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How did U.S. strikes and Iran's retaliatory attacks escalate overnight?
There's more damage done in more of Iran. I'm Dave Anthony, Fox News. The U.S. on the offensive, firing deeper into Iran than it has in the past. After two waves of bombings during the day and then six hours overnight, as Iran retaliates, firing missiles and drones into neighboring countries with American bases. And Fox's Mike Tobin also reports from Tel Aviv. The propaganda ramps up on the streets of Tehran. One example of the propaganda, there is a mural of the late Senator Lindsey Graham with devil horns painted on his head. And there's another giant mural of President Trump in a coffin. President Trump was asked yesterday what he thought about these threats toward him. He says he doesn't spend much time thinking about them.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is not happy right now.
What propaganda and public reactions are appearing on the streets of Tehran?
And as the president again warns, the bombing will get worse next week, targeting Iran's bridges and power plants if they don't return to the negotiations. President Trump did thank Iran on Truth Social for setting a detained American free.
A joint American-Iranian citizen, Dina Karari, was banned from leaving Iran after travelling to visit her family in 2024. She faced charges of collaboration with a hostile state and espionage. According to her lawyer, Jared Genser, Karari was interrogated numerous times and suffered enormous physical and psychological hardship. Boxes, Jonathan.
Savage, there are Senate confirmation hearings today for the nominees to lead the TSA and Labor Department. A hearing resumes this hour for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch, who faced tough questions about the Trump IRS tax settlement and the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking files, but he won't be there this morning.
Here are some of the witnesses slated to appear at today's hearing. Blanch's supporters include former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and Jennifer Bowes and Angel Lam. On the opposing side, there's Danny Beske, an Epstein survivor. The stakes are high as Blanche needs the support of every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance to the full Senate.
Fox's Madeline Rivera. We just got an update to the economy showing a slowdown in shopping. Retail sales rose to two-tenths of a percent last month from May. America's listening to Fox News.
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There are unhealthy air quality alerts from Minnesota all the way to Maryland as wildfire smoke spreads from Canada and Minnesota leaving a yellowy, smoky haze in the sky over some East Coast cities including New York where you can also smell it in the air.
The worst air quality is closest to Canada. So think areas of Minnesota, Michigan, down towards Wisconsin. That's where it's just spilling right across the border. But those winds really beginning to push it. We started to notice it yesterday. You're going to see it more today.
Fox meteorologist Adam Klotz in South Texas. Flooding got worse overnight as rain keeps pouring down. Some areas got over a foot like Bernie where Fox Weather's Brandi Campbell is.
The rain sent local creeks and streams raging across roads, stranding drivers, and isolating entire neighborhoods. That was followed by rescues and evacuations. We met resident Don Fonza, whose neighborhood was impacted.
First when I woke up, I didn't believe it was that bad. I didn't. And there was tornado warnings and things like that. I've never seen it that flooded before.
Which U.S. officials and detainee developments are under discussion?
The car halfway submerged. It just doesn't happen.
Heavy rain continues across south central Texas.
In addition to the retail sales report this morning, we also got an unemployment update. First-time claims declined slightly last week to 208,000. The number of people continuing to collect jobless benefits also dropped a little to around 1.8 million. On Wall Street, stock futures are mixed up slightly for the Dow, down nearly 300 points for the Nasdaq.
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