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Citizen Frank
June 11, 2025
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, June 11.
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver was indicted Tuesday on federal charges alleging she assaulted and interfered with immigration officers outside a New Jersey detention center while Newark’s mayor was being arrested after he tried to join a congressional oversight visit at the facility.
Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announced the grand jury indictment in a post on X.
“While people are free to express their views for or against particular policies, they must not do so in a manner that endangers law enforcement and the communities those officers serve,” Habba said.
FBI Director Kash Patel is suing an MSNBC columnist who falsely alleged Patel spent more time in nightclubs than on the job, the New York Post reported.
Frank Figliuzzi knew his comments were a lie when he said it, Patel’s attorneys alleged in the lawsuit, claiming Patel has not spent a single minute inside a nightclub since he took the job, the Post reported, citing the lawsuit.
“Defendant did not rely on reporting by any other person,” Patel’s attorneys said.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday said he regretted some of the social media posts he made about U.S. President Donald Trump last week during an explosive public dispute with his former close ally.
“I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Musk said on the X social media platform.
The feud dissolved a tight partnership that had propelled Musk to spearhead the budget-slashing Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, under Trump’s second administration, fueling market concerns over the outlook for the tech tycoon’s Tesla and SpaceX businesses. Immediately after the row, the electric vehicle automaker saw its biggest ever hit, with shares since recouping losses.
President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles amid mass deportation protests will likely cost $134 million, the Pentagon’s budget chief told lawmakers.
Acting Pentagon comptroller Bryn MacDonnell, testifying at a House budget hearing on Tuesday alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, said the estimate covers costs such as travel, housing and food.
Trump has ordered 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles to assist law enforcement with the protests, although California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass have said they are not needed.
As the 50th annual Pride celebration came to a close this weekend in Washington D.C., multiple acts of violence were seen across the city. During one of the WorldPride events on Saturday evening, police reported that a fight broke out between large groups in the park. During the fight, two teenage boys were stabbed. Events in the park were shut down following the incident, reported FOX 5 DC.
Shortly after the stabbings, a man was found with a gunshot wound to his foot just outside of the Dupont Circle Metro Station around 7:50 p.m. Following the two Dupont stabbings and the shooting, police responded to several other shooting reports on Saturday night and early into Sunday morning.
Violent activity
The violent acts came after a long week of debating whether or not Dupont Circle Park should remain open for pride-related events. Fencing that surrounded the park came down early Saturday morning.
President Donald Trump plans to sign a trio of resolutions Thursday to revoke California’s nation-leading vehicle emissions standards.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), author of a resolution to nix the state’s electric vehicle sales mandate via the Congressional Review Act, and Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) confirmed that the White House has scheduled the signings at 11 a.m. on Thursday.
Trump’s signature will finalize his administration’s months-long effort to thwart California’s authority to set stricter electrification rules for passenger vehicles and commercial trucks, along with higher standards for heavy-duty diesel engines.
Argentina’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the fraud conviction of former president Cristina Kirchner, for which she received a six-year prison sentence and was banned for life from holding public office.
“The sentences handed down by the previous courts were based on the abundance of evidence produced,” the Supreme Court wrote in its ruling, adding that Kirchner’s leave to further appeal her conviction “is dismissed.”
The ruling makes 72-year-old Kirchner’s conviction and sentence definitive.
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