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Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released an interim report on April 29 that landed like a dropped file cabinet in a silent federal hallway. From the report's executive summary:]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:13:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[COVID-19]]><![CDATA[FDA]]><![CDATA[HHS]]><![CDATA[Ron Johnson]]><![CDATA[Vaccines]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/06/09/ron-johnsons-covid-report-reopens-the-question-they-buried-healthy-athletes-dying-on-the-field-n4953783<![CDATA[A Collin County jury has delivered its verdict in the trial of Karmelo Anthony, who faced murder charges for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas, on April 2, 2025. Now he knows his fate.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:46:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Gun Violence]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/09/we-have-the-verdict-in-the-karmelo-anthony-murder-trial-n4953778<![CDATA[For nearly 100 years, researchers have been studying what people think about as they approach death. What kind of regrets are they experiencing?&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:56:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[Mental Health]]><![CDATA[Norway]]><![CDATA[Science]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/06/09/when-death-is-near-what-do-people-regret-the-most-n4953772<![CDATA[In a galaxy not-so-far-away, the Disney Company actually managed to produce a film that promotes strong masculinity, fatherhood, personal responsibility, and self-sacrifice. If you're looking for a fun film this summer, particularly one themed for Father’s Day, check out The Mandalorian and Grogu. (Warning: some spoilers ahead.)]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:47:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Entertainment]]><![CDATA[Hollywood]]><![CDATA[Movies]]><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/09/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-disney-managed-to-make-an-entertaining-and-touching-film-n4953739<![CDATA[This column isn't a general examination of the myriad problems with the clown car elections in my once-beloved California, although I will say one thing and tell a story about it before we get to the main topic.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:45:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Kruiser]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Karen Bass]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]>https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/06/09/los-angeles-and-the-enduring-tragedy-of-the-ultra-wealthy-american-hippie-n4953767<![CDATA[The repeat offender who stabbed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to death aboard a Charlotte, N.C., commuter train last year is incompetent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:48:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/06/09/outrageous-irynas-killer-found-incompetent-to-stand-trial-n4953770<![CDATA[In the latest instance of its daily ceasefire violations, the terrorist Islamic Iranian regime shot down an American helicopter.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:46:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/09/irans-regime-shoots-down-us-helicopter-trump-says-he-will-strike-back-n4953771<![CDATA[The U.S. attorney currently investigating California’s controversial and contested elections says the state is a veritable “fraudsters’ paradise.”]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:24:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/09/us-attorney-says-california-is-a-fraudsters-paradise-as-election-controversy-continues-n4953762<![CDATA[“Scott! Come over here! I need to show you something!”]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:11:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Pinsker]]><![CDATA[Abortion]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Pro-Life]]><![CDATA[Science]]>https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/06/09/the-us-aborts-85-of-down-syndrome-babies-would-you-abort-a-baby-with-down-syndrome-n4953769<![CDATA[President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio enjoy going to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events, and we've seen them do just that during Trump's second term. Democrats love to clutch their pearls over this — one even accused Rubio of being out "partying" rather than negotiating with Iran during the secretary's budget hearings last week, to which Rubio pointed out that he was there co-located with the president and spent much of the night making phone calls and keeping the president informed on the negotiations led by JD Vance, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:53:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]><![CDATA[Sports]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/06/09/cage-fighting-for-diplomacy-n4953765<![CDATA[NASA on Tuesday revealed the four-man crew of the Artemis III lunar program, tentatively set for sometime in 2027, and there's so much more riding on this mission than you might suspect.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:39:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Science]]><![CDATA[Space]]><![CDATA[SpaceX]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/06/09/meet-the-astronauts-of-artemis-iii-n4953760<![CDATA[When the New York Times published its recent exposé on multiple women who dated Senate candidate Graham Platner and accused him of abusive and unsettling behavior, the campaign responded by focusing on one woman, Lyndsey Fifield, dismissing her as a Republican operative. It didn’t matter that two other women were Democrats making similar and even worse allegations against him.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:36:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Washington Post]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/09/platners-campaign-just-got-torched-by-his-former-political-director-n4953766<![CDATA[Hello and greetings. Welcome to Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Today is National Donald Duck Day, marking the day in history when he debuted. It's National Rhubarb Strawberry Pie Day and National Forklift Safety Day.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Eric Florack]]><![CDATA[2028 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/06/09/why-are-california-democrats-trying-to-kill-off-prop-209-n4953763<![CDATA[Last March, law enforcement officials flagged the gambling history of former Indiana quarterback Brendan Sorsby, now a Texas Tech multi-million-dollar transfer baby, setting off the biggest betting scandal in college sports since the 1950s.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:45:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[Gambling]]><![CDATA[Indiana]]><![CDATA[Sports]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/06/09/brendan-sorsby-gambling-isnt-the-biggest-scandal-in-this-saga-n4953758<![CDATA[A Sudanese man who tried to behead another man in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in a viral Monday night video was in the UK on a five-year visa, according to a member of Parliament.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:24:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Riots]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/09/sudanese-beheading-suspect-in-belfast-was-on-a-5-year-visa-mp-says-n4953757<![CDATA[Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) tried to score points off Donald Trump's appearance at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. And, oh boy, did it backfire spectacularly.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:09:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Hakeem Jeffries]]><![CDATA[Kathy Hochul]]><![CDATA[New York]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/09/hakeem-jeffries-humiliated-after-trump-attack-backfires-n4953756<![CDATA[On Monday, PJ Media's Catherine Salgado wrote about the report of the House Oversight Committee on the Minnesota fraud scandal and how Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, asking Vice President J.D. Vance, chairman of the task force, to refer Minnesota governor and former Democratic Party nominee for vice president, Tim Walz, and the state's attorney general, Keith Ellison, to the Justice Department for criminal charges.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:06:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[House Oversight Committee]]><![CDATA[JD Vance]]><![CDATA[Keith Ellison]]><![CDATA[Minnesota]]><![CDATA[Tim Walz]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/06/09/vance-refers-minnesota-gov-walz-and-ag-keith-ellison-to-doj-for-criminal-prosecution-n4953755<![CDATA[It won’t happen overnight, and it won’t happen in Washington. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) won’t have anything to do with it. And neither will the DNC, at least directly. But it will happen.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]>https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/06/09/data-centers-will-turn-red-states-blue-n4953752<![CDATA[Yesterday evening on a Belfast street, a Somali and suspected migrant, possibly illegal, was videoed yelling foreign gibberish while stabbing an Irishman multiple times in his face, neck, and back in an attempted beheading.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:26:00 -0400<![CDATA[Benjamin Bartee]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Riots]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/06/09/somali-man-attempts-to-behead-irishman-in-systemic-mutilation-on-belfast-street-n4953754