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- MS NOW’s Al Sharpton Says Tucker Carlson Saved Himself From ‘Cliff’ Trump ...
MS NOW’s Al Sharpton argued Tucker Carlson saved himself from the “cliff” President Donald Trump is going over, but also pushed back against allegations Carlson is a “hypocrite” or “liar.” Sharpton and Molly Jong-Fast joined Ari Melber on MS NOW’s The Beat on Tuesday and reacted to Carlson declaring this week that he is done with Republicans and he won’t be supporting any in the future. While once a vocal Trump supporter, Carlson has grown critical of the president on a number of issues, including the Iran war. Sharpton called Carlson a “very strange guy” who says “bizarre things,” but he doesn’t believe the former Fox News host is a “hypocrite.” He also noted his time spent with Carlson when Carlson covered a Sharpton delegation in Africa and argued Carlson could be a major problem for Republicans if he jumps into politics because he knows how to “sell.” He said: Tucker Carlson is very influential in far right circles. There are even those that have suggested that he may be thinking of running for president himself. And if he does, that would, in my opinion, be very beneficial to the Democrat, whoever that may be, to have a Republican nominee and Tucker, who you could not underestimate, [he] would get a lot of the far right guys and ladies that agree with that. You know, I know Tucker. He’s a very strange guy. 20 years ago I went and had led a delegation to Africa, and he covered it for Esquire. So I spent some time with him and time after. And he really believes a lot of what he’s saying. I think a lot of what he’s saying is bizarre, but I do not think he’s a hypocrite or a liar. He believes that stuff, which means he can sell it. Melber then asked Sharpton if he believed Carlson was being calculated and noting Trump’s falling poll numbers and support. “Do you think he’d be saying this if he thought the Republicans were going to remain popular?” he asked. “No, I do not think he would say it if he felt that he would remain popular, if he felt that they were in a position to do some of the things, he believed, he wouldn’t be saying it, or if he had faith that this president and his successor was going to do things and win, I… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Trump Admin Installs Chain-Link Fencing, Surveillance Cameras at Reflecting Pool
Screenshot via TMZ President Donald Trump has not yet been able to offer evidence of the “vandals” he claims damaged the Reflecting Pool, but the administration is not taking any chances, installing surveillance cameras and chain-link fencing around the area on Tuesday. Trump’s decision to drain the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and paint the bottom “American Flag Blue” has been criticized for its cost, plus the no-bid $14 million contract that was given to an ally. Since the pool was refilled, the water has been plagued with spreading bright green algae, and the paint has been peeling away. Reporters have seen tourists tearing off pieces of the paint to bring home as souvenirs. The National Park Service has sent out work crews to try to combat the algae through various means, including pouring hydrogen peroxide into the water. That appears to have been an inadequate fix, initially killing off some of the algae along the outer edges of the Reflecting Pool and possibly even causing or exacerbating the peeling paint. Tests conducted by two scientists on behalf of a reporter from The Atlantic found that a new “more aggressive” type of algae was spreading throughout the water. Several people have been arrested after allegedly putting their hands in the water or touching the peeling paint, including former Olympic canoe racer David Hearn, who is being represented by attorney Norm Eisen and has vowed to fight the charges filed against him for destruction of federal government property. Trump has written multiple Truth Social posts accusing unnamed vandals of damaging the Reflecting Pool, blaming “SICK, DERANGED PEOPLE” for the peeling paint and other issues. On Monday, the president again vented his frustrations in a Truth Social post, claiming that vandals had put a “300-foot-long gash” in the Reflecting Pool’s paint and “chemicals have been illegally placed in the water.” “Please remember that there is a 10-year prison sentence for the destruction, or even the attempted destruction, of such things – Which will be fully enforced!” Trump added. On Tuesday, TMZ DC reporter Charlie Cotton posted a photo of new “AI surveillance” cameras that had been installed at the Reflecting Pool. New AI Surveillance at Reflecting Pool pic.twitter.com/qeZKUAj2tn — CHARLIE COTTON (@hicharliecotton) June 23, 2026 TMZ’s report on the new security cameras showed them being towed into place on