June 8, 2026: Trump's 'Meet the Press' Interview, Iran and Israel Exchange Fire, a Lawsuit Over the White House UFC Cage, a New EPA Rule to Phase Out Animal Testing, and More.

Episode Format:

1. DOJ Acknowledges In Court Filing Anti-Weaponization Fund Is Over. Here's What It Means For Future Of Fund. (0:53)

2. Lawsuit Filed Challenging UFC Cage on White House Lawn (5:21)

3. EPA Takes New Step to Reduce Animal Testing (9:25)

4. Trump's Latest Interview with NBC's 'Meet the Press.' Here's What Happened. (~15:16)

5. Israel and Iran Exchange Fire For First Time Since April; Trump Acknowledges Heated Call with Netanyahu (~24:43)

6. Quick Hitters (~29:29)

7. Critical Thinking Segment (~33:35)

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DOJ Acknowledges In Court Filing Anti-Weaponization Fund Is Over. Here's What It Means For Future of Fund.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.596617/gov.uscourts.vaed.596617.62.0_2.pdf

Lawsuit Filed Challenging UFC Cage on White House Lawn

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.293217/gov.uscourts.dcd.293217.1.0.pdf

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-ufc-fight-lawsuit-trumps-birthday-june-14/

EPA Takes New Step to Reduce Animal Testing

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/trump-epa-takes-new-action-eliminate-animal-testing 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/epa-unveils-next-steps-eliminate-045739712.html

Trump's Latest Interview with NBC's 'Meet the Press.' Here's What Happened.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/read-transcript-president-donald-trump-interviewed-nbc-news-meet-press-rcna348508 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EusZcKt5fs 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NsIIR3lgyj0 

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/four-takeaways-from-trumps-explosive-nbc-interview/ 

https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-gop-convention-acceptance-milwaukee-july-18-2024/#167 

https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-wilkes-barre-pennsylvania-august-17-2024/

https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-election-night-west-palm-beach-florida-november-6-2024/

Israel and Iran Exchange Fire For First Time Since April; Trump Acknowledges Heated Call with Netanyahu

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/02/trump-shouted-and-cursed-netanyahu-over-threat-to-resume-beirut-bombing  

https://nypost.com/2026/06/03/us-news/trump-confirms-he-told-netanyahu-hes-f-king-crazy-on-pod-force-one/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLnB5l1PxCY 

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-israel-strikes-ceasefire-lebanon-beirut/ 

https://apnews.com/article/iran-israel-hezbollah-ceasefire-timeline-war-trump-f24c01d8b0cbc90b00fe90a79dbdaa1e

Quick Hitters

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/05/nx-s1-5847589/senate-passes-immigration-enforcement-bill-without-limits-on-trump-settlement-fund 

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/west/calif-man-isis-support-plot/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/07/us/penn-station-nyc-stabbing 

https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/texas-sid-miller-usda-screwworm/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/07/politics/nithya-raman-spencer-pratt-karen-bass-los-angeles-mayoral-election

https://abcnews.com/US/trial-underway-man-accused-starting-devastating-palisades-fire/story?id=133626707

https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/texas-screwworm-infections-found-animals-apart-usda-133683027

https://abcnews.com/US/ice-stop-reporting-deaths-newly-released-detainees/story?id=133604407

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-moves-strip-us-citizenship-17-naturalized-sex-offenders-fraudsters-drug