Hegseth Warns of 'Invasion' By 'Dangerous Ideologies' During D-Day EventDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a speech for a D-Day event in France to urge European leaders to counter what he described as an "invasion" by "dangerous ideologies."Speaking at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer in France to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the June 6, 1944, Allied landings, Hegseth stated: "Sadly today different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies. Beaches in Spain, Italy, Greece and Bulgaria, boats and men arrive."“When will European capitals do something about that invasion, or is it too late? I pray not, and I believe not,” he continued.While Hegseth didn't explicitly mention immigration, his remarks echoed similar rhetoric that President Donald Trump has used by referring to the arrival of migrants as an invasion.The remarks are also part of the broader narrative that Trump administration officials have used to criticize Europe's immigration policies and characterize them as a threat to Western civilization.Latest Live UpdatesTrump Pardons Ex-GOP Congressman Convicted Of Insider TradingPresident Donald Trump has pardoned a former GOP congressman convicted of insider trading.Former Rep. Stephen Buyer represented Indiana from 1993 to 2011. He was arrested in 2022 and, after being convicted on four counts of securities fraud, sentenced in 2023 to 22 months in prison.Prosecutors said Buyer traded stock on information about two mergers that he was tipped off to by clients of the consulting firm he formed after leaving Congress in 2011, according to a criminal complaint.“Mr. Buyer’s career serving as a Judge Advocate General in the United States Army and as a Member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Indiana was distinguished and highly productive,” Trump said in the pardon proclamation.Trump has issued a slew of pardons in his latest term, including the founder of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange who was convicted of failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program. Billionaire Changpeng Zhao was pardoned after he spent months promoting the Trump family's cryptocurrency ventures.Iran Issued Visas By U.S. For World Cup, Then Warned Not To 'Sneak Terrorists' InThe Iranian men's soccer team and "necessary" staff were issued visas for the World Cup, but were told that the U.S. “will not allow them to to abuse this system to sneak terrorists into the United States,” an administration official said.For weeks, the team's participation in the soccer tournament has been complicated by the war in Iran that began on February 28, when the U.S. and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran.According to The Athletic, a U.S. administration official on Friday said that Iran's team visas "necessary for Iran to compete in the World Cup, including for athletes and necessary support staff, have been issued."“We will not allow the Iranian team to abuse this system to sneak terrorists into the United States under false pretenses,” the official said.As of Saturday morning, it was unclear whether the Iranian Football Federation’s president, Mehdi Taj, had been issued a visa.Stadium Workers Authorize Strike Ahead Of The World CupThousands of workers at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium are threatening to strike, citing insufficient pay and plans for ICE officers to be present at the World Cup — and raising the possibility that the massive soccer tournament could start without workers to sell food and drinks to spectators.Unite Here Local 11, which represents more than 2,000 cooks, dishwashers, concession workers, bartenders and servers at SoFi, announced Friday that members voted 96% in favor of authorizing a strike.The vote took place just one week out from when the stadium is set to host its first World Cup match.Read more here. Spencer Pratt's Lead Over Nithya Raman In LA Mayoral Primary Continues To DwindleFormer reality TV personality Spencer Pratt's lead over Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman in Los Angeles' mayoral primary significantly narrowed as ballots continued to be counted, according to recent results released on FridayAs of Friday evening, Pratt holds roughly a 3% lead over Raman with 71% of the vote counted, as both candidates jockey for second place in the city's primary, with the top two advancing to the general election in November. Pratt at one point held as much as an 8% lead. 20,672 votes now separate the two candidates. Raman has slowly but surely cut into Pratt's lead over the last three days of election updates. The winner will face off against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, who has already advanced to the general election. Mail-in ballots postmarked on election day will continue to be counted and election officials will continue to release updates every day through June 12, according to reporting from the Los Angeles