Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/392947-nunes-trump-russia-congress/

House Intelligence Committee chair Devin Nunes has urged Washington to stop pursuing false accusations of US President Donald Trump’s ties with Russia and concentrate on solving more pressing issues for the country.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/393063-turkey-qatar-joint-drills/

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, the Maldives, and one of Libya’s three rival governments – which had broken diplomatic relations with Qatar over its alleged support of terrorism.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/393028-syria-russia-us-plane/

The Russian Defense Ministry announced it is halting cooperation with its US counterparts in the framework of the Memorandum on the Prevention of Incidents and Ensuring Air Safety in Syria following the coalition’s downing of a Syrian warplane.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/TOP_OFFICIAL%3A_State_of_Illinois_in_Massive_Financial_Crisis_Mode/59205/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is warning that new court orders in lawsuits filed by state suppliers that are owed money mean her office is required to pay out more than Illinois receives in revenue each month. This means there would be no money left for so-called "discretionary" spending — a category that in Illinois includes school buses and some ambulance services. "I don't know what part of 'We are in massive crisis mode' the General Assembly and the governor don't understand. This is not a false alarm," said Mendoza. "The magic tricks run out after a while, and that's where we're at." Illinois has $15 billion in overdue bills and the lowest credit rating of any state.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/latam/201706181054734129-colombia-president-convenes-security-council/

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos convenes the country's security council following the explosion at the Centro Andino shopping center in Bogota. Earlier in the day, a blast occurred in a toilet room on the second floor of the mall. Bogota Mayor Enrique Penalosa said three women were killed in the explosion, one of them was the French national, nine people were injured.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201706181054746884-usa-coalition-shoots-down-syrian-aircraft/

“Our aircraft was downed at lunch time today near the [Syrian] city of Raqqa, when it was fulfilling its mission against the IS,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that the US-led coalition was responsible for downing the aircraft. According to the ministry, the pilot of the aircraft has not been found to date.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/4000-additional-troops-to-be-deployed-to-afghanistan_062017

The majority of the newly-deployed troops will play a train and advise role for Afghan forces, who have been facing setbacks in the fight against the Taliban and other militant organizations in Afghanistan.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/392900-turkey-soldiers-food-poisioning/

Over 700 soldiers have required medical aid since complaining of nausea and vomiting after a tainted meal at a military compound in the western Turkish province of Manisa, which already saw a mass food poisoning last month that left one soldier dead.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/_%E2%80%98Long-haul%E2%80%99_Afghan_war_to_turn_into_%E2%80%98generational_struggle%E2%80%99_involving_US_troops_%E2%80%93_Petraeus_/59194/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Americans may stay on Afghan soil for a “long-haul” mission that could evolve into several decades of “generational struggle,” General David Petraeus, ex-commander of US troops in Afghanistan “This is not something that is going to be won in a few years. We’re not going to take a hill, plant a flag, go home to a victory parade.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/scientists-tracking-earthquake-swarm-in-northern-yellowstone-park/

The small earthquake that struck Yellowstone National Park on Thursday night was part of a swarm that has been hitting the area since Monday, scientists say. Yellowstone gets about 1,500 to 2,000 earthquakes every year. About half of those come in earthquake swarms — lots of earthquakes in a small area in a short amount of time.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/392574-amazon-whole-foods-billion-deal/

Amazon has announced plans to acquire leading US organic food grocer Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. The e-commerce giant is making a huge bet on physical stores and the business of food.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/06/japan-imposes-new-pre-crime-surveillance-law-ahead-2020-olympics.html

Germany to eradicate basic civil liberties by forcing the surveillance of smartphone apps and communications as well as absurdly permitting children as young as 6-years-old to be fingerprinted. England moving to completely curtail Internet freedom. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government passed controversial legislation that gives prosecutors the power to monitor and arrest people in the planning stages of crimes; the new measures will apply to 277 types of crimes which include copyright violations.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/392386-qatar-buys-us-warplanes/

Qatar has signed a $12-billion contract to buy F-15 fighter jets from the US, the country’s defense ministry reported. The deal was announced just days after US President Trump accused Doha of supporting terrorism.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2017-is-going-to-be-the-worst-retail-apocalypse-in-u-s-history-more-than-300-retailers-have-already-filed-for-bankruptcy/

8,640 stores will close in America this year.. Most of those filings were for small companies — the proverbial Mom & Pop store with a single location, going to put an incredible amount of stress on shopping mall owners. In order to meet their financial obligations, those mall owners need tenants, number of potential tenants is shrinking rapidly. Retail industry employs millions of Americans, those jobs disappearing.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/392293-5-officials-flint-indicted-manslaughter/

Michigan’s attorney general has filed new, more serious charges of involuntary manslaughter against five officials in the Flint Water Crisis investigation, among them the head of Michigan’s health department. Heath chief Nick Lyon was charged with two felonies, involuntary manslaughter and misconduct in office, for failing to alert the public about an outbreak in Legionnaires’ disease in the Flint area.

Link: https://www.rt.com/politics/392259-duma-passes-moscow-renovation-bill/

The Russian Lower House passed a bill calling for the demolition of old Moscow buildings, and the residents to be resettled, despite protests from people claiming the construction program could violate citizens’ rights. 8,000 apartment blocks will be torn down and about 1.6 million people will have to be resettled.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/TSA_is_now_using_fingerprints_as_boarding_passes/59126/0/38/38/Y/M.html

The Transportation Security Administration announced on Tuesday that it will begin a new program that allows a travelers’ fingerprints to replace their boarding pass and identification documents.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/us/201706131054571389-israeli-contractor-jailed/

The US Department of Justice announced that a former executive of an Israeli-based defense contractor has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for falsifying documents in the US Department of Defense Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/06/congress-passes-bill-throw-parents-sexting-teens-jail-15-years.html

The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill to criminalize “sexting” among teenagers, also punishes their parents by making them face a 15-year mandatory, minimum sentence.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/holistic-doctor-gunned-down-outside-organic-restaurant-in-colorado-as-war-on-natural-health-continues/

In just over one year, more than 60 holistic doctors and researchers have been found dead, most of them in suspicious circumstances. Christopher Bayley King of San Marcos, California, was a well-respected physician and researcher who focused on the connection between diet and disease.