Joe Biden allegedly paid $5M by Burisma executive as part of a bribery scheme . . . President Joe Biden was allegedly paid $5 million by an executive of the Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings, where his son Hunter Biden sat on the board, a confidential human source told the FBI during a June 2020 interview, sources familiar told Fox News Digital. The sources briefed Fox News Digital on the contents of the FBI-generated FD-1023 form alleging a criminal bribery scheme between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national that involved influence over U.S. policy decisions. White House Dossier

'Moms for Liberty' Labeled as extremist Hate Group by former State Department official who Met with Biden National Security team . . . The author of a Southern Poverty Law Center report that labels parental rights organizations as extremist hate groups met earlier this year with Biden National Security Council officials, according to White House records. Susan Corke, the director of the SPLC's Intelligence Project, this week added Moms for Liberty, Parents Defending Education, and other parent organizations to its "hate map," alongside neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan. Corke visited the White House on Jan. 6, 2023, and met with National Security Council counterterrorism director John Picarelli. Washington Free Beacon

EXCLUSIVE: Trump says indictment is 'election interference at the highest level' . . . Former President Trump said his federal indictment is "election interference at the highest level," telling Fox News Digital that the Biden administration is "the most corrupt" in history. During an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital Thursday night, Trump said the case is "election interference" and "the greatest witch hunt of all time." Trump said he will "of course" plead not guilty to charges in federal court on Tuesday, and said he is "totally innocent." Fox News

Trump Attorney Shares Major Update After News Of Indictment . . . Trump’s attorney Alina Habba spoke about an announcement from Trump that he has been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges connected to his handling of classified materials that were found at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last August. Conservative Brief

Trump's indictment in Miami puts him on favorable ground . . . Trump's claims of political persecution are bound to resonate with the inhabitants of Miami, where Cuban-Americans make up a substantial portion of the population. Former President Donald Trump informed the public Thursday evening that he had been summoned to face arraignment next week at the Miami federal courthouse, in presumed connection with special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into his handling of classified materials.The venue of the case offers Trump some advantages in defending himself. Miami is home to many Cubans who fled the communist nation to escape political persecution there and who may sympathize with Trump's claim that he is being targeted and who are potential jurors. Just the News

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With apparently fake photos, DeSantis raises AI ante . . . In one apparently altered image, former U.S. President Donald Trump is seen hugging his bête noire Dr. Anthony Fauci, who beams in response. In another, Trump is kissing Fauci on the nose. These images published by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' campaign this week demonstrate how the 2024 Republican White House contenders have elevated their war of words into the AI-driven social media arena, interspersing fact with fiction. Reuters

What to watch as Trump, DeSantis, Pence speak at North Carolina GOP convention - The Hill

Biden's 2024 presidential run will put America at greater risk in the world - Fox News

Biden Doesn't Need To Campaign, Elections Are Now A Ballot Harvesting Operation For Democrats - RealClearPolitics

Sen. Rand Paul’s ‘End Endless Wars’ Bill Would Roll Back ‘Force’ Measure . . . Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., faulted fellow Republicans for banging the “drums of war” with China, saying his new bill, the End Endless Wars Act, would replace a post-9/11 law. Since 2001, the law known as Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF, has been used by presidents to legally justify multiple military ventures without congressional input. “It’s a pretty darn important vote. We should vote on whether we have war,” Paul said Wednesday, speaking at The American Conservative magazine’s 10th annual Foreign Policy Conference. Daily Signal

Social Conservatism in U.S. Highest in About a Decade . . . More Americans this year (38%) say they are very conservative or conservative on social issues than said so in 2022 (33%) and 2021 (30%). At the same time, the percentage saying their social views are very liberal or liberal has dipped to 29% from 34% in each of the past two years, while the portion identifying as moderate (31%) remains near a third. The last time this many Americans said they were socially conservative was 2012, during a period when consistently more U.S. adults identified as conservative rather than liberal on social issues. Gallup