trailers and noted that they included AI features and “real-time tracking, intrusion detection,… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Senate’s ‘Crypto Queen’ Immediately Objects as Jon Ossoff Proposes Trading...Capitol Hill’s “Crypto Queen,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), immediately objected to Sen. Jon Ossoff’s (D-GA) proposed bill to ban Senators from trading stocks. If passed, the Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act would prohibit members of Congress and their families from buying or selling individual stocks or cryptocurrency, and require them to divest their holdings or place them in a qualified blind trust. “We could go to any town, any county in Georgia, and ask anybody of either political party or no political party, should members of Congress be playing the stock market while we make legislation? And, overwhelmingly, the answer would be no,” Ossoff said as part of his remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday. He continued, “The American people want members of Congress to stop trading stocks. The American people are sick and tired of this corruption. In fact, this may be one of the most unifying issues in our deeply divided country. So, let’s take action right now, today. We can pass this resolution. It is very simple. It says that starting January 1 of the new year, no U.S. Senator can trade stocks or cryptocurrency.” Once given the opportunity, Lummis immediately offered up her objection. Back in 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported Lummis was the “most heavily invested” U.S. lawmaker in bitcoin, with roughly $250,000 of the digital asset. “Reserving the right to object, I would be completely unaffected by the bill the gentleman from Georgia is proposing because I won’t be here next year,” Lummis, who is retiring after just one term, said. “But I reserve the right to object because there are alternatives. For example, when I arrived here, I was placed on the Banking Committee, and the Banking Committee has issues that might conflict with my financial assets, so I put my meager, stress on meager, financial assets in a blind trust.” She continued, arguing that blind trusts are “sufficient to ensure conflicts of interest are appropriately mitigated”: That blind trust was approved by the Senate Ethics Committee. … I don’t know whether the investments I placed in that blind trust are still there. I don’t know whether they sold some and traded them for better investments. I won’t find out until next January when I leave here and get my assets out of the blind trust and see what’s left. In other words, there are ways to avoid conflicts of interest in… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Karoline Leavitt Shares Poll Showing ‘Broad Support’ for Trump Iran Peace De...
AP Photo/Alex Brandon White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a poll showing “broad support” for President Donald Trump’s peace deal with Iran, but the survey itself tells a different story. “Poll: Broad Support for Key Objectives in Trump’s Peace Deal with Iran,” Leavitt wrote on X on Tuesday, sharing a Breitbart post about the poll. Poll: Broad Support for Key Objectives in Trump’s Peace Deal with Iranhttps://t.co/Gr6NLKEVVw — Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) June 23, 2026 Trump formally signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran that states Iran “shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons.” It would also see the Strait of Hormuz reopened and a ceasefire put in place. Critics on both sides of the political aisle, however, have red-flagged multiple parts of the deal, including the lifting of sanctions against Iran and the framework for a $300 billion reconstruction investment fund for the country. According to the Economist/YouGov poll Leavitt referenced, 44% are unsure whether they support the MOU while 32% support it and 24% oppose it. More support was given for certain aspects of the MOU. Nearly 70% of respondents, for instance, said they support the Strait of Hormuz being reopened with “toll-free commercial passage” for 60 days. Nearly 70% also support the deal including Iran not being able to procure a nuclear weapon. On the lifting of oil sanctions, things become far more split again, with 41% saying they support, 27% saying they oppose, and a third saying they’re unsure whether they back it or not. People are also split on the $300 billion fund, which White House officials insist will not be funded by taxpayers, with 46% in opposition and 23% in support. As CBS News’ Kathryn Watson and others pointed out, the details of the survey get far more complicated. While people support aspects of Trump’s deal. More than 80% of respondents believe it is somewhat likely or very likely that the peace negotiations will fall apart and the war will just restart again. Also in the poll Leavitt shared: 50 percent of respondents believe it is "somewhat likely" that negotiations will fail and war will restart. Another 31 percent said it is "very likely" negotiations will fail. That's over 80 percent. Notable — 71% of those who identify as MAGA… https://t.co/9DlniymCMx pic.twitter.com/FlCAVapGYb — Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) June 23, 2026 On the likelihood of the negotiations being… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - ‘He Gets to Ask His Question!’ Reporter Jumps In After Todd Blanche Tries to...Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche irked reporters at a Justice Department presser on Tuesday when he refused to take a question that was “off topic.” Blanche announced charges against over 450 defendants for alleged health care fraud totaling a whopping $6.5 billion in false claims. He was joined by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who said, “The allegations in these cases are particularly disturbing.” “Some defendants allegedly ordered medically unnecessary tests. Others prescribed products that patients did not need. Some allegedly fueled opioid addiction to increase their own revenue. In certain cases, patients allegedly died, all believing they were receiving legitimate medical care from providers who only viewed them as billing opportunities,” Kennedy said. Blanche later took questions, and a reporter asked, “Off-topic, if I could?” “No off-topics,” Blanche said as the reporter protested off-camera. “Next question. We got a lot of people here for this reason — so we got a lot of people here for this reason, and they give up their time. So, next question,” insisted Blanche. Another reporter then chimed in, “Yes, he gets to ask his question on the topic that he chooses.” “We’re not your spectators,” the off-camera reporter added. Blanche did indeed move on as another reporter asked a question. Watch the clip above.The post ‘He Gets to Ask His Question!’ Reporter Jumps In After Todd Blanche Tries to Shut Down a Question in Tense Presser first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- FCC Grants Press Communications’ Objection to NYC FM Translator
The 106.3 WKMK(FM) Longley-Rice projected area and FCC projected contours, from the RadioLand app. The former location of the W292FV(FM) translator is shown with the blue marker. Press Communications believes that its country-formatted 106.3 WKMK(FM) has many listeners in the New York City metropolitan area. And after the company raised an objection to a move of a translator that it argued would cause interference within its protected signal contour, the Federal Communications Commission is taking its side. In October 2024, Family Stations sought to operate its New York W292FV(FM) 106.3 FM translator in the Bronx after it lost its lease for a transmitter site in Westchester County. The FCC granted Family’s application. But Press Communications argued that would cause interference to listeners of its same-channel Class A FM, licensed to Eatontown in Monmouth County. Press and Family Stations exchanged objections and replies. Among its contentions, Press believed that, due to the translator’s license nearing expiration due to a year-long period of silence because of that loss of lease, Family Stations was using the deadline for action to spur the commission in making a decision on the grant, and thus, not giving Press the time it needed to gather listener interference complaints. The FCC granted the petition and license objection from Press, accepted its showing of predicted interference to country-formatted WKMK(FM) in Eatontown, Monmouth County, rescinded the grant of a modified application and returned the translator’s license to pending status. For Family Stations, the outcome may not be a huge detriment to its desire to be heard on a Manhattan-based FM signal. This month, it purchased 107.9 W300EI(FM) from Apple 107.1 Inc. for $425,000 to relay Family Radio from 1560 WFME(AM). The translator is located on the east side of lower Manhattan. The religious network is also heard on Class A 106.3 WYMK(FM), licensed to Mount Kisco, N.Y., in Westchester County. Particulars In December 2023, Family submitted a silent special temporary authority request for the translator, reporting that it had been off the air since that October due to a loss of its transmitter site lease in New Rochelle, N.Y. It operated with two watts from a site just east of the campus of Iona University. A year later, just before its license would potentially expire, Family filed a modification for a new site to the southwest within the New York City limits in the Bronx, just north of The Bronx… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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