This is a lightly edited transcript of the June 10 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon . You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: This is The New Republic show Right Now . I’m the host, Perry Bacon. I’m here Wednesday
The CFTC is considering its first regulation for prediction markets, as arrests over "insider trading" on everything from military operations to Google Search data continue to stack up. As CoinDesk reports, a notice of proposed rulemaking says "the proposal would establish a
The FBI arrested eight “college-aged adults” who connected to pro-Palestinian advocacy on the University of Michigan’s campus on Wednesday morning. FBI Director Kash Patel alleged that the group of arrestees, aged 21-28, “engaged in a coordinated campaign of violent, criminal
Rep. James Gallagher (R-Calif.) was officially sworn into Congress on Wednesday afternoon, slightly broadening the GOP’s slim majority in the House. Gallagher won the special election on June 2 for the seat for California’s 1st Congressional District, following Rep. Doug
President Trump on Wednesday said visa disputes for FIFA World Cup attendees are under review, though he told reporters that the administration is working to ensure "the right people" enter the U.S. A reporter told the president in the Oval Office that some "people are afraid
ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones on Wednesday refused to answer questions during her testimony before the House Administration Committee regarding allegations of the organization funneling foreign campaign donations to Democratic candidates in federal elections, asserting her
Four senior senators, two Democrats and two Republicans, are calling on Congress to tackle the “hard” debate over how to extend the solvency of Social Security after the program’s trustees issued a new report this week projecting it will face a significant shortfall at the end
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, who has been recently dealing with concerns around his past behavior toward women, said in a new ad that the political establishment has a “love of Jeffrey Epstein and a hatred of me.” “Some of the most powerful Democrats and
President Trump claimed Wednesday that the U.S. secretly moved over 100 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump in a Truth Social post said he “directed” the military to “execute a secret mission to support Oil Tankers and other Commercial Ships” through the
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) replaced employee desk phones with calling software used on their laptops, something the union says poses safety issues, including during a recent medical emergency. Justin Chen, president of the biggest EPA employee union, told The
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright admitted to Congress Wednesday that he made a false social media post about the Iran war in March. While testifying before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Democratic Representative Suhas Subramanyam asked Wright about a
An attempt to negotiate a three-week extension on the nation’s warrantless spy powers is already facing objections from Democrats. Efforts to fast-track an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until July 2 were largely rejected by
President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that 100 million barrels of oil had been transported through the Strait of Hormuz—much to the Energy secretary’s surprise! In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that last month, he’d directed the military to conduct a “secret mission”
A House committee hearing exploded into bluster and blunder Wednesday after Energy Secretary Chris Wright was called out for singularly defunding clean energy projects in blue states. Wright appeared before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to discuss oil
Lawyer Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday said he wants "complete transparency" if he testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of its probe into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The committee's chair, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), said earlier
Kalshi plans to require users in certain markets to share information about their employers in its latest push to crack down on insider trading. The prediction market announced Tuesday that it has created a system to score markets based on the risk of insider trading and
Lawmakers in both parties on Wednesday blasted the NFL over the rising costs for watching televised games, arguing their constituents are being hurt as a result of the league’s new streaming deals. Republicans and Democrats alike during a House Judiciary Committee hearing
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that more than half of respondents fear that they or someone in their household will lose their job because of artificial intelligence (AI). Fifty-three percent of the 4,531 respondents to the survey, conducted from June 3 through 8, were
Racist right-wing activist and pardoned January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang was arrested in Dallas on Tuesday night for making “terroristic threats.” His bail is set at $1 million. Lang was visiting Texas to stir up racial animus around the trial of Karmelo Anthony, a Black
Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner (D) addressed the string of controversies about his past behavior on Wednesday, following his recent win in the state’s Democratic primary election. “There’s nothing out there that’s actually concerning,” Platner, who is looking to unseat
The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) released a recommended maternal vaccine schedule Wednesday that for the first time diverges with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ACOG recommended four vaccines be administered
In case your credit card statement hadn't already made it clear, new federal data confirmed it on Wednesday: Inflation is back.