Times.Los Angeles' mayoral election goes to a runoff if no candidate secures 50% of the vote.Former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Advances In California Governor's RaceFormer Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra will advance out of California's gubernatorial primary, The Associated Press projected Friday evening.Becerra, a Democrat who made a surprising surge in the polls after the state's disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) dropped out, has also previously served as California's attorney general.Current vote tallies show Republican candidate Steve Hilton and billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer battling it out for a second spot in the state's general election this November. Trump's DOJ Finally Confirms In Writing That Slush Fund Is DeadJustice Department lawyers on Friday submitted in formal writing to a judge that the proposed $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" is dead, something acting Attorney General Todd Blanche refused to commit to earlier this week. In response to a lawsuit seeking to block the fund's creation, DOJ lawyers wrote that the dispute "concerns an Anti-Weaponization Fund that had not been set up and is now not going forward." Democrats have been pressuring the administration to confirm in writing that the slush fund is dead after President Donald Trump continued to talk it up this week, even after Blanche publicly stated it was not being created. At an earlier hearing, the acting attorney general said he wouldn't promise that. “I’m not committing to putting anything in writing," Blanche said when asked by Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) about whether he would put the fund's dissolution in writing. "I don’t know what the purpose of putting something in writing. I’m telling you what we’re doing." Trump Tells Crowd Olympian's Leg Is 'Like A Rock' While Wearing Athlete's MedalPresident Donald Trump called out to some of his supporters in the crowd during a farming event in Wisconsin, including Jordan Stolz, who won gold in Olympic speedskating earlier this year. Stolz then stood and presented Trump with what appeared to be an Olympic gold medal, laying it around the president’s neck.“I’m keeping it!” Trump joked to the crowd as he sat back down. “I’m keeping it, Jordan, I’m not giving it back. I’m a very good guy for keeping gold. I like gold. I’m never giving this back — congratulations.”“I forgot to touch his leg. I didn’t want to do that. But I can tell you one thing: His leg is like a rock,” Trump said. “Two gold medals, wow.”The president has something of a habit of commenting on physically fit male bodies around him. He introduced the man sitting next to him, former NFL linebacker Joe Thomas, as “one hell of a physical specimen.”“I thought I was big until I met you, Joe,” Trump said. Later, he added: "Look at the size of this guy! Boy oh boy ... he's a good-looking man."Friday's event was also, somehow, not the first time an Olympian has presented Trump with a medal. Earlier this year, bobsledder Kaillie Humphries gave the president an Order of Ikkos medal, an honorary award athletes give to influential mentors.Trump To Farmers: 'Your Life Is Much Better Than My Life'President Donald Trump told a group of farmers at an agricultural roundtable in Wisconsin that they have better lives than him."People that are on farms love being on farms," Trump said. "You wouldn’t trade my life — you wouldn’t want my life. Believe me, you don’t want it. Your life is much better than my life.""You have a nice, safe, beautiful life," he added.Trump Brags About Black Unemployment, Then Admits He Has No Source For The StatPresident Donald Trump bragged about the African-American joblessness rate while at an agricultural roundtable in Wisconsin, then conceded he did not have a source for the data point. “African American unemployment is now doing better than it's ever done,” Trump claimed. “And I don't know where that stat came from, but I'll take it. I don't know where the hell that stat came from, but we'll take it."In reality, unemployment for Black workers hit a record low in President Joe Biden's administration, and has since risen.Trump Opens Roundtable By Saying He Got Mad At NBC Because It Was RainingPresident Donald Trump is in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, this afternoon, for an agriculture roundtable. He kicked things off two hours late by complaining about an interview he’d just concluded, apparently with NBC News, in a barn.“I just did an interview in the most beautiful barn I’ve ever seen,” he told the crowd. “But it was raining. And it was with, uh NBC fake news, and because it was raining I got a little bit angry at them. I was not happy with that.”The president then proceeded to inform the crowd how to spell the word “dumb” and how the word can be modified to call Democrats “dum.”“A lot of people don’t know ‘dumb’ has a ‘B’,” he helpfully explained.See All Updates