, well, tell it like it is," Lemire agreed. "This is a defeat for the United States. Iran is stronger now than they were at the beginning of the war. We heard, how often [have] we heard not just President Trump complaining about the sanctions relief that the Biden administration gave Iran, but think about how the pallets of cash that he would blast the Obama team for sending Tehran, that's going to be dwarfed by the amount of money that's likely going there now on the Strait of Hormuz. Not only is A., after 60 days, Iran has indicated they believe they'll charge for tolls, but B., despite President Trump's celebration last night about the strait being open and free for everyone to use. That obviously, that's temporary, but also it already was before the war. That was the status quo that's how things existed. He made things worse.""We now have a hardline regime, embittered and certainly no reason to ever trust the United States again because we keep bombing them during the midst of negotiations," Lemire added. "Let's think about the cost here, not just the billions upon billions in terms of dollars the United States spent, but also the lives lost civilians, including a girls school and the first hours of the war. This is a significant you know, the United States looks significantly weaker right now in that region than before, and Iran's ability to close the Strait of Hormuz and hit its neighbors seems, you know, unchecked." - YouTube youtu.be

Immigrants filed tens of thousands of lawsuits in Trump’s first year

The federal courts are dealing with a barrage of immigration-related lawsuits, with more filed over the past year than any period in history. The influx of tens of thousands of immigration cases just since last fall threatens to derail President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown and clog the courts. Between March 2021 and Trump’s first […]

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No Comment From Airbnb as Chief Legal Officer Ron Klain Defends Graham Platner’s Nazi Tattoo—After Company Distanced Itself From a Cofounder’s Work With Trump Administration

Home rental giant Airbnb is silent after its chief legal officer, former Biden White House chief of staff Ron Klain, described criticism of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo as a "partisan attack" and argued that the ink was simply an attempt to remember "fallen comrades." The post No Comment From Airbnb as Chief Legal Officer Ron Klain Defends Graham Platner’s Nazi Tattoo—After Company Distanced Itself From a Cofounder’s Work With Trump Administration appeared first on .