This marks the fourth death at Denali National Park in recent weeks. A National Park Service ranger has died after falling into a mountain crevasse at Denali National Park in Alaska. According to the NPS, the park ranger was conducting a patrol on Mount McKinley within the park when she fell into a deep crevasse and, unfortunately, did not survive. Fox News provided further details on the park ranger’s death and provided her identity: A seasonal National Park Service mountaineering ranger died Thursday afternoon after falling into a crevasse on Mount McKinley, marking the latest deadly incident on the treacherous Alaskan peak. The ranger has been identified as Robin Pendery, of Enumclaw, Washington, according to a statement from the National Park Service (NPS). Agency officials said Pendery was conducting a climbing patrol when she suffered a fatal fall near the mountain’s 14,000-foot camp at about 2 p.m. local time. Pendery was actively helping to run the operations at the 14,200-foot camp alongside another ranger, according to a previous park update. NPS personnel launched an immediate rescue effort, but Pendery did not survive the fall. Authorities said the exact circumstances of the fatal fall are under investigation. Here are photos of Pendery before her death: NEW: A photo released by the National Park Service shows Robin Pendery (middle) being held by her fellow rangers earlier this year. Pendery was reported to have died after falling into a crevasse Thursday on Mount McKinley. STORY ➡ https://t.co/dB0zZL4bsw pic.twitter.com/hz2rqQnyAw — Alaska's News Source (@AKNewsNow) June 5, 2026 Robin Pendery was part of the 2024 mountaineering staff at Denali, a rookie by park standards but already a key teammate for climber safety and emergency ops. On Thursday, around 2 p.m., she was doing a climbing patrol on the West Buttress route when she fell into a crevasse near pic.twitter.com/c29Ou8EVEi — Demure Demure (@IncidentUpdate_) June 6, 2026 In the last week of May, three Latvian climbers died while climbing Mount McKinley. CBS 42 provided more details on the death of the Latvian climbers: Three climbers on Alaska’s Mount McKinley who fell near a treacherous pass on North America’s tallest peak have died, a Latvian mountaineering group announced Friday. A fourth climber was rescued. The four were members of a Latvian mountaineering expedition, the group said. They were part of a seven-person team traversing a route known for its exposed sections — where many injuries and deaths have occurred over the years — when they fell Wednesday, the National Park Service has said. McKinley stands at about 20,310 feet (6,190 meters), and the climber who was rescued was brought off the mountain from about 17,200 feet (5,240 meters) by Denali National Park and Preserve search and rescue personnel late Thursday afternoon. A long line from a helicopter was used in the rescue because the terrain and conditions prevented the helicopter from landing, the park service said Friday. The climber was later airlifted to a hospital. The fall happened during the climb near Denali Pass, which is about 18,200 feet (5,550 meters), the park service said. It provided few other details. The three others in the climbing group helped with the rescue work and started experiencing “declining physical conditions,” the park service said. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

Ever since leaving the White House former Vice President Mike Pence has continued taking jabs at the Trump administration. On Friday, Pence was invited on Real Time with Bill Maher and was asked what he thinks about abortion pills. Pence in response took the moment to claim that the Trump administration has turned a “blind eye” on the issue entirely. He then took aim at RFK Jr. and shared it was disappointing that Trump appointed Kennedy who is an “abortion rights supporter” to lead the Health and Human Services Department. Mediaite reported more on Pence’s response to Maher and revealed Maher later invited the former vice president to get high with him: Comedian and pundit Bill Maher invited former Vice President Mike Pence to come on his Club Random podcast and get super-high with him, as is the custom. On Friday night’s edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the interview guest was former Vice President Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States and author of “What Conservatives Believe: Rediscovering the Conservative Conscience.” The panel guests were Senator Chris Murphy, Democratic senator from Connecticut and author of the new book “Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America”; and Susan Rice, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, former U.S. National Security Advisor, and former Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Maher wrapped up the interview by expressing understanding for