SCOOP: Top White House officials believe NYT reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their new book. Such a taped leak would be a shocking breach of one of the most secure settings on Earth. axios.com/2026/06/14/trump-s…

.@FreeBeacon with a fastball at 60 Minutes: “The programming for at least the last 10 years has been unoriginal, lazy, and little-watched by the media elites who are suddenly its biggest champions. It has only made news when there has been a scandal related to the bias in its coverage. (Looking at you, Rome Hartman.) The ratings success of the show is due almost entirely to its lead-in: the NFL, by leagues the most watched program on television. CBS could broadcast a Yule log or color bars in that time slot and put up impressive numbers. It can only go up from here—especially if, as Pelley wailed, Bari Weiss intends to “murder” it.”

"As I watched it I thought, 'Oh my God, he’s having a stroke.'" –Jill Biden on Joe Biden's 2024 debate performance. #podsaveamerica #crookedmedia #joebiden #jillbiden

Good news for Langston and Rock Creek. Both courses were in limbo; the administration didn't seem to have any interest in them, and no other viable operators were stepping forward. But the effort to transform East Potomac into a high-end major championship venue will continue to be a battle. That vision for the facility would just be so hard to execute — logistically, legally, financially.

News: NLT and the Trump Administration agree on a major deal on DC’s golf courses. NLT will retain control of Rock Creek Park Golf, as NOTUS first reported last week, and Langston. The admin will take over East Potomac and renovate it

From yesterday: @karaswisher: "Would you ever consider running for office?" Don Lemon: "I would." Swisher: "You're going to go right to friggin' president? Well, why not?" Lemon: "Why not?"

Platner 2028..... thebulwark.com/p/platner-202…

Homelessness emerged as one of the sharpest points of disagreement during Wednesday night’s Los Angeles mayoral debate, as Mayor Karen Bass and challengers Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman clashed over how to address the city’s crisis. Pratt, the former reality TV star from The Hills, delivered the debate’s most hardline message, arguing Los Angeles leaders have failed to aggressively confront drug addiction and mental illness on the streets. At one point, Pratt attacked Raman’s homelessness proposals, saying: “I’ll go below the freeway tomorrow with her to find some of these people she’s going to ‘offer treatment’ for. She’s going to get stabbed in the neck. These people don’t want a bed — they want fentanyl.” Bass defended her “Inside Safe” initiative — a city program aimed at moving homeless residents from encampments into temporary housing and services — pointing to declining homelessness numbers and expanded housing production as signs of progress. Raman argued the city’s response remains expensive and poorly coordinated despite massive spending. The exchanges grew increasingly heated, with Raman accusing Bass and Pratt of teaming up because “they want to run against each other” in the general election. Pratt pushed back, saying Bass and he were “definitely not working together” and adding that if he wanted to run against anyone, “it would be the council member who is terrible,” referring to Raman. Under California’s election system, the top two vote-getters during the June primary advance regardless of party, raising the possibility of either a Democrat-versus-Republican or Democrat-versus-Democrat runoff in November.

My speech on the Tennessee House Floor today as our state voted to eliminate Memphis's only majority Black congressional district.