Amnesty International warned the world today about the United States, which co-hosts the World Cup in seven weeks.
Amnesty tracks human rights abuses in places like Russia, Belarus, and North Korea. Today it joined 120 civil society groups in warning that the United States is now a dangerous place for foreign visitors. The coalition told fans to download an app that alerts their families if they are detained.
Iran’s football federation already said its team won’t come despite qualifying, after Trump posted that America couldn’t guarantee the team’s safety. Today a U.S. envoy pitched Trump and FIFA on replacing Iran with Italy. On day 57 of war with Iran and more than 3,500 Iranians killed, the White House is working the bracket. Call your representatives through 5 Calls and Resistbot and demand Congress bar ICE from World Cup venues.
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TODAY’S CURATED HEADLINES
WAR
1. Trump orders Navy to shoot and kill mine-laying boats in Strait of Hormuz on Iran war day 57. Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended three weeks | via The Associated Press
HEALTH
2. Justice Department moves to reclassify cannabis to Schedule III, would be first federal loosening since 1971 Controlled Substances Act. DEA hearing scheduled for June 29 | via UPI
EPSTEIN SEX CRIME NETWORK
3. Justice Department Inspector General opens compliance probe into DOJ’s identification, redaction, and release of Epstein Files Transparency Act records. Survivors sued DOJ and Google over exposure | via NBC News
SCIENCE
4. USDA moves to close world’s largest agricultural research complex in Maryland despite congressional appropriations language barring closures without committee approval. Operated since 1910 | via NOTUS
CENSORSHIP
5. Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes ombudsman three months after calling military newspaper “woke” and launching editorial overhaul. Spokesman who fired her picks replacement | via The Washington Post [gift link]
MILITARY
6. Justice Department charges Fort Bragg special forces master sergeant in first U.S. prediction market insider trading case after $400,000 Polymarket profit on Maduro capture. Faces 60 years on five counts | via Wired
IMMIGRATION
7. ACLU, Amnesty International and 120 groups warn World Cup visitors of “serious risk” from Trump immigration enforcement seven weeks before tournament. Reporters covering matches also warned | via Newsweek
8. Commerce Secretary Lutnick tells House subcommittee only one “gold card” visa approved since December despite previously claiming program made $1.3 billion. Donations fund unspecified “betterment” of country | via NOTUS
9. Trump FY2027 budget earmarks $7.5 million for ICE smart glasses with real-time biometric identification of migrants in the field. Meta reviving facial recognition it scrapped 2020 | via NewsNation
TRANSPORTATION
10. NTSB preliminary report finds airport radar could not track rescue truck and communication breakdown preceded fatal LaGuardia crash that killed two pilots. Ground vehicles lacked required transponders | via AM New York
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GRIFT
11. Former DHS Secretary Noem continues using waterfront Coast Guard commandant’s residence seven weeks after firing, Lewandowski still seen at property. Claimed without proof to pay rent | via The Wall Street Journal [gift link]
FIGHTING BACK
12. Federal judge releases Boulder firebomber’s wife and five children held nearly a year in Texas family detention, finding political targeting by guilt-by-association. Magistrate cited Trump post as evidence | via Colorado Public Radio
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