Ousted ‘60 Minutes’ star Scott Pelley seen near home after emotional post-firing interview

Trump risks sending oil 'well above $200 per barrel' as he nears critical juncture: expert

President Donald Trump has reached a critical juncture, writes geopolitical analyst and expert Trista Parsi, one that could result in either some de-escalation in the Middle East or an unprecedented disruption to global trade that could send oil prices to “well above $200 per barrel.”Parsi’s analysis, detailed in a report published on his Substack Sunday night, comes after Iran and Israel exchanged strikes earlier that same day. On Monday, Trump publicly pleaded with Israel and Iran to stop fighting as his administration continues working toward a negotiated settlement with Tehran, though both nations have frequently defied the president’s wishes.As such, Parsi argued, “the most likely scenario” in the days or weeks ahead is that Israel and Iran will continue to exchange fire. The “key question” then becomes, Parsi wrote, “whether Trump will eventually enter the conflict – or be pulled into it.”“The Iranians appear prepared for either outcome,” Parsi wrote. “If Trump re-enters the war, Tehran may employ options it withheld during the previous conflict, including disrupting Red Sea shipping and targeting GCC oil infrastructure in an effort to drive oil prices well above $200 per barrel. If Trump stays out, such horizontal escalation may be deemed unnecessary.”As of Monday, the price per barrel of oil sits at just over $97, a dramatic increase from the $72 seen one day before Trump launched Operation Epic Fury. Trump’s favorability has suffered as a result, with the average cost per gallon of gas reaching $4.24 last week, up significantly from the $2.98 recorded prior to the war.

Trump’s border czar threatens to send ‘more ICE agents than you’ve ever seen’ to New York City

Tom Homan says he made Kathy Hochul promise after governor signed bill protecting New Yorkers against ICEDonald Trump’s hardline border czar has again threatened to dispatch a surge of immigration agents to New York City, as the administration vows to press ahead with its controversial crackdown.Tom Homan said on Monday that he has reviewed a plan to expand Immigration Enforcement and Customs (ICE) operations in New York and deploy “more ICE agents than you’ve ever seen” in the city. Continue reading...

Rapid-fire CNN fact-check dismantles Trump’s latest 'bunch of lies'

After President Donald Trump told a “bunch of lies” on “Meet the Press” — abruptly cutting off the interview and walking out — CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale zeroed in on one of the most consequential: Trump’s claim that he never promised any wars in his second term.“First of all, I didn’t guarantee no war,” Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker. “So when you say I promised – I didn’t promise anything. I don’t like these endless wars. This is not an endless war.” On Monday, Dale served up half a dozen examples from the 2024 campaign when Trump said there would be no wars, and several times when he hedged but also declared there would be no wars. “Trump repeatedly promised in 2024 that the US would not have any wars during his second presidency,” Dale reported. “Though it’s true that he often deployed some nuance on the subject – for example, vowing to end ‘endless’ wars or prevent ‘World War III’ – he unequivocally pledged on other occasions that the US wouldn’t get involved in wars, period.”In June 2024, as Dale noted, candidate Trump wrote on Truth Social, “As every American saw firsthand, this election is a choice between strength or weakness, competence or incompetence, peace and prosperity or war and no war.” The following month at the Republican National Convention, Trump declared, “With our victory in November, the years of war, weakness, and chaos will be over. I don’t have wars.”“Under Trump, we will have no more wars, no more disruptions, and we will have prosperity and peace for all,” he said in August 2024.That same month, Trump “approvingly” cited then-Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Dale wrote, who Trump claimed to have said: “Make sure that Trump gets re-elected president and you’re not going to have any more wars.” Trump himself “reiterated” moments later, “No more wars. No more disruptions. We will have prosperity and we will have peace.”In October, Trump revisited those remarks: “Viktor Orbán said, ‘If Trump comes back, you won’t have any wars. You won’t have any wars.’ And he’s about as tough as they get, and he said it loud and clear and he said why. But you won’t have any wars.”Dale continued, pointing to Trump’s “clear promise” in his November 2024 victory address.“Four years, we had no wars, except we defeated ISIS,” Trump said. “They said, ‘He will start a war.’ I’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop wars.” Dale concluded that people “can have a reasonable debate about whether these kinds of comments were likely to be interpreted by some voters as a promise not to get the country involved in wars in a second term,” but, as for Trump’s “I didn’t promise anything” claim, “the record shows that Trump explicitly made a no-future-wars promise multiple times.”

Scott Pelley Isn't a Serious Journalist

A week ago, former 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley arrived for a meeting with his new boss, Nick Bilton, on the CBS News show at which they both work. Pelley took this as an opportunity to lecture and browbeat Bilton. In the meeting, which was recorded and leaked to the press, Pelley publicly accused those whom he works for as lacking credentials as journalists. Singling Bilton out, Pelley said that he had

CBS News Is On Fire

Scott Pelley, a former "60 Minutes" reporter, gave his view of how CBS News is changing under new management and ownership during an interview with NYT's Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who summarized the saga that led to his firing this way: "Pelley... was fired after an explosive series of events and much turmoil over the past few years at CBS. These events include a controversial financial settlement with President Trump over a '60 Minutes' segment; the sale of the network to David Ellison; and the appointment of Bari Weiss, a former New York Times Opinion staffer and founder of The Free Press with...

On This Day: Washington’s soldiers grow ‘near mutinous’ over Congress not paying them

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. June 8, 1776 Back in New York, Gen. George Washington […]

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Ann Coulter decries Trump's 'absolute worst' act of 'selfishness' seen yet: 'Narcissistic'

Prominent conservative commentator Ann Coulter hammered President Donald Trump Sunday night over what she labeled as his “absolute worst” act of selfishness she’d witnessed yet, one that’s expected to inconvenience thousands of Americans.On Friday, Trump confirmed that he planned to attend the NBA Finals game in New York between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks, scheduled to kick off Monday night. As such, the thousands of attendees will have to adhere to a “strict-no bag policy” and be subjected to “TSA-style screening procedures,” CNBC reported.“Of all the selfish, narcissistic things Trump has done, attending [Madison Square Garden] to see the Knicks play in person Monday night is the absolute worst,” Coulter, an early backer of Trump, wrote Sunday night in a social media post on X to her more than 2.1 million followers.“20,000 attendees will be MASSIVELY inconvenienced for all the extra security, the Knicks Watch Party at Garden is canceled, thousands of extra law enforcement officers will be required (paid for by taxpayers), traffic will be a disaster – all so he can sit in the Garden rather than watch the game on TV.”Panelists on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” predicted Monday that Trump will receive a less-than-friendly reception from sports fans while attending the event, with host Jonathan Lemire expecting a “volume of boos” should they show the president “on the jumbotron.”In addition to her criticism, Coulter also offered Trump a piece of advice.“Presidents ought to be willing to sacrifice once in a while,” she wrote.Of all the selfish, narcissistic things Trump has done, attending MSG to see the Knicks play in person Monday night is the absolute worst. 20,000 attendees will be MASSIVELY inconvenienced for all the extra security, the Knicks Watch Party at Garden Is canceled, thousands of… pic.twitter.com/oQyVbvRQRn— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) June 8, 2026