As TGP reported earlier, a judge released evidence in the Karmelo Anthony murder case on Friday. The post WATCH: Surveillance Footage Shows Moment Karmelo Anthony Fatally Stabs Austin Metcalf and Runs Away appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
A judge released evidence in the Karmelo Anthony murder case on Friday. The post WATCH: Judge Releases Police Bodycam Footage of Karmelo Anthony’s Arrest appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
The Freeman family has always had a flair for big moments in Seattle.
A new book recounts one of the most rambunctious moments on the floor of the House in modern history.
The US Air Force unveiled the new Boeing 747-8 that will serve as Air Force One on Friday, replacing the old plane with a new design. "Fresh from receiving its new red, white, and blue livery and the final government modifications, the aircraft has entered service to provide critical, secure continuity for the commander in chief," the Air Force said in a press release. The post WATCH: President Trump Delivers Remarks After New Air Force One Arrives at Joint Base Andrews With a New Design appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is just hours away from violating a judge's order on President Donald Trump's January 6 slush fund after thumbing his nose at it for weeks.U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema gave Blanche and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent until Friday afternoon to file sworn declarations confirming the $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund is dead.As of Friday morning, nothing had been filed.Journalist Scott MacFarlane wrote that he had been checking the court docket all morning."Crickets," MacFarlane wrote.Brinkema extended her block on the fund on June 12 after ruling that Blanche's verbal claims to Congress were insufficient. She demanded written sworn declarations from both officials.The judge noted that Trump himself said after Blanche's testimony that he wanted to move forward with the fund — comments she said carried "a lot of weight," MS NOW reported.The fund was created through a private settlement of Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. Critics noted it could pay Jan. 6 defendants, including those convicted of assaulting police officers.Pooja Boistute, senior counsel at advocacy group Democracy Forward, said after the June 12 hearing she "honestly" did not believe Blanche and Bessent would comply."I think it will tell...a lot to the court that they have represented that they're terminating the fund, and there's no evidence to support that," Boistute said.It is not the only court where Blanche faces jeopardy. Georgetown Law professor and former senior Justice Department official Marty Lederman argued this week that a federal judge already has sufficient evidence to order a criminal contempt trial against Blanche over deportation flights that defied a court order in March 2025."While mistruths and obfuscation may be the standard playbook for the Trump-Vance administration, it is telling that they have repeatedly refused to say under oath that the Slush Fund is truly dead," said Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward.If Blanche and Bessent file a sufficient declaration, the preliminary injunction will remain in place. If they don't, the court has said the case will proceed with the injunction in place.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ran a secret online search operation that effectively punished subordinates for behavior he has described as "woke."The result of what the New York Times called Hegseth's "war on diversity" had serious consequences for officers who were up for promotion.Hegseth and his top aides ordered the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps to scour the internet for photos, videos or news articles that might draw his ire, the Times reported Friday. Then his own staff ran the searches again — to make sure the branches hadn't missed anything, or tried to protect anyone.Inside the Pentagon, the flagged material was code-named "derogatory material" screening.Hegseth blocked promotions for at least 40 senior officers to general and admiral ranks this year. About half were women or members of minority groups.Officers who had spoken publicly about diversity or urged troops to get the COVID vaccine were targeted. Photos and articles posted on official Navy websites were turned into evidence against the officers they once celebrated.Rear Adm. Stephen Barnett, already a one-star admiral, was the Navy's top pick to be promoted to vice admiral and run its global base command — more experienced than any other candidate, and fresh off three years cleaning up a catastrophic fuel spill in Hawaii that sickened thousands. Hegseth passed over him anyway, selecting the Navy's third choice, after flagging Barnett's years-old remarks on the importance of diversity.Hegseth has made no secret of what he was after. At West Point last month, he told graduates that previous military leaders had been "woke and weak." He declared at the Army War College in 2025 that "DEI is dead."It was not clear whether Hegseth had the legal authority to pull names from the lists at all — Congress had entrusted that power to the service secretaries, not the defense secretary.
The 2026 World Cup has brought fans from all over the world to America. Groups have taken over cities from the East Coast to the West Coast, and Seattle is no exception. Ahead of Friday’s highly touted match between the U.S. men’s national team and Australia at Lumen Field, World Cups fans have crowded the...
President Trump denied that the Iran war revealed the limits of his ability to exert power, telling "The Axios Show" he still believes there are "no limits."The big picture: Trump entered the war demanding "unconditional surrender." He ended it with a limited memorandum of understanding instead. Trump acknowledged to Axios' Marc Caputo that he'd negotiated that deal to keep the war from turning into a global economic depression.Still, Trump denied he was in any way humbled by that experience. Asked what he'd learned from the war about the limits to his power, he said: "There are no limits." What he's saying: "I haven't learned that lesson yet. I know there are, but there are no limits," he continued. Trump claimed that "we defeated them totally militarily," and even that the MOU "probably is unconditional surrender."He argued the war had actually demonstrated America's military strength. "Who else could have done a blockade like that? I did a naval blockade where not one ship was able to get through. Some tried. It didn't last very long."Between the lines: Trump acknowledged in the interview that the alternatives to cutting a deal could have been dire.Trump bristled at the idea that his hawkish critics were asking why he wasn't tougher on Iran. "The only way I can get tougher is if I go in there for another two or three weeks and continue to bomb the hell out of 'em. Right? But what does that get us? The Strait of Hormuz will not be open.""We wouldn't have oil for months. As long as you're dropping bombs, that thing is automatically closed," he said, adding later: "This is the kind of thing that could cause a worldwide depression."Behind the scenes: Trump has privately expressed concerns that global petroleum reserves were starting to run dry, and a global oil shock could result if the strait stayed closed, according to a source familiar with his thinking.The bottom line: That helps explain why Trump took the deal he could get, rather than the maximalist one he promised before the war.But he insisted the war demonstrated the breadth of his power, not its limits.