abortion opponents and asking if the abortion pill should be outlawed — then extending the blunt invitation: FORMER VP MIKE PENCE: It’s been a disappointment to me and other pro-lifers that this administration has turned a blind eye to that issue entirely. In fact, it’s appointing an abortion rights supporter to lead the Health and Human Services Department. So it was part of the impetus for me writing what conservatives believe, because I really do believe that, at the end of the day, the Republican Party ought to offer a choice, not an echo. Look, I never begrudge anybody, you included, of having liberal views. That’s what America is all about. You can believe what you believe. I’ll believe what I believe. And as long as we conduct each other with the golden rule, we’ll find our way forward. BILL MAHER: I feel like you are the standard for me because I like of all the people Challenge myself and be friendly with you were probably as far on the other side as me and I hope we can keep that up. I want you to do Club Random, my podcast, and get super high with me. Would you do that? We’ll just kick it. FORMER VP MIKE PENCE: I’ll do the podcast! BILL MAHER: You’ll think about it. All right, thank you. Mike Pence, everybody. Thank you, Mr. Vice President, and good luck with the book. Mike Pence later shared he has not talked to President Trump in a while: Bill Maher: “I think we both have a lot in common like we both know it’s kind of hard to stay friends with Donald Trump… Are you ever in contact with him these days?” Mike Pence “Well, it’s been a while since we spoke… You’ve actually spent more time with him recently than I… pic.twitter.com/TJnsWcbOGs — RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) June 6, 2026 Decider reported later in the interview that Pence was not happy with some pardons made by President Trump: Former Vice President Mike Pence revisited one of the most defining moments of his political career during Friday night’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, where a conversation about President Donald Trump‘s sweeping Jan. 6 pardons quickly turned to the Capitol riot itself — and the mob that famously called for Pence to be hanged. Maher raised the subject while arguing that Americans should be able to separate the actions of different groups of people who were at the Capitol that day. “I mean, it seems like we could so many of these things we could come to some agreement with the middle,” Maher said. Referring to Trump’s decision to pardon participants in the riot, he suggested that some people may have been there without the same intentions as those who turned violent. But Maher also drew a distinction between those attendees and, as he put it, “the ones who wanted to hang you.” “Can we say those were bad people?” he asked Pence. The video player is currently playing an ad. The former vice president didn’t leave much room for interpretation. “Well, Bill, you know, I made it clear. I had no problem with the president pardoning people who got caught up in that day,” Pence responded. “But for anyone who assaulted a police officer, anybody that violated and vandalized the seat of our government, and sought to disrupt the counting of electoral college votes, those people never should have been pardoned, and they should never get a dime.” Take a look: Bill Maher: Can we say some bad people were there, like the ones who wanted to hang you? Mike Pence: Anyone who assaulted a police officer, sought to disrupt the counting of Electoral College votes, never should have been pardoned. I never felt a greater sense of resolve any day… pic.twitter.com/6IIVAYRV06 — Blue Georgia (@BlueGeorgia) June 6, 2026 This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

The tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk last September rocked our nation. His death was utterly devastating, but it cannot be denied that God found a way to take this horrific incident and ultimately use it for good in many people’s lives. In the wake of the assassination, lots of folks turned to Christ. We are now seeing a Christian revival take place across our nation, especially among the youth. Additionally, many members of the Church were deeply impacted — including our vice president, JD Vance, who was a close friend of Charlie’s. In Vance’s new book, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, he discusses in great detail about how the death of Charlie Kirk influenced his own views on faith and fatherhood. On Friday, Vance published an essay in the Wall Street Journal adapted from his new book, which he shared with followers on X: Charlie Kirk had a profound impact on me. Both during his life and, as I discuss in this excerpt from my new book, after his death. This was hard to write about but I hope you'll find it meaningful.https://t.co/JExbF5irNr — JD Vance (@JDVance) June 6, 2026 In that