Ukraine launches highly anticipated counteroffensive against Russia with Western arms . . . The Ukrainians are fighting with Western arms and equipment, including $46.8 billion in training, weapons and military grants and loans from the U.S. Fox News

The US Takes Another Step Towards Boots on the Ground in Ukraine . . .  The United States alone is sending 2,000 U.S. Air National Guard personnel and about 100 aircraft to take part in the June 12-23 training maneuvers. Host by Germany this will be the biggest air deployment exercise in NATO's history, a show of force intended to impress allies and potential adversaries such as Russia, German and American officials said Wednesday. The Air Defender 23 exercise starting next week will see 10,000 participants and 250 aircraft from 25 nations respond to a simulated attack on a NATO member country. Military.com

The potent U.S. arsenal for Ukraine’s counteroffensive . . . Washington Post

Having poured billions of dollars in military aid into Ukraine, the Pentagon has depleted crucial US weapons stockpiles to dangerous levels, eroding American combat readiness. in a potential war with China. US forces could run out of existing precision weapons in less than a week.

Polish militants join armored assaults into Russian Territory . . . Polish militants fighting in Ukraine have participated in recent assaults into Russia’s Belgorod Region, with the Polish Volunteer Corps releasing an announcement and video evidence of their roles in these operations. The militants were specifically involved in an assault of Belgorod’s Grayvoron District on May 22, which was one of the initial major incursions launched from Ukrainian territory. Modern Diplomacy

How Biden is being bamboozled by Xi regarding Russia-Ukraine war - Rebekah Koffler | NY Post

US nuclear ICBM faces year delay, Air Force One and F-15EX also at risk: GAO . . . The Air Force’s $96 billion Sentinel program that will field a new fleet of nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles is staring down a delay of about a year, the Government Accountability Office warned in a new report today. GAO’s annual review of Pentagon weapon systems [PDF] also raised concerns about other key Air Force programs, such as the F-15EX, KC-46A and Air Force One replacement known as the VC-25B. Breaking Defense

What the West fears most about Putin’s arsenal of nuclear weapons - Rebekah Koffler | NY Post

NATO may base troops in Sweden before Stockholm joins, government says . . . Sweden will allow NATO to base troops on its territory even before it formally joins the defence alliance, the prime minister and defence minister said on Friday.

Sweden applied last year to join NATO as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Objections from Turkey and Hungary have delayed the bid and Sweden now hopes to join by a NATO summit in Lithuania next month. Reuters

Mexican cartel slaughters 8 call center workers after they tried to quit jobs running phone scam . . . Eight young workers at a Mexican drug cartel's scam call center were confirmed dead after reportedly attempting to quit their jobs. U.S. and Mexican authorities say the eight young workers were reported missing last month after relatives became suspicious when they had not returned from their office in the western city of Guadalajara. Human remains were then found last week, discarded in plastic bags in the western state of Jalisco. Authorities said they have now confirmed the remains were of the call center workers. Fox News

Toddlers stable after Annecy attack, France lauds 'backpack hero' . . . Well-wishers laid flowers on Friday at the site in the French mountain town of Annecy where an attacker stabbed four toddlers, as a shocked nation paid tribute to a backpack-wearing student who tried to stop the assault. Two of the children were in a critical but stable condition in hospital a day after the attack, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said. The other two - and two pensioners who were also wounded - had less serious injuries, officials said. Reuters

Biden and Sunak Tout New 'Atlantic Declaration,' Promise Ukraine Support . . . President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Thursday a new economic agreement between the two nations and vowed to continue supporting Ukraine during their first joint appearance at the White House since the U.K. leader took office. The agreement, called the "Atlantic Declaration," will strengthen economic ties between the two longtime allies across a number of industries, including the defense, health care and energy sectors, while boosting investment in technology and other areas. Newsweek

