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On June 23, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1812, War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war. In 1930, John Elliott, English historian and academic (died 2022) was born. In 1943, Vint Cerf, American computer scientist and Internet pioneer was born. In 1945, Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (born 1923) passed away. In 1972, Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about illegally using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins. In 1985, A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo, killing two and injuring four. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard. In 2009, Jerri Nielsen, American physician and explorer (born 1952) passed away. In 2012, James Durbin, English economist and statistician (born 1923) passed away. In 2014, The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction. In 2017, A series of terrorist attacks take place in Pakistan, resulting in 96 deaths and wounding 200 others. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

'Disastrously bad': Trump loyalist stuns CNN with workforce culling

Raw Story

June 23, 2026

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'Disastrously bad': Trump loyalist stuns CNN with workforce culling

A legal expert was stunned on Monday by reports that one of President Donald Trump's loyalists had begun firing career intelligence officials. Bill Pulte, who leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency and serves as the acting director of national intelligence, reportedly showed up to work a day early to get a list of all of the employees under his purview and then promptly began firing them on Monday. Reports did not indicate how many people were affected, but one source told CNN that those being fired are considered part of the deep state.Elliot Williams, a former federal prosecutor, told CNN's Brianna Keilar on The Source that Pulte's decision to fire these professionals came at a disastrously bad time because of all of the threats the U.S. faces. Right now, as a country, we are coming out of a military conflict with a state sponsor of terror. Right now, there are hundreds of thousands of visitors in the country for the World Cup coming from, God knows where, all over the planet, Williams said. And most importantly, we're about to have national celebrations around the nation's 250th [birthday].If there was ever a time at which the nation is probably most vulnerable to a terrorist attack, it's right now, he added. It's this month, and the idea of willy-nilly coming in and just firing hundreds or however many people from the nation's intelligence apparatus is just dangerous. It's just a ridiculously stupid idea.

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