essay, Vance revealed how Kirk’s assassination moved his wife to want to have another baby. For years, Usha had told him that she was done having children, despite his desire to have a fourth child. But, that all changed when they buried Charlie. Read this excerpt from the Wall Street Journal article: In the months after Charlie’s death, I often picked up the phone to call him. I always hung up quickly, realizing before the first ring that my friend would not answer. In Psalm 73, Asaph pleads with God, wondering why good men suffer while the wicked prosper. It is a tale as old as time: Bad things happen, and fate seems to mock us as a good man dies of cancer or is shot in the neck not even a month after his daughter celebrates her third birthday. And as all this tragedy unfolds, we are somehow meant to believe that an all-powerful God loves us and still allows this crap to happen. As Christians, we are all, together, part of the same Church. Those who suffered and those who prospered. Those who voted for me and those who didn’t. The living and the dead. My grandmother and my father, though they disliked each other. Charlie Kirk and Pope Francis, despite their different views. Saint Augustine and the Dominican friar who baptized me. Me and my son. I believe in that communion of saints, and I believe that although God sometimes rewards the wicked and punishes the good for reasons we can’t possibly understand, He also casts upon us little rays of light even in the darkest moments. And so it was for me. As my wife held Charlie Kirk’s widow on the first day of her terrible sorrow, Erika told Usha between sobs that she regretted having only two kids with Charlie. For years I had asked Usha to have another baby, and for years she had told me she was done—especially now that public service had elevated us into the national spotlight. But something changed for Usha, and not long after we buried my friend, she became pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. One life was stolen from us, but another was given. I don’t know why God does things like this. But I am grateful to Him that there will soon be another source of joy in our lives. Another person added to the communion of our family and hopefully to that of the Church. Another person to whom I will sing, “Jesus loves me, this I know.” Another beautiful soul to wonder at, and fall in love with, God’s beautiful creation. As you probably know, JD and Usha Vance are expecting their fourth child — a baby boy — very soon. Her due date is in late July. Vance’s story reminds us how powerful the Lord is. We may not understand why God’s Will happens the way it does, especially when terrible things happen. But, we know that He is able to take bad things and use them for good. Romans 8:28 says: And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. If you want to read Vance’s full book, it will be released on June 16th. Fox News provided further coverage in this clip: WOW! JD Vance reveals after Charlie Kirk’s death, his wife Usha moved from being done with having children to wanting more ❤️ “As my wife held Charlie Kirk’s widow on the first day of her terrible sorrow, Erika told Usha between sobs that she regretted having only two kids… pic.twitter.com/ZA3nsVUASP — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 6, 2026 This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

President Trump has issued a new pardon. President Trump has announced he has issued a pardon to former Republican Representative Stephen Buyer of Indiana. Buyer was previously convicted of insider trading and sentenced to nearly two months in prison. ABC News provided further details on President Trump’s latest pardon: President Donald Trump announced he has issued a pardon to former Republican Rep. Stephen Buyer of Indiana, who was convicted of insider trading after leaving office. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Buyer with insider trading in 2021, accusing him of trading stocks using private information about the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint from clients of his consulting firm that he established after he left Congress in 2011. Buyer was sentenced to 22 months in prison in September 2023, six months after a Manhattan federal jury convicted him. He was released from prison last year after serving out his sentence. In the proclamation declaring the pardon, which is dated June 4, Trump said Buyer’s time in Congress and as a judge advocate general (JAG) in the U.S. Army was “distinguished and highly productive,” and does not mention any wrongdoings. The proclamation said several Republican leaders, including Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, backed the pardon. Trump has previously decried the practice of insider trading on prediction markets amid ongoing global conflicts like the Iran war and has stated he’s “not happy