Saudi crown prince threatened ‘major’ economic pain on U.S. amid oil feud . . . THE DISCORD LEAKS | After President Biden vowed to impose ‘consequences’ on Saudi Arabia for slashing oil production last year, Mohammed bin Salman privately threatened to sever ties and retaliate economically, according to a classified U.S. intelligence document. The crown prince claimed “he will not deal with the U.S. administration anymore,” the document says, promising “major economic consequences for Washington.” Washington Post

Antony Blinken says normalising Saudi-Israel relations is US ‘priority’ . . . Washington’s top diplomat Antony Blinken said the US would push for the normalisation of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, saying a deal was a priority for the administration. Blinken was making his first visit to the kingdom as secretary of state, with the two countries seeking to repair ties after Washington warned of reassessing its military aid to the kingdom over oil production cuts last year. Before that, US president Joe Biden threatened to turn Saudi Arabia and its crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, into a pariah over the 2018 murder of Saudi commentator Jamal Khashoggi and for the war in Yemen. Financial Times

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Jobless claims jump more than expected to highest level since 2021 . . . The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week surged to the highest level since 2021, evidence the historically tight labor market is softening in the face of rising interest rates. Figures released Thursday by the Labor Department show initial claims for the week ended June 3 surged by 28,000 to 261,000, well above the 2019 pre-pandemic average of 218,000 claims. It marks the steepest level for jobless claims since October 2021. Fox Business

China’s Inflation Problem? It Has None . . . Falling prices at the factory gate and subdued increases in the costs of consumer goods contrast with searing inflation in many countries. As Western central banks continue to jack up interest rates in an effort to douse stubbornly high inflation, China faces a growing risk of the opposite problem—deflation. Wall Street Journal

Turkey’s Erdogan appoints a former Goldman executive as its new central bank chief . . . Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appointed a former Wall Street banker Hafize Gaye Erkan as the country’s new central bank governor — another move that could potentially mark a policy pivot away from economic unorthodoxy. Erkan, Turkey’s first female central bank chief, was a former managing director at Goldman Sachs and co-CEO at First Republic Bank. Reuters

Washington judge orders female-only spa with compulsory nudity to admit transgender women with penises, after owner said facility was for 'biological women only' and pre-op trans activist complained . . . The Olympus Spa had attempted to sue the Washington State Human Rights Commission (WSHRC) after being ordered to change their rules over admission.  Daily Mail

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Energy Drinks Are Surging. So Are Their Caffeine Levels . . . 
More companies are pushing low-calorie, sugar-free beverages they say are healthy. Some servings have nearly the same level of caffeine as a six-pack of Coca-Cola. New York Times

What Is a Woman? and the rise of liberal intolerance . . . American conservative commentator Matt Walsh’s What Is a Woman? is an online documentary about transgenderism. In the doc, Walsh tours America, asking trans activists, academics and others the eponymous question, ‘What is a woman?’. This invariably prompts evasive and confused answers on the part of his interviewees – and exposes the incoherence and contradictions of trans ideology as a whole. Originally released last year, What Is a Woman? was due to be re-released via the Daily Wire’s Twitter account last Thursday to coincide with the start of Pride month. But then something strange happened. First, Twitter limited the visibility of the tweet showing the film. This meant it didn’t show up on users’ timelines and couldn’t be retweeted, liked or commented on. Apart from deleting a tweet altogether, this is the most severe measure Twitter can impose on an account. According to the CEO of the Daily Wire, Twitter staff considered the film to be ‘hateful’ because it contains two instances of ‘misgendering’. Spiked-Online

Watch What is a Woman? Documentary FULL MOVIE (2022) By Matt Walsh || WATCH ONLINE

This is a must watch. I wasn't able to even pause it. Have you teenagers watch it as well.

Beijing Biden Breaking News: 

Thousands of new Chinese spy balloons fly over U.S., painted with Biden 2024 campaign posters

New rule: calling Chinese spy balloons “Chinese” is deemed racist

Biden promises to shoot down Chinese spy balloon as soon as it gets as high as Hunter People's Cube