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- WATCH: Trump’s DNI Pick Was on CNBC Pushing Rigged Election Claims Days Before...
Just days before he was announced as President Donald Trump’s new pick for Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton was pushing rigged election claims on CNBC. Trump announced Thursday that he was nominating Clayton, who currently serves as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York for the Cabinet post. Clayton appeared on CNBC earlier this week, where hosts Joe Kernen and Becky Quick asked him about California’s slow ballot counting process, which Trump has called “rigged.” “Give me an idea of what’s happening in California right now,” Kernen said, to which Clayton answered, “No, I actually can’t, which I think is the problem.” Kernen dug deeper, asking, “Are any of the things we’re hearing about, like, thousands of votes all for the same person — Is any of that true or is that just this sort of conspiracy — like 100% for the socialist candidate versus the others. Is any of that true?” “Look, we had a problem, a deep problem with voting in America,” Clayton said. “We had race-based discrimination around voting. It was identified,” he said. “I think we’ve done a pretty darn good job on access. I don’t hear anybody claiming that they don’t have access to the ballot box,” Clayton said. “There was a second element to it, which was election integrity. Making sure that once everybody has access, that their vote actually counts…On the integrity side, we’re doing an absolutely terrible job. And the American people are right to question it.” “Jay, here’s the issue,” said Quick. “California’s election law allows ballots by election day to be counted, and permit same-day registration. That means tabulation typically continues for weeks. I mean, that doesn’t sound like fraud. You can argue whether the law makes sense, but that doesn’t sound like a fraudulent situation.” “No, there’s a great phrase: opportunity for fraud,” Clayton said. “Why does it always go that way with the mail in votes? Why is it always a hundred percent Democrats are voting in the mail in?” Kernen asked, implying that therein lay the “opportunity for fraud.” “Or why can’t you count them like they do in other jurisdictions on the same day as Election Day?” Clayton said. “Well, if you mail them in on election day, they’re not going to be there on Election Day,” Quick said. “But those are questions with the law. It doesn’t suggest that… [TheTopNews] Read More.42 mins ago - Ex-Staffer for Leading Dem Senate Candidate Charged for Terror Campaign Against ...
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya) A former staffer for Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) has been indicted along with seven other people for allegedly conspiring to “terrorize” leaders at the University of Michigan into severing ties with Israel. The indictment, unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Wednesday, alleges that the eight pro-Palestinian activists face various charges, including “conspiracy to transmit threats, witness intimidation and destruction of property to prevent seizure,” according to The New York Times. Specifically, the indictment reads: Their criminal activity included spray-painting threats, breaking windows and throwing glass jars filled with noxious chemicals into family homes. They marked their victims with threatening symbols used by Hamas, including red inverted triangles and red handprints. They used the internet and social media to broadcast their message to ensure their threats and commitment to continuing criminal activity were heard by their victims and others who support Israel. According to The Detroit News, defendant seven, 24-year-old Mariam Odeh, received $154 and $593 on March 3 and March 13, respectively, from El-Sayed‘s campaign as “salary disbursements.” Per court records cited by The Detroit News, Odeh’s arrangement is set for July 1. She first appeared in U.S. District Court in Detroit, Michigan, on Wednesday. The Times of Israel added that investigators allege the defendants “discussed using poison, bombs and ‘psychological torture’ against the targets and their families. In one message, in May 2024, two of the defendants agreed to ‘kill,’ ‘torment,’ and ‘terrorize’ their opponents and their families.” In the audio recording obtained by The Detroit News from the court appearance, pretrial services officer Brian Harmon reportedly tells the judge that Odeh, who he said attended the University of Michigan from 2020 to 2025, held “full-time employment for approximately four months” through April of this year “for a local Senate candidate.” Harmon also said Odeh resides in Dearborn with her family and teaches Arabic, per the news outlet’s report. El-Sayed’s campaign allegedly stated that Odeh was an hourly employee for two weeks in April before changing its comments in a text message sent to The Detroit News. “Upon discovering an error in reviewing our HR files, we’d like to correct information on her employment for transparency. She was hired in February as an hourly employee and left the campaign on April 15. The campaign issued one missed hourly back payment in May that will appear on our next FEC filing,” Roxie Richner, a spokesperson… [TheTopNews] Read More.52 mins ago - Trump Goes Scorched Earth On GOP Senators While Needing Their VotesPresident Donald Trump went scorched earth on several Republican U.S. Senators on Thursday while taking questions from the press in the Oval Office. Trump went after “angry man” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and “terrible” Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), while also offering some less-than-kind words for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). The exchange began with Trump fuming about the need for the Senate to pass his voter ID bill, The SAVE Act. “Do you think there’s enough support from Republicans in Congress to pass it?” a reporter pressed. “I mean, any Republican that voted against it would be–” Trump began as the reporter added, “McConnell and Collins say they don’t think it will pass.” “Well, McConnell’s an angry man. He, you know, got thrown out of his position. He’s an angry guy. You know, he should be very thankful to me, because if I didn’t win, he wouldn’t have gotten to a point. I appointed the judges. He didn’t. He gets credit for appointing judges. He didn’t appoint anybody. I did. You know how I did? I won the election, and then I picked judges,” Trump said, adding: And the judges ended up getting approved. And they said, oh, doesn’t he do a good job? He didn’t do a great job. What the hell did he do? I won the election. He’s an angry man who’s very disloyal to John Thune. John Thune’s a good man. He was a loyal worker for Mitch McConnell. He worked for Mitch McConnell. He worked very hard. He was very loyal to him. I disagreed with him a lot because Mitch McConnell gave so much money to Democrats. He gave them money. I had to go get the wall money from the military. I just took it out of the military, because that guy wouldn’t do anything. He gave it — no, Mitch McConnell’s a bad guy and he’s — I thought he was lousy at his job, lousy at his job, but when they gave him — the only thing they gave him a lot of credit for was judges, but I’m the one that got the judges. You know why? I won the election. If I didn’t win the election, he wouldn’t have had any judges. So, uh, yeah. So what, Mr. President, when will you send the supplemental to, uh… They may send the supplemental, but you have him, you have Murkowski.… [TheTopNews] Read More.58 mins ago
