President Joe Biden is flying high coming off his G7 trip to Italy. He flew straight to LA where he raised $30 million Saturday, June 15, at a star-studded fundraiser attended by George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Barbara Streisand and other celebrities.  Tickets ranged from $250 to $250,000. The night included a 40-minute conversation with the…

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) leaders whose students are being distracted by their phones and social media during class time are looking to join a growing number of school districts that are banning cellphones and social media during instruction time. Leaders will vote on the resolution on Tuesday, June 17. Those who support the…

Anti-Israel protesters hung antisemitic banners and vandalized the Brooklyn Museum’s Jewish director and board members’ homes the morning of Wednesday, June 12. The attack is the latest in a string of vandalism incidents tied to war protests. Protesters also vandalized a Palestinian Mission to the United Nations. The group left leaflets on nearby streets that…

Authorities have detained eight suspected terrorists with possible ties to ISIS in a coordinated operation across major U.S. cities. Federal sources revealed that all eight individuals were “fully vetted and released into the U.S.” after crossing the southern border in 2023 and 2024. Deportation efforts underway Efforts are now underway to deport the detained suspects.…

On Sunday, June 9, breakout pop star Chappell Roan said she turned down an offer to perform at the White House for a Pride celebration, calling on the the administration to work toward “liberty, justice and freedom for all.” She made the announcement during her performance at the 2024 Governor’s Ball Music Festival in New…

Across the United States, police departments are increasingly turning to drones as their first response when someone calls 911. More than 1,500 departments are now equipped with unmanned aerial vehicles that function in real time with call-center operators and police units on the ground. In 2018, Chula Vista, California, became the first city to use…

Texas is two-stepping on New York City’s territory with plans to open a competing stock exchange. TXSE Group announced Wednesday, June 5, that it raised $120 million in capital to start the Texas Stock Exchange. Financial heavyweights BlackRock and Citadel Securities backed the exchange. Few buildings in New York are more iconic than the New…

New York lawmakers said Tuesday, June 4, they’re working to finalize legislation that would allow parents to block their children from getting certain social media posts. New York’s Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) For Kids Act would prohibit algorithm-fed content without “verifiable parental consent.” The legislation aims to protectt kids’ mental health and development by shielding…

A bipartisan duo of New York City Council members is planning to introduce a bill to roll back sanctuary city measures, which were approved under former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration. Council members Robert Holden, a Democrat from Queens, and Joe Borelli, a Republican from Staten Island, have criticized New York’s immigration laws as the…

Opening arguments are set to begin now that the jury is seated in Hunter Biden’s federal gun charges trial in Delaware. And a young attendee on the House floor has social media abuzz. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Tuesday, June 4. Opening arguments to begin in Hunter Biden trial Day two…