President Donald Trump said he loves inflation. A new report released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that America’s annual inflation rate had reached its highest levels in three years. Later, in the Oval Office, a reporter asked Trump whether the new
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Wednesday that she will return to the private sector once her term in Congress ends in January 2027, after she failed to advance to a runoff in the GOP gubernatorial primary in South Carolina. “Headed back to the private sector at the end of this
The U.S. military disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday after it said the vessel violated the ongoing U.S. naval blockade, the U.S. Central Command announced on Wednesday, but the kinetic action has drawn pushback from India, which said three Indian crew members
Charlie Kirk was increasingly at odds with the president in the final months of his life. Donald Trump had strong words for the GOP’s youth connection last July, two months before Kirk was shockingly assassinated at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University. At the
The Trump administration proposed new rules Wednesday for regulating prediction markets, seeking to clarify what types of events can be listed for trading on the platforms. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) proposal aims to specify what events the agency
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Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) slammed President Trump over the economy and inflation on Wednesday, saying the U.S. was “IN DECLINE.” “Unbelievable!! Here is exactly what Trump’s war on Iran, costing billions everyday, is doing to Americans. MAGA used to call this
Those aren't isolated headlines anymore. They show a pattern.
If you've uploaded a song to YouTube, Google almost certainly considers your video fair game for training its Lyria music AI, it just won't admit it right now. A group of independent musicians is suing Google, claiming that it illegally used songs they uploaded to YouTube to
A key foreign intelligence authority is set to expire this Friday unless it is renewed by Congress. The nomination of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director Bill Pulte to serve as the nation’s next top intelligence officer has placed the renewal of Section 702 of the
It is absurd to still be counting all the mail-in ballots days and weeks after Election Day. We should know who won, day of.
Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) said Wednesday that Congress has to act on Social Security, a day after the Trump administration projected that one of the program’s trust funds will run out by 2032. “Congress needs to get their act together to address Social Security and the
President Trump is trying to rush through his “Triumphal Arch” in Washington, D.C., even as it could pose problems with local airports. Through the National Park Service, the Trump administration has submitted plans that call for construction taking place 20 hours a day, in
The SECURE Data Act and the GUARD Financial Data Act offer a potential solution to the lack of federal regulation of data brokers, but both bills leave significant gaps in protecting consumers from the misuse of their personal data.
President Trump told reporters Wednesday that he loved “inflation,” after he was asked about inflation spiking in May. “No, I love it. The numbers were great,” Trump said when asked if he was concerned about the latest data, which showed the consumer price index rising to 4.2
President Trump on Wednesday threatened to bomb Iran again after the United States reportedly hit two water facilities in the country that served 20,000 people. “We hit ’em hard yesterday. We’re gonna hit ’em again hard today, in case you don’t turn on your television set,”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday said the future of Cuba is in the hands of President Trump and Havana’s leadership amid increased U.S. pressure on the communist-ruled island. “No matter what, the Department of War is going to be prepared and postured for any
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday said that President Trump's planned 250-foot "triumphal arch" will need red safety lights so not to pose any safety risks to air travel flying to and from Reagan Washington National Airport. The proposed arch, planned to be
President Trump signed into law on Wednesday a congressional budget package to fully fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol through the end of his second term. Republican lawmakers passed the nearly $70 billion reconciliation funding legislation in
🧴 Plus: FSA approves first new sunscreen in 20+ years {beacon} It’s Wednesday. Taylor Swift 🎥 performed “I Knew It, I Knew You” at the “Toy Story 5” premiere last night. She also sang “You’ve Got A Friend In Me” with Randy Newman. Oh, and 📸 she brought her VHS copy of “Toy
After decades of eradication, the New World screwworm is back in the United States.
President Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the U.S. military could continue strikes against Iran after targeting about two dozen sites, mostly near the Strait of Hormuz, in retaliatory attacks on Tuesday. Trump said he still wanted to work toward a “meaningful deal” with
The U.S. failed to "take Vienna" in the Iran conflict, resulting in an undeterred and belligerent Iran that has been awarded a vote in deciding the control of the most strategically important commercial chokepoint in the world.
President Trump said California Republican gubernatorial nominee Steve Hilton advanced to the general election because of Trump's amplification of voter fraud claims in the state. “After a week, they determined that a kid who's leading and had all the mojo, all of the sudden he
President Trump ripped into Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner on Wednesday, calling him a “low-level thug." "He's worse than any human being that's ever run for office probably," the president said. Platner, a progressive oyster farmer, easily won the Democratic
Former “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd said that there is a chance that “somebody with the last name of Trump” could be the 2028 GOP presidential nominee. Todd, in a video posted to social platform X on Tuesday, discussed FanDuel’s prediction market and how people were viewing
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Graham Platner won Maine’s Senate primary as expected. But the various controversies around him have Democrats deeply concerned about his general election