Thirty-five former federal judges walked into a Florida courtroom last month and told a sitting judge that the President of the United States had committed a fraud on her court. She reopened the case.

Here is what happened. In January, Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns. He sued the agency he controls. He appointed the people who would decide whether to settle. Then in May, his own Justice Department settled the case… without ever filing a single legal brief in opposition.

The settlement had two parts. Part one: a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” drawn from taxpayer money. Part two, slipped in the next day with almost no detail: a permanent order barring the IRS from ever auditing Trump, his sons, his businesses, or any “affiliated entities”… for any past tax year. Former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen called it a “pardon on steroids.”

Under political pressure, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress the fund is “not moving forward.” But he refused to put it in writing. And the tax immunity provision… remains fully intact. A group of former IRS officials filed an amicus brief this week calling the deal “unprecedented and breathtakingly improper.” They wrote that if the immunity order stands, it creates two separate tax codes… one for the Trump family, and one for everyone else.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams is now weighing whether to void the settlement entirely. Trump’s lawyers say the court has no authority. The 35 former judges who triggered the review say the evidence of deception is “clear and convincing.”

BREAKING

Israel Killed 83 People in Lebanon on the Day the Ceasefire Was Announced… Then Kept Bombing

On June 19, Trump announced that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to a ceasefire. The deal was brokered by the U.S., Qatar, and Iran. The truce was supposed to start at 4 p.m. local time. By midnight, Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported 83 people killed in Israeli strikes that day alone… bringing the total Lebanese death toll past 4,000.

After the ceasefire deadline, reporters on the ground counted at least 12 Israeli air raids and continuous artillery fire in southern Lebanon. A drone strike killed two people on a motorcycle after the truce took hold. More than 100 Israeli air strikes hit southern Lebanon in the hours that followed. Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz said the military would stay in its “security zone” in Lebanon… without allowing civilians to return.

The ceasefire collapse had an immediate domino effect. Iran refused to send its negotiators to Switzerland, saying the Lebanon fighting must stop before broader talks could happen. The Strait of Hormuz—which had just reopened under the U.S.-Iran memorandum—was threatened again on June 20 when Iran declared the waterway closed, citing Israeli violations as the trigger.

Thomas Massie put the situation plainly. He noted the $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran in the memorandum of understanding… while Congress spends just $60 billion a year on American roads and bridges. Sen. Ted Cruz called the deal “giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics.” Sen. Bill Cassidy wrote that Iran “has learned that threatening the Strait of Hormuz works.” Meanwhile, over 11,000 seafarers remain stranded in the Gulf, waiting for a deal that keeps collapsing every time Israel fires another missile.

EXPOSED

11 Scientists Tied to Nuclear and Aerospace Programs Are Dead or Missing… The FBI Says It Is Now “Spearheading” the Investigation

A hiker in New Mexico found the skeletal remains of Melissa Casias in the Carson National Forest. She was a 54-year-old administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory… the country’s primary nuclear weapons research facility. She had been missing for nearly a year. A handgun was found beside her body. Her family says the gun was not hers.

Before she left her home on June 26, 2025, Casias took her toothbrush and thyroid medication… items that suggest a person planning to stay alive. She returned home first to drop off both her work and personal phones. Both devices were later found wiped clean of all data. No bullet was recovered from the scene despite reports of a gunshot wound to the head.

Casias is the latest name in a cluster of at least 11 people tied to nuclear, aerospace, and defense programs who have died or disappeared under unclear circumstances since 2023. The list includes a retired Air Force major general described as a “UFO gatekeeper” who vanished days after Trump’s disclosure order on UAP files… a NASA propulsion expert found charred in a crashed Tesla… a NASA-linked engineer and family members killed in a plane crash… and an MIT fusion physicist shot dead in his home.

FBI Director Kash Patel announced the bureau is now “spearheading” the effort to find connections between the cases, working alongside the Department of Energy and the Department of War. The House Oversight Committee has opened its own investigation. Trump told reporters the situation is “pretty serious stuff.”

But skeptics point out that the cases span multiple years and loosely connected institutions. A NASA spokesperson said there is no indication of a national security threat. Statisticians note that roughly 200,000 American adults go missing every year. The question is not whether patterns exist in random data… it is whether wiped phones, missing bullets, and unfamiliar weapons are random data.

DEVELOPING

5 Million Americans Will Lose Medicaid Under New Work Rules… While Dr. Oz Says They Are “Watching Television”

The Trump administration released its final rule on Medicaid work requirements this month. Starting January 1, adults between 19 and 64 on Medicaid must prove they are working, volunteering, or in school for at least 80 hours a month… or lose their health coverage. The Congressional Budget Office estimates 5 million people will be dropped from the program over the next decade.

CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz—the former TV doctor—defended the policy from the White House podium. He said the average able-bodied Medicaid recipient spends 6.1 hours a day watching television or “just hanging around.” Research from KFF shows the opposite: most adults on Medicaid already work. The ones who will lose coverage are largely those who cannot navigate the paperwork… not those who refuse to work.

The final rule was stricter than states expected. For months, CMS had told states that people with serious conditions like cancer or HIV would be automatically exempt. The published rule changed that at the last minute. Now the condition must “significantly impair” a person’s ability to work. Early-stage cancer patients in radiation… not exempt. People living with HIV who can “technically work”… not exempt. Each state decides for itself what counts as sick enough.

The Medicaid cuts were used to offset the cost of Trump’s 2025 tax law… the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. That law cut $900 billion from Medicaid over the next decade to fund tax cuts, defense spending, and immigration enforcement. A coalition of 48 patient organizations said the rule “creates a labyrinth of paperwork designed to ensure people lose health care, even when they should qualify to keep it.”

States now have until January to build entirely new eligibility systems. CMS allocated $200 million for the effort. Nebraska has already started. Arkansas launches next month. And 68 million Americans on Medicaid are about to find out whether their state considers them “sick enough.”