with any of that stuff.” Here’s a photo of Buyer before being sentenced: President Trump announced he has issued a pardon to former Republican Rep. Stephen Buyer of Indiana, who was convicted of insider trading after leaving office. Read more: https://t.co/6SyyIO5ZSp pic.twitter.com/BzrC7RERqq — ABC News (@ABC) June 6, 2026 The White House has released a list of names of people who endorsed the pardon: The following individuals have given their complete and total endorsement for the pardon of Stephen E. Buyer: Sen. Roger Wicker Sen. Lindsey Graham Rep. Jack Bergman Rep. Ken Calvert Rep. Tom Cole Rep. Pete Sessions Rep. Marlin Stutzman Hon. Bob Barr Hon. Gresham Barrett Hon. Joe Barton Hon. John Boehner Hon. Peter Blute Hon. Henry Edward Brown, Jr. Hon. Richard Burr Hon. Dan Burton Hon. Saxby Chambliss Hon. Kenneth Michael Conaway Hon. Thomas Dale DeLay Hon. Randy Forbes Hon. Jeff Fortenberry Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen Hon. Louie Gohmert Hon. Gil Gutknecht Hon. Melissa Ann Hart Hon. Doc Hastings Hon. JD Hayworth, Jr. Hon. Curtis T. Hill, Jr. Hon. Duncan L. Hunter Hon. Tim Hutchinson Hon. Jack H. Kingston Hon. John D. Kline Hon. Bob Livingston Hon. Thaddeus McCotter Hon. Howard “Buck” McKeon Hon. Luke Messer Hon. John L. Mica Hon. Tim Murphy Hon. Sue Myrick Hon. R. James Nicholson Hon. Anne Northup Hon. Ed Pease Hon. George Radanovich Hon. Phil Roe Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Hon. Jim Ryun Hon. Rick Santorum Hon. Bill Shuster Hon. Lamar S. Smith Hon. Cliff Stearns Hon. John E. Sweeney Hon. William “Todd” Tiahrt Hon. Pat Tiberi Hon. Ed Whitfield So far in Trump’s second term he has granted clemency to over 1,800 individuals with the majority of them being Trump supporters who were jailed for being part of the January 6th protests. What are your thoughts on Trump’s latest pardon? This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

President Trump’s economy just handed Democrats a number they will have trouble explaining away. The May jobs report came in hotter than expected, with 172,000 new jobs and unemployment holding at 4.3 percent. The White House pushed the headline number hard on Saturday. JOBS, JOBS, JOBS. THE NUMBERS DON’T MISS. pic.twitter.com/HC2cbjzBNN — The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 6, 2026 The cleanest part for Trump is the expectations gap. FOX Business reported that economists polled by LSEG expected a gain of 85,000 jobs. The actual number was 172,000. That means the report came in at roughly double what the experts were bracing for. There was another piece Democrats will not want to advertise. March and April were revised upward by a combined 93,000 jobs, meaning the prior two reports were stronger than first reported. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the official May numbers this way: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 172,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, local government, and health care. Employment in financial activities declined. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical Note. The major labor market indicators from the survey of households continued to show little or no change in May. The unemployment rate held at 4.3 percent and has remained in a narrow range of 4.3 percent to 4.5 percent since July 2025. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 172,000 in May, similar to the gain of 179,000 in April. In May, job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, local government, and health care. That is a strong report for a White House that has been hammered with doomsday predictions about tariffs, inflation, and the broader economy. The labor market is still uneven in places, and the BLS did note a decline in financial activities employment. But the top-line report is not the collapse Democrats keep hoping to see. Leisure and hospitality added 70,000 jobs in May, far above its 12-month average monthly gain. Local government added 55,000 jobs, and health care added 35,000. Average hourly earnings also rose 12 cents in May to $37.53. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased 3.4 percent, according to the BLS. The broader political problem for Democrats is straightforward. They spent months warning that President Trump’s agenda would wreck the economy. Instead, the latest federal jobs data shows hiring beating expectations, unemployment holding steady, and two previous months being revised higher. That does not mean every American household feels relief yet. It does mean Democrats have a harder time selling the public on economic panic while the jobs report keeps moving in the other direction. For President Trump, this is exactly the kind of number he can take straight to voters. Jobs are up, unemployment is steady, and the experts missed low again. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.