- Trump Chucks His Staff Under the Bus Over Losing Endorsement: ‘If I Had Been G...President Donald Trump threw his staff under the bus over his losing endorsement of Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) in the GOP primary for Iowa governor, claiming he would not have made the same decision if he “had been given the proper information.” Feenstra, who referred to himself as a “Trump conservative” in some ads in a bid to gain Trump’s endorsement, lost to businessman Zack Lahn in the Republican primary. Trump ultimately offered up a last-minute endorsement of Feenstra four days before the primary, but it was not enough to secure him the win, and Feenstra conceded before his loss was made official. Speaking to the press in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon, Trump was first asked about his lack of an endorsement for a U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia, where Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) is squaring off against Derek Dooley in the Republican runoff. “Next week, there is a big runoff operation in Georgia for U.S. Senate,” a reporter commented. “You notably endorsed a candidate for governor there. You have not endorsed for U.S. Senate between the two Republicans. Why not?” While the president said he “may do that” he claimed that “every time” he endorses a candidate, they win.” “It’s been a pretty amazing track record, I was 18-0 this past week,” he said. Another reporter jumped in to pour salt into the wound of Trump’s Iowa endorsement loss. “Do you regret endorsing Randy Feenstra?” she asked. Trump responded by putting the blame on his staff and suggesting he endorsed the “less Trump” candidate due to misinformation: The man running against him was all Trump. He was the only one out of hundreds of races, hundreds, I’m glad she brought it up. … There’s a gentleman in [Iowa] I endorsed who was much less Trump than the other man that won, as you know. Had I been given the proper information, which I don’t think I was, I probably would have endorsed the other person or not endorsed at all, but I would have endorsed the other person. The other person was much more Trump, as you know, than Randy. Watch above via Fox News.The post Trump Chucks His Staff Under the Bus Over Losing Endorsement: ‘If I Had Been Given the Proper Information…’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- Serena Williams’s Epic Tennis Comeback Cut Short — For Now
Owen Hammond/NurPhoto via AP Serena Williams’s highly-anticipated return to tennis was cut short after her doubles partner was injured and unable to continue the tournament. Williams, joined by 19-year-old Victoria Mboko of Canada, competed in HSBC Championships at the Queen’s Club in London. The tournament is widely recognized as a warm-up to the prestigious Wimbledon Championships later in the summer. The two won their opening match in the doubles tournament Tuesday. The next day, Mboko faced Karolina Pliskova in the singles tournament. It was during that singles match that Mboko sustained a knee injury and was forced to withdraw from competition. Left without her doubles partner, Williams also exited the tournament. As noted in a report from NBC News, it won’t be long before Williams is back on the court. The 44-year-old will compete in the doubles tournament in Germany’s Berlin Open next week. At the time of writing, her doubles partner had not been confirmed. Last week, Williams announced to the world that she’d return to tennis at Queen’s Club. She previously shot down speculation of a potential return despite being eligible for play back in February. On June 1, she posted a video of herself back on the court. She is one of the greatest athletes in the history of the sport, winning a total of 23 grand slam titles. Prior to this week, her last match was in 2022.The post Serena Williams’s Epic Tennis Comeback Cut Short — For Now first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - NAB Not Giving Up on AM Radio Revitalization
A recent meeting between staff from the Federal Communications Commission and the National Association of Broadcasters shows that AM remains a major focus for the radio advocacy group. Certainly, the push to get the “AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act” passed in Washington is a top priority, but so is convincing the FCC to make rule changes and technology developments to help senior band broadcasters. A new filing by the NAB provides the framework of the meeting on June 5 which included the Al Shuldiner and James Bradshaw of the FCC Media Bureau’s Audio Division, as well as NAB Vice President of Advanced Engineering David Layer. In the meeting, NAB urged the FCC to eliminate certain minimum efficiency standards that “currently hinder AM stations from choosing antennas that could expand their reach and locating antennas on smaller, less expensive parcels that are closer to their audiences.” The request comes at a time when AM broadcasters continue to look for ways to shrink the physical presence of their antenna and transmission facilities, which could free up valuable real estate. [Related: “WMVP(AM) Engineer Explains Its Transmitter Move to Joliet”] Secondly, NAB asked the FCC to eliminate certain rules that complicate AM stations’ access to the expanded band (1605-1705 kHz), and to consider opening a filing window for stations to apply for frequencies in the band. The FCC kept open the AM revitalization docket in December 2025 even after it trimmed over 2,000 dormant dockets as part of Chairman Brendan Carr’s Delete initiative. The commission said at the time it determined revitalization of the AM radio service was “not a good candidate for termination,” leaving open the window for more changes. The AM revitalization proceeding was launched in 2013 and did include several major steps that allowed for digital-only AM stations, eliminated the AM “ratchet” rules and relaxed some community coverage standards. At the recent meeting, NAB said it also discussed other potential updates that “could one day unleash more opportunities for AM broadcasters to leverage technology to further enhance their signal quality and succeed in today’s competitive media marketplace.” But the disclosure filing doesn’t include any further details on what those additional opportunities for AM broadcasters might include. NAB concluded it comments saying it continues to stress the vital role of AM radio stations in the security of the nation’s critical infrastructure and public safety. The group encouraged the FCC to… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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