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This week’s top stories included: (1) a court upholding Trump’s ban on using National Guard troops in Los Angeles and (2) Minnesota Representative Melissa Hortman was killed along with her husband last weekend at their home.
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June 20
On this date in history: A technical team successfully concludes a peace agreement between the DRC and Rwanda. Also this week, President Trump ordered his administration to close down a suicide hotline for transgender youth; we’ll hear more on that later in our broadcast with ACLU attorney Chase Strangio.
As global conflicts, climate change, and pandemics escalate, some people are responding by stockpiling food and water, creating emergency kits, listening to survivalist podcasts, and stockpiling their supplies for emergency. They call these people preppers.
June 22
Galileo Galilei was forced to recant his scientific view that the Sun is at the center of the Universe in 1633, 1907 saw the opening of London Underground’s Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway and James W. Christy discovered Pluto’s moon Charon on this same date (a movie was also made about Erin Brockovich later that same year) among other important milestones on that same day…and more!
June 23
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In 1947, the Senate overrode President Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley Act that limited union power. And in 1961, both nations signed the Antarctic Treaty System declaring Antarctica an ecological preserve.
June 24
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Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Christopher Hortman, were remembered by their families as “bright lights at the center of our lives”. A court ruling continued its ban on Trump’s use of National Guard troops in Los Angeles.
June 25
New York City buildings are cracking under intense heatwaves. At the same time, Dylan Harper may end up finding his next NBA home while the Diamondbacks are angry with a fan who heckled second baseman Ketel Marte at an Arizona game.
White House border czar Tom Homan strongly criticizes Biden’s open-border policies and media misreporting of them.
June 27
Detroit Tigers win 1984 World Series while an explosion at Soviet Severomorsk naval base destroys two-thirds of all missiles and kills hundreds of technicians.
Cirque du Soleil, an entertainment company from Canada, was established. Additionally, Australia introduced their one-dollar coin. Furthermore, Aum Shinrikyo released Sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan killing seven and injuring thousands.
June 28
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Courts continue to put a stopper on President Trump’s plan to use the National Guard in LA for immigration enforcement; CBS News conducts monthslong investigation on Thomas Crooks that uncovers his secrecy; and more.
June 29
Three people died and several others were injured during a stampede at a temple in Puri on Monday. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed deep regret over their deaths and pledged exemplary action against those responsible.
Zohran Mamdani is providing an unremarkable facade of diversity while spreading hate speech in New York City’s mayoral election race.
